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Re: New Manager / What it means for the youth?

By SDG (SDG (Ks))4/5 12:31Sat May 4 12:31:55 2024In response to Re: New Manager / What it means for the youth?

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All this is true and we've benefited from it twice before, with both Dowse and Hayden Bird immediately bringing in a lot of their former players who did a good job for us. They're obviously a solid group who have had a lot of success together; we're local to them and, despite everything going on, we'll be one of the biggest names in that league next season.

Nonetheless they're a group that's been playing at step 3 and even if we aren't throwing silly money at them it's hard to believe that they'd collectively accept playing for much below a fair market value. And nor should they - life is hard for most people financially at the moment.

So while my heart is excited at the prospect of watching a good team with a bit of an identity again, my head thinks people are right to question how sustainable this is. It's right that people are questioning a) whether we can afford this and b) why now?

Only two weeks ago, Yioryos said, "The money was not there for us to keep spending what we were spending, it just wasn't sustainable." And that was referring to a budget with which we came bottom of the league with! There's now a further £40k hole in that budget that we need to plug even to be back at square 1.

John Bangs claimed we'll have a 'decent budget' and that money is being raised through support from several individuals and a far more active approach to seeking sponsorship. This frankly doesn't sound very concrete and is based on what we're seeking not what's in our bank account. So I worry that the money will run out mid-season and we'll either have to cut the budget or get the begging bowl out.

Even if this extra money is available, is it really the right time to go for promotion?

It's at best ambiguous whether we'd even be allowed to get promoted, with different people posting different rumours about RPV but nothing mentioned on the subject in Yioryos' 3,000 word state of the nation address. But he did say, "The level of playing budgets that are now required to compete at Step 3 are just not financially sustainable given our current position as a club" so if we went up would we not go straight back down again? Or risk getting into the sort of debt he says Margate are in?

So yes, it looks like we're putting a good team together and I'm sure we'll enjoy watching them play and winning some games. But that was basically what we did under Dowse and Tommy, enjoying ten years of good football while the board made no progress in addressing the long-term problems the club faced. We can't take our eye off the ball again however much we enjoy the team Scott's putting together.

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