Have made an official approach before the ink dries on the deal.It was offered to the Forum - maybe they felt they couldn't ask anyone to pay at this late stage. Or just thought it was a great opportunity to support the community/charities.
Anyway, I will ask about Nathaniel Mendez-Laing first thing in the morning.
On the day Watmore signed his contract (8th Jan) the club posted that he was still available to sponsor.We will be offered another player.
Supporters Forum have just snapped up Watmore - with different charities getting a boost in the publicity each match.
Maybe we could set up a poll only for those who paid.Now that Lewis Wing has left on loan for Rotherham we have a choice of a replacement player to shift our sponsorship to -
Nathaniel Mendez-Laing
Darnell Fisher
Neeskens Kebano
Jordan Archer
I would happily go along with this suggestion. Wonder if we could make the auction a bit of an on-line event?Wing shirt looks great, I've seen you want to auction this Rob and think it will raise a good amount but I think the final cost might put a few of us out the equation.
I know we said originally we would raffle the team signed shirt amongst those that contributed to the sponsorship and I still think that's a great idea. What are people's thoughts on us (people who originally contributed) sticking another fiver or tenner in each for a raffle ticket, I know it could be a bit of admin to sort out bank details again but it just swells the coffers a little more.
Wing shirt looks great, I've seen you want to auction this Rob and think it will raise a good amount but I think the final cost might put a few of us out the equation.
I know we said originally we would raffle the team signed shirt amongst those that contributed to the sponsorship and I still think that's a great idea. What are people's thoughts on us (people who originally contributed) sticking another fiver or tenner in each for a raffle ticket, I know it could be a bit of admin to sort out bank details again but it just swells the coffers a little more.
I agree with that (mostly). Contributors have already put a fair bit in already. And to declare my (non-) interest, I'd be asking not to be included.Whilst I have no objections to adding a few more quid to the MFC Foundation, I think there may be a few of the original contributers that will kick up a stink along the lines of "Its like we are being held to ranson over the signed shirt" & "How dare we ask for more" or even "Typical Boro, always moving the goalposts and not thinking of the fans".....or numerous other comments of that ilk.
I would say that we just put the names in a hat and pull one out, if the rest of us want to donate extra to the MFC Foundation then we can do it through the normal channels & dont need to do it through FMTTM. Its when we start complicating things that things get complicated and arguments ensue!