Smurfs announcement!!

[carpetman123]

Norman gave a short speech after the MOM presentations to a packed room after the game thanking the team and supporters for a great season and apologised for being thought of of as 'negative' but has had to contend with fighting fires for the last ten months

 

He went on to say that he wants to really have a go next season and in his words 'go for it' so has announced that whatever the season tickets sales amount to he will put in 25% of whatever the figure is of his own money to boost the playing budget that's not a loan!!

 

He was wildly applauded so lets wait and see how that pans out and how that gets around the 60 % rule

 

Good on you Norman cue the negative comments from the usual suspects!!

[mr.hobblesworth]

Cool! Nice one. He might be a bit of a d!ck sometimes but he's OUR d!ck.

[Robbie Earle's Perm]

Fair credit to him if he comes through on this, a great opportunity.

[andy jones]

Must have read my post 're match funding whatever the fans put in. Excellent.

[Angel of Burslem]

Its a shame that he still doesn't realise that we can only spend 60% of our income on wages. pumping money in does not count as much as id like it to be true.

 

There are simple ways around that !

[andy jones]

Surely if fans respond in numbers and his 25 per cent will see a total turnover to allow us to meet this season's budget.

[Paul6754]

Port Vale have over achieved these last two seasons, whatever his critics say, Smurf must be doing somethings right.

[The French Connection]

Port Vale have over achieved these last two seasons, whatever his critics say, Smurf must be doing somethings right.

 

I don't get the 'over achieving' view. We've had two good seasons, reward for some hard work and investment. That doesn't mean we've 'over achieved'. It's also a real negative, a bit like when tin foil used to refer to the club he managed as a 'little club'. We're as good, as big, as successful as we tell ourselves.

 

We've had a good season and I want us to build on that and do better still. The 'over achievers' presumably think we'll go back to 'normal' next season and be cr@p?

[carpetman123]

And he also delivered on his pledge to have us playing in the new kit tonight despite his critics saying it wouldn't happen !!

[valefan16]

Fair play and with the development squad money not needed we should match the budget spent on the first team for this year.

 

In terms of Micky he says he will stay if we can build on the season so hopefully that will sway him to stay.

[Trentham Lakes Valiant]

He was Wildesly applauded so lets wait and see how that pans out and how that gets around the 60 % rule

 

 

Did he say who owns the Club?

[Bycarsbill]

Cool! Nice one. He might be a bit of a d!ck sometimes but he's OUR d!ck.

 

Glad you're not my PR consultant! But know what you mean!

[onestepatatime]

Let's be honest. most of us will surely agree that this season we have done very well indeed, with frankly one of the poorest defences in Division 1.

 

With a little tweaking here and there we must have a excellent chance of doing better next season if we can replace some of our present squad. Again last night we more than held our own against one of the so called "better and bigger" clubs and we had a scratch squad out there.

 

We have to realise that Norm is honestly doing his best for our great Club and if we all stick together and buy tickets we can have a very decent budget (with Norm's promise of putting extra in somehow) and we will more than match most clubs next season. Come on guys and gals let's help build up an entertaining, successful Vale.

 

Thanks, norm for your efforts, we do appreciate it and time will tell us that not only did you rescue a failing giant but you helped us all achieve what we all want.....progress.

[grebovale]

Nice one SMURF me old mucker :) .. Now let's hope the fans respond with buying season tickets

[The Wonder of You]

Could NS not sponsor a stand at the amount he wants to put in,and then auction his stand to best offer