Thornton was a massive upgrade on Ziesche in terms of offensive ability back then. We are now far worse off defensively having replaced Romfo with Adams at the back. Will this be outweighed by the arrival of Finnerty? I don't know, but I hope for Adams' sake that proves to be the case. If not, this could be a decision that will come back and haunt him. There must be concern over Jarvis too, having been out for several weeks and after a strong start to the season, his form had tailed off significantly in the games leading up to his injury in my opinion.
Romfo Released!
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I personally would like to see 2000+ people going in for free but that's not how you run a club.
I can't really see how dropping the price would affect it. I think a couple of people said they couldn't make the game because of works parties, I'm lucky mine is tonight. A lot of the casual fans are probably using this week to do christmas shopping etc.
If you dropped the ticket price by £3 then you would need roughly 300 extra fans to break even. I can't see that change in price making such a difference. And it would probably just mean they would go do the Wed game instead of the Saturday game so you're losing out even more.
I can't really see how dropping the price would affect it. I think a couple of people said they couldn't make the game because of works parties, I'm lucky mine is tonight. A lot of the casual fans are probably using this week to do christmas shopping etc.
If you dropped the ticket price by £3 then you would need roughly 300 extra fans to break even. I can't see that change in price making such a difference. And it would probably just mean they would go do the Wed game instead of the Saturday game so you're losing out even more.
I read/ heard somewhere (DevilsTV) that it was actually Finnerty who contacted the Devils. I think there was talk in the summer but nothing happened. Finnerty then read somewhere that Jarvis was out injured and contacted someone (Franny?) to see if they needed a replacement. G was willing to offer a 2 year contract which was better than what he was on at his current team so he took the deal.
Well I did not read that and the way it was made to sound was that G had contacted Finnerty, but still no matter who contacted who, G obviously had it in his mind someone other than himself might have to go...Don't tell me he had not talked about what money was available before he offered Finnerty a two year contract...and he must have known then that it might not be possible for him to become a full time bench coach due to costs.
Fair comment but as i said look what happened in Newcastle ! anyway im sure that all the people there last night are going to be the same faces you see on Saturday, apart from the hospitality area. Bit dropping prices a bit would have tempted a lot more people to go, as i know that some friends of mine would have liked to have gone but they couldnt afford it on top of last weeks and this Saturday's game and christmas next week. Also i thought G had metioned that he might drop to the bench if we signed a new player ? Surely he knew then that we didnt have the finances for that to happen ! Also does anyone actually know when Jarvis is due back as for the last 2 weeks we have been told he is due back next game ? I dont fancy playing Coventry twice next week being a D man down. We cant afford to lose again to the Chavs otherwise thats the league down the pan
And that sums it all up, i was gutted when i heard as we never like to lose one of our own, and Scott was getting better with every game, however Jarvo is the better of the two. G is the man whos job it is to win trophies for this club, and obviously he will stay or go depending on his results. If the club dont have the resources that we would like them to have then they dont, and thats life, it can never be a easy thing to lose a player but sometimes it has to be done, its not the first and certainly wont be the last. If we win the league, or finish 2nd, if we win the Challenge cup, or if we win the play-offs, then this issue will be forgotten. Are we sorry about this decision YES, will we be elbowed if we win nowt NO, and so we have to move on, we need to beat Hull saturday, and then give our nearest neighbours a pounding on the 26th and the 27th. Good luck Scotty, hopefully as one door closes, another one opens, and thanks for being a part of a very good squad.
Possibly, at the time G was suggesting that he would drop to the bench himself. Perhaps he was just covering his track - not wanting to upset a player by telling them he was about to be released.
I'm guessing this decision was made before the start of the month, when our average attendance was at 1450.
Since then we haven't had any attendance reach that (though the weekend games have come close).
If you assume an average ticket price of £10 then we have lost out on around £9000 of ticket revenue that we might have been planning for.
Hopefully once christmas is over the attendances will start to go back up as they usually do and we will be in a better position to do something similar next season.
I'm guessing this decision was made before the start of the month, when our average attendance was at 1450.
Since then we haven't had any attendance reach that (though the weekend games have come close).
If you assume an average ticket price of £10 then we have lost out on around £9000 of ticket revenue that we might have been planning for.
Hopefully once christmas is over the attendances will start to go back up as they usually do and we will be in a better position to do something similar next season.
i wonder if the Giants would take him short term?
Shane Johnson currently has concussion and hasn't played for a few weeks and seems uncertain as to when he will be back, we also have Walton out to February also so if Romfo is free might he be tempted?
This means we are playing with only 4 d men which appeared to be our downfall according to updates from last nights game.
I would imagine he would fit our style of team no problem and if he did join might play against the Devils in the 2nd leg, how funny would that be if he scored the winner that knocked you's out :lol: .
Shane Johnson currently has concussion and hasn't played for a few weeks and seems uncertain as to when he will be back, we also have Walton out to February also so if Romfo is free might he be tempted?
This means we are playing with only 4 d men which appeared to be our downfall according to updates from last nights game.
I would imagine he would fit our style of team no problem and if he did join might play against the Devils in the 2nd leg, how funny would that be if he scored the winner that knocked you's out :lol: .
Finny; Some people admittedly wanted Romfo out a few weeks ago, You exaggerate when you say the 'masses' wanted him out. How many inferno members are there ? how many voiced their opinion that they wanted him out ? I think if you look at the numbers, it was in fact the minority who wanted him out and not the majority as you are trying to intimate, I think you are making the most of the old term literary licence to try and make your point ! As for him going, well that's a decision that's been taken by those in whom we have to trust, let's just hope that it doesn't come back to haunt us.
Adams replacing Romfo on D? :shock: Yeh, its about money blah blah blah but still thats not improving our team. If we couldn't afford Finnerty why bring him in? Its hardly encouraging to the rest of the team to know that if someone becomes available we'll get them in and replace someone. Have to live with it I suppose, but I'm not happy about it. I like Romfo, never said anything bad about him, as I thought he's been ok all year, now he's showing how good he is and he gets sacked. I hope he goes on to another Elite team and shows G what a mistake it was! :evil:
in the big picture this could be good for the teams title push
while i've recently become a big fan of scott, who is so far the most improved player of the season, bringing finnerty in is a better fit for the club. He showed last night that he brings a solid 2-way performance to the team and that could help us perform on the road
at the end of the day the club has to stick to budget and its essentially the same as all jobs, and scotts young and will bounce back, be it in our league or another.
I have no doubt that Matt, Shannon and G will help romfo in securing a new job and i wish him all the best for the future!
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while i've recently become a big fan of scott, who is so far the most improved player of the season, bringing finnerty in is a better fit for the club. He showed last night that he brings a solid 2-way performance to the team and that could help us perform on the road
at the end of the day the club has to stick to budget and its essentially the same as all jobs, and scotts young and will bounce back, be it in our league or another.
I have no doubt that Matt, Shannon and G will help romfo in securing a new job and i wish him all the best for the future!
bbv
It's not really swapping G for romfo though is it? And G can't cut himself as he's pointed out, i would say over all its an improvement in the team. When you get the oppurtunity to sign players of finnerty's quality mid way through a season its not something most coaches would miss and a lot of teams were trying to get him. Would say its discouraging for the team, just shows them they need to work their socks off if they want to keep their spot.
Feel reallllly sorry for Romfo, he's been outstanding the last few games. I'll admit I was a bit critical of him at the start of the year, but he really has improved. I mean the talk before was about G axing himself, so why the sudden change? I appreciate that the club has to control it's finances, but the club hasn't handled this very well, we didn't even get to show our appreciation.
I presume he's played his two weeks notice? Wasn't he doing some PR thing doing specsavers tomorrow?
Good luck Scott, and thanks.
I presume he's played his two weeks notice? Wasn't he doing some PR thing doing specsavers tomorrow?
Good luck Scott, and thanks.
