Devil's advocate and all that

Let's say Constantine signed without Richards going the other way. We find out he's cost &pound;350,000 and is on &pound;10,000 a week -because those were his terms and people seem to be saying we should have pushed the boat out for him, and he's a flop (because let's face it he's 28 and from a division below us). What's more we still have to honour Richards's contract so in essence we are now paying out even more on the wage bill and this fuels our slide towards administration.</p>

Who'd be the first to eat humble pie?</p>

Who'd be the first to sling mud at GS or SD for caving in to a players demands?</p>

 

constantine is not from a division below us,we are a div 1 team

 

Crap answer

Chin up, cheer up, that's 7 months away.

 

RE: Crap answer

it is very crap,but true

 

If they paid him £10K per week

They'd deserve all the abuse coming to them.

 

RE: If they paid him £10K per week

Seriously, what if that was what he was asking?</p>

Would we still be throwing abuse the club's way?</p>

 

lets make it a little mroe realistic, what about 5k a week? worth it?

 

Good call.</p>

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Anybody?</p>

 

Re: Devil's advocate and all that nt

 

realisticaly 5k a week is what you need for an established championship player

 

its strange, you put the negative posters in a position of decision making and they all go quiet, far easier to snipe from behind absurdely constructed rumours without any acceptance of no board fault.

 

what if the club cant afford the player, or, if the club can afford the player this season but that player doesn't keep us up, for instance, he gets injured, then his wages still have to be paid next year (cos he wont sign a 1 year deal)?

 

But he's not an established Championship player

 

But the consensus seems to be that we should go all out to get him signed, hence my over the top initial suggestion of a ridiculous fee and wage. Split the difference then &pound;7,500 pw.

 

Are you our Chiarmans advocat then? nt

 

Yor dead right - I can't see where he'd expect more than £2k a week

I know that JP is on £1500 a week at Hull.

 

RE: Are you our Chiarmans advocat then? nt

No, I'm yellow, slightly alcoholic and smell faintly of eggs.</p>

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I'm the devils advocaat.</p>

 

thats the risk you take

 

He wouldn't cost £350K and he wouldn't want £10K a week

so your whole scenario is in cloud, cuckoo land.

 

Then come out and tell us then and stop resorting to

all the B*ll*cks we hear about 'box office' and 'experienced players'. That comes from the club, nowhere else!