Reading that the players are united in not accepting a pay cut. Well they are just about to kill the goose that laid the golden egg. The players will get so much stick over this from the fall out.Who said “ footballers are not brainless”

I would love for there to be massive fall out for them to cop when this is all over but sadly too many football supporters have short memories and are fickle.
The minute a player for their team (whether that be Liverpool or Norwich or anyone in between) scores and plays well his greed, selfishness and arrogance will likely be forgotten which makes me just as angry as they will be laughing at the average member of the public as a result.

EFL clubs playing tough with the players.

This is a doomsday scenario which I don't think will happen however I think they are making the point that if all the clubs stick together the players can't play one club off against another. Sure a player can walk away but who's going to sign him?

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The players may get away with it in the PL but elsewhere Reading have just announced 40m loss and I expect most of the other clubs are in trouble. If the EFL hold the line they will force the players to accept new terms as well as a pay cut.

As someone once said we live in interesting times.

Edited by Badger11 (08 Apr 2020 7.57am)

One more point

I suspect that the EFL clubs see this as an opportunity to wrest power back from the players and I don't blame them.

Most clubs were living a had to mouth existence before the virus with a few notable exceptions. Football cannot survive when clubs are run this way I think the best thing the EFL can do is to stop guaranteeing players 100% of their salary.

If the players know their wages are at risk they will pay more attention to how a club is run eventually the baldly run clubs will realise they are losing out on signings as players gravitate to the financially stable ones.

The PL is a different kettle of fish but only if the TV money keeps rolling in.

One more point

If I don't do my job, I don't get paid. Why should it be any different for the players? They should all be furloughed and accept the govt 2.5k a month like the rest of us.

Linekar, Shearer and Wright are still getting paid a load for that pointless and boring Match of their day and whatever they waffle on about before it. ‘’Superb superb superb magnificent magnificent magnificent’’ Shearer needs to be on lockdown.

COYP