Richmondfox Posted 16 August 2016 Share Posted 16 August 2016 5 minutes ago, FrankieADZ said: i doubt Drinky would go Spurs regardless tbh, since they are bitter stocked up with midfielders, though the 90k a week could be passed since Eriksen wants a reported £150k a week most stuff in the papers is bull tbh Like most stories about us and wages, it's the agents trying to get more money. He will re sign in a week or two or can stay on his 'low' wage till he finally signs or leaves Also I doubt that the club, like most clubs, would want to deal with Spurs. They try to haggle with the price and then want to pay it off at £5 a week like they did with West Brom and Berahino. They turned his head, messed about with the fee, wanting to pay less cash more in add ons and and spread the cost out over time whilst giving West Brom no time and no cash to find another striker. None of the players should be asking for wage rises after this pre season and game against Hull. Play your heart out and beat Arsenal then see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest CityFan 06 Posted 16 August 2016 Share Posted 16 August 2016 It shouldn't worry me but paying players 100k a week is worrying, in terms of whether it's realistic to manage that amount in the future for our players. Also if any incoming players recognise some of our players are on 100k a week, surely they will want the same, as well as the current players here who aren't on 100k a week. On on the other hand it's the price of success and ultimately that's what it's all about these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sylofox Posted 16 August 2016 Share Posted 16 August 2016 23 minutes ago, FrankieADZ said: i doubt Drinky would go Spurs regardless tbh, since they are bitter stocked up with midfielders, though the 90k a week could be passed since Eriksen wants a reported £150k a week most stuff in the papers is bull tbh from a spuds fan that itk. And if true Eriksen is after 150k as he is only on 35k atm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Munshi Posted 16 August 2016 Share Posted 16 August 2016 29 minutes ago, Fox92 said: I've said it before but a club like ourselves shouldn't be giving anyone 100k a week. Absolutely ridiculous. This summer has been a total shambles. What we should have done is bid for better players - considering we are at the most attractive we've ever been at - than throwing money at some of our current players. Kasper is not worth 100k a week, we could have bought a better goalkeeper and paid him less, for example. We have, Zieler. I reckon once he gets his chance he'll take it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 16 August 2016 Share Posted 16 August 2016 Make Drinky see out his contract. Offer him a wage rise again after january. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sylofox Posted 16 August 2016 Share Posted 16 August 2016 4 minutes ago, FIF said: Make Drinky see out his contract. Offer him a wage rise again after january. Good idea lets piss him off I'm sure we will get the best out of him then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Railway Man Posted 16 August 2016 Share Posted 16 August 2016 I'll tell you one thing, if we do have numerous players on 80-100k a week I fully expect a top six finish, not 40 points. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ealingfox Posted 16 August 2016 Share Posted 16 August 2016 Makes me sick that we are trying to penny-pinch with our best players like Mahrez and Drinkwater, then giving shite players like Schmeichel everything they want and more. Shocking management. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sylofox Posted 16 August 2016 Share Posted 16 August 2016 1 minute ago, The Railway Man said: I'll tell you one thing, if we do have numerous players on 80-100k a week I fully expect a top six finish, not 40 points. Most clubs wage bills will double this season as the agents know the huge increase in sky money. We are not the only club doing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Railway Man Posted 16 August 2016 Share Posted 16 August 2016 1 minute ago, sylofox said: Most clubs wage bills will double this season as the agents know the huge increase in sky money. We are not the only club doing it. They'll be an increase but I doubt most clubs will actually double the wage bill. Ours may well do though looking at the improved contracts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian S Posted 16 August 2016 Share Posted 16 August 2016 1 minute ago, ealingfox said: Makes me sick that we are trying to penny-pinch with our best players like Mahrez and Drinkwater, then giving shite players like Schmeichel everything they want and more. Shocking management. How did we win the Premier League with one of the best defensive records with a shite Keeper.Mmm I wonder! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Power Posted 16 August 2016 Share Posted 16 August 2016 If Schmeichel really is on £100k you can't blame anyone for looking to maximise their new deals. I see another season has started and he still is an absolute liability on set pieces. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viva Posted 16 August 2016 Share Posted 16 August 2016 6 minutes ago, The Railway Man said: I'll tell you one thing, if we do have numerous players on 80-100k a week I fully expect a top six finish, not 40 points. It still doesn't remotely compete with the other top clubs. Of course ours will have bigger rises, due to the position near the bottom of the table when they first signed their contracts. The other clubs haven't had such a rise in league position. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Railway Man Posted 16 August 2016 Share Posted 16 August 2016 2 minutes ago, Viva said: It still doesn't remotely compete with the other top clubs. Of course ours will have bigger rises, due to the position near the bottom of the table when they first signed their contracts. The other clubs haven't had such a rise in league position. I know that, thats why I said top 6 and not top 4. If we are paying numerous players towards 80-100k a week I'd imagine only Man U, City, Chelsea and Arsenal are miles ahead of us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ealingfox Posted 16 August 2016 Share Posted 16 August 2016 2 minutes ago, Ian S said: How did we win the Premier League with one of the best defensive records with a shite Keeper.Mmm I wonder! As I've explained in another thread, because the tactical system we employed restricted tests of our goalkeeper to those matching his strongest attributes, namely long-range shooting and reflex saves. This was by maintaining a deep defensive line and intense pressing in the 10 metres across the pitch in front of our box, this prevented him from facing many one-on-ones and mid-range shooting, and allowed our two centre-backs to deal with all the crosses that weren't too close to the keeper to be a threat. Of course we couldn't prevent this all the time and Kasper 'Count Dracula' Schmeichel was at fault for many of the goals we did concede. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leicesterseddon Posted 16 August 2016 Share Posted 16 August 2016 If there's one problem with the rate of our astonishing rise to the top echelons of the league, it's this. The fact is, we won the league with a squad full of players who were on salaries towards the bottom end of the PL pay scale. To hold onto them, the club have (understandably) offered them new contracts with big pay rises. But the question is, by how much are we prepared to increase wages in one go? And if we are offering some players new contracts - will everyone have to get one? You can see the problem: if everyone gets a new contract, our salary budget is going to go through the roof. If they only offer new contracts selectively, we're going to end up in a situation where some members of the first team (let alone the squad) are going to be earning more than DOUBLE what others are. This has all got the ring of a Fall of Rome about it, I hope the club know what they are doing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viva Posted 16 August 2016 Share Posted 16 August 2016 8 minutes ago, The Railway Man said: I know that, thats why I said top 6 and not top 4. If we are paying numerous players towards 80-100k a week I'd imagine only Man U, City, Chelsea and Arsenal are miles ahead of us. Our wage bill was supposedly 17th last season. You can't expect to keep your best players if you don't increase them in line with what they are worth or what they could get elsewhere. Liverpool would be miles ahead by the way, Spurs would also be higher and I would say West Ham and Everton pretty similar. So yes, purely on wage bills we would be around 7-9th which is where a lot of people would predict us to finish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CockneyFox Posted 16 August 2016 Share Posted 16 August 2016 36 minutes ago, foxy boxing said: is it another player who thinks the grass is greener? we are champions for ****s sake, why are players wanting to jump ship? This has nothing to do with players "jumping ship". Take a step back - Drinkwater's representatives have released this story, and referenced Spurs in order to force the club's hand in offering a better deal than the one on the table. It's a game of brinksmanship - Spurs' most likely don't even have an interest; they are simply being used. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RizLCFC Posted 16 August 2016 Share Posted 16 August 2016 2 hours ago, Callabinho said: What is worrying is that since Walsh' departure, we've heard much more about possible outgoings and contract disputes. It's all down to paper talk, when did we start believing The Sun? For all we know, the players/agents could be happily negotiating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Fox Posted 16 August 2016 Share Posted 16 August 2016 8 minutes ago, leicesterseddon said: If there's one problem with the rate of our astonishing rise to the top echelons of the league, it's this. The fact is, we won the league with a squad full of players who were on salaries towards the bottom end of the PL pay scale. To hold onto them, the club have (understandably) offered them new contracts with big pay rises. But the question is, by how much are we prepared to increase wages in one go? And if we are offering some players new contracts - will everyone have to get one? You can see the problem: if everyone gets a new contract, our salary budget is going to go through the roof. If they only offer new contracts selectively, we're going to end up in a situation where some members of the first team (let alone the squad) are going to be earning more than DOUBLE what others are. This has all got the ring of a Fall of Rome about it, I hope the club know what they are doing... Good post... The step change from a top end Championship Club to Premier League Winners is huge and has happened over 2 seasons which is truly remarkable. Those of us with Grey Hair will remember the Shipman era and subsequent leadership since which were all short sighted with never any real hope to achieve the milestones we just have. The club infrastructure however despite Susan Whelan's leadership are still along way behind the level of a top 6 club. Be it ticketing, marketing or player administration I know that the club is fully stretched with multiple strands being developed within the club to try and catch up with the activity on the pitch. Chelsea after Abramovich came along took time to grapple with the growth and even United when the Glaziers came in outsourced all of their marketing to a new business they formed so that the Brand could be developed by specialists. All of this may seem irrelevant but our club has overnight gone from sub £50m T/O to £150m+ which is frightening and also very difficult to transition and manage. The players are the asset and some of the comments around Schmeichel etc are ridiculous as these players are all worth £15m+ now under contract so they are investments as much as anything else. Dealing with Drinky and Mahrez does look as though the club are mis-handling negotiations if you believe the press but not everything we read is the truth (Vardy had signed for Arsenal if you believed everything printed). I would suggest that the owners and Ruskin know the value of our key assets and I trust them to manage this carefully, sensitively for the best of the football club - we need to recognise to move up to the upper levels of football that we have to pay top wages but not be held to ransom - a fine line that will not go smoothly I am sure but not for a lack of trying!! We as fans can only affect one thing - get behind our Champions and help them get the season started in a positive manner with a much overdue victory agains the Arsenal on Saturday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walkerfox Posted 16 August 2016 Share Posted 16 August 2016 If players are all wanting 100K contracts then Claudio needs to go around and slap them all! Yes, they won the league by playing well, but we are still Leicester City! we aren't in the financial position that the likes of Chelsea, Man U, Man City are in where we can just throw around money. We may be in a few seasons time, but not now. Also, and this is just my opinion,they don't deserve that much. We can't pay them all 100K for one good season. Last year they were lower premier league players who had just about hung on and avoided the drop. At the moment, our aim is 40 points. Realistically, it's probably a top half finish, probably similar to a team like Southampton who finished 6th last year. Are the players there all on 100k a week? Of course not. I love Danny, but he, along with many others should not be payed that much. Prove your worth consistently and then earn 100K a week, but after one season, no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sylofox Posted 16 August 2016 Share Posted 16 August 2016 49 minutes ago, Viva said: Our wage bill was supposedly 17th last season. You can't expect to keep your best players if you don't increase them in line with what they are worth or what they could get elsewhere. Liverpool would be miles ahead by the way, Spurs would also be higher and I would say West Ham and Everton pretty similar. So yes, purely on wage bills we would be around 7-9th which is where a lot of people would predict us to finish. As i said earlier from a spuds itk wages at spud are not huge Lloris on 90k Eriksen is only on 35k and wants 150k. Oh and Lloris is about 20k in front of anyone else. That's if like our club you believe the itk's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dylanlegend Posted 16 August 2016 Share Posted 16 August 2016 1 hour ago, sylofox said: Good idea lets piss him off I'm sure we will get the best out of him then. He is on the verge of establishing himself as an England player, don't think he'd jeopardise that by not giving 110% every week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strokes Posted 16 August 2016 Share Posted 16 August 2016 Just now, dylanlegend said: He is on the verge of establishing himself as an England player, don't think he'd jeopardise that by not giving 110% every week Nobody gives 110% Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sylofox Posted 16 August 2016 Share Posted 16 August 2016 3 minutes ago, dylanlegend said: He is on the verge of establishing himself as an England player, don't think he'd jeopardise that by not giving 110% every week he can still be a problem to team spirit if pissed off. It's not just about on the field. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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