Yeah, let's spend £3.5 million and bring 100k in!
Yeah, let's spend £3.5 million and bring 100k in!
The problem would not be AT signing decent players on a free. There will be enough of them about. Will SISU let us spend on wages? I see this as the problem, although the wages will be a lot lower with us being a Div 3 team now.
The problem would not be AT signing decent players on a free. There will be enough of them about. Will SISU let us spend on wages? I see this as the problem, although the wages will be a lot lower with us being a Div 3 team now.
At the risk of repeating myself, the club can only spend 65% of it's turnover on player's wages next season. if anything the wage bill will need to reduce further as our turnover is now based almost exclusively on ticket sales. SISU or any other owner have to comply with this !
This is true, but there were severe costcutting measures in line this season, which can only help with this. Add to that the FFP rules for this coming season only apply to Championship clubs although there is something in place in Leagues 1 and 2. Also, there are no sanctions in place for this season, they will come in the season after. And, finally, we'd probably get a season in a lower league to come to terms with the financial constaints anyway.
And can we please call it League 1 - Division 3 just sounds too bad!!
Nice idea Marty, but completely impractical.like I've said many times, I'd get rid of the whole team (excluding youth players & Clarke & Hussey)
For me, just patching up the squad isn't going to be enough, we need a complete clear out and bring in 10-14 players. With the slack taken up by the youths.
Nice idea Marty, but completely impractical.
The players you want to get rid of, are on contracts (and some long term too eg Baker and Bell).
The cost of paying up these contracts up and also giving contracts to new players would be astronomical.....and we have no money !
That's the point I'm making. The rule in League 1 is 65% of turnover can be spent on wages or a transfer embargo is imposed. I don't believe for one moment that we are compliant, even with the cost cutting undertaken to date.
It's not a case of paying up contracts, players we could get money for need to be priced at market value (Wood & Keogh think that's about it) and the rest should be allowed to leave the club for nothing. No pay offs, just simply if another club wants a player they can have him. In return we have a fresh start to build a team.
I read somewhere that exceptional circumstanes aren't counted in the new rules, ie a player unable to carry on playing due to injury.... Option?!
Do you have an idea that involes a baseball bat & the club training ground? If so i'm in
I was thinking more a rifle, isn't that meant to be more humane?!
tbf it is just like our clubs business sense to reject signing Madine for peanuts a few years ago and then go pay 2 million for him a few years laterYeah, like we're gonna spend 1.8m on Madine from a club that could be playing in the division above us yet! Goodison 750K? He's about 39! :facepalm: :facepalm: :facepalm:
Given that the average wage is £1,500 and average attendance 4k or something. If we get 10k next season that is 2.5 x the average, meaning our average wage will be 4k and on a scale of attendances to wages we will still be within the same wages as the average league 1 club. Once Clingan, Cranie, Eastwood and possibly Bell leave I don't see our average squad wage being over 4k tbh. Also you can factor in ticket prices as well, gonna assume our ticket price will be above the average admission price for a standard league 1 side.That's the point I'm making. The rule in League 1 is 65% of turnover can be spent on wages or a transfer embargo is imposed. I don't believe for one moment that we are compliant, even with the cost cutting undertaken to date.
I quite fancied chasing David Bell in his wheelchair while swinging the bat above my head
I'm sorry, but has nobody seen that they reckon madine is worth 1.8 Million? That has to be a wind-up. He is surely worth no more than 100k?
yes, 1 goal every 2.5 games which in league 1 isn't groundbreaking. Especially for a team that is in the automatic promotion places where he is going to get lots of chances.
Not for me thanks Nick.
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