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rudolph_hucker wrote:

CountHermanDeBanker wrote:

wewantourdarbyback wrote:Ah yes, of course, I'd forgotten the greatest business saying: No money is better than some Money.

Hear, hear. :lol:

Now if that don't prove your clowning about Coltrane, I don't know what does.

But to be fair you are a clown ;)

It's me feet that are the giveaway ;)

CountHermanDeBanker wrote:

rudolph_hucker wrote:[quote="CountHermanDeBanker
But to be fair you are a clown ;)

It's me feet that are the giveaway ;)

Its most certainly not your big rosy nose ;)

rudolph_hucker wrote:

CountHermanDeBanker wrote:

rudolph_hucker wrote:[quote="CountHermanDeBanker
But to be fair you are a clown ;)

It's me feet that are the giveaway ;)

Its most certainly not your big rosy nose ;)

Oi! I'm an alleged clown, not bloody Alex Ferguson :!: :lol:

wewantourdarbyback wrote:Ah yes, of course, I'd forgotten the greatest business saying: No money is better than some Money.

Ah! yes the philosophy of the ebayer "starts at 99p" you haven't got a Rolls Royce for sale have you? I'll give you some money for it, no don't worry what it's worth. Or is your name Jack who sold a cow for some beans? :lol:

coltrane wrote: Ah! yes the philosophy of the ebayer "starts at 99p" you haven't got a Rolls Royce for sale have you? I'll give you some money for it, no don't worry what it's worth. Or is your name Jack who sold a cow for some beans? :lol:

Did Jack then not get some gold coins and a hen that laid golden eggs?

i feel this topic may have gone off track

coltrane wrote:

wewantourdarbyback wrote:Ah yes, of course, I'd forgotten the greatest business saying: No money is better than some Money.

Ah! yes the philosophy of the ebayer "starts at 99p" you haven't got a Rolls Royce for sale have you? I'll give you some money for it, no don't worry what it's worth. Or is your name Jack who sold a cow for some beans? :lol:

The point you seem to be conveniently missing is that there wasn't anyone offering us money to sponsor the club. It's all well and good saying we should hold out for what the sponsorship, in the club's opinion, is really worth, but nobody was willing to pay that. How long are we supposed to wait; another 6 months, a year, 2 years.....?

We had a product we wanted to sell, nobody would pay what we were asking, so we had to adjust our asking price accordingly, and came up with an original, inventive idea which has brought some much needed cash into the club - considerably more cash than we would have got if we kept holding out for the £50k that Haart were paying each season, which was NEVER going to happen.

I agree with you that raffling off the shirt sponsorship smacks of desperation, but WAKE UP, we are in a desperate position at the moment. Besides, despite what our previous deal with Haart was worth, I'd be amazed if there were many clubs in this league who got more than £10k a season for their shirt sponsorship.

No you wake up, I didn't say that we should hold out for a more realistic £30 or £40 grand, I said that doing it by means of a raffle smacked of desperation and was a bit poo, and it does. :roll:

coltrane wrote:No you wake up, I didn't say that we should hold out for a more realistic £30 or £40 grand, I said that doing it by means of a raffle smacked of desperation and was a bit poo, and it does. :roll:

Calm Down!! :lol:

coltrane wrote:No you wake up, I didn't say that we should hold out for a more realistic £30 or £40 grand, I said that doing it by means of a raffle smacked of desperation and was a bit poo, and it does. :roll:

We are desperate, how do you not get that?! And what is more poo; holding a raffle to get a shirt sponsor or spending the entire season without one, or any additional revenue? :roll:

coltrane wrote:

wewantourdarbyback wrote:Ah yes, of course, I'd forgotten the greatest business saying: No money is better than some Money.

Ah! yes the philosophy of the ebayer "starts at 99p" you haven't got a Rolls Royce for sale have you? I'll give you some money for it, no don't worry what it's worth. Or is your name Jack who sold a cow for some beans? :lol:

You know its a shame the club didn't put the shirt sponsorship on eBay. Would have attracted lots of publicity :lol: