Club statement

[glosterred]

More money incoming for next season

https://www.doncasterroversfc.co.uk/news/2023/april/owner-terry-bramall-issues-statement/


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[MachoMadness]

Good to hear. Let's hope we can spend it wisely. Now the pressure is really on Schofield and the team to deliver next season. A wobbly start and there's the door.

[adamtherover]

We could have Ronaldo and Messi in their prime, and DS would still only play one of them up front on their own?

[Upton Rover]

Yes good to know, however I’m sorry I wouldn’t let Copps and DS spend it, be warned it will go down the drain if they do

[Pside]

Pump as much money as you want in. It will all
Be pissed up the wall with that wombats playing style

[pib]

I'm hopeful that Terry has had enough of his and the club's money being wasted and p1ssed away on dross, and that this will be accompanied with a proper strategy and process to identify the sort of players we need and get them into the club so we can challenge.

Fair play to TB for this though, I didn't think it would happen, and have just posted moments ago in another thread about the very real peril of slipping into the National League and becoming an irrelevance. Hopefully this new direction helps to arrest our decline.

[ncRover]

Great news.

Now spend it on an experienced manager please.

[Cramby10]

Well that is a body blow that very few wanted to hear. Basically saying dull Danny is here to stay. Horrendous news. Money or no money, I’m still staying away from his utterly abject football.

[The Dav]

Thank Christ for that ! Some common sense at last, surely if this works and we are promoted next season, then that would make us more attractive for a potential take over going forward ?

[BigKeif]

Whilst it’s refreshing to read from Terry himself that he’s putting more money in next season to build a better squad, I seriously wouldn’t trust DS with any budget at all and the best thing to do is get rid now and get Grant McCann back.

Get some excitement back on Match days! All us fans want, value for money!

[lee.j09]

I don’t believe it for one minute.

So they’ve been watching Danny’s abysmal football and tactics this year, then come to the conclusion of giving him money to bring in players.

No I don’t think so, pull the other one! 

[Mike_F]

To be fair, they're not going to say right now that they'll be replacing the manager but if as expected he fails to pick up another point all season I would expect a replacement to be recruited before writing a big old cheque!

[steve@dcfd]

The injection of funds is good. But the last bit about DS knows the funds that are available and the object of getting out of league 2. So it appears he’s here next season

[karldew]

I was hoping 2 losses this weekend would be the back of Danny.

Hopefully a smoke screen to attract a new manager once they get rid of this clown.

[Scooter]

I see that as good news, although time will tell. I read that statement as we are going for promotion next season. It will be interesting to read how the wording changes throughout the season if things don’t go our way.
Let’s see what the summer brings

[BerlinRed]

Potentially great news, however the issue is that unfortunately we've all heard this time and time before. From being told that we will bounce back divisively to then learn we have a budget that is around the middle of League Two. Somewhat cynical I know, but I can't help but think this has been released to ease some of the pressure on the board ahead of potential for protests by the fans and the scrutiny each post the club makes on Twitter etc.

[Cramby10]

I see that as good news, although time will tell. I read that statement as we are going for promotion next season. It will be interesting to read how the wording changes throughout the season if things don’t go our way.
Let’s see what the summer brings

it’s like proper politics. Masking the bad news (dull Danny staying) with good news (more money?).

[danumdon]

The injection of funds is good. But the last bit about DS knows the funds that are available and the object of getting out of league 2. So it appears he’s here next season

I'd say its a bit more nuanced than that.

Above all else TB is a businessman, and a very successful one at that, he will not be in the business of having an employee spaffing his money up the wall continually.

I take this statement to mean that DS is now on notice for next season, results will now be analysed to see if the potential is there for him being here next season to spend any cash. its most important for him that we have some sort of a good conclusion to the season. For that i read matches played in  manner that you can see some sort of strategic plan in action and playing like they mean it, if he continues to get zero buy in from the players than he should be toast.

Thanks for the clarification about next season Mr B, its most appreciated and i hope the strength of conviction is there to protect your legacy by starting afresh next season if the required improvements are not forthcoming.

IM hoping to see signs of relief and improvement from the team starting on Friday.

[ChrisBx]

This is very welcome, however the budget is only part of the problem.

Inexperienced and inconsistent managers, HoF appointed on name alone, and an incoherent player recruitment policy.

[Avsuptem]

Encouraging and well written words from TB but am I the only one that views them with some skepticism ? Have we not heard this stuff before with talk of top 6 budgets etc when in point of fact it is fairly evident that the owners have not put in any brass for more than 3 years. Perhaps some greater clarity would help.

I think a lot of us diehard supporters are fed up with hearing spun words when the evidence of their emptiness is seen on the pitch every week. Having said that we should appreciate everything that the owners have done and pledge to do for the club with the proviso that DRFC is not merely a corporate entity that aims for 'sustainability'. It is our town's football club and it's custodians carry a responsibility far greater than merely running a business.

Personally I can see the wisdom of retaining DS a little longer, as others on here have said some team strengthening, bringing in payers with the necessary skills to make 'the process' work just might bear fruit.

[Drover]

Good news to hear from TB,and full marks for him being pro-active to try and turn things around for us,but I have grave misgivings about letting Schofield be the first to use those funds.If he was an half decent manager,once he realised he did'nt have the budget capable to have his system getting the results we all hoped,he should have temporarily dropped it and switched to others systems that give us more favourable results in the short term.I backed him,like I back any new manager we have,But I have now come to the conclusion,I don't have confidence in him,and don't think quite a few of our players don't either.Happy to be proven wrong though and investment is very welcoming.

[silent majority]

Potentially great news, however the issue is that unfortunately we've all heard this time and time before. From being told that we will bounce back divisively to then learn we have a budget that is around the middle of League Two. Somewhat cynical I know, but I can't help but think this has been released to ease some of the pressure on the board ahead of potential for protests by the fans and the scrutiny each post the club makes on Twitter etc.

This has been in the offing for months, it has nothing to do with relieving pressure.

[ncRover]

A statement from our Head of Football would now be interesting.

What needs to change from now on Mr Coppinger? What does the footballing side of the club and squad really need? Can you see what is missing?

[danumdon]

Potentially great news, however the issue is that unfortunately we've all heard this time and time before. From being told that we will bounce back divisively to then learn we have a budget that is around the middle of League Two. Somewhat cynical I know, but I can't help but think this has been released to ease some of the pressure on the board ahead of potential for protests by the fans and the scrutiny each post the club makes on Twitter etc.

This has been in the offing for months, it has nothing to do with relieving pressure.

Then this very much begs the question, where was it in January?, when all above were making plans to spend to push on for promotion we did the complete opposite and looked like we were planning for the next season.

Did we miss our big opportunity given that this league is so poor this season?

[Chris Black come back]

I feel sorry for Terry. He’s having to go back to subsidising the club heavily to buy success. There’s no need for this if we had made the right footballing decisions in the first place. His own cash is now having to be used to pay for the wider failures in recruitment of both players and managers. He also won’t get any credit for this from some folk but I genuinely feel sorry he’s been forced into this by the mistakes of others.

[Lazar]

All that statement says to me is the ST numbers are appalling.

I will wait to see how the window goes before judging but it is right to be sceptical.

[mushRTID]

Welcome news but without sounding ungrateful, from now on I will be judging things based on what I see on the pitch.

We of course don't know how much this injection will be, for all we know it might be enough to cover the shortfall in season ticket sales that by the way, is the result of their recent management of the club.

What TB might view as a significant injection may only get us to play off level budget...we might have fallen that far behind that it takes this just to make us competitive again.

Wouldnt it be nice though if he just thought "f**k it....im 80 odd now, lets throw 10m at it and have some fun".

[lee.j09]

Potentially great news, however the issue is that unfortunately we've all heard this time and time before. From being told that we will bounce back divisively to then learn we have a budget that is around the middle of League Two. Somewhat cynical I know, but I can't help but think this has been released to ease some of the pressure on the board ahead of potential for protests by the fans and the scrutiny each post the club makes on Twitter etc.

This has been in the offing for months, it has nothing to do with relieving pressure.

Why not release such statement months ago then?

Why does it say the decision was made off the back of a board meeting that was held earlier this week?

[silent majority]

Potentially great news, however the issue is that unfortunately we've all heard this time and time before. From being told that we will bounce back divisively to then learn we have a budget that is around the middle of League Two. Somewhat cynical I know, but I can't help but think this has been released to ease some of the pressure on the board ahead of potential for protests by the fans and the scrutiny each post the club makes on Twitter etc.

This has been in the offing for months, it has nothing to do with relieving pressure.

Then this very much begs the question, where was it in January?, when all above were making plans to spend to push on for promotion we did the complete opposite and looked like we were planning for the next season.

Did we miss our big opportunity given that this league is so poor this season?

No I don't think so.

And this is my take on the situation, not the clubs, but;

I think it became apparent after the window closed that we were well short. But at that point there's little you can do to affect the outcome. It was a question of waiting and seeing if DS/JC could give the push needed to get into the play-offs, but with clubs around us splashing the cash it looked unlikely.

Its then that you accept you have to spend much more, and then its a question of when do you announce that? If you do it too early you kill any confidence or chance that the players have of making a success of the season.

[DonnyOsmond]

You could be the richest club in the league but it won't mean anything if the clubs decision making/recruitment are shite.