spyinthesky Posted 29 April, 2018 Posted 29 April, 2018 Heard Stuart Dennis on the radio last week saying that he was unlikely to get involved with the consortium looking to buy Sunderland. Seems there has been a change of heart and he has put Eastleigh on the market. To be fair to him Stuart has done a great job in getting Eastleigh into the National League and improving what were quite basic facilities. Question is, without his guidance and investment, what's the future for Eastleigh? I always hoped they could become a Football League club but doubt if that is realistic now.
The Cat Posted 29 April, 2018 Posted 29 April, 2018 Spent a load of cash on the stadium which was good but wasted far too much on average players. Difficult job for whoever takes over unless they have a lot of money to carry on pumping in.
Colinjb Posted 29 April, 2018 Posted 29 April, 2018 Is their infrastructure now enough to sustain them?
a1ex2001 Posted 30 April, 2018 Posted 30 April, 2018 Is their infrastructure now enough to sustain them? Professional non-league football is not sustainable lower league football probably isn't either!
stevegrant Posted 30 April, 2018 Posted 30 April, 2018 Is their infrastructure now enough to sustain them? Not at the current level of spending, their wage bill is around £2m The infrastructure there has improved immeasurably, but they're still only averaging crowds of 1900, which is also skewed by their occasional "free entry" deals for midweek games. They've been paying silly wages for mediocre players for so long, it's going to be difficult for them to attract players even of the standard of their existing squad on the wages they should be paying them.
Colinjb Posted 30 April, 2018 Posted 30 April, 2018 Not at the current level of spending, their wage bill is around £2m The infrastructure there has improved immeasurably, but they're still only averaging crowds of 1900, which is also skewed by their occasional "free entry" deals for midweek games. They've been paying silly wages for mediocre players for so long, it's going to be difficult for them to attract players even of the standard of their existing squad on the wages they should be paying them. With that strategy, he will fit right in at Sunderland.
spyinthesky Posted 2 May, 2018 Author Posted 2 May, 2018 Not at the current level of spending, their wage bill is around £2m The infrastructure there has improved immeasurably, but they're still only averaging crowds of 1900, which is also skewed by their occasional "free entry" deals for midweek games. They've been paying silly wages for mediocre players for so long, it's going to be difficult for them to attract players even of the standard of their existing squad on the wages they should be paying them. Interesting article on Macclesfield in the press recently after they had just been promoted back to the Football League They had only one player signed on before the season started and they had to work hard to get a squad in at short notice. Their top earner is on £25k a year!! so their wage bill is far less than Eastleigh. Understand that Eastleigh will not only have to revisit their expensive wage bill but deal with some commercial losses that have been covered by the previous owner Perhaps Paul Doswell could be encouraged to return if Sutton dont go up as he has a decent wedge from selling his development company
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