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After the departure of Gordon Greer we now need to decide who to sponsor for next season. I've set up this poll showing players and management currently available.

The players are priced at £350 and the management at £200. We currently have around £380 in the pot.

If we don't end up using all the money then I suggest donating the remainder to charity.

The charity could be the clubs charity of the year?  Hop skip and jump?

Help For Heroes (although I have no say as I didnt sponsor through the TEF.)

Although if we do wait for a new signing, we could end up having to pay £450.

Good shout I think.

Is it bad that I have no idea who Roger Jones is??

He's the kit man isn't he?

Yes, and an ex-keeper.

Got his number? I'll see if he's got room for mine.

Morrison would be good. I haven't chipped this year tho so my opinion probably doesn't count.

i agree with the charity idea if their is surplus and it should go to hop skip and jump, i for one would not want it to go to help for heroes. sorry if that upsets people.

Put the money towards a big Haiti flag for the bank.

What is hop, skip and jump?

http://www.hopskipandjumpswindon.org/

Oh ok cool.

Yes.

EDIT> I'm not voting because I don't care who we sponsor. UNLESS JFL becomes available, then I want him.

*none of my business*  Why not stick any excess on Charlie to be top scorer, then give the winnings to the charity ? *none of my business*

David Ball is available if we want him?

could be lush?

Im up for that

I also wouldn't want it going to HFH, so you haven't upset me (you've reassured me in my stance), because it's something I've said on more than one occasion of late.

Fine by me.

What if his loan doesn't get extended?

We're on the Ball.
we're on the Ball...

Fine by me. If it doesn't get extended it doesn't get extended. Perhaps the club can switch it to a youngster (if available) or give us a couple of extra 'free' VIP tickets for the raffle if not (and for being jolly nice chaps and chapesses).

I've asked what'll happen if the loan doesn't get extended. I shall let you know in due course.

I'm happy with that as well

Sounds good to me.

Yeah Ball is fine by me. He's here for half a season at least anyway, isn't he?

Plus it fits with my signature :)

The club have confirmed that if Ball leaves in January then we'd be offered a replacement.

Consensus seems to be to go with Ball, so I'll let them know it's a deal.

ballllllllllllllllllll

Baaaalllllllll

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Ball!  :football: When do you need the money?

I have already bought one. That's not to say another one would't be welcome though.

Just out of interest why do people prefer Ball to Morisson?

Morisson is actually a Town player rather than on loan and given he is trying to really claim a first team place after not playing much last season could maybe do with the encouragement.

Becuase he gets the ball hes david ball, david david ball.

But no seriously, i think ball has a somewhat of a big player feeling around him because hes from Man City, but i guess your right..  ???

I don't, but given that Morrison lost out to 'a new signing' I'm just saying I'm happy to go along with the idea.

I'm happy for it to be Ball, although as it's already been agreed I guess that's irrelevant :)

As far as Ball over Morrison, I would prefer it to be someone I would be happy with if they were picked to start the game. At the moment with Morrison I would be apprehensive if he was our starting CB

He will be our starting CB so I guess he'll have to win you over.

I can't see past a Lescinel / Cuthbert partnership starting off the season.  If one get's injured then Morrison could very well seize his opportunity.

There again DW may just sign a new experienced Centreback but i don't think that's high on his priority list.

Ball seems a good choice but if Danny is looking at bringing in an experienced striker could it be Ball will be a bench player?

Ball could def be a squad player.

Good point about Morisson tho he may well not start. It will prob be JFL and Cuthbert.

Not read thru this thread so i dont know if anything has been decided yet, if it has ignore me. But, can we sponsor Caddis this year please.

Caddis or Murray if we sign him.

We went with Ball in the end.

I may be wrong but i thought Ball was only here on a 6 month deal.

He is. If he leaves they're giving someone else in exchange.

How would that work if the sponsor money has already been used on Ball?

Well TEF have paid a years worth of sponsorship money so would be given another player that is free. If no one was free they'd be given the next new player.

How about just sponsoring a player for the season....stupid sponsoring loan player in my opinion...hes not even a Swindon player....he gets an injury he will be back to City.

we were going to Leefer dont forget.

It was put to the vote and that's what the TEF wanted.

Could not vote as I was away but the result is fine with me

I have also just returned from holiday, so didn't vote either.  I'm with Leefer on this one though, I would have preferred it to have been a permanent player rather than a loan one, but never mind.  I certainly won't be moaning if he bangs thre goals in!

Ball is going to be quality.

If you aren't happy with us sponsoring a loan plauer feel free to take up your issue with Cunting Gr££r.

Why?

you need to let it go Dave..................its done, he's gone


Dont be so bitter x

Why? because otherwise we'd be sponsoring a Town player.

You'd be the expert on letting things go, wouldn't you fred?

I'm just surprised nobody's moaned about the apostrophe missing from his new name yet.

Jesus Dan, why so angry ?

OK Greer, in your eyes shit on us.

None of us will ever know the real reasons or the chain of events that led up to the departure, so why let it fester ?

The squad is shaping up nicely and you should be full of optimism rather than what you are portraying at the moment.

With regard to the sponsorship, it was voted upon and that is who the consensus wanted to sponsor. That's good enough for me mate

As for your closing coment ........................ so fucking what ?

No one actually bothers to read my posts properly anyway.

I've been quite positive about our squad recently but once you've been labled that's it...

He shit on us and we haven't replaced him though. Shouldn't take a rocket scientist to work that one out.

In your eyes he does

If, in Danny's eyes he does, then he will be.

Well, the vote only seemed to be open for 1 hour 12 mins before it was accepted as Ball.

Nochee, cant really comment as I was in Egypt, but all I was saying was if the majority wanted to go with Ball (as it seemed) then I was fine with it

No shit, i was in Egypt as well. Fucking hot werent it!!! Ball is fine with me, im not that overly fussed, would of liked a Permy player more tho

For once I don't think Dave was picking on Greer just because he left us. That's pretty much obvious.

Put your man bags away all :)

Well you can all fuck off and organise it yourselves next time then.

:D

what just happened?

I didn't vote cos I missed it. Which is my fault. Samdy's done a great job with this again and we should all buy him a pint. So nyyeaaaahhh

We all agree you do a good job Sam...we all appreciate the work you do,i wouldnt do it...so well done.
Fact is though talking for myself i would rather a young lad just coming through or a permanent player to get the sponsorship.
That is just MY opinion and to be honest if it goes to Ball fair play....the vote wasnt a great idea considering you have more voters than people who dipped there hands in there pockets.
The point i was trying to make was that if Ball gets injured and has to teturn to City say after a month its a bit shit really....thanks again and i wasnt getting personal with you or anyone.