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Post by garethl on Apr 29, 2018 12:23:19 GMT
Lost their owner to Sunderland. It will be interesting what this means for them going forward.
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Post by trev on Apr 29, 2018 12:50:37 GMT
No fault of Eastleigh as under FA rules, it is prohibited for the owners or directors of a football club to have the power to influence the management of another club. This does however mean that Eastleigh is now officially up for sale. A feeder team would be nice. Who fancies a whip-round?
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Post by Andy K on Apr 29, 2018 14:44:03 GMT
If there is one club who personally like to see them back at their natural level and it's them. Bought the league and pay far too much for other players thus making harnder for smaller sides to compete.
Wouldn't miss them for a second.
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Post by baboonfish on Apr 29, 2018 20:56:23 GMT
Not sure anyone affiliated with our club would give two hoots if Eastleigh disappeared off the face of the earth. Who in their right mind is going to buy a club that needs propping up to the tune of a few million a year. "Always been run debt free" ha ha good luck finding a mug to carry that torch. Could two clubs in the same league be run any more differently than us and eastleigh? Hope their fans enjoyed it while it lasted
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Post by markf on Apr 29, 2018 21:23:02 GMT
And Coleman effectively sacked by Sunderland already.
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Post by Andy K on Apr 29, 2018 21:25:34 GMT
What are the chances of Richard Hill being their new manager? I'd laugh my head off..
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Post by Amber Aleman on Apr 29, 2018 22:03:35 GMT
Given that they have one of the biggest playing budgets in the National League, Eastleigh have massively under-achieved over the past two years. Their ludicrous turnover of managers last season may help to explain why they only finished 15th. This season, with rather more stability, they improved to, er, 14th. It's hardly surprising that Donald has run out of patience. Assuming the Sunderland deal goes through, the Spitfires will either have to find a similarly deep-pocketed benefactor or slash their wage bill.
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Post by Andy K on Apr 29, 2018 22:06:48 GMT
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Post by Del on Apr 30, 2018 7:36:20 GMT
Not sure anyone affiliated with our club would give two hoots if Eastleigh disappeared off the face of the earth. Who in their right mind is going to buy a club that needs propping up to the tune of a few million a year. "Always been run debt free" ha ha good luck finding a mug to carry that torch. Could two clubs in the same league be run any more differently than us and eastleigh? Hope their fans enjoyed it while it lasted I think Dos would care very much. |
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Post by markf on Apr 30, 2018 10:05:02 GMT
Never understood the angst some fans have over Eastleigh having money. If the guy and his colleagues wants to pour money into a venture what business is that of ours? Their money and as long as it is all above board and legal, so what?
Donald has just continued what Dos started down there and in doing so built an excellent football facility (save for the pitch!).
My only issues with EFC is said pitch, their younger fans (although, as we saw on Saturday, bigger crowds brings different types of people) and the fact we never bloody win there.
What happens to them now will be interesting though as Donald leaves for his next football project - good luck to him with that.
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Post by tenorclef on Apr 30, 2018 12:02:38 GMT
Never understood the angst some fans have over Eastleigh having money. If the guy and his colleagues wants to pour money into a venture what business is that of ours? Their money and as long as it is all above board and legal, so what? Donald has just continued what Dos started down there and in doing so built an excellent football facility (save for the pitch!). My only issues with EFC is said pitch, their younger fans (although, as we saw on Saturday, bigger crowds brings different types of people) and the fact we never bloody win there. What happens to them now will be interesting though as Donald leaves for his next football project - good luck to him with that. Conciliatory, sensible nicely written... markf - "are you sallycat in disguise?" |
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Post by Kebab Belly Bob on Apr 30, 2018 14:33:38 GMT
Only at the weekends.
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Post by SG on Apr 30, 2018 14:56:33 GMT
Never understood the angst some fans have over Eastleigh having money. If the guy and his colleagues wants to pour money into a venture what business is that of ours? Their money and as long as it is all above board and legal, so what? I think it's an "upsetting the natural order" thing. People are much more accepting of a club that organically grows and improves, particularly so if they're punching above their weight from a financial perspective (see the great press Accrington Stanley have received this season in League Two), but when they see someone come in and throw a load of money around without a care in the world, it all just seems a bit artificial. You also have the knock-on effect of spending in the way that they have since they got promoted a few years back - with the money they're supposedly paying out in wages for bang average players, it's no wonder there are loads of clubs in trouble. Players and their agents see that Eastleigh (and others) are paying X amount, and it inflates the amount they demand from everyone else. Obviously the clubs can just say no, but then they're going to struggle to sign anybody. |
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Post by sallycat on Apr 30, 2018 15:09:27 GMT
Only at the weekends. Kbb Wait...so I don't exist during the week? How come I sometimes talk to Frakey at weekends if we're the same person? So many questions... |
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Post by markf on Apr 30, 2018 15:30:01 GMT
Never understood the angst some fans have over Eastleigh having money. If the guy and his colleagues wants to pour money into a venture what business is that of ours? Their money and as long as it is all above board and legal, so what? I think it's an "upsetting the natural order" thing. People are much more accepting of a club that organically grows and improves, particularly so if they're punching above their weight from a financial perspective (see the great press Accrington Stanley have received this season in League Two), but when they see someone come in and throw a load of money around without a care in the world, it all just seems a bit artificial. You also have the knock-on effect of spending in the way that they have since they got promoted a few years back - with the money they're supposedly paying out in wages for bang average players, it's no wonder there are loads of clubs in trouble. Players and their agents see that Eastleigh (and others) are paying X amount, and it inflates the amount they demand from everyone else. Obviously the clubs can just say no, but then they're going to struggle to sign anybody. Understand your points but hardly the first to chuck a few bob at it. Stevenage in the 1990's did and perhaps more pertinently, AFC Fylde have a very rich owner. Don't see them getting the flack that Eastleigh do on here. Not sure the fella chucked money around without a care, after all, it wasn't just the playing budget but the way he has built up the stadium. As for players' demands that is up to the clubs what they want to pay and we certainly haven't struggled to sign quality players and we're nowhere near the top payers in the NL, apparently. |
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