Suprised it dropped by so little year on year tbh. I know we’ve had a 5 additions on decent money but number that have dropped off on ludicrously high wages (loans and end of contract) I thought would far outweigh Tarkowski and Co.
Wages and salaries
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Suprised it dropped by so little year on year tbh. I know we’ve had a 5 additions on decent money but number that have dropped off on ludicrously high wages (loans and end of contract) I thought would far outweigh Tarkowski and Co.
The binman chronicles
Player Valuation: £80m
The problem is if you cut that too fast and relegate the club, then the income reduces by more than you cut and you're still in the same position...in the championship.
With Gomes, Dele, Danjuma out the door we should be getting on for 13 million less in wages which is a significant cut. Get rid of Onana, Keane and Holgate and you could be looking at another similar amount. Although 1 or 2 of those you will be needing to divert to perhaps pay 3/4 cheaper players to pad back out the squad.
Once you take inflation into account its less than 2018 levels also
Blue Roo
Player Valuation: £15m
Blue Roo
Player Valuation: £15m
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Would like to see a breakdown of our salaries to be honest seems very high comparatively holistically.
Believe the actual playing first team playing squad is just under 80 mill approx, which should be the highest outgoing, that’s about 10th in the league, yet wages overall remain a problem.
Believe the actual playing first team playing squad is just under 80 mill approx, which should be the highest outgoing, that’s about 10th in the league, yet wages overall remain a problem.
It brings us straight back to the same obstacle though: our turgid income stream.
You're right that we mustn't cut too much too fast, presuming that doing so will relegated the club. However we also have to consider the reverse: if we fail to cut enough with sufficient urgency then we go into administration and get relegated anyway.
We have to get away from the model of having backups on high salaries, and paying big transfer fees for players who don't start regularly:
Patterson for example: we paid £12m for him and the only other RBs in the squad are Coleman and Young. So start him at RB or sell him.
Andre Gomes is widely reported to be on £120k p/w, but never starts. Michael Keane is apparently on £80k p/w - same issue. We just don't have the income necessary to support this idiocy.
Beto is another example: £26m for a bloke who gets 1000 minutes over 38 league games is crazy. Sell him or start him.
When you don't have much money you have to do two things:
1) make more of it, fast;
2) don't spend what you do have in stupid ways.
The binman chronicles
Player Valuation: £80m
Totally agree.
I am surprised by the gradual decline in the cost of wages as well.
Hopefully we will see a substantial drop in the accounts finishing next month.
