King Kebab Posted June 1, 2023 Author Share Posted June 1, 2023 Link below; https://gofund.me/1ae9a3ce 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beachcomber Posted June 1, 2023 Share Posted June 1, 2023 That's a sickener for Sam, gl with the recovery ! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Moonster Posted June 1, 2023 Share Posted June 1, 2023 Did East Fife pay a fee for Austin? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Kebab Posted June 1, 2023 Author Share Posted June 1, 2023 17 minutes ago, The Moonster said: Did East Fife pay a fee for Austin? Yes, why??? Do you think they’ll donate it to the GoFundMe fundraiser??? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Moonster Posted June 1, 2023 Share Posted June 1, 2023 27 minutes ago, King Kebab said: Yes, why??? Do you think they’ll donate it to the GoFundMe fundraiser??? Just find it a bit wild you're throwing transfer fees about for strikers then asking punters to pay for a vital operation (while also asking for a Championship price on the gate). -4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Life on Marrs? Posted June 1, 2023 Share Posted June 1, 2023 24 minutes ago, The Moonster said: Just find it a bit wild you're throwing transfer fees about for strikers then asking punters to pay for a vital operation (while also asking for a Championship price on the gate). The club have not asked punters to help pay for for his operation. Our podcast, off their own back have asked for donations to help support the player, who cannot do his day job at the minute either, due to a serious injury picked up whilst representing our club. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Moonster Posted June 1, 2023 Share Posted June 1, 2023 7 minutes ago, Life on Marrs? said: The club have not asked punters to help pay for for his operation. Our podcast, off their own back have asked for donations to help support the player, who cannot do his day job at the minute either, due to a serious injury picked up whilst representing our club. Yes, they're doing it to pay for an operation that your club clearly aren't paying for. Not against giving the guy support, just feel things like injuries that happen on the job should be covered by the employer. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhoAmI Posted June 1, 2023 Share Posted June 1, 2023 Really sad news all round for Sam Denham, a promising young player. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MR.E Posted June 1, 2023 Share Posted June 1, 2023 1 hour ago, The Moonster said: Yes, they're doing it to pay for an operation that your club clearly aren't paying for. Not against giving the guy support, just feel things like injuries that happen on the job should be covered by the employer. We’ve agreed to have our pitch destroyed instead with to cover the cost? you boys hoor yourself out to lowland league teams and scraps from the old firm and we’ll do what we can to sustain ourselves. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Moonster Posted June 1, 2023 Share Posted June 1, 2023 2 minutes ago, MR.E said: We’ve agreed to have our pitch destroyed instead with to cover the cost? you boys hoor yourself out to lowland league teams and scraps from the old firm and we’ll do what we can to sustain ourselves. Not sure why you're throwing this stuff back in my face, I don't agree with it and I wouldn't agree with my club if they were paying fees for players while one of their own needs surgery. I doff my cap to those helping, just feel the club should be helping the guy out there. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cambuslang Fifer Posted June 1, 2023 Share Posted June 1, 2023 We’re part time but….footballers at this level have jobs unless Dumbarton hand out packages through brabco then I don’t think we will agree with anything here 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MR.E Posted June 1, 2023 Share Posted June 1, 2023 3 minutes ago, The Moonster said: Not sure why you're throwing this stuff back in my face, I don't agree with it and I wouldn't agree with my club if they were paying fees for players while one of their own needs surgery. I doff my cap to those helping, just feel the club should be helping the guy out there. Who said they’re not? From what I can see the fans are asking for £3k not £8k 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Moonster Posted June 1, 2023 Share Posted June 1, 2023 5 minutes ago, MR.E said: Who said they’re not? From what I can see the fans are asking for £3k not £8k Fair enough. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhoAmI Posted June 2, 2023 Share Posted June 2, 2023 On 01/06/2023 at 18:16, King Kebab said: Link below; https://gofund.me/1ae9a3ce Anyone remember the days when four blokes took a corner of a of a bed blanket and walked around the perimeter of the pitch gathering donations and dodging some over enthusiast fans. (With the the wee guys following them picking up the scraps). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1320Lichtie Posted June 3, 2023 Share Posted June 3, 2023 On 01/06/2023 at 19:53, The Moonster said: Yes, they're doing it to pay for an operation that your club clearly aren't paying for. Not against giving the guy support, just feel things like injuries that happen on the job should be covered by the employer. 100 percent 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldenNuggets_YeeHaa Posted June 3, 2023 Share Posted June 3, 2023 (edited) 5 hours ago, 1320Lichtie said: 100 percent Understandable but unrealistic. Would Peterhead have paid Rory McAlisters wages a few years ago? Sure he was on 500 a week? Would have sent Peterhead into oblivion. Edited June 3, 2023 by GoldenNuggets_YeeHaa 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Moonster Posted June 3, 2023 Share Posted June 3, 2023 1 hour ago, GoldenNuggets_YeeHaa said: Understandable but unrealistic. Would Peterhead have paid Rory McAlisters pages a few years ago? Sure he was on 500 a week? Would have sent Peterhead into oblivion. Eh? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro Cabeza Posted June 3, 2023 Share Posted June 3, 2023 We had the same situation with Gary Fraser 2 years ago where he couldn't get an operation on the NHS due to the Covid backlog.The clubs funds were depleted by Covid and the players started a crowdfunding drive which raised over £21k. Not only did it cover the cost of the op but what was left was donated to Back Onside. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldenNuggets_YeeHaa Posted June 3, 2023 Share Posted June 3, 2023 1 hour ago, The Moonster said: Eh? We're talking about East Fife covering his wages because he was injured on the job. The same would apply with higher earning players and clubs can't afford to. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Kebab Posted June 3, 2023 Author Share Posted June 3, 2023 (edited) No PT lower league club has injury insurance on their playing staff, the cost would be exorbitant, players are then left with the choice of private cover, which is costly as even part-time professionals are seen as a high-risk pay out by insurance companies, or going without, a vast majority of players choose the “go without” option as obviously we’re not talking about high earners here and paying for their own cover would eat up the majority of their PT pay packet. I’m not getting into the rights and wrongs of it that’s just the way it is!!! We are also talking by about a free agent here, Sam isn’t under contract, the Club could simply wash their hands of the situation, wish him well and escort him to the door but they haven’t, if any detractors had actually read the GoFundMe page before jumping in with both feet, they would have seen that the cost of the operation is £8,000, the fund’s target is only £3,000, the Club have already paid a large chunk of it and also promised their support and the use of their training facilities and the support of the Club’s physio team in his rehabilitation all with no promise that he will recover sufficiently to play at this level or even if he does will actually sign for us again!!! The Club has done the morally correct thing and a chunk of our budget has went towards his recovery, perhaps to our player signing detriment, the least other fans of this level can do is support this effort by the Podcast Team to raise the remainder rather than attempt to shit on it!!! Edited June 3, 2023 by King Kebab 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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