Davidson1874 wrote:100k on a player, are you high??
Do you seriously believe we have that kind of money? Also what wages would a 100k player demand? On what length of contract? Would it guarantee us top flight football, if not does said player get released or would there be a clause in his contract that they take a wage drop? If at the end of the contract do you think we could continue to offer improved terms or do you think we would get gazumped and get no return in our outlay??
Before anyone says it... yes I know we are going to receive 250k for being in the top league but so is each of our competitors. The only difference being they sell thousands of season tickets where we sell a few hundred. Their weekly gate receipts will dwarf ours, meaning they are a more attractive club for businesses to advertise with all in all this means they are wealthier more attractive option than us.
It has been discussed to death that r have weaknesses in marketing and public relations but until we get these areas sorted the money we do generate from player sales and UEFA bonuses is most likely required to supplement gate revenues to maintain the level of squad we do have therefor the funds won't be there to improve the squad remarkably!!
Davidson1874 wrote:It has been discussed to death that r have weaknesses in marketing and public relations but until we get these areas sorted the money we do generate from player sales and UEFA bonuses is most likely required to supplement gate revenues to maintain the level of squad we do have therefor the funds won't be there to improve the squad remarkably!!
Begs.hafc wrote:Wow. Are there people on here that actually think that we should be bidding hundreds of thousands of pounds on players? How many times does Les Gray have to say they have a business model and they won't stray away from it? That's not me rolling over and accepting it,that is reality I'm afraid.
Davidson1874 wrote:No issue with thinking outside the box. If we did have 100k to spend I would rather see the money spent partially on a scout(s) and decent wage packages. I.e 5 players on 60k per year opposed to 5 players on 40k per year would (or whatever the wage structure may be) would increase the quality of player that we are able to attract. Giving us 5 better players (in theory) than we currently have opposed to spending the full amount on improving 1 position.
How many targets do we lose out on due to them getting offered better deals elsewhere? This weakens us and strengthens rivals. If we have £ I would rather see it spent wisely.
Begs.hafc wrote:So we should follow the Motherwell model now?did you see them last season? Didn't they sign any players that turned out to be shit?
Stevie Clarke wrote:Releasing Blair Adams seems an act of folly now with Skondras away. He wasn't great but how many games did he get? Sometimes players need a bit of time in a new country to adjust to the style of play. He had two good season in the English third tier, in terms of appearances anyway so there is clearly a player in there. Will we pick up anyone better before next Saturday? That's when the season starts Accies, not 5th August as you tweeted recently.
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