What a twat! Sent from my iPhone
On 21 Jan 2012, at 10:10, "Mark Humphries" <[email protected]> wrote: > I never claim to know anything. It is you who is claiming Bates is > definitely underpaying our players, so prove it. > > I am saying that it is unreasonable to expect ANY championship club, who do > not have parachute payments OR a sugar daddy, to be able to compete with ANY > contract offered by ANY premiership club. > > More importantly, and you really need to understand this, I am also saying > that it is unreasonable to expect the club to compete with ANY championship > club who are in receipt of parachute payments, OR who have a sugar daddy. > > Because of that, it is unreasonable to expect us to be paying high enough > wages to convince our players, who apparently need convincing, we are > "serious" about getting promoted, because that level of wages is > unsustainable without parachute payments or a sugar daddy. > > Regardless of where we rank in the championship in terms of ticket prices > and gate receipts. > > Let me rephrase for clarity, in my opinion it is entirely unreasonable to > expect our wages (and transfer) budget, compared with other championship > clubs, to be directly ranked alongside our ticket prices/gate receipts. > Because there are too many clubs who have artificially high wage/transfer > budgets due to parachute payments or sugar daddies. > > Because of that, it is unreasonable to expect us to be able to demonstrate > ambition to players based simply on wages/transfer budget - BECAUSE WE WILL > NEVER BE IN THE TOP 2, AND UNLIKELY TO BE IN THE TOP 6 based on that > criteria. > > I also don't believe, based on what HOWSON HIMSELF SAID that the size of the > contract on offer had anything to do with him not signing a contract. > I also don't believe, based on what HOWSON HIMSELF SAID, that he perceived > any lack of ambition to get promoted based on wages/transfers. > I also don't believe Bates is putting enough dosh into the club, but I don't > believe it would make much material difference because there is no way we > could compete with parachuted clubs anyhow. > > That's all I have to say on the matter. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Paul Cundell > Sent: 21 January 2012 09:51 > To: Leeds List > Subject: Re: [LU] Midfielder upgrade part 2 > >> None of us know the salaries/packages either then or now. > > But Mark, you don't usually need to know anything, you only have to think > it. > > > _______________________________________________ > Leedslist mailing list > Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > To unsubscribe, email [email protected] > > PETE CASS (1962 - 2011) Rest In Peace Mate _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email [email protected] PETE CASS (1962 - 2011) Rest In Peace Mate
