Thought for the day

[bluebastardo]

As Portsmouth football club make 85 people redundant, yet 1 player earns more than all those peoples wages combined.

 

[Cena]

It is terrible that thos people have lost their jobs, but it isn't the players fault they have lost them nor is it their fault they make the money they do

 

[Matt Damon]

It is terrible that thos people have lost their jobs, but it isn't the players fault they have lost them nor is it their fault they make the money they do

Blame Storrie and Redknapp.

Currupt ****s

 

[Reidy's Bottle Of Grecian]

make a player redundant, or are they immune from such realities ?

 

[Matt Damon]

make a player redundant, or are they immune from such realities ?

I've yet to see the "SKY SPORTS BREAKING NEWS: Tea Lady transfers from Portsmouth to Everton for £10million"

Or "Kit man in switch shocker" headlines.....

 

[bluebastardo]

It is terrible that thos people have lost their jobs, but it isn't the players fault they have lost them nor is it their fault they make the money they do

Don't you think players have been partly responsible for their huge wages?
Ask Kaka will he come and play for Everton for £300 per week and see what he says.

 

[Reidy's Bottle Of Grecian]

I've yet to see the "SKY SPORTS BREAKING NEWS: Tea Lady transfers from Portsmouth to Everton for £10million"

Or "Kit man in switch shocker" headlines.....

that was't the question though mate, if a player can be made redundant then they would fall under the same terms as everyone else as far as payments etc go, like has been said 1 will earn more than these 85, and there will be 1 who is on a big wage and rarely plays.
plus if they are any good then they won't struggle to find a team to take them, whereas the 85 are down the jobcentre with the rest.

 

[bluebastardo]

make a player redundant, or are they immune from such realities ?

It seems they are.
There is just something that hits home when you see 85 people lose their jobs to save money, while the fat cats keep purring. Yes, they've taken a bit of a cut, but had the fat cats offered to not be paid for just one week, those 85 people would probably have been able to finish their careers untill retirement.

 

[Cena]

Don't you think players have been partly responsible for their huge wages?
Ask Kaka will he come and play for Everton for £300 per week and see what he says.

Not in the slightest. If they sit down with Pompey officials and talk contracts and what they want in wages and the people that run Pompey are stupid enough to give it too them knowing they havent realy got that money to pay them then it is their fault - not the players.

If Pompey turned round and didn't offer the wages they do they wouldnt be in the mess they are - see Utaka for further evidence

 

[bluebastardo]

Not in the slightest. If they sit down with Pompey officials and talk contracts and what they want in wages and the people that run Pompey are stupid enough to give it too them knowing they havent realy got that money to pay them then it is their fault - not the players.

If Pompey turned round and didn't offer the wages they do they wouldnt be in the mess they are - see Utaka for further evidence

I don't agree, but it's not a problem.

 

[Cena]

I don't agree, but it's not a problem.

snap la

 

[GrandOldTeam]

"Good ole 'arry"

He just had to have John Utaka at £7m, even if it meant pricing us out with wages of £75,000/£85,000.

Sol Campbell, £105,000 a week.

David Nugent £6m?

The list goes on.

Moyes called it a good while back;

Everton boss Moyes labels Portsmouth and West Ham as a 'danger to football' | Mail Online

Everton boss David Moyes has described the transfer policies adopted by West Ham and Portsmouth as 'a danger to football'.

All the attention may be on Kaka's potential £100million-plus move to Manchester City, but Moyes believes it is clubs offering big wages that have upset the balance of the market.

'I think what happened at Portsmouth and West Ham in recent times was a danger to football.

'They bought players and gave them big wages. That made it difficult for clubs like Everton because we would try to get similar players but they blew us out with higher wages, far more than Everton could afford.

'It upset the whole market. Now they are backing off and selling players because they paid them higher wages than maybe they should have.

In truth, the people who went into those clubs are now either one down, or bankrupt, or can't afford to pay the wages.

'Now Portsmouth might say, 'We had our day in the sun. We won the FA Cup and we don't really care'.

'But I think those sort of clubs are the ones which have disrupted the wages in the Premier League,' he told the Sunday Express.

 

[Cena]

Exactly what i mean. Why should the players feel bad for earning money, no matter how much it is

 

[bluebastardo]

Exactly what i mean. Why should the players feel bad for earning money, no matter how much it is

Because 85 staff have been given the axe?
Because people in the world are starving?
Because fans pay through the nose to watch them whilst earning modest wages?

It's over the top earnings, and I can't think of one point to justify it despite your attempts.

 

[GrandOldTeam]

Because 85 staff have been given the axe?
Because people in the world are starving?
Because fans pay through the nose to watch them whilst earning modest wages?

It's over the top earnings, and I can't think of one point to justify it despite your attempts.

You could put forward the same 'argument' towards any earner.

What do you want/expect the players to do?

The players are assets, it would be suicidal to "release them". Not only would they need to compensate them, they would also miss out on any potential transfer fee.

The priority has to be keeping the club afloat, otherwise no one will be left with a job.