SDBS36 Posted June 27, 2013 Report Share Posted June 27, 2013 Welcome to City Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedminster Born And Red Posted June 27, 2013 Report Share Posted June 27, 2013 No it's absolutely not - surely about £3,500 would be more like the basic wage for the higher end clubs in L1. Why would BCFC be 'a higher end club when it comes to wages' anyway - we're meant to be making drastic cuts! Those clubs paying the much higher figures you quote would mostly be clubs saddled with higher waged players because they've come down from the Championship, not the sort of figures clubs would choose to pay newcomers at this level. All ridiculous figures of course, but the point is City were meant to be a club vowing to start afresh with younger, hungrier players who didn't require outlandish wages, only average third division wages - and £5,500 per week certainly isn't that. Taken in isolation your comment may have some merit. But you have to take the wage bill into persepective as a whole. Consider the following assuming the quoted figures are correct.:- Taking Goalkeeping as a specific "Department" last season we had Heaton and Gerken. Now if they were both on average Championship wages of say £5.5K per week like Fielding we would have been paying £11K per week for our goalkeepers. Next season we will be paying £4K per week for Fielding and I would guess a MAXIMUM £1.5K per week for a younger keeper who can fill in at League 1 level when required and will be improving hopefully as he goes along. £5.5K in total (50% of the previous season) or an average of £2,750 per week. The following season we will be paying £5.5K per week for Fielding and £1.5K for the other keeper giving a tortal of £7K per week or an average of £3.5K which by your own reckoning is the average basic for higher end League 1 clubs and by that point you would hope that both keepers are fighting it out for the shirt. I would say the club have got it spot on looking at the bigger picture. You would hope that Fielding is better than an "average" League 1 keeper and I personally would rather have one "above average" keeper and one youngster with good potential improving as he goes along at £7K per week than two "average" League 1 keepers fighting it out for a spot for the same money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveF Posted June 27, 2013 Report Share Posted June 27, 2013 Just watched loads of stuff on him on Youtube, funny guy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted June 27, 2013 Report Share Posted June 27, 2013 When Southampton were in league one, 2010, they were paying at least one player a basic of £13,000 a week. I won't name the player but be assured he was no one special, nor has he gone on to be. Yup, I was staggered at that amount too. I can't believe he was an exception either. Yes this info is 3 years old, and the financial situation tightened. But from what I also know about his and other player salaries I think people on the whole underestimate what players in league one/championship earn. Perhaps it's best not to know as it's pretty sickening at times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The hand of RO'D Posted June 27, 2013 Report Share Posted June 27, 2013 When Southampton were in league one, 2010, they were paying at least one player a basic of £13,000 a week. I won't name the player but be assured he was no one special, nor has he gone on to be. Yup, I was staggered at that amount too. I can't believe he was an exception either. Yes this info is 3 years old, and the financial situation tightened. But from what I also know about his and other player salaries I think people on the whole underestimate what players in league one/championship earn. Perhaps it's best not to know as it's pretty sickening at times. Didn't happen to be a bristol born Southampton player by any chance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted June 27, 2013 Report Share Posted June 27, 2013 Didn't happen to be a bristol born Southampton player by any chance? No not Bristol born or any links to Bristol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alwaysbelieve Posted June 27, 2013 Report Share Posted June 27, 2013 Some fans are never happy. There will be more signings and I can see one or two leaving. Now I am off to pray to S'OD. who's not happy.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petehinton Posted June 27, 2013 Report Share Posted June 27, 2013 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMPag6TIajY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exAtyeoMax Posted June 27, 2013 Report Share Posted June 27, 2013 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMPag6TIajY bit of a goalmouth scramble at the end and we still couldn't score Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCulturalBomb Posted June 27, 2013 Report Share Posted June 27, 2013 Derby reserves, ha they wish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted June 27, 2013 Report Share Posted June 27, 2013 Derby reserves, ha they wish. In fairness that is 4 ex Derby we have here now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
otib118 Posted June 27, 2013 Report Share Posted June 27, 2013 In fairness that is 4 ex Derby we have here now. Think we'd be Forrest reserves if we were to be called anyone's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petehinton Posted June 27, 2013 Report Share Posted June 27, 2013 Think we'd be Forrest reserves if we were to be called anyone's why? we have more ex Derby players (Nyatanga, Pearson, Davies, Fielding) than ex Forest (Maloney) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted June 27, 2013 Report Share Posted June 27, 2013 why? we have more ex Derby players (Nyatanga, Pearson, Davies, Fielding) than ex Forest (Maloney) Cunningham and Anderson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petehinton Posted June 27, 2013 Report Share Posted June 27, 2013 Cunningham and Anderson Cunningham was only on loan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Ian M Posted June 27, 2013 Admin Report Share Posted June 27, 2013 Cunningham was only on loan For a significant period though. When you see Caulker play do you think of him as ex-City? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCulturalBomb Posted June 27, 2013 Report Share Posted June 27, 2013 We'll go for Derby Forrest reserves then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRISTOL86 Posted June 27, 2013 Report Share Posted June 27, 2013 East Midlands reserves? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westred1 Posted June 27, 2013 Report Share Posted June 27, 2013 Cunningham was only on loan Derby - Fielding, Nyatanga, Pearson, Davies Forest - Cunningham, Anderson, Moloney, Burt, Pemberton, SOD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petehinton Posted June 27, 2013 Report Share Posted June 27, 2013 Derby - Fielding, Nyatanga, Pearson, Davies Forest - Cunningham, Anderson, Moloney, Burt, Pemberton, SOD didnt realise coaching staff played for them too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westred1 Posted June 27, 2013 Report Share Posted June 27, 2013 didnt realise coaching staff played for them too Just making the comparison, Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petehinton Posted June 27, 2013 Report Share Posted June 27, 2013 Just making the comparison, Peter you're a very naughty boy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westred1 Posted June 27, 2013 Report Share Posted June 27, 2013 you're a very naughty boy Behave you closet Brentford fan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesus Posted June 27, 2013 Report Share Posted June 27, 2013 Frankie = Lad = Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRISTOL86 Posted June 27, 2013 Report Share Posted June 27, 2013 Frankie = Lad = Aaaaaapppeeeeeaannnggloooorius! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Ian M Posted June 27, 2013 Admin Report Share Posted June 27, 2013 I was trying to think who Frankie reminds me of and suddenly it came to me whilst watching the Away Days vid again......Karl Pilkington, he's Karl Pilkington! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsquirrel Posted July 1, 2013 Report Share Posted July 1, 2013 got my first glimpse of our new no1 tonight,shopping with Davies in nailsea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LookToTheFuture Posted July 2, 2013 Report Share Posted July 2, 2013 got my first glimpse of our new no1 tonight,shopping with Davies in nailsea GOOD, I'm glad these two get on, hopefully will encourage Davies to say put!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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