Hobo
Well-Known Member
A sense of depreciating returns
No he certainly would not have been free but would have had a substantial signing on fee. The profit on Dann and Fox was very small and the profit on Juke was under a million.
Or maybe, as we all would be, knowing that you are unlikely to get anywhere near the England team, looking for the cash.
No matter who he signs for, I don't think he'd ever get near the England B team let alone the actual England team!
Where the fuck do you get that idea from, do you know him ? have you spoken to him ? I do and have and there is not more honest level headed young man at the club. Would love to stay and carry on representing HIS club but is being driven away by others at the club for money and have had them on his case for over 12 months as they desperately try to get funds in but he has resisted and will go where he wants to go to. Will be one of the last of that breed too as the guy who nurtured them Gregor Rioch was driven out too but that's another story.
The average attendance in the MLS is 18.6k, league one is 7.6k, I'd be surprised if the quality of football isn't higher than the top end of league one. USA are a decent team now, ranked 14 in the world. I'm not sure if the definition of "bigger league" but if I were deciding which was a a bigger league the MLS would be below the championship but above league one.
Have to agree with SP on this. CC will be a fool if he goes to the MLS. It's Las Vegas for aging stars not a place for young players. He was offered a contract and his greedy agent advised him not to sign. Grass isn't always greener, Cyrus.
Pressley this morning...
“We’re the type of club who like to develop our young players and give them an opportunity. And, ultimately, like at any football club players do want to move on and we’ve got no problem with that if it’s at the right time, and the player feels it’s right.
“But the one thing I do feel is that we’re happy for that to happen as long as the club are rewarded with the correct compensation. But if his agency decide to take him down that path it would affect the possible compensation amount and I would be hugely disappointed with them because they are not acting in the best interests of football, and they are not working with the football club.
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Surely the agent works for Cyrus, not CCFC. Career wise, who knows, Defoe still has sevral prem years in him, but made the move.
Financially and for the lifestyle, it would be a no brainer for Cryus to go to America.
To me it sounds like the club offered a deal and said we will not stand in your way if a club in a higher league comes in for you so you may as well sign it and recieve all the benefits that go along with it. Meaning we are all happy. However he didn't and I think its fair to say his performances did suffer....
If Cyrus ever has designs on playing top level football then the MLS is the last place he should go.
It seems no club has actually offered him a deal. Not surprised - he will probably get a bottom 6 championship club at best - he is not that great. His agent is clearly a fool.
maybe he doesnt, maybe he wants the lifestyle and the money ?
If Cyrus ever has designs on playing top level football then the MLS is the last place he should go.
Maybe he could turn around and sign a 2 year deal with us and turn the tables?
I think most fans including myself would like this to happen? Good league 1 player for sure.
It seems no club has actually offered him a deal. Not surprised - he will probably get a bottom 6 championship club at best - he is not that great. His agent is clearly a fool.
so, Barnsley or New York on more money
Difficult one !
I doubt it will be that much money. Most are not well paid. Its a desperate last attempt by his agent to find him a club.
I doubt it will be that much money. Most are not well paid. Its a desperate last attempt by his agent to find him a club.
Scraping the barrel a bit aren't they?
Bradley Wright Philips is on $330k a year at New York and Tim Cahill is on $3.5k million.
The average salary is less than £20,000 a season.
Bradley Wright Philips is on $330k a year at New York and Tim Cahill is on $3.5k million.
Massive gap between players.
Top Earners
Jermain Defoe is on $6 million a year
Clint Dempsey - $5 million
Robbie Keane - $4.5 million
Landon Donovan - $4.25 million
Tierry Henry - $3.75 million
Tim Cahill - $3.5 million
The salary I looked at was including both divisions.
The salary I looked at was including both divisions.
However although the average is the top league is quoted at $138,000 a season (still not great) this is massively distorted by some high earners who take a huge percentage of total salary budgets.
25% of players earned $40,000 last year.
about as close as we are ever going to get to a Grendal apology
The point is the majority are low earners - why you are attempting to claim this is good for him is beyond me.
Face it if Barnsley were interested he'd sign for them.
He probably wil get a club eventually but looking at other players - most notably Clingan - the move doesn't always work for the best.
There's this thing where the club has to be slagged off. Whether that's because of the stock taking or players wanting to leave. There used to be a time when a supporter would stick up for his club but those days are long gone. There seems to be a lot of virtual high-fives every time a player leaves or some bad news for the club comes out.
Fans believe SISU are bad for the club, doesn't take a genius lowest league position, lowest crowds, Cyrus running rings around the club although unfortunate just proves most fan's theory that they haven't got a clue how to manage a club.
An agent advises a player a player makes the ultimate decision. I doubt he will go to the MLS but he will leave Cov as will Callum Wilson, hard to shine in a team with the types of players we saw in the second half of the season.
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