^^This. Sligo run on roughly the same budget as somebody like Gateshead or York City, Tolka Park is pretty run down and although historic and somewhat iconic in Ireland, badly needs modernising. The best supported LoI club is Shamrock Rovers and they only get about 6,000 a game at home.
Running a team like that doesn't cost an awful lot and there's no way they'll be fishing in the same pond as us for players, it'll be an investment that he can sell on and in the mean time, provides us with a stable feeder club to send younger lads out out on loan to experience men's top flight football.
It's a really nice selling point when you're trying to bring in a Vaughan Covil or a Harry Vaughan too that if they don't make the instant jump to the first team then they can go and live in Dublin for a year or two and play regularly. It removes the worry of being left to stagnate in the 23s as too many of our youngsters have done

