Stand-Offish wrote:
A get back together as chums thread surely must be allowed?
All we have to do is play nicely..
I notice in the Free Press that our Darren is pretty much saying that the Rovers are gonna do next to nowt in the January transfer window apart from what is in the pipeline.
No money!
What has this to do with the Dons?
Well we are Rovers light (lite to those across the pond) aren't we?
They stick to their budgets at Club Doncaster ... and once it is spent, only impending doom will elicit more funds.
My view of Club Doncaster is they won't overspend; i'd be surprised if there is any genuine investment into the club above what is received in revenue. The same goes for us, but with a lot less revenue (admittedly a lot less costs also) that doesn't amount to much. They want the clubs to improve and self sustain. The problem with that for both us and the Rovers is I don't know if gradual improvement yields gradual attendance rises. In fact i am pretty sure it doesn't. It took the Rovers 3 promotions in 5 years and the constant winning that went with that to get anywhere near a respectable crowd, and now relative to the sport and division they are in their crowds are poor again.
People of Doncaster want a team that wins 90% of games, plus promotions, for years before they'll think about looking, and even then they're probably already getting their fix at Leeds or Sheffield (or Castleford for RL).
Unless I had genuinely spare cash I was willing to write off I wouldn't put any money into the club cause you're never getting it back. It's the difference between treating sport like a business or a folly.
