Every time i have criticised a player or performance you have jumped on it calling me unfair.I've a right to an opinion like everyone else on here!I think Tarzan can stick up for himself Winter but i have no sympathy for him.I'm sure the majority of folk on this forum are great people in the real world away from their keyboards .
I don't get too hung up on how much we pay for players, as frankly there is no benefit to me as a fan in us having an extra few £million festering away in our bank account. And no, I am not saying chuch stupid money around and go bust like Deadco FC before anyone says it - there is a huge middle ground between their suicidal extravagance and our ultra-cautious frugalness.I also thought we'd have idah before now but at least by the end of the window which has another month to run.
Then it looked less likely until despite Thorrups pressers Idah has given them the finger and suddenly it looks likely again but not at £11 million, I like the bhoy but he's no £11 million striker, how could he be, not starting at Norwich, loaned to Celtic and then things are happening for him , international call up.
£4 million plus add ons is Idahs value in today's market I believe and before his loan to us even lower than that.
Thorrup/Thurrop whatever is now going to have to assert his authority and hopefully we get him, and tbf he hadn't played much football when he came on loan either.
I know how fanciful this is but if we kept Oriley, and our main men , got Idah in the door, Bernardo, that LB somebody keeps going on about, one with the ability to displace Taylor not just compete and a CB and winger.
That's actually 4 players we require , striker, LB, CB, winger, assuming ( an awful lot) we convince Oriley to stay until January window and the Bernardo deal is soon to be announced ( I heard 3 weeks ago) if my wee dream scenario was to come to bear we'd be looking really strong.
The truth is none of know what bid we have put in ....unfortunately due to our lack of activity in the transfer market to put it mildly that just leaves us with speculation and continued frustration where we are all desperate to see decent business been done.
As I said a while ago, we bought several £6m players in 2000/01 when Martin O’Neill was here. Why can we not buy them now, when I would say that the club has more money now, than it ever has.
6 million and maybe 25k a week or so for a top player in europe in those days.As I said a while ago, we bought several £6m players in 2000/01 when Martin O’Neill was here. Why can we not buy them now, when I would say that the club has more money now, than it ever has.
Those salaries were unsustainable for the annual turnovers we were creating back then. But our revenue has increased significantly so we can afford to pay some of our better players salaries we were paying back then. We have to be smarter in our outlays and instead of stockpiling so many projects pay the same amount on transfers and wages but on fewer higher quality players.
It might not have been sustainable then, but it's 20 years. £6m in 2001 is the equivalent of £3.2m now.
No chance we would give a player £50k a week. Even if we could get Haaland on a free and he was willing to come on 45k a week, the people in our boardroom would try and get him yo take less before walking away from the deal. The would say his wage demands were outwith the clubs pay structure
Im not so sure thats case. But for 50k i think he would need to have some tremendous talent thats for sure.
There are plenty of players out there that we could afford and would enhance our starting 11.
I wouldn't agree with this Ally. 6 years ago we paid £9m for Eduoard and his wages were £19K/week. Now I agree that the wage for a £10m player will be a bit higher than that, but last season we paid Nat Phillips, Siegrist, McCarthy, Nawrocki & Lagerbielke a combined ~£72K/week.
I’m pretty sure that rag had the same headline 4 weeks ago and they were wrong then
