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  1. There were very few supporters present so it is difficult to discuss something with yourself.  The Managers Fund has been raised in the past but never got off the ground. I think we now have a full time member of staff whose remit is, amongst other things, increase cash coming in to the club. So we have someone who can devote time to initiatives like this. The Managers Fund is purely optional - any money raised that goes to Bomber is better than nothing. No surprise, Harry Paton won't be coming cheap, for example. £10,000 was a number I used for illustrative purposes, but this amount of money would get, I would imagine, two players. I am not privy to the player budget but I would guess it represents about 10% of the total. 

    The good thing about this is that it is easy to contribute and that the proceeds are clearly visible. Adding £2 to the gate just gets merged with all other cash coming into the club, and there would be a degree of effort required to separate the cash raised. Visiting fans also wouldn't want to contribute to our player budget.

    Regardless, I know for a fact that Jamie would be delighted to hear from you, or anyone else, with any other initiatives or support that can be offered.

     

  2. Agree about Bomber. I think we are lucky to have him. He obviously has the club at heart. Certainly a degree of optimism about the place but need to start winning some games.

    They are to start a Managers Fund where supporters are encouraged to contribute a monthly amount into a ring fenced account. All proceeds to be spent on players. Hopefully there will be a good uptake. 100 fans donating £100 a year = £10,000 which would be significant in the context of the overall budget. I expect there will be details on the website shortly. Spread the word.

  3. 1 hour ago, Hard Graft said:

    Highlights - the standard of our defending is abysmal.  Have yet to see how Tena and Neill are better than the centre backs we released.  In the past few games they have been badly out of position and failed to get in front of their attackers.  Can only improve or we are in the mire.

    Goals we lost were awful but I am not sure that the centre backs were released last season.

    Neill looks decent enough. Not sure about Jesus, but he has played at a decent standard. Certainly don't think he was Bomber's first choice.

    He acknowledges that we need 2 or 3 players, and he has managed to assemble decent squads on a tight budget the last couple of seasons, so I am sure that he will be able to get a couple of decent players in to make us competitive.

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