rupert bear wrote:It would take 400 people at £5 a month to make two grand. I would have thought that would be within the range of everyone to afford. Even with a small fanbase this is achievable.
I will be signing up for this. We need to be in the Championship in 2013 to avoid the intergalactic travel to away games on planet Zog and maybe when we are up there with increased attendances we will be able to keep hold of our better players.
The season tickets were for nothing so i don't think we can complain at being asked to cough up a few extra pounds to help build the team.
I really hope this works out.
You won't get 400 people signing up though, only about 100.
The only people really interested, apart from those that could not make it or didn't know about it were at the meeting.
I don't think the people at the meeting were a significant subset of a bigger group of interested fans. If more fans were interested then why didn't they come?
Besides which, the money raised this way is at risk at source.
If Paul Cooke turns out to be a disappointment and people rag their pledges in, we are still committed to him for a year aren't we?
Not least because he has packed his job in to come and needs an income.
Much better to get some money by other means that is up front, then it doesn't matter. In other words, you already have the money and the risk is covered.
It's all right Carl saying he doesn't want to put the club at risk, but paying for Paul this way could do just that.
Don't put all your eggs in one basket would be my advice.
It shouldn't come to this of course, but you can't just pay the guy on promises.
