Lightning McQueen wrote:lion heart wrote:Just to clear a few things up there was absolutely no insurance on the contents lost in the shed. Should there have been? Absolutely and I believe this was the case up until the past 2/3 years.
I can see why people would jump to conclusions when we sign a big name like Trev that we are not using the funds raised for the intended purpose but I can guarantee you that is not the case. In fact our player budget has decreased by 60-70% on last years budget. The player budget was a major motivating factor in our move to the AdFL as what we were doing was not sustainable and would have killed us this year. People would be shocked if they knew the amounts being spent for little return.
The facts are that whilst affiliated In the SFL we had to overpay guys to join the club. I am sure people can understand that players aren’t falling over themselves to sign up for 25-30 goal thrashing’s. Our 3 highest paid players from last season have already left the club after being offered big decreases in pay and I suspect some more will follow. On the flip side we have been able to re-sign many former players (most are returning juniors) mostly for nothing or discounted prices.
There is a genuine buzz around the place that has not been there in many years; we’ve even had a handful of guys come out of retirement. It is awesome to see so many new faces at the club and the best thing is they are here for the right reasons....I suspect there is more to come.
Good luck to you guys this season, well done for clearing it up but it's really no ones business but your club's.
Good luck to the lions in 2018, from the outside looking in during 2017 there was a lady down they're doing some good things, name escapes me,think she is the president or footy operations manager, only spoken on one or two occasions but she and obviously plenty more good people appear to be steering the ship forward, hopefully a bit of success in Ammo's sees the club get back to where it once was, some good club recruits returning will help this.
Lion Heart - Is Lonsdale filling all junior Saturday sides 13,15,17.5 in SFL in 2018?