Gillingham FC Forum

Hardly a secret and I don't think there was a Gills fan anywhere that didn't expect this but finally Cody McDonald signs for the Gills! Amazingly, it appears we got him for free and was perhaps why the saga dragged on a bit! Also it appears today that the club gave up negotiating with Deon Burton and withdrew the contract offer so the huge array of strikers we looked like having now makes a bit more sense. Feels a little like going back in time reuniting him with Bayo from 2010/11 but the other backup options we have are pretty decent!

Clearly something I wasn't expecting, particularly after reading more than once he was training at Shrewsbury.

That was a bit weird wasn't it, there must have been closer clubs (like Northampton)
Wonder if it was a ploy to get us to pay up?

Great news about Cody. Really good news.

I heard Cody was after 7.5k a week and that was why lots of clubs were not interested or put of.

I dont think we will pay him that, but maybe with no transfer fee involved we might have got closer to it than we could have done
had we forked out 300k to buy him.

Great news. Now I think we need another midfielder and another defender and its job done. Support players though.

Purchased my season ticket today. Sitting in block 5 this season.

7.5K?!

That would put him WELL above the average League 1 earners, I believe research by Deliotte earlier in the season put the average wage at around £80k a year! I guess that with no other clubs coming in for him he would have dropped a bit and we met in the middle. As he is from these parts and clearly loves playing here I am sure that would have factored into the equation.

Out of interest Rob, did you have to provide a photo for your season ticket as I know a lot are complaining about it?

Cody probably on no more than 3k....no gills player worth more than that

Hi Gary...Yes i did have my photo taken for my season ticket which means other supporters cannot borrow it if I cannot make the game.

I do not have a problem with this.

Im really pleased Cody is back,and it will help Cody having Bayo back aswell.In his loan spell he worked well with Kedwell aswell .

I do have a problem with that Rob albeit it doesn't affect me. I cannot see the need for it! I know a number of Gills fans that share a ticket and take it in turns to go to alternate games that now won't be able to or be forced to pay double. In the past (like I did with yours for 2 games a few seasons ago) some not able to go might let another go in their place who might then buy a programme at the very least and maybe some food and drink so the club are earning money from that potentially empty space. Now, it will remain empty as they cannot sell it before-hand - I would have got destroyed by my area-manager if I had empty gaps in my store because "you can't sell empty space". I really don't see the commercial sense of that at all!

I have heard that some have been asked and some not which why I asked. Perhaps it's just the dodgy looking ones!!

Getting Cody back is good news, not so sure about the big fella. Would be interesting to see him in training...for example does he use a regular knife and fork or go straight for the shovel ?

Hi Gary.

Sorry I answered your question the wrong way. I just read it as do I have a problem with having my photo on my season ticket..........ie some people don't like to carry photo id on them as per the big rigmarole when the govt tried to introduce it. I have about 3 forms of photo id on me at any given time so.....NO I don't have a problem with it.

Yes, I can see the problem from your angle. If Gillingham had to win the last home game of the season to be automatically promoted and I was out of the country it means my seat would be empty rather than having a vociferous gill's fan in it.

Also if I do Wine and Dine nobody can use my seat when in fact I have paid for 2 seats as such.

However I also understand that if for instance at any Home game of the season 20 for example season ticket holders couldn't go that is £23.00 x 20 = £460 for every single home game the club are losing as revenue. Then x that by 23 and you have a few bob missing.

I am just being chill with things this season so I don't have a problem with anything

Ha ha, no I read it how you wrote it and I too don't have a problem with the ID side of it. I just find it very odd that they would choose to leave a seat empty and turn down at least a little revenue. That said it doesn't sound like it has harmed sales at all.

All I could think of was that there were at least 2 pitch invasions last season that would have generated fines and that by having a picture on file, maybe somehow that protects that side of it. Have we been warned that if it happens again we are looking at much larger fines?????