retired_stelutaivan

Financial problems are rife down at this level, always will be, with clubs looking at the wall every season. Name change was to apparently so they'd be better know, due to the Ebbsfleet International Station. Still call them Gravesend myself though...

I can't see people clubbing together the £700k-odd just to have to start at step five/six with a new side.

retired_goldberg

Personally having thought about it some more I think they will get promoted from the conference either next season or the season after.

They will bottom out in league one as the financial contribution from the members will not be enough at that level at which point as they are no longer winning regularly the embers will get bored so won't bother to renew levying Ebbsfleet with player contracts they can non longer afford and will plummet don the leagues like a stone

I really feel for their proper fans as people imo goto non league as its not anywhere near as plastic or money orientated as the premiership and now Ebbsfleet is exactly that and more as they a re now a mere internet franchise

Also whoever came up with the idea is quids in at £7.50 a pop

Nobby they would still have to pay to get in as they do not own the club the club is owned by a charitable trust all the mugs have bought is a website membership

retired_gcval

Unfortunately I’ve seen my club sell its sole to the devil in the last 6 months. First the name change to Ebbsfleet (an area with a population of about 300) for a few extra pounds, and now selling its self to 20,000 faceless people who couldn’t give two monkeys about what happen. The idea is doomed to fail as the Peak is now, once the excitement has gone people will stop renewing their membership because novelty has a nasty habit of wearing off.

Its ok for these people paying their £35, having a laugh, buying the worlds shortest Goalkeeper, frittering the clubs money on players they know nothing about selecting a starting 11 they have never seen play. But at the end of day when it all goes arse about face its going to be us fans who end up without a club, rather then just £35 out of pocket.

I regards to FM, I see it almost defiantly as something that they needn’t bother implementing, as it would make playing with Ebbsfleet pointless. The only thing you could do is move the sliders about for training and make subs.

That said I would like to see the bored members maybe having stats that you may not know about before joining the club, but they became revealed over time. I’m assuming they have hidden stats for personal traits such as the amount they interfere or the amount of money they give, but if you could see some stats before signing for a club its could make a difference for which job you go for and add a different spin looking for a new job

Do you go for the job where you have lots of money but its looks like the chairman is more then likely going to be the one spending it or the job with little money but you can get on with what you want

I think Ive gone on a bit now, apologies for the ramblings but board behavior is something I learning a lot about. Lately.

Ebbsfleet Chairman Stats:

Greediness 20
Care for Fans 0

retired_sandra

Wimbledon to Milton Keynes is about 70 miles, but you also have to factor in that Wimbledon is South London, and Milton Keynes is North of London, so travelling there would be a nightmare.

retired_blackh6970

I heard a bit about this club and their bizaare experiment but for the life of me I didn't know who the hell they actally were originally!

So they are Granesend?? That sucks, I've managed that club before and this makes me a sad Rabbit.