Hayden 0 Posted August 22, 2006 I read with interest today that Rob Green''s salary was circa £8,000 a week. Assuming he was one of the top earners at the club (if not the biggest considering his time here and England status) it puts into perspective what we can offer as a club and how little chance we have of fending of Premiership offers for players.....personal terms will not be a problem!!!! I would guess that other players near Greenos salary are Earnie, Drury, Hucks & Fleming?What it does show is that Sutton, reportedly on £40k a week is a bit out of our distance even if he is willing to take a pay cut (would he instantly gain top salary status I wonder????) and if he was on a pay per play and stayed fit he would shatter our salary structure. The other way of looking at it I suppose is that now that Rob and soon to be Leons salary is off the bill, we could have cash to play with but we should not compromise what is obviously a pretty tight salary structure for anything. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marty 0 Posted August 22, 2006 I think this is the sort of thing the board have been saying but no-one takes any notice! of course we can''t compete with bigger / richer clubs. To be honest I''d be satisfied with 8 grand a week to pay footy, we can all dream. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GJD 0 Posted August 22, 2006 Did we not write relagation clauses into players contracts?Maybe he was geting more in the Prem? Then again £8,000 a week sounds good to me for standing between two sticks and certainly enough to afford a haircut! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Saint Canary 0 Posted August 22, 2006 It''s funny but when I saw the figure I thought, "That’s Low". Then you realise that £8k is a massive wage in the real world which equates to an annual salary of £400k+. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
blahblahblah 2 Posted August 22, 2006 to be fair to the fella, he probably loses 200k of that in tax and national insurance. Unless he''s got a really good accountant. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marty 0 Posted August 22, 2006 [quote user="blahblahblah"]to be fair to the fella, he probably loses 200k of that in tax and national insurance. Unless he''s got a really good accountant.[/quote] still, 200 grand per annum is a lot more than what i''m on, I also do more than 90 mins work a week! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Herb 0 Posted August 22, 2006 [quote user="blahblahblah"]to be fair to the fella, he probably loses 200k of that in tax and national insurance. Unless he''s got a really good accountant.[/quote]I fail to see how, we don''t have a 50% tax bracket, even for those sort of earnings. (mores the pity!)Besides, its not "losing" 200k, its paying in to the same pot we all pay into, hes just priveleged enough to be eligable to pay that much.Its the one thing about football that bugs me, 20,000+ people earning less a year than a lot of footballers earn in a month paying far too much money to go and watch them.Football clubs, agents, Sky and all the other rotten apples in the barrel are no better than drug dealers in that respect. They know football is something in the blood for a lot of us, and they have no qualms about screwing us.I''d pay ''em all a flat rate and let them make up the rest with sponsorship in designated areas on the kit.If they want to do voiceovers that sound like a 8 year old reading from a script (ala Michael Owen) then thats cool too. Just don''t see why the supporters should have to keep paying for the frankly obscene salary increases we''ve seen over the last 20 years.And another thing! Terracing. Why did we all buy the lie that terracing was outlawed under the Taylor report? (again meaning we pay through the nose) It wasn''t outlawed at all, certain safety regulations were introduced regarding it, but once again supporters were fleeced by clubs seeing "a nice little earner" in converting to all-seater.I need to calm down, once I get going on this stuff I could go on all night.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mello Yello 2,315 Posted August 22, 2006 Cheerio, to Rob Greeno and his celery - only 69p a bunch in Somerfields. Now, what else can we discuss?Oh! Welcome to Marty''s missus hangin'' the washin'' out............Nice! [:P] Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
blahblahblah 2 Posted August 22, 2006 Sorry Herb old chap, I was working unfer the assumption of 40% tax for, er, let''s see, 365k of the money, plus national insurance, which is what, I guess 12 % ?I tend to eat beans rather than count them though, so you''re probably better qualified than I to say whether I''m wrong :) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oh huckerby 0 Posted August 22, 2006 hucks was on a rumored 16k when he join from man city, dont know what he''ll be on now Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stevie 0 Posted August 22, 2006 [quote user="blahblahblah"]Sorry Herb old chap, I was working unfer the assumption of 40% tax for, er, let''s see, 365k of the money, plus national insurance, which is what, I guess 12 % ?I tend to eat beans rather than count them though, so you''re probably better qualified than I to say whether I''m wrong :)[/quote]£400k a year - Income tax paid would be approx £152,000 and National Insurance would be about £6,800 :) Oh and the club would have to fork out about £50,500 in Employers'' National Insurance also. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marty 0 Posted August 22, 2006 [quote user="Mello Yello"] Cheerio, to Rob Greeno and his celery - only 69p a bunch in Somerfields. Now, what else can we discuss?Oh! Welcome to Marty''s missus hangin'' the washin'' out............Nice! [:P][/quote] Mello, I''ve passed that on the the missus but there is one problem.................. I don''t like celery! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sheded 0 Posted August 23, 2006 =======================================================================£400k a year - Income tax paid would be approx £152,000 and National Insurance would be about £6,800 :) Oh and the club would have to fork out about £50,500 in Employers'' National Insurance also. Stevie =======================================================================Well , lets say its [ very roughly ] about £4,700 a week , take home pay ? given that its possible that £2000 a week is spent on bills and other outgoings [ flash cars etc :o) ] that would leave £2,700 a week in the bank accruing compound interest ? your good with the figures , what interest would that accrue in a year ? A guy could easily buy a hundred premium bonds a week on that screw , and not even notice it [ that should please Alan Sugar ! ] the odds on winning increase as you get more bonds, in a year that could mean you have 5200 bonds ! ten years of that , and we have 52,000 bonds !! all with a potential of winning many thousands of pounds .... nice ! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Saint Canary 0 Posted August 23, 2006 [quote user="sheded"]=======================================================================£400k a year - Income tax paid would be approx £152,000 and National Insurance would be about £6,800 :) Oh and the club would have to fork out about £50,500 in Employers'' National Insurance also. Stevie =======================================================================Well , lets say its [ very roughly ] about £4,700 a week , take home pay ? given that its possible that £2000 a week is spent on bills and other outgoings [ flash cars etc :o) ] that would leave £2,700 a week in the bank accruing compound interest ? your good with the figures , what interest would that accrue in a year ? A guy could easily buy a hundred premium bonds a week on that screw , and not even notice it [ that should please Alan Sugar ! ] the odds on winning increase as you get more bonds, in a year that could mean you have 5200 bonds ! ten years of that , and we have 52,000 bonds !! all with a potential of winning many thousands of pounds .... nice ! [/quote]You can only own £30k worth of Premium Bonds. I do find it strange that some people almost appear to be sympathetic to Green over his "low" wages. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
blahblahblah 2 Posted August 23, 2006 It''s a nice wage.But he''s an athlete. And a local celebrity. And these positions come with their own pressures.Footballers occupy a unique position, and it''s all sky''s fault. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Evil Monkey 52 Posted August 23, 2006 [quote user="Herb"]Its the one thing about football that bugsme, 20,000+ people earning less a year than a lot of footballers earnin a month paying far too much money to go and watch them.Footballclubs, agents, Sky and all the other rotten apples in the barrel are nobetter than drug dealers in that respect. They know football issomething in the blood for a lot of us, and they have no qualms aboutscrewing us.I''d pay ''em all a flat rate and let them make up the rest with sponsorship in designated areas on the kit.Ifthey want to do voiceovers that sound like a 8 year old reading from ascript (ala Michael Owen) then thats cool too. Just don''t see why thesupporters should have to keep paying for the frankly obscene salaryincreases we''ve seen over the last 20 years.And another thing!Terracing. Why did we all buy the lie that terracing was outlawed underthe Taylor report? (again meaning we pay through the nose) It wasn''toutlawed at all, certain safety regulations were introduced regardingit, but once again supporters were fleeced by clubs seeing "a nicelittle earner" in converting to all-seater.I need to calm down, once I get going on this stuff I could go on all night....[/quote]I''m with you entirely there Herb, it doesn''t really sit well on myconscience that this goes on on a weekly basis, and we still all fallfor it (and probably always will). There''s far too much money inthe game, which is annoying when the likes of York City really dohave no money to spend. At all. They can barely afford tobake the half-time pies! They don''t own their own ground, andeveryone who works on the day is an unpaid volunteer. Except for the players. I have no idea how much York players arepaid, but I wonder what their reaction would be if the club asked themto play as "unpaid volunteers for the love of the club". I reckonyou''d see a Clayton Donaldson-shaped hole in the wall (which unpaidvolunteers would have to repair).And York have terraces, too... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites