Money for nothing....Notts's dire straits???

[Piethagoram]

 

[super_ram]

13 minutes ago, Piethagoram said:

I'm interested to know how this compares with other clubs over the last 10 years

 

[Chris]

*Featured @Piethagoram*

Erm, it's here I acknowledge that Piethagoram has been exactly right. This season the budget has been blown but at the same time Notts don't look match sharp at all. I think the fitness is seriously lacking but these issues could all come back to the fact the clubs thrown money to the wind. The fact we build too quickly and had no solid game plan - its a concern. The club can't keep throwing money down the drain and at the same time we have to be mindful.

This is a bad advert for anyone hoping or praying that Alan Hardy will just sell up.

We have to be stronger beyond all the issues, Notts County needs to survive League Two's relegation or the clubs days could be numbered.

[Magic magpie]

Wow Alan you definitely did go mad and blow the budget .. bloody Nora. And for me if we are going to rectify spendingnthat much the players need to buck up there ideas because to spend that and be where we are is bloody outrageous.

[cheeky~k8]

You have to put money into something to get money out but at the same time you have to do it logically.

I think over the years the club has spent more than its gained due to higher prices of players and other fees involved, along with alot of behind the scenes costs, just like with someones house and bills but much bigger.

Other football clubs won't be much different, just doing better in the leagues.

[Nocturnal-Magpie]

Throw the money on the playing budget, lower it with the coaches and first team staff. Cut back on people behind the scene by making many staff redundant and then hope it all pays off. Risky gamble by Alan Hardy.

[samwatto2008]

I think this is Hardy's **** or BUST year and unfortunately it's bust. I don't think he will be around too long. It just hasn't worked out for him and his ego has been disgusting since the start up until now really. I don't like the bloke but I would never wish what he's had to go through on anyone. Props to him and I am forever thankful for what he has done to the club but even fans from other clubs can see what he's got us into. 

[liampie]

its going to be difficult to claw notts back into the balanced zone, the staff seems to have been reduced and the players budget will be next. if notts are 3million in debt then some of the players might be targeted so this could be a bigger issue.

[upthepies]

If the signings this season had of worked it could have been a different story for 2018-19 season.

I think the club needs to understand that gambling in such a way doesn't always work, spending big is great but only when you can actually afford it. It seems in my opinion Alan Hardy is spending beyond his and the clubs means to gain further success. it's backfired.

[KingMaynard]

I think we as fans have been blinded by the talk of promotion along with the signings, I think Neal Ardley may struggle to keep some of this squad once the transfer windows open up.

What a shame because it could have been different.

[Wilfordpie]

On 11/12/2018 at 21:14, Piethagoram said:

 

I wonder how correct this information is but any club rumoured to be losing £16.4 million at this level would struggle. Who knows?

[Piethagoram]

7 hours ago, Wilfordpie said:

I wonder how correct this information is but any club rumoured to be losing £16.4 million at this level would struggle. Who knows?

@Wilfordpieits from the published accounts at Companies House....  real numbers!

[CliftonMagpie]

On 15/12/2018 at 07:47, Piethagoram said:

@Wilfordpieits from the published accounts at Companies House....  real numbers!

This is shocking, but it shows how much money goes into football. I don't think Notts will improve financially until we as a club learn to spend the money more wisely.

[Piethagoram]

It also doesnt show how other money maybe "put in" like enhanced sponsorships... It's our club and if the current chairman walks away, who would take on these ongoing financial liabilities

[Fozzy]

We say it all the time that we should only have a playing squad of around 20 pros, but every year it just balloons and money gets wasted on players just not good enough. It's as if all player agents know that we are a soft touch and will pay over the odds for poor players. Until this stops, we are always going to lose money and struggle.

 

[DeadlyMacca]

It makes you wonder if there has ever been a major cut back but more importance needs to go towards the hospitality, there is nothing for fans and its too expensive for those don't mind dressing up smart. My dad refuses to pay the upgrade fee for me.

[super_pie]

That's too much money that we could of used to push our team up

[cheeky~k8]

Alot of money is spent on things behind the scenes too, its not all players wages so i can understand why it goes so quickly.

[BromPie]

On 11/12/2018 at 21:14, Piethagoram said:

 

Good advert and motivation for buying the club, the mega rich wouldn't touch Notts with a barge poll.

[DangerousSausage]

Alan Hardy can't be blamed for these figures, they presumably only go up to April 2017 (the end of the financial year), when Hardy had only just arrived.

We already know that the club was extremely wasteful for a very long time during the Trew era. With the money that has been invested we really should have been at least a division higher than where we started, but instead we ultimately had nothing to show for it.

The most surprising thing for me is that we turned a profit in 2014-15!