Salford City, The State of Football & Financial Fair Play

Playing on loan for two seasons in a relegated club, free agent, at his age it's a chance to actually shine.
Would you have wanted him at City?

 

As I said in another thread this time last year we were wowing the fact that we had got Payne for the season and signed Scannell so ti answer your question I would prefer to find an up and coming player with something to prove

 

I'd say Alexander is putting his reputation on the line somewhat. Fair enough, promoted at Fleetwood but wasn't successful at Scunny. PNE was probably too early to be fair. He'll see it as an opportunity and a chance to prove himself but its a knife edge - be seen as a failure and he's probably destined to a career of lower league managing as his CV will be nothing to look at it.

 

Try explaining why going there shows nil ambition

 

I’m sure he could have gone to Rotherham at top end of league one, with a chance to get them back into championship.

He has gone for money. No two ways about it.

 

On 8 grand a week too. Scandalous.

 

If you can afford it, why not?

They won’t stop there I don’t think. Don’t rate Alexander massively as a manager but think with 3 auto places up for grabs if they continue to recruit as they have done they are surely a shoe in for one of them

 

I'm not sure they'll do too much right now to be honest. Like you said Alexander is average and nearly bottled promotion last season with them. And as we all know players on big wages can go either way. Personally I hope they fall flat on their face and go straight back to non league where they belong.

 

Just looking at the odds for promotion, its a very tight division.

 

At the minute it looks impossible to call. No squad looks good yet and I imagine it won't be until the start of the season before we have a better idea.

 

Don’t Salford have to abide by the same financial fair play rules that the rest of have to?

 

Me too to be honest.

 

Scunthorpe, Plymouth, Forest Green, Salford, us, Leyton Orient.

Anyone fancy anyone else?

 

Yes they do. This means that owners can gift money pretty much without limit, as long as it is a gift. In the case of Salford, this gives them a free pass. Their owners can afford to pump money in - they are not on a budget.

 

The whole financial fair play is a load of old bollocks created by the top clubs who don’t want a small club joining their exclusive club.

Be glad when it’s gone

 

Exeter will be up there.

 

How can this be called fair play, when extremely wealthy owners can continue to pump money in at will? Ok they can’t take the money back or use it as a loan, but if you are wealthy and your football team is your hobby then you can bypass other teams with sheer wealth.

 

Never been any different

 

Good analogy for life in general is that.

 

The whole system of financial regulation in football needs reform.

The whole purpose of the regulation should focus on two principle aims:

1. Ensuring that ticket prices are affordable for the masses
2. Ensuring that football clubs have to be run sustainably, without being financially doped by private investment.

The whole landscape is skewed, isnt ‘fair’ and is putting more and more pressure on the paying supporter and the very existence of some clubs.