Players contracts-redefined

It is interlinked but they would only be judged on the chances they get. Using a striker as your example you could measure them on their fitness level with bleep tests etc; distance covered in the match; pass completion; shots on target plus loads more things.

I can't see it happening but I'll bet the proper clubs are using these stats to check on players. Not us, obviously!

 

Remember when we 'had to let Vaughan go' because he wouldn't have tried if we'd forced him to stay? If their pay was based around staying withing certain parameters that are clearly measurable then that sort of thing would be less within a player's control.

 

The freedom has to be a two way street, so if a club aren’t performing a player should be able to give notice and leave and get a new club? No more transfer fees and sell on clauses

 

He'd probably claim that the manager wasn't playing to his strengths - expecting him to play back to goal, despite knowing that hold up play wasn't his forte. He'd point to the team not providing the kinds of balls into the box that he thrived upon when he was banging in goals for fun for Grays Athletic in the Conference and for Pompey in L1.
He could also argue that his goalscoring record in the previous few seasons had been in serious decline and that this was publicly known information. Therefore, when the club signed him they knew they were signing a low scoring striker. Therefore to expect him to suddenly start scoring regularly again, without them providing a significant level of specialist individual assistance and a tactical plan that might realistically increase his scoring (ie providing more chances of the type that suits his style) was unrealistic and therefore the sacking would be unlawful
It would be a minefield.

 

Or CEOs of banks around 2008 .

 

Sorry mate missed your post.

 

In a way I think transfers are paid by employers to recruit
someone supplied by an agency.

 

in the lower leagues the costs aren't as high as you'd think i would say less than £100,000 PA for some players a lot more will be on less than that. This like @JonButterfield said would only last to their mid thirties if not reduced already. the system is fine as is. Really its down to the club for due dilligence to research and vet managers/head coaches that in turn improve recruitment.

Lastly just a thought, it looks like this is system is in place to hold onto assets before they move higher up the system. with your method its far easier to drop tools to facilitate a move to another club. Wellens a good current example. Salford will have paid compo for him.

 

It's an interesting idea in theory, and a good talking point, but sadly it's a non-starter. Like Enid's idea of incentivized contracts, it would have to be adopted by all clubs for it to work; if one club was to go it alone, no-one would sign for them. In any case if a player was to be sacked for under-performing, he would go straight to the PFA and you would have every member walking out in sympathy.

As football is a team game, how would you define individual KPI's, when a player's performance can be largely dependent on that of others? For instance if a striker gets no service whatsoever (e.g. Doyle) it's not necessarily his fault that he is underachieving. Similarly if the performance of defenders is measured in terms of how many goals they concede, they may play OK but the keeper is a liability (e.g. Sattelmaier). Or if players are played continually in a role to which they are not suited (Doyle again).

 

Letting Vaughan go was bullshit, and we should have never allowed that to happen.

I heard all the excuses at the time, and none of them washed; Stuart mustn't have wanted an unhappy player in the camp, though, and that's fair enough, but we just rolled over and had our tummy tickled. Remember when Geoffrey Richmond would put out a warcry and cast someone into the shadows/gardening leave/early retirement unless we got a proper offer? Nobody is bigger than the club and all that.

Forget 'ambition', which is a nonsense term as outlined by JR - I reckon what we lack is ruthlessness and cunning.

 

You can outside of the cap incentivise players by paying promotion and cup progression bonuses