Sutton_blows_goats 5,329 Posted March 7, 2023 Share Posted March 7, 2023 8 hours ago, Bill said: The only way out of the OF financial deficit is to have a better manager than they have. Listening to the heart and hand podcast last night Andy McGowan said we have a higher playing staff wage bill than they do. If true we can’t complain about finances. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluedell 5,624 Posted March 7, 2023 Share Posted March 7, 2023 2 hours ago, Sutton_blows_goats said: I don’t think the issues with this bunch has ever been a lack of quality since they proved it with 55. The fact we dropped points at pittodrie and Dingwall shortly before pumping Dortmund in the westfalen points towards attitude. It’s the same lack of winning attitude that was likely behind last weekends non performance. To an extent but it was also Gio's tactics. I doubt we'd have dropped points in these games if Gerrard was in charge. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sutton_blows_goats 5,329 Posted March 7, 2023 Share Posted March 7, 2023 9 minutes ago, Bluedell said: To an extent but it was also Gio's tactics. I doubt we'd have dropped points in these games if Gerrard was in charge. Yes thats fair. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Blue Moon 1,289 Posted March 7, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted March 7, 2023 2 hours ago, Sutton_blows_goats said: Listening to the heart and hand podcast last night Andy McGowan said we have a higher playing staff wage bill than they do. If true we can’t complain about finances. We definitely need to get rid of the serial underperformers to release funds for people who are up for the fight. 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sutton_blows_goats 5,329 Posted March 7, 2023 Share Posted March 7, 2023 1 minute ago, Blue Moon said: We definitely need to get rid of the serial underperformers to release funds for people who are up for the fight. I've said this before on here but the Bosman market and English market is expensive wages wise. The fact we seem to focus pretty much all our transfer activity there will be a big part of it. When you can bring in players from the likes of Japan, Israel and lower tier leagues they will demand far less in wages. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rousseau 10,604 Posted March 7, 2023 Share Posted March 7, 2023 10 minutes ago, Sutton_blows_goats said: I've said this before on here but the Bosman market and English market is expensive wages wise. The fact we seem to focus pretty much all our transfer activity there will be a big part of it. When you can bring in players from the likes of Japan, Israel and lower tier leagues they will demand far less in wages. Better sell-on value, too. I'd go full moneyball. Toulouse are doing that now to good effect. (That's just me, though...) 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluedell 5,624 Posted March 7, 2023 Share Posted March 7, 2023 3 hours ago, Sutton_blows_goats said: Listening to the heart and hand podcast last night Andy McGowan said we have a higher playing staff wage bill than they do. If true we can’t complain about finances. Did he definitely say that? I heard him mention our amount but I didn't hear him say we were higher, but I may have missed it. Our staff costs last season were £54.8m compared to Celtic's of £58.8m, but I'm guessing ours may have been higher than normal due to the European run. Our playing squad equates to £37.8m but I haven't been able to find out what Celtic's is. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Sutton_blows_goats 5,329 Posted March 7, 2023 Share Posted March 7, 2023 49 minutes ago, Bluedell said: Did he definitely say that? I heard him mention our amount but I didn't hear him say we were higher, but I may have missed it. Our staff costs last season were £54.8m compared to Celtic's of £58.8m, but I'm guessing ours may have been higher than normal due to the European run. Our playing squad equates to £37.8m but I haven't been able to find out what Celtic's is. I'm sure he did but its also possible i misheard and you are correct. According to this (dubious source i know) our bill is higher than thiers. https://salarysport.com/football/scottish-premiership/rangers/ 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill 13,717 Posted March 7, 2023 Share Posted March 7, 2023 5 hours ago, Sutton_blows_goats said: Listening to the heart and hand podcast last night Andy McGowan said we have a higher playing staff wage bill than they do. If true we can’t complain about finances. Surely that can't be true. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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