Stevie Clarke wrote:Yep, utter nonsense. Lineker mentioned the wage bill last night. Got out the calculator and it amounts to about £700 a man. Did he expect us to believe that a club just up from the Conference South were paying their men that? He just has contempt for us.
Wow! Somebody else doing the maths!!
You are assuming Lineker's figures are correct at £400K p.a for the entire squad. If that is correct then, as they have 27 registered players, this averages out at £14,8K per annum. OK, some will be on more and some less, but it still is only an average round £1200 per month/ £300 per week. Where do you get the £700 a man from?? If SU's management team are included in the wage bill, then it reduces a players wage even more.
About £300K of BT TV monies filters down to the National League in England, but this is only about £7K per club. Attendances are not nornally good. I took in a game at Gander Green about 15 years ago when Sutton were either in the Isthmian League or Conference South where the crowd was about 350. The ground then was basically a public park with one stand, railings round the "agricultural" grass pitch, and no other facilities whatsoever. It looks to have improved drastically in that time, so if SU are being subsidised by a millionaire, then higher wages might well be in operation there. The odd National League player may be paid well above the average, but Accies should be able to compete wage wise with most at that level. Possibly the add-ons of player's accomodation, whilst they are with us on a short term contract, has also to be factored in.
It was clear to me from what LG said, that Accies would not pay players above some notional figure that the Board have agreed, to ensure that the Club remain solvent at all times. This is commendable, but only to a point, where we have seen other clubs throwing borrowed money at questionable signings in the hope of success. Rangers/Dundee/Livingston etc. However, IMO, our signings have generally been poor for the last two seasons, and too much has been spread over too many failures. The manager's tactics used have compounded the situation where we find ourselves.
On the performance we have seen throughout this season, we are not good enough to stay up under our own efforts/skills etc. and Accies cannot depend on other teams collapsing at this stage. I certainly got the impression from LG;s comments, that there will be no change of mananger this year, (not just this season) whether we survive in the Premier, or are relegated to the Championship.
I was unaware about the coaching badges situation. MMMMMMM.....interesting.
