LucaAltieri Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 as ive already said, we have never had an old head that the younger players could learn from. would bring taylor on leaps and bounds. just a shame it would appear he will be his replacement. Caçapa? sorry, i shoul dhave said and old DECENT head. cacapa and ronnie johnson dont quite fit that bill. Cacapa was class. International. Captained Lyon. Highly rated in his day. Signed him far too late and wasn't up to much. Spent too much time injured. Huge wages for what we actually got out of him. Complete waste of money. IF we sign Sol Campbell then I hope he does well, but we ARE taking a big risk. He may well be another Cacapa (or Geremi, or Butt, or Duff...). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 It's nowhere near the risk those were because we would only be paying him Championship wages. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 If Campbell's coming here, he clearly isn't asking for ridiculous wages. Ashley would never sanction the move if so. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LucaAltieri Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 It's nowhere near the risk those were because we would only be paying him Championship wages. And we only have championship income and a championship budget. It's all relative. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LucaAltieri Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 If Campbell's coming here, he clearly isn't asking for ridiculous wages. Ashley would never sanction the move if so. Might not be an Ashley signing Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 It's nowhere near the risk those were because we would only be paying him Championship wages. And we only have championship income and a championship budget. It's all relative. Yeah, so there's no problem. When we brought in Duff, Geremi etc we were paying them Champions League wages whilst scraping around the bottom half of the table, eventually being relegated. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 If Campbell's coming here, he clearly isn't asking for ridiculous wages. Ashley would never sanction the move if so. Might not be an Ashley signing Someone is sanctioning incomings and outgoings. We don't know who it is but we know that one of the major factors in whatever move, is the wages involved. We wouldn't be signing Campbell if he was after megabucks. That's if we're even signing him of course. I'd love it if we did tbh; i know he's old now but he's one of my favourite ever non-Newcastle players. It'd only be really worth it if Taylor stayed though. He'd be an okay replacement but that'd be a super partnership in this league if you ask me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fenham Mag Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 So what kind of wage do people think he'll be on? I think he will be on a basic 30,000 a week with a promotion bonus . But would he accept it? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 So what kind of wage do people think he'll be on? I think he will be on a basic 30,000 a week with a promotion bonus . But would he accept it? Nobody wanted to answer me the other day when I asked what the average wage was in the Championship, but I'd wager £30k is well above even the highest earners. Don't think we're in a position to be offering him anything like that much. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 In 2006 the average wage in the Championship was £4k per week, compared to the Premier League at £13k. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/4898392.stm Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdckelly Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 So what kind of wage do people think he'll be on? I think he will be on a basic 30,000 a week with a promotion bonus . But would he accept it? Nobody wanted to answer me the other day when I asked what the average wage was in the Championship, but I'd wager £30k is well above even the highest earners. Don't think we're in a position to be offering him anything like that much. well to be fair how many championship clubs get as many in attendance as we did yesterday (and thats with all the off field shit too) plus theres the parachute money. 30k may be high by championship standards but if we get our wage bill to a sane level we can afford to pay more than your average championship club Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 So what kind of wage do people think he'll be on? I think he will be on a basic 30,000 a week with a promotion bonus . But would he accept it? Nobody wanted to answer me the other day when I asked what the average wage was in the Championship, but I'd wager £30k is well above even the highest earners. Don't think we're in a position to be offering him anything like that much. well to be fair how many championship clubs get as many in attendance as we did yesterday (and thats with all the off field shit too) plus theres the parachute money. 30k may be high by championship standards but if we get our wage bill to a sane level we can afford to pay more than your average championship club Well we might be able to afford a bit more but spending silly money is ultimately what is still killing us now. We shouldn't be paying Campbell very decent Premier League wages just because we can. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 The last few pages on here have got me very depressed. It is plain to see that many of us have learned absolutely nothing of the folly of our decline being hastened by the signing of players whose best years are behind them. Young, hungry, up and coming players only from now on please. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 The last few pages on here have got me very depressed. It is plain to see that many of us have learned absolutely nothing of the folly of our decline being hastened by the signing of players whose best years are behind them. Young, hungry, up and coming players only from now on please. young and up and coming defenders will either cost you goals or cost you a lot. Stability and experience is the key in defence Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 The last few pages on here have got me very depressed. It is plain to see that many of us have learned absolutely nothing of the folly of our decline being hastened by the signing of players whose best years are behind them. Young, hungry, up and coming players only from now on please. It's more important to have younger legs in midfield or up front. if there's one position where experience is useful it's the centre of defence. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
midds Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 That's a good point actually. The fact we were on the back foot for most of the games last season meant our defenders got tired because the ball just kept on coming back at them all game. In this league, I'm hoping we're going to be on the front foot and dominating teams which should mean the back 4 is under less pressure. Harper barely had to touch the ball for long periods on Saturday and Taylor(s) and Enrique could bomb on and get involved in attack. Campbell might just be up to it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasy Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 It's nowhere near the risk those were because we would only be paying him Championship wages. And we only have championship income and a championship budget. It's all relative. We really don't, I'd be very surprised if any Championship side has half our income this year. Of course we also still have a ludicrous wage bill. Still as long as we only pay him around £20k a week I don't see any risk. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajun Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 We have young, up and coming defenders, we need experience especially if colo goes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Icke - Son of God Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 Campbell could be a Kilcline type signing. Absolutely no reason not to bring him in for a year or two. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The Libertine Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 the players and fans would respect him enough for him to be the captain from the off. also, "Campbell made an un-credited appearance in Guy Ritchie's film Snatch, as a bouncer at an un-licenced boxing fight" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest GAMMELL Posted August 17, 2009 Share Posted August 17, 2009 the players and fans would respect him enough for him to be the captain from the off. also, "Campbell made an un-credited appearance in Guy Ritchie's film Snatch, as a bouncer at an un-licenced boxing fight" :lol: Spot on Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NG32 Posted August 17, 2009 Share Posted August 17, 2009 Campbell could be a Kilcline type signing. Absolutely no reason not to bring him in for a year or two. I'm not shouting "killer" at Sol Campbell. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ObaStar Posted August 17, 2009 Share Posted August 17, 2009 We had higher attendance than all of the premier league games on Saturday except for Chelsea home, and Everton who only had 3k more than us. Says something bout this club. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted August 17, 2009 Share Posted August 17, 2009 The media (newspapers) seem to have been very slow with this news and not many of them menton that he was there on Saturday Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Offshore Posted August 17, 2009 Share Posted August 17, 2009 the players and fans would respect him enough for him to be the captain from the off. also, "Campbell made an un-credited appearance in Guy Ritchie's film Snatch, as a bouncer at an un-licenced boxing fight" :lol: Spot on Thought he was on the door with the Irish boxer (name escapes me) for the rigged poker game at the boxing club? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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