Re: Players for next year : Wed Oct 24, 2018 12:20 pm  

Nothus wrote:

Has Misi Taulapapa got a club sorted for next year yet?
Someone mentioned we were in for him near the beginning of this thread. Kear said we had two signings left - a centre and a second rower - before we announced Farrell.

So that's just leaves a centre...

Was me that mentioned it, Misi has signed for another Championship club.

Re: Players for next year : Wed Oct 24, 2018 12:42 pm  

RickyF1 wrote:

Was me that mentioned it, Misi has signed for another Championship club.

Ah fair enough.

Re: Players for next year : Wed Oct 24, 2018 1:34 pm  

Bullseye wrote:

I fully expect Garside to stay. As for Chisholm I wouldn't be surprised if he's had offers from some of the lower level SL clubs so negotiations may be ongoing. I would expect any further signings might depend on the outcome of those talks as if he went it'd leave a gap in the halves but also free up a fair amount of salary.

Mick confirmed Garside under contract for next year in one of threads and Kear included him in his group of 2nd towers for next year in one of recent articles.

If Chisholm doesn’t re-sign then we will have to find a replacement imo. Lilley and Keyes are ok for some games but we need someone senior as well.

Re: Players for next year : Wed Oct 24, 2018 1:46 pm  

In League Express it mentioned that we have made an offer to Chizzy. We must make him a priority as we need players of his quality that can score tries from nothing. I know he has not had his best season what with the injury etc. but over the last couple of months he has looked more like his old self and also played a much more structures role. I appreciate we can't break the bank to sign him but hope we make a real effort to re-sign him.

Re: Players for next year : Wed Oct 24, 2018 2:45 pm  

A full pre-season will do Chisholm the world of good IMO

Re: Players for next year : Wed Oct 24, 2018 3:45 pm  

I would be OK with signing Chizzy again although he runs in circles rather than putting players through. I don't think he is as good as the reputation he has managed to gain when not actually playing for any top team. Some players manage to do that somehow. I wouldn't rate him as our top earner.

Did anyone hear Phil Caplan listing the clubs who made a significant loss this last financial year. He said it is public knowledge that we lost over half a million that year.
I don't know enough about the financial running of a club but is this figure a surprise to others. Was it a one off with all the problems the club had in that first year after the re-birth probably having to spend money to sort everything out including the payout to the players after the court case?

Hopefully, it is all part of the overall plan and is covered without us going down that well known path of recent years. I have faith in Chalmers financial planning.

Re: Players for next year : Wed Oct 24, 2018 4:38 pm  

The accounts are available on companies house. Someone has covered the losses so we do have an investor willing to cover this

Re: Players for next year : Wed Oct 24, 2018 4:48 pm  

bulls2487 wrote:

The accounts are available on companies house. Someone has covered the losses so we do have an investor willing to cover this

Interesting

Re: Players for next year : Wed Oct 24, 2018 5:25 pm  

As I thought, so no surprise. The accounts are a bit too summarised to say much more than that plus a pointer or two. What the period of the loan is would be useful to know. with the date being to the 31st January the creditors less than one year figure of £115k will substantially be season ticket sales taken up to that date that is for the following season and accounts. The receipts from those sales are sitting in the bank account of £95k and I cannot see there being many other debtors, just sponsorship and the like. Take those season ticket sales and trade creditors wont be a vast amount, and it therefore looks as if there may be a payment holiday on the loan as you would expect creditors to be a bit higher if there were repayments scheduled for this year. There was not even a photocopier, but Chalmers is being modest in referring to that, there weren't any season ticket sales either. Nearly three quarters of a million loan, no wonder Chalmers thought of Humpsterchops and his stupid demands as nothing more than a depressed whining gnat with ocd. What it tells us is that there is a sugary daddy with an eye for a man with a plan, it will be interesting to see what happens to the loan after this season.

Re: Players for next year : Wed Oct 24, 2018 5:28 pm  

Yeah i was going to mention the accounts (did he say £500k loss on the radio?) don't think thats a surprise to anyone. No season ticket money, sponsors etc and had to pay for a FT squad next year and all equipment to basically run a club.