Be careful what you wish for

[IDM]

True - but if they do read places like this they will also see just as many voices supporting what they continue to bring to DRFC..

And to copy DM, long may it continue.!

[dickos1]

I understand these points yes,
But if you read what gavin states in the article. The club doesn’t need this subsidy the owners do so by choice to make us more competitive.
It’s not a necessity just their choice

That's irrelevant. They make that subsidy to give us a baseline expenditure. Which makes us competitive. But what YOU have been saying is that they should give us more expenditure because we sold a player for big bucks.

And I've explained my take on why that doesn't follow, logically.

If you start from accepting points 3 and 4 that I posted above, you'd be a lot calmer and more realistic about our situation. You might enjoy it too. This is going to sound odd to the people complaining in here, but I actually enjoyed a lot of our performance yesterday. I can see what we have coming together. And I'm not going to lose sleep about the Board not indulging my fantasies about what extra investment might do.

I'm on the same page as you Billy. The Owners are choosing to continue with their £1m each commitment, as they have done from the start and before 3 became 2.

Add to that projected income from match day sales & Club Doncaster etc., enables them to set the budget.

If actual income falls short of the projected income than that's where the additional subsidy kicks in.

Again, my understanding is from Gavin at the Meet The Owners is that the increasing income from Club Doncaster plus match day income means the club could self sustain but they choose to continue to put in the same £1m each year.

Basically, the days of significant shortfalls are hopefully behind them as other income is better than it s ever been. You only have to look at the financial summary posted by S_M to see what a success Club Doncaster is. Yet there are those who think it is detrimental to DRFC!

I'm sure GB has his finger on the pulse in keeping DM informed of where we are with spending, bearing in mind every budget has a commitment to existing contracts etc.

I would guess as in any business expenditure as to be agreed and approved, particularly if it involves a fee but I would imagine DM & GB don't need board approval for loans, free transfers etc., but that's just my guess!

On the point of what's just been said about extra income from Cup etc would be added to the budget to support the manager.

I think it was mentioned at the Meet The Owners that they wanted to spend some money on training facilities and DM also wanted to invest more in the youth/development set up.

Please correct me if any of the above is way off.

It’s my understanding that the subsidy is used irrespective. So it doesn’t just kick in when it’s needed because revenue is lower than expected. But It’s always there, to keep us competitive with a top 6 budget.

[Bentley Bullet]

If the club was promoted to the Championship, wouldn't the board have to subsidise the team more in order to compete more effectively?

[dickos1]

Possibly
Although the increase in revenue is quite dramatic from league one to the championship

[DonnyBazR0ver]

I would have thought that they would be thick skinned enough to brush aside such comments especially if it is really only a small section of the fan base making such comments.?

That small minority make a lot of noise though IDM.

And they are human, with families, just like the rest of us.

At the match on Saturday I heard a group of three fellas chatting about the striker situation etc, and then I thought I heard one of them say something about a demonstration against the board. I didn't catch enough to understand whether this is something that's being planned or whether it was just a flippant comment but it makes me shake my head in disbelief. When you look at some of the bile written on here and on Facebook, you do really wonder!

[Bentley Bullet]

If the club was promoted to the Championship, wouldn't the board have to subsidise the team more in order to compete more effectively?

Possibly
Although the increase in revenue is quite dramatic from league one to the championship

That's what I thought, although I'm not sure if the financial benefits are instant. If that's the case the board would have to invest more cash into the team, initially at least.

[drfchound]

If the club was promoted to the Championship, wouldn't the board have to subsidise the team more in order to compete more effectively?

Possibly
Although the increase in revenue is quite dramatic from league one to the championship

That's what I thought, although I'm not sure if the financial benefits are instant. If that's the case the board would have to invest more cash into the team, initially at least.

Well the away end is worth around a million pounds a season in extra income.

[DRNaith]

If the club was promoted to the Championship, wouldn't the board have to subsidise the team more in order to compete more effectively?

Possibly
Although the increase in revenue is quite dramatic from league one to the championship

That's what I thought, although I'm not sure if the financial benefits are instant. If that's the case the board would have to invest more cash into the team, initially at least.

Well the away end is worth around a million pounds a season in extra income.

Would that be turnover, or profit. For example, I'm sure it wouldn't cost an extra one million pounds to steward, serve and clean-up after the increased attendance, but it would take a proportion of that, if you're quoting turnover.