Reply To: My Football club

[Apollo11]

Rene Artois wrote:

Squad/staff/office/cost cutting.
Do you really need analysts, S&C coach, more than one physio (medical) at this level.
Do we really need an over paid CEO? Pre Swann, the lad Beeby did the job on a normalised salary.
Close the restaurant if it’s making a loss. On match days order in a couple of platters of sarnies from Greggs for the opposition directors to munch on.
Feeding the players breakfast & lunch would obviously go too… as we’d have no restaurant and no staff. They are big lads and can feed themselves.
What does the weekly wastage amount to?
What is the cost of a seat upgrade on match days – hopefully it covers the paid for bar, stated to be open throughout the match day. Drink & be merry!
A skeleton playing staff. In the 60s & 70s, first division teams had very small first team squads.
Players wages & contracts need reviewing. Insane to be paying the bozo Banjo £1500 plus bonuses a week! I’m sure there are others on similar over inflated wages too.
Has anyone ever looked at outsourcing the washing of match day kit. That’ll save a wage and overtime.
Players will have more than one training kit – make them responsible for washing/cleaning their own kit.
Do all office staff need to be full time; are they all really needed four days & a match day?
Do we really need as many stewards?
Remember the days when stewards were volunteers, happy to just be involved and to watch the game for free.
Free seats & cheap seats – research has proven that it has to have value to be desired / wanted / valued. In charged v free studies, gates have being higher at venues with true pricing.
Staff IT equipment, do staff need the latest all singing all dancing computers? MacRodwell had an iMac as big as his desk… was that necessary at a lower league club. All image and no substance.
Equipment audit – if it’s not used or over duplicated and not on a lease then sell it.
Company cars & fuel cards – both being abused since the invention of… private use & mileage. Get the bus, cycle, motorbike, train, tram or own vehicle.
Something that we probably can’t currently afford but would work out cheaper in the long term is a ‘plastic pitch’. We’d need fewer groundsmen so saving money.
Social Media overkill – is it necessary at our level. Paying someone a good wage to tweet (how do they refer to posting on X now?), text, FB, Instagram, TikTok etc.
Post news, info, match previews & reviews on the OWS. Just because it’s there, doesn’t mean we have to.
I’m sure there are other savings to be made and can be made if we put some thought in to it.

There’s some sense here. There’s also some nonsense too.