No money as Richard Peil has withdrawn as an investor-leaving Charlesworth as the only source of funds and he is parsimonious to say the least.Peil also sacked the fitness trainer who was excellent-remember last season CCM played about 42 games and their fitness levels were excellent.I also heard he sacked one or two Academy coaches and the pipeline of very talented young players is fast drying up.
Peil did put money in but also acted as a " disruptor"-a very " in " word in these Trumpian and dystopian times.
booney and know your a ccm supporter and have some intel possibly but how is the pipeline of talented young players fast drying up ?
The academy has been going on for years and years and done very well with the lack of funding long before Peil, I'm sure countless promising players haven't jumped ship for where would they go ? down to SFC/WSW Bulls for eg ?
They have plenty ccm teams in varies comps incl NPL.
Peil set up a new gym etc during his time if I recall right at Pluim shown on th edoco ?, I expect there is more than 1 fitness trainer.
One thing watching from the sideline and after watching the doco late last year that irks about this league.
After all the highs/wins/trophy's and all the background hard work made by the management on encouraging locals to turn up to games your winning squad gets gutted and look where they are now.
As we know fair weathered aussies who finally do turn up to games once the winning dries up many depart don't bother going to games.
After all that time investment building crowd support doesn't make for good longevity.
%'s rule sure but in normal case's when your team wins the league etc it keeps building on that and contest the following season/s going from strength to strength, here you get to the top and you fall back down as quick as switching off the light.
I take my hat off to Peil stumping up $7M over 2yrs and deciding nup, I can't keep fueling the fire for what ?
More loss than gain.
