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GrimRob
August 21, 2016, 5:11pm

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Is trying to live within your means "penny pinching"? As it is, the directors dip into their pockets year after year as we nearly always make an operational loss. Until we get a new ground and have more income then we'll just have to make do on what income we have.

Wycombe and Colchester get considerably lower crowds than us, as we have seen, but I bet they have a bigger turnover as they have new grounds.


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I can only think that some of the budget for quality players would have been 'held back' to see how Town do early doors - plenty of time left to adjust to stabilisation in League 2.

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Quoted from Teestogreen
I can only think that some of the budget for quality players would have been 'held back' to see how Town do early doors - plenty of time left to adjust to stabilisation in League 2.

UTM


Window slams shut in 10 days until Jan, so not really plenty of time.
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In that case - you're right  - could be that management techniques, on the players we have, to gel them in to a points winning team will prevail ----- until January 2017


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The budget is only a starting figure,

Fenty has said many times in the past if the manger wants to bring in another player,

He will find the money, no manager has been told NO we do not have the money for x y or z.

I don't know what he would say if Paul wanted to sign A B OR C  though/


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Budget should be higher by some margin. Price increase of £2 per seat + gate increase of say 500. Rough guess that last year's average gate was 4000 x £16 = £64000 per home game, this season £18 x 4500 = £81000 which equates to an added £391000 turnover. I appreciate that police and steward costs go up but so should merchandise and shop sales.
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Budget should be higher by some margin. Price increase of £2 per seat + gate increase of say 500. Rough guess that last year's average gate was 4000 x £16 = £64000 per home game, this season £18 x 4500 = £81000 which equates to an added £391000 turnover. I appreciate that police and steward costs go up but so should merchandise and shop sales.


You can add on the League 2 basic award payment which is far greater than the National League. Guessing but something like,

£230,000..........League 2                      £35,000..............National League


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I am certainly not panicking at this stage but understand Arnold is on more money at the "chimps" then he was at Grimsby which I have to say is a surprise. Also understand there was an issue marrying up his desire to work as hairdresser with that of full - time footballer at town which lincoln are not concerned with.

Should find out next trip to the barbers as Nathan will probably be holding the scissors!
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From that though you'd have to probably deduct the money that the directors have in previous seasons put into the club wouldnt you? If we had Mr Fenty and co. topping up the budget it would be reasonable if that money came from the income generated.


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Budget should be higher by some margin. Price increase of £2 per seat + gate increase of say 500. Rough guess that last year's average gate was 4000 x £16 = £64000 per home game, this season £18 x 4500 = £81000 which equates to an added £391000 turnover. I appreciate that police and steward costs go up but so should merchandise and shop sales.


Your figures don't take any account of kids, oap's, kids for a quid etc
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