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The point being, I’m not sure Bowyer will “give him a chance FGS”. The chances are that Bowyer will start the season with Anderson and one from Akpan, Wright, Reeves or whoever he signs in the window. Devine will be pushed down the list.

Do you really expect Bowyer to start with Anderson and Devine and give them a run in the side?

 

Firstly, reading that, I sense it would’ve been best posted in capitals. Are you related to Fordy?

Right, okay [cracks knuckles].....

Secondly, McBurnie sale could prove very influential. The debt (I prefer overspend) was covered by Rupp anyway - the sale, IMO, is purely extra. *

Why would Rupp commit to the same playing budget as per last season (before Rahic’s £1.1m overspend - minus FA solidarity payments (£400k)? Its just another example of a fan who believes we’re skint, and cleverly playing on fan unrest.

Finally, you have already (correctly) established the gross calculations from the remaining playing budget - on the basis that the scenario painted above plays out. You talk about signing players on £3k per week and how many numbers could be signed on the dotted line based on those figures - but you have failed to realise just how large £3k per week wages are in L2 and precisely what quality they bring.

The current £1m budget stretches father than you care to realise.

* Bowyer has already (cleverly) covered the fact that we’re unwilling to be bent over a barrel by agents demanding unrealistic wages - “because we’re Bradford City”. I smell smoke and mirrors....the club have far more money at their disposal than what any article/club official let’s on they have....and fair play to them.

 

Did Santa tell you this? Really Ricc, you need to stay off Social Media if you believe everything you read...!

If I believe this claim, you are suggesting we are paying £500k to Scannell leaving £1.1m for the remaining 15 players? This gives an average of £1400 a week for everyone else. You can’t really believe this... surely?

 

Ok. If you say so.

 

I’ll revisit this shortly.

Not all share the same blinkered view as you - but that’s not your fault, it’s what you’ve read.

 

I don’t say so. That’s my point. The club did.
Whereas you are throwing out spurious claims with nothing to back it up.... unless, that is, you’re his accountant or agent....!

 

Absolutely....

Blinkered.

 

Happy to take off the blinkers if you can provide ANY tangible evidence to dispute the club’s comments.

You’re so adamant, it shouldn’t be too difficult for you to dismiss and back it up with credible evidence

 

Hi Jon ..... A little late (sorry), but long before Jake was 'injured' I stated on C&B his on pitch attitude and demeanour had changed. I suggested at that same time, it was down to McCall.
(I tend to be a player watcher ......... Forgive me, my sins )
Initially, Jake was wanting and intelligently using the ball. However, something drastic changed quite quickly: Jake then began to play as an 'underling' alongside Nicky Law. I for one saw that this was not in Reeves' own game plan, and soon it wore him down - The lad became increasingly frustrated, and his performance levels dropped.
I'm sure many will disagree. But football is a confidence sport, and to knock that confidence has it's consequences. In retrospect ....... Look what McCall did for Marshall, that Parky couldn't.

 

@Bigrod Am I right in thinking that the 16 that are still here will be averaging on approx £2000 a week? That would come to approx £1.6 million? Obviously some will be on more and some on less. Plus I am not sure if bonuses are included.

That would be well over the average for lg2?

 

Sean Scannell is earning (well. getting) championship wages.

 

I wouldn't.

I would be looking to improve as a player and sacking my agent.

 

Umm I don't think so. Latest figures show that if we don't shift some of the big earners, then we don't have that much money at all. One million sounds like a nice round figure, but when you see some of the asking prices for players in League two - and the wages - then I still stand by my comment. We don't have a pot to piss in. Maybe afford to bring in one or two players, but the rest will be made up of free transfers and and cheap contracts like DD.

 

I think we have enough anyway.

I don't listen to WOTP or people close to the board trying to lower fans expectations.

Last year was awful but Bowyer is no mug he wouldn't of signed a 2 year contract to stay in div 2.

13k strong City crowd. It's time to act like favourites

 

Quite right, NM .......... And that issue has been addressed numerous times, on various threads. The only negative I see in our budget, is just 'how many' can we move on ....... and will they be the highest earners ? Shifting at least six should give Bowyer enough breathing space to finish in the top half, or better. Meanwhile, any remaining contracted players will hopefully play a more positive role, if they've chosen to stay.

 

Where do you see the asking price and salaries of League 2 players?

 

Hopkins fault really. He was far too loyal to certain players and got hook up on getting players out when he should of been looking to getting the best out of the team as a collective.

We need a new keeper for sure.

 

Think you may be responding to one comment and not the dialogue I was having. This has skewed your interpretation of what I was referring to.

I agree with you that an extra £1m isn’t generous. My point was that it will only allow us to sign 5 top quality players. And based on the performance of the majority of our current squad, we do need 5 quality signings as a minimum.

You refer to Exeter as an example of a team that “don’t do bad at this level”. Whilst that may be true, will you (or any of our fan base for that matter) be happy to have a team in the bottom tier that are “not bad”? There may be a reason Exeter haven’t played in L1 for many a year.

You also make a valid point about Wright and Akpan. Again, my point is that as things stand, Devine (irrelevant as to how much we are paying him), currently sits behind them and Anderson in the pecking order. Bowyer effectively said as much when he said he wants Danny to push on and try to establish himself in the team. And if Reeves becomes available, he’ll push Devine down further still. And this doesn’t even consider that Bowyer May want to bring in another central midfielder to place loanee O’Brien

 

This is the problem with Edin splashing the cash around paying silly money, The agents are now expecting the same from the club and asking the same silly wages, It will take a lot of skill for GB to lower the expectations of some