sellyoakvilla Posted August 23, 2010 Share Posted August 23, 2010 If we can cash in on Friedel now we might aswell, he's not getting any older, he's 39, and he's not exactly world class. A couple of million to Fulham should do it. We should put a bid in for Given or a young keeper who is decent because Guzan is nowhere near PL standard. We also need to clear out Beye, Davies, Sidwell, Salifou, Osbourne, Heskey and Carew But that's not going to happen as that would mean we'd either have to sign 7/8 replacements in 8 days, or be left with **** all. I'm guessing it's going to be the latter. We need a serious clear out. I'd even get rid of Sidwell, Salifou, Osbourne and Heskey on frees to clear up the wage bill considering no one will pay for them. I've said this before but I honestly believe we are a "mini" Man City. We have average players on ridiculous wages (Beye - 40k, Heskey - reported 80k?) so when it comes to offloading them they don't want to take a paycut and we are back to square one. I don't even know why Osbourne is at the club, he's on 18k and is one of the worst players I've ever seen here... get rid. we need a serious clear out but we have no effin manager. we have a lot of very poor players who would struggle in lower leagues. we need to be very strict on the quality of players we bring in. we need to hire some private i to follow the chelsea man u and arsenal scouts around and just get a feel of the places we should be looking. all the top young players want to play in the cl but they all cant so theres a few we can get I believe there are scouts out there to sign players, for example we got Salifou, imagine if he ended world class and scored 20 goals a season? Scouting unknown foreign players is a huge gamble and one that rarely pays off. But I agree that we do need a better scouting system in place. And not just in the PL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sellyoakvilla Posted August 23, 2010 Share Posted August 23, 2010 If we can cash in on Friedel now we might aswell, he's not getting any older, he's 39, and he's not exactly world class. A couple of million to Fulham should do it. We should put a bid in for Given or a young keeper who is decent because Guzan is nowhere near PL standard. We also need to clear out Beye, Davies, Sidwell, Salifou, Osbourne, Heskey and Carew But that's not going to happen as that would mean we'd either have to sign 7/8 replacements in 8 days, or be left with **** all. I'm guessing it's going to be the latter. We need a serious clear out. I'd even get rid of Sidwell, Salifou, Osbourne and Heskey on frees to clear up the wage bill considering no one will pay for them. I've said this before but I honestly believe we are a "mini" Man City. We have average players on ridiculous wages (Beye - 40k, Heskey - reported 80k?) so when it comes to offloading them they don't want to take a paycut and we are back to square one. I don't even know why Osbourne is at the club, he's on 18k and is one of the worst players I've ever seen here... get rid. You cant just 'get rid' of these players If they are under contract someone has got to want to buy them first, and clubs arent exactly queing up for some of our players are they I am aware of that - "get rid" was a colloquial term to describe "sell them". Lots of teams in the PL would be happy with the players we are trying to ship out but would they be happy paying their wages? I don't think so. So how do you propose we get rid or sell them then? There is no way another premier league team would buy osbourne or salifou - no chance No obviously not, but Osbourne would do well at somewhere in Championship or League 1. If he was that serious about his football he would take the drop to a lower league to play regularly. Or just send them out on loan with their wages paid. As I said we can't get rid of them because of their wages... it was what I was saying we should do from my opinion, what I would like to see - but it's just not going to happen when players like Habib Beye of all people is on 40k a week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dakid007 Posted August 23, 2010 Share Posted August 23, 2010 If we can cash in on Friedel now we might aswell, he's not getting any older, he's 39, and he's not exactly world class. A couple of million to Fulham should do it. We should put a bid in for Given or a young keeper who is decent because Guzan is nowhere near PL standard. We also need to clear out Beye, Davies, Sidwell, Salifou, Osbourne, Heskey and Carew But that's not going to happen as that would mean we'd either have to sign 7/8 replacements in 8 days, or be left with **** all. I'm guessing it's going to be the latter. We need a serious clear out. I'd even get rid of Sidwell, Salifou, Osbourne and Heskey on frees to clear up the wage bill considering no one will pay for them. I've said this before but I honestly believe we are a "mini" Man City. We have average players on ridiculous wages (Beye - 40k, Heskey - reported 80k?) so when it comes to offloading them they don't want to take a paycut and we are back to square one. I don't even know why Osbourne is at the club, he's on 18k and is one of the worst players I've ever seen here... get rid. You cant just 'get rid' of these players If they are under contract someone has got to want to buy them first, and clubs arent exactly queing up for some of our players are they I am aware of that - "get rid" was a colloquial term to describe "sell them". Lots of teams in the PL would be happy with the players we are trying to ship out but would they be happy paying their wages? I don't think so. So how do you propose we get rid or sell them then? There is no way another premier league team would buy osbourne or salifou - no chance send them to a league 1 teams and them dont recall them. i dont understand y we pay 2 players for years who will never do anything its pathetic. then u have to see osbourne in the ghetto in his flash cars thats hes done **** all to earn but braggs he a villa player Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sellyoakvilla Posted August 23, 2010 Share Posted August 23, 2010 Just release them on a free. We did it with Harewood, so why can't we do it with them? I would have rather kept Harewood than Osbourne and Salifou!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dakid007 Posted August 23, 2010 Share Posted August 23, 2010 Just release them on a free. We did it with Harewood, so why can't we do it with them? I would have rather kept Harewood than Osbourne and Salifou!!! good idea they do not deserve the status of prem players Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holtender_in_Sky Posted August 23, 2010 Share Posted August 23, 2010 You cant release players on a free that are under contract. They would take the club to the cleaners. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilchard Posted August 23, 2010 Share Posted August 23, 2010 Just release them on a free. We did it with Harewood, so why can't we do it with them? I would have rather kept Harewood than Osbourne and Salifou!!! Harewood was out of contract. Those two aren't. We'd have to pay them money to cancel the contract. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sellyoakvilla Posted August 23, 2010 Share Posted August 23, 2010 Just release them on a free. We did it with Harewood, so why can't we do it with them? I would have rather kept Harewood than Osbourne and Salifou!!! Harewood was out of contract. Those two aren't. We'd have to pay them money to cancel the contract. I'd rather do that than keep them here on the wage bill. How much would it be to pay Salifou off? Not that much surely? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dakid007 Posted August 23, 2010 Share Posted August 23, 2010 Just release them on a free. We did it with Harewood, so why can't we do it with them? I would have rather kept Harewood than Osbourne and Salifou!!! Harewood was out of contract. Those two aren't. We'd have to pay them money to cancel the contract. just dont pick them for any football they soon piss off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holtender_in_Sky Posted August 23, 2010 Share Posted August 23, 2010 It's not Salifou's wages that will help the club re-stablise on the wages front. It's the Sidwells, Heskey and Beye's off this world. Bet they are costing the club 100k a week easily Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilchard Posted August 23, 2010 Share Posted August 23, 2010 It's not Salifou's wages that will help the club re-stablise on the wages front. It's the Sidwells, Heskey and Beye's off this world. Bet they are costing the club 100k a week easily Bingo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ogen Posted August 23, 2010 Share Posted August 23, 2010 Just release them on a free. We did it with Harewood, so why can't we do it with them? I would have rather kept Harewood than Osbourne and Salifou!!! Harewood was out of contract. Those two aren't. We'd have to pay them money to cancel the contract. I'd rather do that than keep them here on the wage bill. How much would it be to pay Salifou off? Not that much surely? It would cost everything hes due to earn for the rest of his contract. It would make no sense to terminate anyones contract. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holtender_in_Sky Posted August 23, 2010 Share Posted August 23, 2010 Just release them on a free. We did it with Harewood, so why can't we do it with them? I would have rather kept Harewood than Osbourne and Salifou!!! Harewood was out of contract. Those two aren't. We'd have to pay them money to cancel the contract. just dont pick them for any football they soon piss off Piss off where?????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dakid007 Posted August 23, 2010 Share Posted August 23, 2010 Just release them on a free. We did it with Harewood, so why can't we do it with them? I would have rather kept Harewood than Osbourne and Salifou!!! Harewood was out of contract. Those two aren't. We'd have to pay them money to cancel the contract. just dont pick them for any football they soon piss off Piss off where?????? the big world out there for them to explore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philwhitters Posted August 23, 2010 Share Posted August 23, 2010 Just sack them!! If i wasn't doing my job properly/well enough, i'd get sacked. I know it doesn't happen in football, but maybe we could start a revolution! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexicon Posted August 23, 2010 Share Posted August 23, 2010 It's not Salifou's wages that will help the club re-stablise on the wages front. It's the Sidwells, Heskey and Beye's off this world. Bet they are costing the club 100k a week easily More than that mate, probably closer to 150k. Which is even worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holtender_in_Sky Posted August 23, 2010 Share Posted August 23, 2010 You cant sack them you buffoon. Osbourne and Salifou may as well play out their contract in the reserves, they arent first team players and wont be in the 25. Its not their wages we need to save, its the other overated crap that O'Neill signed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacketspuds Posted August 23, 2010 Share Posted August 23, 2010 It would be interesting to see exactly what we pay some of our more mediocre players. We have a larger wage bill than Everton and even Spurs. Spurs have a bigger squad than we do so we must be paying some astronomic wages to certain players. Even the Osbourne's and Salifou's wages add up. I'd much rather our reserve team didn't do so well and was full of youngsters than the likes of Osbourne, Salifou, Davies & Beye. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holtender_in_Sky Posted August 23, 2010 Share Posted August 23, 2010 150k a week multiplied by 52 doesnt make pretty reading. Over 7mil a year for 3 players that are not only very average but also not guaranteed starters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philwhitters Posted August 23, 2010 Share Posted August 23, 2010 Im not a buffon. Just got a slight sense of humour. I know we can't sack them. But we will just have to wait for contracts to run out. As know one will buy the players as they can't afford the wages. So we just need a manager to come in and lay it on the line to them saying they are not needed and they have two choices. 1. Get their agent to tout them about for LESS money. 2. See out their contract. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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