foghornred Posted January 10, 2016 Report Share Posted January 10, 2016 It seems to be the sticking point with all of our potential signings WAGES. When Matt smith was with us we only paid a percentage of his wages an with Gayle & Grey we could match the transfer fee but wages are the problem as we do not pay as much as most clubs. We lowered our wages when were under O'Drizzle by over 100% and we don't want to go back to putting the club into accruing debt. Look at Bolton among other clubs paying the wages and living the dream now £35,000,000 in debt and having to sell assets like Zak Clough we do not want to go down that road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 10, 2016 Report Share Posted January 10, 2016 5 minutes ago, foghornred said: We lowered our wages when were under O'Drizzle by over 100% and we don't want to go back to putting the club into accruing debt. You mean they were paying subs?! No wonder we couldn't recruit in the summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeAman08 Posted January 10, 2016 Report Share Posted January 10, 2016 7 minutes ago, daored said: Fulham are likely to be reluctant sellers, as well as Dembele potentially leaving, several clubs linked with mccormack? Indeed. With them not guaranteed safety I would imagine they will be very reluctant sellers this window. Though they need(should?) start planning for life without parachute payments. So they could be sellers in the summer. New coach though and I imagine he'll be wanting to get them up. It's not an easy situation and I'm glad we are smart financially. I think we are too extreme with the lack of spending and someone like Boro or Derby go too far hoping they go up. Think we should find a slightly better balance with our spending(which it seems we might be realizing). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pongo88 Posted January 10, 2016 Report Share Posted January 10, 2016 48 minutes ago, simon uk said: I believe im right in saying that matt smiths spelling is mattieu and one of his parents, prezumably his mum, is french? He is clearly bright, and potentially can speak some french too which would help with kodjia and garita. We should should have gone for him in the summer. I like conspiracy theories. City will only sign players who can speak French. Jann Kermorgant is French and Clough is taking French lessons! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grifty Posted January 10, 2016 Report Share Posted January 10, 2016 13 minutes ago, foghornred said: It seems to be the sticking point with all of our potential signings WAGES. When Matt smith was with us we only paid a percentage of his wages an with Gayle & Grey we could match the transfer fee but wages are the problem as we do not pay as much as most clubs. We lowered our wages when were under O'Drizzle by over 100% and we don't want to go back to putting the club into accruing debt. Look at Bolton among other clubs paying the wages and living the dream now £35,000,000 in debt and having to sell assets like Zak Clough we do not want to go down that road. If we were to offer a contract to Smith, I would wager it would be less of a basic salary than what Fulham are paying, however we would beef that up with the offer of first team football, maybe some performance related bonuses, the chance to reunite with a team and fans you obviously got on great with the year before. If Fulham are paying him £15k per week to sit on the bench, its not unconceivable that he would accept £10k per week for first team football and some bonuses. It's not like he's going to starve! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 10, 2016 Report Share Posted January 10, 2016 25 minutes ago, grifty said: If we were to offer a contract to Smith, I would wager it would be less of a basic salary than what Fulham are paying, however we would beef that up with the offer of first team football, maybe some performance related bonuses, the chance to reunite with a team and fans you obviously got on great with the year before. If Fulham are paying him £15k per week to sit on the bench, its not unconceivable that he would accept £10k per week for first team football and some bonuses. It's not like he's going to starve! Ordinarily if Fulham sell they'll be liable for the shortfall anyway to the extent of the time remaining on his deal. He has a contract to earn £X over the remaining period of his deal and if they want to breach that contract, by selling him to another club, he'll be due compensation if he's suffered losses, such as less earnings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gasbuster Posted January 10, 2016 Report Share Posted January 10, 2016 45 minutes ago, foghornred said: It seems to be the sticking point with all of our potential signings WAGES. When Matt smith was with us we only paid a percentage of his wages an with Gayle & Grey we could match the transfer fee but wages are the problem as we do not pay as much as most clubs. We lowered our wages when were under O'Drizzle by over 100% and we don't want to go back to putting the club into accruing debt. Look at Bolton among other clubs paying the wages and living the dream now £35,000,000 in debt and having to sell assets like Zak Clough we do not want to go down that road. Approaching £200M, I think you will find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Horsman Posted January 10, 2016 Report Share Posted January 10, 2016 45 minutes ago, foghornred said: It seems to be the sticking point with all of our potential signings WAGES. When Matt smith was with us we only paid a percentage of his wages an with Gayle & Grey we could match the transfer fee but wages are the problem as we do not pay as much as most clubs. We lowered our wages when were under O'Drizzle by over 100% and we don't want to go back to putting the club into accruing debt. Look at Bolton among other clubs paying the wages and living the dream now £35,000,000 in debt and having to sell assets like Zak Clough we do not want to go down that road. More like £172 000 000 in debt!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pickle Rick Posted January 10, 2016 Report Share Posted January 10, 2016 So can anyone summarise why this thread has been revived?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Isewater Posted January 10, 2016 Report Share Posted January 10, 2016 1 hour ago, EmersonsKev said: Be impressive if it was, he was on the bench for Fulham at Hillsborough yesterday. Zoom lens . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhistleHappy Posted January 10, 2016 Report Share Posted January 10, 2016 59 minutes ago, pongo88 said: I like conspiracy theories. City will only sign players who can speak French. Jann Kermorgant is French and Clough is taking French lessons! Check out the cafe cheese's .... are we becoming Brie City? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1960maaan Posted January 10, 2016 Report Share Posted January 10, 2016 27 minutes ago, The Gasbuster said: Approaching £200M, I think you will find. Ouch ! I can see why they need a fire sale ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhistleHappy Posted January 10, 2016 Report Share Posted January 10, 2016 Can't prove or confirm it but I can virtually guarentee mats in one of those cars in the pic... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pickle Rick Posted January 10, 2016 Report Share Posted January 10, 2016 2 minutes ago, WhistleHappy said: Can't prove or confirm it but I can virtually guarentee mats in one of those cars in the pic... Probably 4 mats per car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 10, 2016 Report Share Posted January 10, 2016 1 minute ago, WhistleHappy said: Can't prove or confirm it but I can virtually guarentee mats in one of those cars in the pic... These kids are bloody fast with their cameras to recognise a travelling vehicle and snap it before it has even passed them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 10, 2016 Report Share Posted January 10, 2016 That car is traveling outbound to the m32 anyhow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhistleHappy Posted January 10, 2016 Report Share Posted January 10, 2016 2 minutes ago, Scrumpy said: Probably 4 mats per car. Formats? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhistleHappy Posted January 10, 2016 Report Share Posted January 10, 2016 5 minutes ago, 29AR said: These kids are bloody fast with their cameras to recognise a travelling vehicle and snap it before it has even passed them. Foresight? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pickle Rick Posted January 10, 2016 Report Share Posted January 10, 2016 19 minutes ago, WhistleHappy said: Formats? For sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esmond Million's Bung Posted January 10, 2016 Report Share Posted January 10, 2016 Perhaps if as speculated MS is fluent in French SL has employed him as the clubs official English tutor for our 2 Frenchmen, mystery sorted. Just wait for for the twitter quotes, 'on me 'ead son', 'sick as a parrot', 'over the moon', 'je suis BCFC'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
... Posted January 10, 2016 Report Share Posted January 10, 2016 ...... at least all these French players potentially signing shows one thing .......... Just how good West Country cheeses are. We've got Cheddar. Somerset Brie Double Gloucester Burnham on Sea Stilton - the list goes on ....... Uncle TFR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inactive user Posted January 10, 2016 Report Share Posted January 10, 2016 2 hours ago, 1960maaan said: That's the problem for this window, teams don't want to let players go until the new ones come in or in case they lose others. It ends up a game of brinkmanship, one piece of the puzzle can bring the whole house of cards down ! I love a mixed metaphor . It might as well only be a week long as that's when all the deals seen to go through! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
... Posted January 10, 2016 Report Share Posted January 10, 2016 1 minute ago, Rednwhiterob said: It might as well only be a week long as that's when all the deals seen to go through! You DO realise all this cheese has to get up to room temperature? FFS people. Uncle TFR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southport Red Posted January 10, 2016 Report Share Posted January 10, 2016 Don't usually like to brag about how ITK I am, but on this occasion, what the hell?! i can, unequivocally confirm that that IS a picture of the road by Cabot Circus and that the car in the photo IS being driven Don't ask for my source, you know I can't give it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
... Posted January 10, 2016 Report Share Posted January 10, 2016 2 hours ago, Southport Red said: Don't usually like to brag about how ITK I am, but on this occasion, what the hell?! i can, unequivocally confirm that that IS a picture of the road by Cabot Circus and that the car in the photo IS being driven Don't ask for my source, you know I can't give it Cheese does not drive itself, people. Uncle TFR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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