08-03-2015, 17:40
Hoyle has stepped back a few times from spending bigger money on individual players wages. It wouldn't necessarily cost that much more if he gambled on say 2-3 'much better than what we've currently got' players if we further trimmed down the number of players we have now. Even after letting half-a-dozen go in the last window, with more to follow this summer when contracts end, we've still got 32 players who have a squad number and are earning a wage at the club, plus there's others who haven't yet got a first team squad number. 3 of them aren't ours, Robinson, Edgar and Majewski (at the moment) and may or may not go back to their clubs at the end of the season. 32 is still 2 more than Liverpool and is more unsustainable for us than it is for them. No doubt we are subsidising a few of those out on loan too until their contracts end. Cut that back to about 25 players and use the rest of the money on few higher wage earners. Middlesbrough only have 29 players with a squad number.
Could we have had the likes of Connar Sammon, Callum Wilson, even Ricky Lambert a couple of seasons back, who we apparently claimed would have no sell on value at the end of his contract? OK Southampton probably threw really ridiculous money at it in League 1 back then but it got them where maybe we'd like to be for maybe one season or two and Liverpool didn't exactly get him on a free either.
I'm not saying cull the kids, we still need to bring them through and they aren't anywhere near the top money earners but there's enough middle salaried players amongst that 30-odd list still not getting a game where 2 or 3 of their wages would pay the wages of one much better player. It's another gamble because injuries and suspensions can still leave you with a paper thin squad, plus the turkey's did vote for Christmas just recently and have increased the amount of financial input allowed in the FFP from the 2016/7 season. http://www.football-league.co.uk/news/ar...66799.aspx
In the meantime, as Seamus O'Rubbish said after the match, get them running up and down the Kilner Bank a few times for their warm down after the matches.
Could we have had the likes of Connar Sammon, Callum Wilson, even Ricky Lambert a couple of seasons back, who we apparently claimed would have no sell on value at the end of his contract? OK Southampton probably threw really ridiculous money at it in League 1 back then but it got them where maybe we'd like to be for maybe one season or two and Liverpool didn't exactly get him on a free either.
I'm not saying cull the kids, we still need to bring them through and they aren't anywhere near the top money earners but there's enough middle salaried players amongst that 30-odd list still not getting a game where 2 or 3 of their wages would pay the wages of one much better player. It's another gamble because injuries and suspensions can still leave you with a paper thin squad, plus the turkey's did vote for Christmas just recently and have increased the amount of financial input allowed in the FFP from the 2016/7 season. http://www.football-league.co.uk/news/ar...66799.aspx
In the meantime, as Seamus O'Rubbish said after the match, get them running up and down the Kilner Bank a few times for their warm down after the matches.
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