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Eastleigh FC Up for Sale


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Heard Stuart Dennis on the radio last week saying that he was unlikely to get involved with the consortium looking to buy Sunderland.

 

Seems there has been a change of heart and he has put Eastleigh on the market.

 

To be fair to him Stuart has done a great job in getting Eastleigh into the National League and improving what were quite basic facilities.

 

Question is, without his guidance and investment, what's the future for Eastleigh?

 

I always hoped they could become a Football League club but doubt if that is realistic now.

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Is their infrastructure now enough to sustain them?

Not at the current level of spending, their wage bill is around £2m :uhoh:

 

The infrastructure there has improved immeasurably, but they're still only averaging crowds of 1900, which is also skewed by their occasional "free entry" deals for midweek games. They've been paying silly wages for mediocre players for so long, it's going to be difficult for them to attract players even of the standard of their existing squad on the wages they should be paying them.

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Not at the current level of spending, their wage bill is around £2m :uhoh:

 

The infrastructure there has improved immeasurably, but they're still only averaging crowds of 1900, which is also skewed by their occasional "free entry" deals for midweek games. They've been paying silly wages for mediocre players for so long, it's going to be difficult for them to attract players even of the standard of their existing squad on the wages they should be paying them.

 

With that strategy, he will fit right in at Sunderland.

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Not at the current level of spending, their wage bill is around £2m :uhoh:

 

The infrastructure there has improved immeasurably, but they're still only averaging crowds of 1900, which is also skewed by their occasional "free entry" deals for midweek games. They've been paying silly wages for mediocre players for so long, it's going to be difficult for them to attract players even of the standard of their existing squad on the wages they should be paying them.

 

Interesting article on Macclesfield in the press recently after they had just been promoted back to the Football League

 

They had only one player signed on before the season started and they had to work hard to get a squad in at short notice.

 

Their top earner is on £25k a year!! so their wage bill is far less than Eastleigh.

 

Understand that Eastleigh will not only have to revisit their expensive wage bill but deal with some commercial losses that have been covered by the previous owner

 

Perhaps Paul Doswell could be encouraged to return if Sutton dont go up as he has a decent wedge from selling his development company

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