ICTChris Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 I'm in favour of signing anyone called Savage so we can play this song for them 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiG Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 Any information the length of contract for Savage? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScarf Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 (edited) I see Arbroath have launched a fan Direct Debit payment service to boost their player budget. I know another couple of clubs do that too, possibly Falkirk and Morton? I was reading on Twitter the other day that a fan has contacted Gardiner a few times about setting one up only to be told we don't have a big enough fanbase for it to be worthwhile. I think it's a great idea. Arbroath have a 1 year minimum subscription too, which makes sense to stop all the fans who sign up to suddenly just cancel the DD and leave the club unable to pay certain wages. I'd be happy to part with 50 or so a month towards something like that for The Caley. Seeing as we seem intent on paying Gardiner a 6 figure salary that can't go to the player budget. Edited January 26 by TheScarf 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Central Belt Caley Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 3 minutes ago, TheScarf said: I see Arbroath have launched a fan Direct Debit payment service to boost their player budget. I know another couple of clubs do that foo, possibly Falkirk and Morton? I was reading on Twitter the other day that a fan has contacted Gardiner a few times about setting one up only to be told we don't have a big enough fanbase for it to be worthwhile. I think it's a great idea. Arbroath have a 1 year minimum subscription too, which makes sense to stop all the fans who sign up to suddenly just cancel the DD and leave the club unable to pay certain wages. I'd be happy to part with 50 or so a month towards something like that for The Caley. Seeing as we seem intent on paying Gardiner a 6 figure salary that can't go to the player budget. Think it’s a class idea tbh. If you had 20 folk paying 50 a month, there’s 1k to give a bit more to any players who we might want to keep. Reckon you’d have a load of folk happy to pay £20-50 a month depending on their circumstances. They could enter everyone that pays in into a draw each month to win a signed shirt, a voucher for the club shop, free tickets etc. But f**k all that nonsense, battery farms are the way to go amirite fellas? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PB1994 Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 Aye even if it doesn’t have a lot of people signing up to contribute. Why wouldn’t you give the option for fans to literally hand you their money for nothing in return. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScarf Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 There’s obviously legal stuff to work out, tax implications possibly but come on to fuck, for the club to shoot it down straight away is moronic. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SandyCromarty Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 30 minutes ago, TheScarf said: I see Arbroath have launched a fan Direct Debit payment service to boost their player budget. I know another couple of clubs do that too, possibly Falkirk and Morton? I was reading on Twitter the other day that a fan has contacted Gardiner a few times about setting one up only to be told we don't have a big enough fanbase for it to be worthwhile. I think it's a great idea. Arbroath have a 1 year minimum subscription too, which makes sense to stop all the fans who sign up to suddenly just cancel the DD and leave the club unable to pay certain wages. I'd be happy to part with 50 or so a month towards something like that for The Caley. Seeing as we seem intent on paying Gardiner a 6 figure salary that can't go to the player budget. Gardiner will have nothing to do with fans contributions, financial or otherwise, as his career is littered with fans criticism. Any suggestion of financial sponsorship should be proposed to board level. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SandyCromarty Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 11 minutes ago, TheScarf said: There’s obviously legal stuff to work out, tax implications possibly but come on to f**k, for the club to shoot it down straight away is moronic. There is the option of a charitable trust which would reduce/negate tax liability. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScarf Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 5 minutes ago, SandyCromarty said: Gardiner will have nothing to do with fans contributions, financial or otherwise, as his career is littered with fans criticism. Any suggestion of financial sponsorship should be proposed to board level. Scot Gardiner is in charge of the day to day running of the club and this would absolutely fall within his wheelhouse and would have the power to veto it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SandyCromarty Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 (edited) 20 minutes ago, TheScarf said: Scot Gardiner is in charge of the day to day running of the club and this would absolutely fall within his wheelhouse and would have the power to veto it. He's a one man show who likes to give the impression he has overall control, pitch the idea to his employer the board as any financial decisions can only be made by a Company's Board not an employee. Edited January 26 by SandyCromarty 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScarf Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 Just now, SandyCromarty said: He's a one man show who likes to give the impression he has overall control, pitch the idea to his employer the board as any financial decisions can only be made by a Company's Board not an employee.9 Come off it. He will have veto'ed it before it got to the directors. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 Why have we not signed any defenders today? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juanjo Nostalgia Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 1 hour ago, SandyCromarty said: There is the option of a charitable trust which would reduce/negate tax liability. Not convinced that paying players’ wages is a charitable purpose! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzz Killington Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 1 hour ago, Juanjo Nostalgia said: Not convinced that paying players’ wages is a charitable purpose! Paying Steven Boyd's wages for a year surely can't be classed as for a business purposes. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzz Killington Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 But seriously, if the cub don't want the money why don't the supporters trust/club/whatever do it and start buying up shares in the club or spend it on sponsoring players or something. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supercaleyman94 Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 Jesus christ another defender.... please, please keep Boyes or Harper would be gutted to see one of those 2 leave let alone both of them. I honestly couldn't care about Duffy or Davidson let them go... Would be sad to see Devine go he can still do a job for us plus he's been a good servant & he has experience which is essential in such a young squad. Scouts from England were apparently looking at Harper recently so that's why I have a bad feeling about him... if we can finish January with him & Boyes still on the books I'll be a happy man 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supercaleyman94 Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 I would happily donate at least a tener a month & when I get back to work would happily put in more. Scott Gardiner is just a poor businessman who's too arrogant to see it 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Central Belt Caley Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 From the Arbroath website, stuff like this getting fans involved would be a great idea, obviously can change the thresholds depending on how many folk they think would sign up. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneteaminglasgow Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 (edited) Aye, we have a similar thing which I think we’ve had since about 2016 - literally just called the players fund. Pretty sure we have the option of ongoing, rolling donations or just making a one-off donation every so often. We also obviously have the fan ownership group putting in 10k a month to the club, but the players fund stuff gets specifically earmarked for the playing budget. Obviously it would require some work from Caley’s admin team to run the scheme, but even if you’re managing to bring in an extra couple of hundred quid a month it seems entirely worth it. The fact that Scot Gardiner would dismiss it out of hand is entirely in keeping with everything I know about him. Edit: basically, football fans (including myself) are mugs, and football clubs seeking to maximise their income shouldn’t be turning away mugs seeking to give them money for f**k all. Edited January 26 by oneteaminglasgow 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiG Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 30 minutes ago, Central Belt Caley said: From the Arbroath website, stuff like this getting fans involved would be a great idea, obviously can change the thresholds depending on how many folk they think would sign up. "Commemorative brick" 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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