You would think we were falling apart

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  1. AthersleyRed

    AthersleyRed Well-Known Member

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    I wouldn't listen to the advice from a club like Sunderland. We do our business vastly different to them. They know what happens when you jealously hold on to your 'assets' (Cattermole, Rodwell). I prefer our way. Not perfect, but it keeps us respectable.
     
    AthersleyRed, Jan 21, 2019
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    're Isgrove. Surely as a footballer you want to play. Drop down a league yes you have less money bur it's also a chance to be the big fish and for clubs in league 1 to start looking at you again. He sits on his arse taking a wage here for 18 months .and who will be interested in signing him then?
     
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    As said above it would depend how big a drop in wages he would be looking at. Yes he's a footballer and he will want to play but he may have financial commitments. If he's on a decent wage here and look it at a 50% drop I wouldn't blame him for not leaving. Another 18 month's earning a lot more could if used wisely could set him up nicely for the rest of his life. We are not talking about players who are instant millionaires at 20. If you are one 300k a week and go down to 150k then life probably just continues the same. If you are on 3k and go down to 1.5k a week then I imagine it makes a fair difference. Yes it's still dam good money but it's not forever and given his injury record he may be worried he won't be playing league football in a few more years.
     
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    Whilst I agree with what you're saying in principal, 18 more months at whatever hes on isnt going to set him up for the rest of his life, especially when you take tax and daily living costs out of the equation.

    He's in a very privileged position don't get me wrong.
     
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    It would if he started living off a lot less of it and invested the rest. Bought a few properties for example using his cash as deposits rent them out. Ok may not be never need to work again but could put him in a very strong position. If players at our level are just spending all the cash on rent/mortgage and flash cars ect then they are being very poorly advised.
     
    Redstone, Jan 21, 2019
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    fitzytyke Well-Known Member

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    I wasn't suggesting he should.

    Having said that, I'm self employed, and if the difference between working and staying at home was to work for less, then it would be the latter.

    We all have to keep a roof over our heads.
     
    fitzytyke, Jan 21, 2019
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    But Moncur being chosen to start in a four man midfield could be the reason Luton don't pick up three points in a game - but we won't hear anything about that really. So he might grab the headlines and score the winning goal for them between now and the end of the season, but realistically (and I know I'm repeating myself) it won't be George Moncur that costs us to lose out on promotion by one point. We'll have messed up ourselves in another game.

    The money from Potts is irrelevant in this league really as it's all about wages more than transfer fees. We possibly have money to spend on transfer fees but don't have the space in the wages budget to secure those players. We're at the 70% max so it really is one in and one out from a wages perspective. If Green offers us more than Moncur between now and May, and there's another player brought in, and the finances are healthier for next season, surely it's good business?
     
    Loko the Tyke, Jan 21, 2019
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    If it was a league one club fair enough take a pay cut and play regularly. But I don't blame him for not wanting to drop a league and take a pay cut as well. What's left of his contract with us might be the last time he makes reasonable money as a professional football player, so he might take some shifting.
     
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    I really don't agree with you for reasons already mentioned. I believe selling to a promotion rival is bad practice.
     
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