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  1. Yep this is a good point. I’m not so worried about the players, who will be the bulk of the wage bill - but the staff, especially those on low or moderate pay - and I can’t believe there isn’t a way to help them more.
  2. Thanks, really interesting to see this perspective. I take issue with one thing though, the idea that Steve Lansdown has to think about his future. Important to remember how astronomically wealthy he is. His wealth, and you’re right of course that most of it won’t be in cash, is over 50,000 times the average salary in the UK. He could foot the wage bill for the club for the rest of his life while still living an incredible lifestyle and having millions to pass onto his family. Of course nobody expects him to do that, and we are all grateful for what he has done for the club. But the reality is that there will be people at the club, like everywhere in society, who are really struggling at the moment. He could prevent that from happening but instead is taking advantage of a scheme paid for by taxpayers (now and for god knows how long into the future) when he has made a conscious decision to become a tax exile. People are right, in my view, to question that.
  3. Cutting the pay of those still working but topping the pay of those furloughed would be strange wouldn’t it?
  4. This has been confirmed. All non playing staff have had a 20 per cent pay cut. Would be very strange if they were topping up the ones who had been furloughed to their full salaries.
  5. Yep that is a good point, but if you do another job while your furloughed don’t you lose some of the furlough payment?
  6. The club have said that this has happened: pay cuts for staff; deferrals for the players. I’m not criticising the players, but the reality is that the club has taken the decision to protect the interests of players ahead of staff. And that sticks in the throat a little (I’m not blaming the players by the way).
  7. Absolutely. Perfectly possible to greatly appreciate what SL has done for the club, the city and the wider region while being pretty appalled at this. Using the furlough scheme feels pretty questionable, but the idea that those working in the club shop, or in admin or whatever take a 20 per cent cut while the players will see all their wages is horrendous.
  8. But it is much more dangerous than flu. People can take precautions which will protect themselves and stop elderly and ill people dying.
  9. We've been awful recently. I get it. Brentford was one of the worst performances I have ever seen from a professional sports team. I don't understand what has gone wrong. And yet... We are still in this. Inexplicably, maybe, but we are still in this. Won tonight with Boro and Millwall both having tough games and things could look very different. It may be unlikely, but it's still on. People say that the players have checked out. I don't buy that. Something's clearly wrong but I can't accept that they don't fancy being promoted. But we've got a role to play tonight. We need an atmosphere that shows the players that we're still up for this, that we haven't written this season off and that we're still with them. Who knows when the chance (even though it's an outside one) will come again.
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