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 davehuggins  18 Feb 20 4.03pm |
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Bit of really shrewd and good management would have seen us pushing for CL this season, just look at Sheffield Utd. Very very poor transfer planning which IMO equates to people in charge not knowing that much about football, sorry to say it!!
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| Rudi Hedman Caterham 18 Feb 20 4.35pm |
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Originally posted by davehuggins
Bit of really shrewd and good management would have seen us pushing for CL this season, just look at Sheffield Utd. Very very poor transfer planning which IMO equates to people in charge not knowing that much about football, sorry to say it!! A few too many times Parish thought he was smarter than everyone else and the game.
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| Dancer Cat Farnborough 19 Feb 20 2.35pm |
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Originally posted by Aj's_Magic_Hat
With so much being talked about the future of the club, owners, manager, players, transfers and wages, these are just some of the things to think about over the 18 months. At the end of this season we all know that our managers current contract ends, but we also look set to lose Scott Dann 33 - 60k a week. Now this is where the fun begins. At the end of 20/21 these are the players out of contract
If I read the OP correctly, my take on the situation is this: IF we got relegated this year that would be catastrophic since we are "in the hole" for over £800k p/week (so £41.6M) on wages for an aged squad which will be simply unable to cope in the Championship (much more physical, a younger man's league). BUT Scraping by this year & getting relegated next year (because we have no money to invest this summer due to wage pressures as listed above) is MUCH less of a disaster because of all the out of contract players we can just "let go", plus we would have received a season's premiership money to be able to "finance" trhis last year of big wage debt.
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| Aray South London 19 Feb 20 9.00pm |
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I knew it was bad but I didn’t realise it was that bad! It’s truly amazing how badly run we are - anyone who has the misfortune to suffer our match day hospitality “experience” knows it. It is practically impossible for us to navigate this squad regeneration especially given how bad we are at getting players across the line. Maybe the miracle can continue - I mean let’s face it we were never meant to be promoted so quickly, and then staying up... So we might replace Roy with a progressive manager who will bring through the youth - can but dream...
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| Rudi Hedman Caterham 19 Feb 20 9.28pm |
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Originally posted by Aray
I knew it was bad but I didn’t realise it was that bad! It’s truly amazing how badly run we are - anyone who has the misfortune to suffer our match day hospitality “experience” knows it. It is practically impossible for us to navigate this squad regeneration especially given how bad we are at getting players across the line. Maybe the miracle can continue - I mean let’s face it we were never meant to be promoted so quickly, and then staying up... So we might replace Roy with a progressive manager who will bring through the youth - can but dream... Examples of why it’s bad please? I remember someone gave details a while back but i can’t remember. Is it like on the apprentice when the clients share 4 bottles of wine between 15 of them?
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| ex hibitionist Hastings 19 Feb 20 10.06pm |
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Originally posted by Dancer Cat
If I read the OP correctly, my take on the situation is this: IF we got relegated this year that would be catastrophic since we are "in the hole" for over £800k p/week (so £41.6M) on wages for an aged squad which will be simply unable to cope in the Championship (much more physical, a younger man's league). BUT Scraping by this year & getting relegated next year (because we have no money to invest this summer due to wage pressures as listed above) is MUCH less of a disaster because of all the out of contract players we can just "let go", plus we would have received a season's premiership money to be able to "finance" trhis last year of big wage debt. if we stay up this season then we will HAVE to get replacements in next season ready for the expensive players we let go - for all the short termism and some very dodgy transfer windows Parish is trying to keep us up, but maybe it would be better/cheaper to do the rebuild in the championship?!
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| Rudi Hedman Caterham 19 Feb 20 10.16pm |
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Originally posted by ex hibitionist
if we stay up this season then we will HAVE to get replacements in next season ready for the expensive players we let go - for all the short termism and some very dodgy transfer windows Parish is trying to keep us up, but maybe it would be better/cheaper to do the rebuild in the championship?! Nope. We’d be better off building a championship/Prem squad in the Prem with the tv money. In the championship we’d be in the wilderness, be financially uncompetitive and suffer whatever it may be under the shareholders we have.
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HKOwen  Hong Kong 20 Feb 20 1.27am |
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Backed up by certain hangers on chirping " yes Steve " from behind their wallets Originally posted by Rudi Hedman
A few too many times Parish thought he was smarter than everyone else and the game.
Responsibility Deficit Disorder is a medical condition. Symptoms include inability to be corrected when wrong, false sense of superiority, desire to share personal info no else cares about, general hubris. It's a medical issue rather than pure arrogance. |
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sprites  Auckland 20 Feb 20 2.20am |
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Originally posted by Gribbo
Are we really paying Wayne Hennessy £40k a week. I nearly spat my tea out. Doesn't sound massively too much for a decent #2 keeper in the premier league???
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| Eaglehamster Storrington 20 Feb 20 6.37am |
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Originally posted by sprites
Doesn't sound massively too much for a decent #2 keeper in the premier league??? I kind of feel sorry for him. I mean that's only £160K a month. Just over £2m a year. Can hardly keep him in Ferraris.
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| doombear Too far from Selhurst Park 20 Feb 20 10.24am |
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Originally posted by Rudi Hedman
Nope. We’d be better off building a championship/Prem squad in the Prem with the tv money. In the championship we’d be in the wilderness, be financially uncompetitive and suffer whatever it may be under the shareholders we have. Agreed. Those wanting a return to the Championship really do need to be careful what they wish for because the decline is unlikely to stop there with the albatrosses we have around our necks.
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| pompeyeagle Relocated to Shropshire 20 Feb 20 10.32am |
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Originally posted by doombear
Agreed. Those wanting a return to the Championship really do need to be careful what they wish for because the decline is unlikely to stop there with the albatrosses we have around our necks. If we were to go down I can definitely see us doing a Charlton. Years out of the top flight with no real prospect of ever getting back there.
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