They didn't answer one of the most important questions.

The club had its biggest ever playing budget what went wrong?

The club has chosen not to answer this question, or a similar one that I asked. It may be their prerogative not to answer the question but I fear it will prove to be a mistake. It will be a mistake because many people will not buy season tickets or support the club into next season.

It won't affect my decision. I will be getting my ticket for next year on Sunday but I fear many others won't. I'm sure a full and proper explanation would have helped some people to be prepared to give the club another chance. A missed opportunity by the club, I fear.

As stated previously several times, money for signings was made available for Cooke at the start of the season and he chose not to make use of it,signing the likes of Kittrick and co. instead. There's your answer.

So just to clarify,money was made available but was not used on player recruitment. Is that what you are saying Tatty Feeld? What happened to the money then, did it go back into the pot or was it used for something else?

If what you say is correct and money was available to sign new players at the start of the season but not used,after losing the first six games of the season and then on March 22nd losing by 40pts to 12pts in the Challenge Cup fourth round to Championship One team N.Wales Crusaders why didn't they use the money to strengthen the side as it was plainly obvious that some new players were required the writing was on the wall why didn't the clubs management react to the clubs disastrous start to the season?

Paul Cooke had sole responsibility for the signing of players and Carl Hall would sanction the signing. As far as I am aware,because the money wasn't used, the players were given a bonus for such a successful season last year.

As I have said to Moonlight Paul Cooke thought we didn't need new players and the youngsters would come good.As the season went on and went pear shaped Carl Hall got more involved and tried to make signings himself including Sammutt. Jordan Abdull was also lined up to come on season long loan but because of injuries at Hull the deal fell through.

Didn't they spend the money on upping the existing squad's wages?
That was a waste if they did.

There can't have been any appreciable amount left otherwise only lunatics would not have reacted and bought some quality.

As a measure of how much money was available, I was told from the horse's mouth after we were thrashed by Hunslet at home in the friendlies, that WE could have had Andy Kain, but that he wanted £40,000 and that was too much.
So at that stage we can't have had any money and/or any sense.

But where has the vast pot of win bonuses gone?
Don't tell me players are not entitled to win bonus at the Dons.
If the crowds were appreciably lower then I could see win bonus savings making up shortfalls in gate revenue.
But ironically in such a shoite season, crowds were good.

So something stinks!

And another thing.
I don't react well to calls that we have got to "all stick together at this difficult time"

This is not some kind of national disaster/crisis where of course that rallying call applies ... and people would rally together for the cause

This is a club that has demonstrated levels of incompetence that would result in sackings and resignations in other forms of business ... and after serving up that shoite for an entire season declares gliibly ..."time to move on and draw a line under it."

Professional sport, a business, has to produce or else people go elsewhere ... simples.

The Dons HAVE to produce first and people will come to watch. That's the way round it works.
It doesn't work that people first pay all their money UP FRONT, then sit down to watch the UNKNOWN!

We did that last season, and I am damned if I am going to be so stupid again.

I will wait and see ... thank you very much

Bang on those two previous post from SO. The club has a lot of ground to make up with the Dons fans who like myself are not going to be easily brought back by words and sound bites that have not put one single point on the scoreboard this year.

I was perhaps wrong about the Club Doncaster tie in with the finances I am struggling to get my head around the fact that a bloke with Gavin Baldwins financial acumen has allowed money to be spent in this way. Really really puzzled.

Type in to Google 07132145 then click on the link to filing history pdf download.

You will be able to view the abbreviated unaudited accounts the club filed at Companies House 31/07/15

Like others who write views on this site, I too have a circular jumble of emotions about our calamitous situation. It ranges from disbelief to sadness to despair to anger and to happiness about former days. I think of what we had and what might have been.

Management do not wish to discuss this issue. They want the matter closed. The past has gone so forget it. They want to focus on the future. The big difference is that management have the inside information to know what happened and this makes it easy for them to bring closure to a dreadful season. The fans do not have this information and so can only speculate. Why do they speculate? Surely it is to understand the situation so that they can bring closure.

So whilst I can appreciate the business need to move on, at the same time the fans should be given some understanding of what went so wrong. Then, we too can bring closure to what we had.

I find it difficult to just walk on blindly towards a future without looking back at the past and asking a simple question, “What happened?”

Very good points made there by Tee Man. The club will not take as many people with them going forwards without offering some further words of explanation. The future may be all that matters but the past cannot be ignored.

See my post on Club Doncaster.