Thinking less aggressively, doesn't the real problem of agents lie with the clubs themselves? The clubs rarely, if ever, act for the common good of the game. They all subscribe to a devil-take-the-hindmost philosophy where schadenfreude rules. If the clubs acted in unison to curb the power of agents the game would be better for it. But they won't because they all want to screw their rivals and if a suitcase full of money to a third party is what it takes they do it.
Quote from: Damo70 on April 06, 2018, 05:40:59 PMWhat am I missing here? If we have spent £5.5 million on agents fees in the last two transfer windows then that was under the current regime, not the last regime. Even the window immediately before Bruce's appointment was under the current regime of Dr T and Keith Wyness. As much as I dislike Lerner what has this got to do with him, apart from the fact he left a club that needed team strengthening?Also, as high and ridiculous as the figures appear, did we overpay or did we just pay the going rate?I think part of it is we continued to pay for fees for players who we signed as a PL club that have left the since. So something should have been written into those contracts and others to stop us from doing that. I think everyone at the club has a better handle on things that were done wrong, or indeed mistakes that they have made and hopefully have learned from.
What am I missing here? If we have spent £5.5 million on agents fees in the last two transfer windows then that was under the current regime, not the last regime. Even the window immediately before Bruce's appointment was under the current regime of Dr T and Keith Wyness. As much as I dislike Lerner what has this got to do with him, apart from the fact he left a club that needed team strengthening?Also, as high and ridiculous as the figures appear, did we overpay or did we just pay the going rate?
Where is McCormack? heard no mention of him for weeks, could he be our secret weapon in the play-offs.