Budget..

[lee.j09]

I’m thinking it’s time to look at this years budget, and this new wage structure.

It’s clearly not working and we’re risking taking 2 steps back.

[5 on Tour]

Our budget is shrinking. No way can it be anywhere near what it was last year. January it either gets spent or we can tick this season off as finished.

[vaya]

There's unlikely to be massive spending in January.

[DonnyBazR0ver]

Pointless. As nobody knows where we are at now or what it takes to get the players DM wants or those he wants to ship out.

[since-1969]

Why spend big in L1 when you’ve only got to do it again in the Championship as no ambitious player will drop down when he can get what he wants from a Championship Club . Quality loans are the only way DRFC can stretch its budget to fit its circumstances. Budgets large or small mean nothing if they don’t get results look at Sunderland or Portsmouth or Wycombe which budget would we prefer ? DM just needs to get what he has got to do more and get a goal scorer worth his money and the playoffs will be within reach .

[Branton Rover]

As regards to spending - we are precisely where we should be in the footballing pyramid, we are a 3rd tier club, too good for League 2, not big enough to sustain Championship football on a regular basis - having said all that the board have got to match the talk with action - if they said we’re content in League One they’d be no issue but Gavin has stated about wanting Championship football at the Keepmoat again along with 5 year plans etc - so I expect purse strings to be loosened extensively in January without going mad.

[Bessie Red]

Why spend big in L1 when you’ve only got to do it again in the Championship as no ambitious player will drop down when he can get what he wants from a Championship Club . Quality loans are the only way DRFC can stretch its budget to fit its circumstances. Budgets large or small mean nothing if they don’t get results look at Sunderland or Portsmouth or Wycombe which budget would we prefer ? DM just needs to get what he has got to do more and get a goal scorer worth his money and the playoffs will be within reach .

You do realise we've just persuaded Whiteman to sign a new deal?

[ravenrover]

Which means absolutely nothing , but when it comes to selling we can hold out for a lot more than if he had 1 year on his contract. My guess is that it was part of the deal to listen to any suitable offers if Whiteman wanted away

[keith79]

I am almost sure i read somewhere that the owners are not putting anymore money into the club only for transfers. If this is the case (dont they usually put around 4 million per year) we are short of money

[vaya]

They don't put £4m in a year. It's around £2m.

[DonnyBazR0ver]

You can't believe everything you read.

[GazLaz]

No way on earth are they still putting £2m a year in.

[steve@dcfd]

Why spend big in L1 when you’ve only got to do it again in the Championship as no ambitious player will drop down when he can get what he wants from a Championship Club . Quality loans are the only way DRFC can stretch its budget to fit its circumstances. Budgets large or small mean nothing if they don’t get results look at Sunderland or Portsmouth or Wycombe which budget would we prefer ? DM just needs to get what he has got to do more and get a goal scorer worth his money and the playoffs will be within reach .

You do realise we've just persuaded Whiteman to sign a new deal?

Yes ready to sell him, most saleable asset.

[the vicar]

I’m thinking it’s time to look at this years budget, and this new wage structure.

It’s clearly not working and we’re risking taking 2 steps back.

don't talk about the budget on here or you will be sacrifised at easter

[IDM]

Don’t be pathetic.. people can discuss the budget of course, but equally they can be questioned on their sources or if it appears they are jumping to conclusions..

[since-1969]

Don’t be pathetic.. people can discuss the budget of course, but equally they can be questioned on their sources or if it appears they are jumping to conclusions..

Just be content that we have one that can be afforded !

[the vicar]

I hear we are on about a lad from Leicester City that played against us, but it is a loan

[Retdon1]

I hear we are on about a lad from Leicester City that played against us, but it is a loan

George Hirst a England under 20 forward on loan from Leicester is the name I’ve heard

[5 on Tour]

I hear we are on about a lad from Leicester City that played against us, but it is a loan

The Leicester striker(Hirst) looked liked a Marquis type player. He was all round good at everything without being excellent at any one thing - unless winding the defence up counts as he was brilliant at it. Haven’t got the programme with me but the centre midfield lad with blonde hair was the best player on the pitch by a long long way that night. He was fast and creative and positive and would be excellent alongside Captain Fantastic - maybe Luke Thomas.

Either of those would be fantastic. The shorter striker/CAM/Winger who scored looked like a pretty decent finisher as well but did very little else all game - just checked and it was Muskwe.

[the vicar]

I hear we are on about a lad from Leicester City that played against us, but it is a loan

The Leicester striker(Hirst) looked liked a Marquis type player. He was all round good at everything without being excellent at any one thing - unless winding the defence up counts as he was brilliant at it. Haven’t got the programme with me but the centre midfield lad with blonde hair was the best player on the pitch by a long long way that night. He was fast and creative and positive and would be excellent alongside Captain Fantastic - maybe Luke Thomas.

Either of those would be fantastic. The shorter striker/CAM/Winger who scored looked like a pretty decent finisher as well but did very little else all game - just checked and it was Muskwe.

Thomas would be better sat next to me in the stand

[5 on Tour]

I hear we are on about a lad from Leicester City that played against us, but it is a loan

The Leicester striker(Hirst) looked liked a Marquis type player. He was all round good at everything without being excellent at any one thing - unless winding the defence up counts as he was brilliant at it. Haven’t got the programme with me but the centre midfield lad with blonde hair was the best player on the pitch by a long long way that night. He was fast and creative and positive and would be excellent alongside Captain Fantastic - maybe Luke Thomas.

Either of those would be fantastic. The shorter striker/CAM/Winger who scored looked like a pretty decent finisher as well but did very little else all game - just checked and it was Muskwe.

Thomas would be better sat next to me in the stand

Luke Thomas better in the stands? Or Kwame?

[the vicar]

Both we can give them a brush the seating area needs sweeping 😁

[Bessie Red]

Why spend big in L1 when you’ve only got to do it again in the Championship as no ambitious player will drop down when he can get what he wants from a Championship Club . Quality loans are the only way DRFC can stretch its budget to fit its circumstances. Budgets large or small mean nothing if they don’t get results look at Sunderland or Portsmouth or Wycombe which budget would we prefer ? DM just needs to get what he has got to do more and get a goal scorer worth his money and the playoffs will be within reach .

You do realise we've just persuaded Whiteman to sign a new deal?

Yes ready to sell him, most saleable asset.

And you know that for a fact do you? He will not go unless we fail to get to the play offs in my opinion.

[since-1969]

Why spend big in L1 when you’ve only got to do it again in the Championship as no ambitious player will drop down when he can get what he wants from a Championship Club . Quality loans are the only way DRFC can stretch its budget to fit its circumstances. Budgets large or small mean nothing if they don’t get results look at Sunderland or Portsmouth or Wycombe which budget would we prefer ? DM just needs to get what he has got to do more and get a goal scorer worth his money and the playoffs will be within reach .

You do realise we've just persuaded Whiteman to sign a new deal?

Whiteman signed because he gets his cake and eat it , Big fee to stay on and an  Even Bigger to leave when the right deals come in ! Win win for both sides .