Chesterfield

Quoted from diehardmariner

Correct.

I should have stated it was in response to the comment highlighted in bold :

Yep, fair play. I’m with you in that I don’t like the idea of inorganic investment in the playing squad, with the odd minor exception (e.g. firming up the squad in the midst of a title race).

Quoted from HertsGTFC

Worth noting how much money we’ve been paid in transfer fees in the last year or so and who’s taken that money out of the club.

I also wonder how long we will have to wait to receive 7 figures in transfer income over 12 months. That money could have really made a huge difference on and off the pitch if it didn't get sent straight to Humberston Avenue.

Quoted from diehardmariner

Correct.

I should have stated it was in response to the comment highlighted in bold :

I said “help improve the squad” I didn’t say pay transfer fees or players salaries. You can do the former without doing the latter.

I think external investment will be sought once we've paid our benign loan that will never compromise the future of the club. It wouldn't surprise me if he has a clause for external investment like he has on transfer fees.

Perhaps I've not had enough coffee this morning.  But if we're talking investment in improving the squad, I'm struggling to see how you do that other than via transfer fees or wages.

Or are you thinking on the terms of improving it via better coaches, facilities, sports science etc.?  If so I think we're splitting hairs, undoubtedly from me!  I think 1878 will welcome any wider investment, I don't think they'll want someone coming in saying they can give us £300,000 to spend on a striker.

Quoted from jamesgtfc

I think external investment will be sought once we've paid our benign loan that will never compromise the future of the club. It wouldn't surprise me if he has a clause for external investment like he has on transfer fees.

I think with the liability we have to Fenty asking anyone to invest now would be a bit of a cheek considering in a kind of way they’d be subsidising the payments we owe him.

Quoted from diehardmariner

Perhaps I've not had enough coffee this morning.  But if we're talking investment in improving the squad, I'm struggling to see how you do that other than via transfer fees or wages.

Or are you thinking on the terms of improving it via better coaches, facilities, sports science etc.?  If so I think we're splitting hairs, undoubtedly from me!  I think 1878 will welcome any wider investment, I don't think they'll want someone coming in saying they can give us £300,000 to spend on a striker.

I am 100% in the same space as you on this for sure 👍

The word 'Investment' covers a lot of bases in footballspeak. Usually, it really means 'gift' from those wealthy enough to give it away as sounds to be the case with this Chesterfield bung. Of course, we also know the case where it is actually a loan which needs to be paid back at a future date.

The ideal is that the club generates all the money they need to continue to operate successfully but every club is attempting the same by hook or by crook and obviously not every club can be successful at the same time. Makes life very difficult for those not willing to chuck money at the problem, even when it is the right thing to do.

Going back to Hurst’s point about Solihull offering better wages to one of his transfer targets, that is important to note. How they do it I don’t know, but it should influence our expectations as fans.

I’m not sure why we keep rattling on about the debt to Fenty. It was obviously agreed and any funds raised by the sale of Pollock, Grist and Dembele only hasten the payment of the debt and don’t change the amount due which was signed off in the deal.