Quote from: paul_e on June 05, 2013, 08:54:12 PMI think that squad list is a lot more interesting than it first appears.28 players.Lichaj is an errorSeigrist is 21Carruthers is 20The rest all have to be registered, and there are 25 places.So we currently can't buy anyone over 21 without having to sell someone/leave someone out of the squad.It's a sell to buy situation, the press will have a field day!I don't think that's true is it? Aren't all homegrown players counted in the same way as under 21 year olds? We've got tons of them.
I think that squad list is a lot more interesting than it first appears.28 players.Lichaj is an errorSeigrist is 21Carruthers is 20The rest all have to be registered, and there are 25 places.So we currently can't buy anyone over 21 without having to sell someone/leave someone out of the squad.It's a sell to buy situation, the press will have a field day!
I cannot for the life of me imagine Ireland and Hutton being here come the end of August. They have been told in no uncertain terms they are no longer part of the club. Bent and Given will be sold to the highest bidder, and Brett Holman I'm also pretty sure will need to find a new home. After that there's a good chance that Enda Stevens will be out on loan or sold. I reckon Fonz might be given another shot.
The contracts of Graham Burke, Derrick Williams, Michael Drennan, Samir Carruthers and Daniel Johnson are set to expire but all five have been offered extensions.
In the case of Ireland, he's only 26, he could quite easily rake in the 65k a week for another year - costing us over £3m - and then move on a free, where he'll get both a fat signing on fee and more wages than he would do otherwise (on account of there being no fee) .Who would want to pay him more wages??
Quote from: Toronto Villa on June 05, 2013, 07:21:13 PMI cannot for the life of me imagine Ireland and Hutton being here come the end of August. They have been told in no uncertain terms they are no longer part of the club. Bent and Given will be sold to the highest bidder, and Brett Holman I'm also pretty sure will need to find a new home. After that there's a good chance that Enda Stevens will be out on loan or sold. I reckon Fonz might be given another shot. I'd love it to happen that way, but it sounds extremely rose-tinted to me. It makes no odds if Hutton, Ireland, Given etc have been told they have no future here. We will only get them off our books if someone wants them enough, and they are prepared to go.Hutton has two years of 40k a week level wages to claim if he wants. Given has three years of even more money, and Ireland has a year of more money than the two of them. I wish it was as easy as telling them to find a move and then away they go, but our recent history shows it is way, way more complicated than that.In the case of Ireland, he's only 26, he could quite easily rake in the 65k a week for another year - costing us over £3m - and then move on a free, where he'll get both a fat signing on fee and more wages than he would do otherwise (on account of there being no fee) .Having a history of paying big wages is going to continue to bite us on the arse for a while yet, I suspect, and whichever route gets taken to get shot of those three, it's going to cost us money, whether through paying them off, paying part of their wages once they've moved on, or not getting a sell-on fee for them.We might shift Hutton on to two more seasons on loan somewhere, which will move some of the wage burden, but he's also a player we stumped up a £4m fee for. Yet more money pissed away.
Well, how it happens kind of is the point - what I meant was, the figures might be hard to work with, as per Ireland. There's every chance we won't be able to just take a bath and get shot of him.He could very easily decide to sit out the year for the reasons above, if it makes financial sense for him, especially at his age. What do we then do? We've not got much choice in the matter. That's precisely what has happened with other players in the past.I don't think we can assume they'll be gone because we want them out at all.
Wouldn't it be nice if professional pride made players like Ireland seek another challenge even if it meant lower wages?It's not like he will ever want for money is it?But no, he'll leech off us doing fuck all until his contract runs out or until we pay him off.Reasons to hate modern football #3588