All you want Over the Bar is a bit of gossip but I thought there was a thing against naming names here. I have no intention of telling you who. What I will say that I am not spoofing. One of my posts mentioned about the new Ardboe manager which was quickly dismissed by a club man because the club meeting hadnt taken place. He later then admitted that it was true. And before you try to guess, it was not the new Ardboe manager.
The point I was making was that because there were so few men willing to take teams then what they were asking was higher than before. Now I am not saying that they should not be paid. If a man were to come into the club to do a bit of painting or plumbing then he would be paid. A manager is no different if there is a willingness to get someone from outside the club. The problem is that there are few good men willing and able that they are able to ask a big price. The going rate from what I know __ yes know not hear__ if anything from £160 –200 per week. Any that is for any of the clubs in any of the divisions. The most worring thing is where a few clubs have started to pay their own clubmen to take the team. I am against that because how can you ask an inside man to take a youth team if someone from inside the club is being paid for an adult team. I know this did happen in the lower divisions last year for 2 clubs, both in the West of the county. I am sure some of the people up that end of the county can verify this.
The point I was making was that because there were so few men willing to take teams then what they were asking was higher than before. Now I am not saying that they should not be paid. If a man were to come into the club to do a bit of painting or plumbing then he would be paid. A manager is no different if there is a willingness to get someone from outside the club. The problem is that there are few good men willing and able that they are able to ask a big price. The going rate from what I know __ yes know not hear__ if anything from £160 –200 per week. Any that is for any of the clubs in any of the divisions. The most worring thing is where a few clubs have started to pay their own clubmen to take the team. I am against that because how can you ask an inside man to take a youth team if someone from inside the club is being paid for an adult team. I know this did happen in the lower divisions last year for 2 clubs, both in the West of the county. I am sure some of the people up that end of the county can verify this.