Albertz 78 918 Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 The FD and CEO are primarily responsible for the amount of money that's been spent. If you run a company that brings in £1m per year turnover you don't spend £2m per year in costs it's pretty basic stuff. Costs should have been cut in the summer with the lower than expected season ticket sales but were not for some crazy reason. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack The Flipper 5,936 Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 He clearly doesn't want to play in the Scottish Championship next year. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnw 22 Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 He's injured though why would someone pay £1m for an injured player? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blumhoilann 6,712 Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 The guys who did that Abertz are no longer on the Board. MacLeod will have a good mate down there in Stu Dallas,an Ulsterman and a Bluenose. With the right attitude and coaching,he'll do well. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gogzy 31,195 Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 This is what happens when we are struggling financially. Full houses and full ST uptake might have seen a different result.that being said, 1m quid for a kid who has only really played in the lower leagues in a footballing backwater isn't actually that bad a deal. He would be worth more if he had been playing top flight football but that isnt the case. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cushynumber 25,178 Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 He isn't that good and hasn't been proved at any level worth mentioning - being our best player potentially means nothing as we have a squad full of shite. £1million for lewis? i would bite there hand off. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cushynumber 25,178 Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 and lets be honest - £1M for lewis and £6.5 million worth on potential investment - the taigs can put admin 2 on the backburner for a while - yet again. Now if only we can get out of this fucking league this year we are heading in the right direction. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCDBigBear 10,865 Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 The FD and CEO are primarily responsible for the amount of money that's been spent. If you run a company that brings in £1m per year turnover you don't spend £2m per year in costs it's pretty basic stuff. Costs should have been cut in the summer with the lower than expected season ticket sales but were not for some crazy reason. :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: _________________________________________________________________________________ Hindsight is great though. The board couldn't predict ST sales being so poor and that the game-by-game promise from UoF etc would fail to materialise. Certainly cost-cutting should have happened but it won't be any where near enough unless we offload high earners such as players, coaches and the CEO (at that time). You can't just sack players to get them off the books Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Al 55 9,317 Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 Weren't the board burning through millions per month when we had gates of 47k, what's hard about it? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cushynumber 25,178 Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 The FD and CEO are primarily responsible for the amount of money that's been spent. If you run a company that brings in £1m per year turnover you don't spend £2m per year in costs it's pretty basic stuff. Costs should have been cut in the summer with the lower than expected season ticket sales but were not for some crazy reason.Hindsight is great though. The board couldn't predict ST sales being so poor and that the game-by-game promise from UoF etc would fail to materialise. Certainly cost-cutting should have happened but it won't be any where near enough unless we offload high earners such as players, coaches and the CEO (at that time). You can't just sack players to get them off the booksthere is the case that its the FORMER FD and CEO are primarily responsible for the amount of money thats been spent. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Al 55 9,317 Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 there is the case that its the FORMER FD and CEO are primarily responsible for the amount of money thats been spent.A round and round we go, we never get any better and no one is culpable. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orange Persson 548 Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 Hard for any club in Scotland to keep best players. Absolutely no surprise, nothing new and the money is welcome. Can it fund a new manager? It is a fair swap really. No use moaning about it. Player wants to go. This is football. Next game please and points on that board.......we aint done yet! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueSuedeSambas 54,546 Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 Disappointing that he's moving but it was inevitable considering the state we are in.I doubt he will be the last one either. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjcale27 46 Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 With MacLeod going I fully expect Stevie Smith to be our first choice left midfielder. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Godfather 72,785 Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 Agree with Gogzy.No one who hasn't played in the top league in Scotland is going to go for more than £1 million. Lewis is a talented player but he's been playing against piss poor teams every week and has a LONG way to go in the game. Folk touting him as someone who will play EPL football need to be realistic, he's not that good yet and would be lucky to get games in te Championship down south.This club is going nowhere fast, we don't have a hope in hell winning the league now and even the playoffs look beyond us the way we are playing. Lewis won't want to waste another year in this circus so I don't blame him for moving on.As far as the club are concerned they need the money and a bid if £1 million was always going to tempt them because like it or not we need that money to keep going, what else are they meant to do? Force the 20 odd thousand to go to the games despite a piss poor product on show! It's frustrating to the fans because he was our best prospect and more consistent player but like GOAT pointed out we have lost far better and more important players than Lewis and we will get over it as always. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gogzy 31,195 Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 The godfather agreed with something I posted. My life is now complete Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack The Flipper 5,936 Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 lol gogzy is what i was trying to say :/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smile 26,622 Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 Scottish football is utter piss now mostly down to the filth at the SFA who only care about one team no wonder young players want away. Our situation at our club at the moment wont have helped either. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack The Flipper 5,936 Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 Scottish football is utter piss now mostly down to the filth at the SFA who only care about one team no wonder young players want away.Our situation at our club at the moment wont have helped either.I don't blame lewis at all for this move, it's sad, but good luck to him. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Godfather 72,785 Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 Hopefully this is an opportunity to give another young midfielder a shot!Let's face it....it won't hurt to try and it's no like Black and Law are lighting the place up.What happened to us in 2012 made it possible to play guys like Lewis and McCabe when if in a normal situation these players most likely wouldn't have got a sniff. So on the more positive side mate just maybe there is another player here who will shine given the chance. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MosesMcNeil 1,664 Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 . Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClubDeck1872 13 Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 Fukin Hell..... Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian_Laudrup_11 0 Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 Grim times ahead again Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dietspam 733 Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 What do people expect if we are starving the club of money. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivybank 4,637 Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 With MacLeod going I fully expect Stevie Smith to be our first choice left midfielder.Ffs where's the nearest gun! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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