Re: The Dons Need YOU! / Funding of Paul Cooke signing : Fri Dec 16, 2011 9:29 pm  

is the management putting in? we go to work get a wage and put in what we can they do thesame but the club pays them so just askin the question?

[Wanderer]

Re: The Dons Need YOU! / Funding of Paul Cooke signing : Fri Dec 16, 2011 9:32 pm  

weighman wrote:

Be serious Gary .

Just trying to lighten the mood ... should have gone for a pint after all

Re: The Dons Need YOU! / Funding of Paul Cooke signing : Fri Dec 16, 2011 9:38 pm  

Well I'm definately in for a monthly donation as soon as the club clears up some queries I have about the form - considering the importance of this I want to get this right first off with no mistakes, especially considering the short time frame. Don't know if that helps the mood any. If its felt as has been mentioned that it will help moral and donations by me posting the amount on here I gladly will - however I feel that to prevent people being intimidated by the amounts and not offering its best if all donations are kept secret.

Re: The Dons Need YOU! / Funding of Paul Cooke signing : Sat Dec 17, 2011 6:52 am  

Stand-Offish wrote:

We are not going to get there, seeemples as the MeerKat says.

One of the problems as I see it is that the money is mainly promised on a monthly basis and though that is what is needed in the long term (over 1 year), it is not what is needed in the short term.
It's up front payments that are needed so we can get Paul Cooke paid for the first few months, then we can sort out the shortfall later.

If we get him, someone (probably the Dons) are going to have to chip in with about £800 to £1000 a month until we can get some events organised to pay them back.
That or we won't get him.
We are going to have to get him on the never never.

With every newspaper article explaining the situation that we have submitted, there should have been a mandate/donation form alongside, or there should have been a flyer.

Every eating house in Doncaster should be approached to sponsor him and have a mention in the match programs.
Come up with a slogan, his name is Cooke for goodness sake.
£50 a time ... or more if they wanted.
It's nothing to most of them. They can set it against tax anyway, can't they?

Let's have some more pro-activity from the club ... there aren't enough fans to pull this one off alone.
Get on the telephones to businesses, explain the situation and ask for a £50 donation.
If you don't ask you don't get!!
The phones should be red hot.

It's not the fans problem alone anymore, we've done our bit, or we will have done by next week.
So it's down to a fresh push by the fans BUT ALSO, more importantly, a fresh push by the club.
And I just don't see why we can't organise another game. That could net a quarter of the money or more up front.
I mean this with all due respect.
You're the guys in charge, not me.
Good Luck
COYD.

PS I thought the bit about ''we have tried everybody for a game'' was frankly.......... lame.

i understand stewart piper now does after dinner speaking why not arrange an evening with stewart piper as speaker for say £10 a head and put proceeds inthe fund just athought.

Re: The Dons Need YOU! / Funding of Paul Cooke signing : Sat Dec 17, 2011 7:13 am  

how about a celebrity game with some of Carls' mates (plus Carl) ie Robbie Paul etc turning out against a team of past or present players ? then auction off the signed celebs shirts ?

[Wanderer]

Re: The Dons Need YOU! / Funding of Paul Cooke signing : Sat Dec 17, 2011 11:01 am  

Stand-Offish wrote:

I think we will get Paul Cooke, because I think the determination is there and if the initial money raised is anywhere near the mark the club will plunge in, we can make up the shortfall somehow.

We've set our sights on Paul Cooke and I will be very surprised if we let ourselves fall short of that. We will find a way to pay him.
I know it's easy to say, but we will.

Stand-Offish wrote:

We are not going to get there, seeemples as the MeerKat says.

It's a right rollercoaster ride is this

Seriously though how are we supporters going to feel now if we don't get him?

Re: The Dons Need YOU! / Funding of Paul Cooke signing : Sat Dec 17, 2011 11:55 am  

sanjunien wrote:

how about a celebrity game with some of Carls' mates (plus Carl) ie Robbie Paul etc turning out against a team of past or present players ? then auction off the signed celebs shirts ?

How about a game involving the Dons and one player from each of the Superleague clubs plus players from local C1 clubs.

Re: The Dons Need YOU! / Funding of Paul Cooke signing : Sat Dec 17, 2011 1:51 pm  

I know its only a mere detail but there are no local C1 clubs .

Re: The Dons Need YOU! / Funding of Paul Cooke signing : Sat Dec 17, 2011 3:21 pm  

weighman wrote:

I know its only a mere detail but there are no local C1 clubs .

Sorry, I meant Championship clubs.
I was one out, that's not bad for me.
It's irrelevant anyway, since there won't be an extra game .... because ''all avenues have been explored''....paaah!!!

Re: The Dons Need YOU! / Funding of Paul Cooke signing : Sat Dec 17, 2011 8:49 pm  

weighman wrote:

Hope I am proved wrong but cannot see much input from Doncaster businessmen . So its down to the fans, other cubs have good Squadbuilder funds , but we are starting from zero .

I thought the business model for the Dons was based on a number of local business people putting x amount into the club over a certain period of time. Is that still the case or has it changed, or was this model never adopted ?