Whats the Financial Situation with the Fleet?

[MHL]

Seen some emails concerning Canvey and Lee Boylan.

After watching a lot of football last night (congratulations to the russkies and Dutch!!)

I was surprised at the state of Canveys Ground.

Honestly thought it would have been of better standard, as I was always led to believe they have money. Surely we can afford Boylan? I was told that we had recieved a generous Sponsership

deal? Whats the situation with the Fleet??

[DJAY]

I didn't think the transfer window opened until the New Year so we would'nt be able to do anything yet anyway. <img src="/images/graemlins/jump.gif" alt="" />

[DJAY]

Err... was that bad grammer????

[David Holden]

And factually incorrect as well. The transfer window doesn't come this far down the pyramid.

 

However the chances of Canvey selling Boylan are slight to say the least.

[Ronnie]

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David Holden said:

However the chances of Canvey selling Boylan are slight to say the least.

And the chances of us matching whatever he earns at Canvey are even less

[JimGNFC]

In this weeks Reporter, Andy is quoted as having money to spend:

 

"I spoke to the Chairman before last Saturday's match and he has made money available to increase the squad - or re-balance it."

 

Presumably the Club will be run at a loss this season too but the FA Cup run and the new sponsorship deal will help to balance the books.

 

A striker appears to be top of the Christmas Shopping list - how about Andy Hunt (released by Charlton) or Alan Tait (grabbed another hat-trick on Tuesday night)?

[Richard C]

I would go for Alan Tait at the moment, scoring goals galore at Folkestone and couldnt do worse than others at the moment! Bit like Drury would cost us next to nothing in wages? Good bet in my opinion. Desperately need a striker! Im cleaning my boots ready for the call!!!!

[jc]

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MHL said:I was surprised at the state of Canveys Ground.

Well, judging by last night's TV footage, the stand behind the goal on the left side of the main camera (i.e. the stand furthest from the Thames) has actually been enlarged since I last saw it, which would have been January 2002 when we won 2-0 there. It used to have a roof, which seems to have been removed to allow the terracing to go further back. Either that or it was temporary terracing for such a big match.

The fact is, the appearance of the ground isn't of that much importance to the ground-grading officials - it's more mundane things like the number of exits that really matter.

[MHL]

There must be something we can do to get ourselves a decent Striker.

It cannot be a good thing if a team in a division below, can afford to keep a decent striker and we can't even tempt him away.

I know we ain't a pro unit but we need to compete on all fronts.

 

[Student Scum]

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It cannot be a good thing if a team in a division below, can afford to keep a decent striker and we can't even tempt him away.
I know we ain't a pro unit but we need to compete on all fronts.

Sadly true though. Canvey will always be financially secure because of Kings caravan park (though I'm not sure why...?!)
Even Hornchurch, Thurrock, Grays and their ilk have far more cash than us..... just comes down to local business interests I s'pose.

[StuThompson]

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jc said:

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MHL said:I was surprised at the state of Canveys Ground.

Well, judging by last night's TV footage, the stand behind the goal on the left side of the main camera (i.e. the stand furthest from the Thames) has actually been enlarged since I last saw it, which would have been January 2002 when we won 2-0 there. It used to have a roof, which seems to have been removed to allow the terracing to go further back. Either that or it was temporary terracing for such a big match.

Yes it was enlarged for conference grading the season we went up instead of them.