thats what he keith freer said at the meeting. anything over and we start to pay back what we have borrowed

Completley disagree with this. I feel we should get excited because it's been an incredible pre season and we've got ourselves a good looking squad together. Putting a downer on things isnt helping anybody.. Like the previous post we have made so much money in losing Millward Hill Paul etc. So we should be ok!

If you can't get excited about a new season then it is time to pack in, why are people obsessed with pouring cold water over optimism.

i get excited everytime we play. This year will be better than last year!

I take it by that Alan, most of the players are on large bonus payments that is why they have signed.

People who think all the players have come for peanuts and all that jazz need to get real.

Nah come on,who's said that?

No - it's simply that we haven't budgeted to win every match - so, if we win them all, we'll be down on our budget, because we'd have to pay winning pay every match, rather thyan losing pay on the 'x' matches we have budgeted to lose.

I'm with you Lynda. There's nothing wrong with being excited by what we've seen on the pitch, but we mustn't be lulled into thinking our problems have been solved, or that 'the next person' is sorting them. We've all got a part to play.

Come on guys - give Lynda a break.

The title of her post is "Before we get too excited". The emphasis on the word "too". It is great to be excited and enthused, as I am sure she is, about what we have seen on the pitch so far.

BUT, it is simply good forward thinking to make sure the foundations are going to be strong enough to ensure that what happened before does not happen again. Some people and some organizations love to operate in "firefight mode" - always dealing with emergencies and never planning long term.

Some fans will only care about the results on the pitch as soon as they get the slightest hint that the panic is over. Look how LISA membership declined when people felt Arthur was bankrolling the club (as he was in the end).

The fact remains that the healthier our finances are, the quicker we will be able to achieve our aims on the pitch. All successful organizations are NEVER satisfied with where they have managed to get to, they never rest on their laurels.

The need to raise funds and keep rattling the tins in various ways may well be turn out to be a permanent one - no it shouldn't have to be that way but its a fact of life, especially in this economic environment.

Now is the not the time to get "donation fatigue" or think we have reached the end when we have only just started - and now is certainly not the time to take a pop at Lynda who has moved heaven and earth (as have others) to get to where we are now.

It isn't just about whats going on on the pitch.
After the last 6 month why can't people feel optimistic about whats going on off the pitch?

How did those that were collecting outside the ground on Friday night get on ,well done by the way for doing so

I'm glad you asked this question cos i got an email asking me to ask the same question and i forgot all about it.

I was also asked t ask linda....do you think you set the ticket price '£15' to high for your poker night?if a couple came it would have been £30 entry plus taxis and drinks etc and it would have made for a very expensive night?.

John
I didn't set the price Kevin from the Bull and Butcher who organised it did. He wanted to do the event to raise the club money.
He wanted to make it a really quality night out, with quality food.
Also wanted to get hundred people in which if £15 a head, would mean take out £5 for the food and that would leave £1000 profit for LISA to give to the club which would have been brilliant and Im sure they would have been made up with that.

Thanks linda ive sent that to him