James Posted July 2, 2007 Share Posted July 2, 2007 About half of wages involving Newcastle players is made up and over exaggerated. Owen's £100,000 a week is actually £80,000 Dyer's £80,000 is actually £60,000 Babayaro's £50,000 is actually £25,000 So don't judge wages on what the media say. Source please. Club records, Chronicle, Times, Guardian. I've provided the source on Babayaro so many times to you, totally ignored, that it is not worth taking the time to find it again. Are the Chronicle, Times and Guardian not classed as the media? I should probably rephrase that. Shortly before a good player signs for us, the tabloids increase the offered wage by £20,000. Then,when these players are signed, we discover that it is all exaggeration from London/Top4 biased press. Then, as soon as a player starts underperforming, people seem to remember the prespeculated wage, and not the wage reported shortly after the player had signed. You wait, we'll get told if Edmilson signs that he is on £60K, then after an injury setback, he'llsuddenly find himself back on £120K. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted July 2, 2007 Share Posted July 2, 2007 About half of wages involving Newcastle players is made up and over exaggerated. Owen's £100,000 a week is actually £80,000 Dyer's £80,000 is actually £60,000 Babayaro's £50,000 is actually £25,000 So don't judge wages on what the media say. Source please. Club records, Chronicle, Times, Guardian. I've provided the source on Babayaro so many times to you, totally ignored, that it is not worth taking the time to find it again. Are the Chronicle, Times and Guardian not classed as the media? I should probably rephrase that. Shortly before a good player signs for us, the tabloids increase the offered wage by £20,000. Then,when these players are signed, we discover that it is all exaggeration from London/Top4 biased press. Then, as soon as a player starts underperforming, people seem to remember the prespeculated wage, and not the wage reported shortly after the player had signed. You wait, we'll get told if Edmilson signs that he is on £60K, then after an injury setback, he'llsuddenly find himself back on £120K. I full agree that does happen. It totally fuks me off n all. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted July 2, 2007 Share Posted July 2, 2007 About half of wages involving Newcastle players is made up and over exaggerated. Owen's £100,000 a week is actually £80,000 Dyer's £80,000 is actually £60,000 Babayaro's £50,000 is actually £25,000 So don't judge wages on what the media say. All still vastly over paid. All I'm saying is that we cant complain about a players wages until we hear some reliable estimates on the actual pay package. I've got it from a good private source that Dyer is on £65kpw after Souness gave him his new deal. That's about £35kpw too much imo. Considering the insurers pay out when he is injured, I'd say that what he has provided us when fit has probably been worth the £60K-65K a week. He has insured to pay himself a further 50% more for when he's injured. He makes more money on the sidelines. Worth £65kpw this season? Fuk off man, and this was a good season for him. Good season because he stayed pretty much fit, and scored 7 in 25ish games despite being in a shit team. He was a very good and very important player under Robson despite rarely scoring, and his contribution, when fit, under Souness led to two good cup runs. Just wait for him to start flying next season. That 50% extra when injured would never happen. Sounds like one of those wage myths people use to get on the back of a player. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted July 2, 2007 Share Posted July 2, 2007 About half of wages involving Newcastle players is made up and over exaggerated. Owen's £100,000 a week is actually £80,000 Dyer's £80,000 is actually £60,000 Babayaro's £50,000 is actually £25,000 So don't judge wages on what the media say. All still vastly over paid. All I'm saying is that we cant complain about a players wages until we hear some reliable estimates on the actual pay package. I've got it from a good private source that Dyer is on £65kpw after Souness gave him his new deal. That's about £35kpw too much imo. Considering the insurers pay out when he is injured, I'd say that what he has provided us when fit has probably been worth the £60K-65K a week. He has insured to pay himself a further 50% more for when he's injured. He makes more money on the sidelines. Worth £65kpw this season? Fuk off man, and this was a good season for him. Good season because he stayed pretty much fit, and scored 7 in 25ish games despite being in a shit team. He was a very good and very important player under Robson despite rarely scoring, and his contribution, when fit, under Souness led to two good cup runs. Just wait for him to start flying next season. That 50% extra when injured would never happen. Sounds like one of those wage myths people use to get on the back of a player. You'd like to think. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slugsy Posted July 2, 2007 Share Posted July 2, 2007 Michael Owen is on a lot more that £100k a week and that is directly from the bank who funded his transfer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajun Posted July 2, 2007 Share Posted July 2, 2007 About half of wages involving Newcastle players is made up and over exaggerated. Owen's £100,000 a week is actually £80,000 Dyer's £80,000 is actually £60,000 Babayaro's £50,000 is actually £25,000 So don't judge wages on what the media say. Source please. Club records, Chronicle, Times, Guardian. I've provided the source on Babayaro so many times to you, totally ignored, that it is not worth taking the time to find it again. Are the Chronicle, Times and Guardian not classed as the media? I should probably rephrase that. Shortly before a good player signs for us, the tabloids increase the offered wage by £20,000. Then,when these players are signed, we discover that it is all exaggeration from London/Top4 biased press. Then, as soon as a player starts underperforming, people seem to remember the prespeculated wage, and not the wage reported shortly after the player had signed. You wait, we'll get told if Edmilson signs that he is on £60K, then after an injury setback, he'llsuddenly find himself back on £120K. I full agree that does happen. It totally fuks me off n all. Like the Bramble cost £6m thing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BottledDog Posted July 2, 2007 Share Posted July 2, 2007 About half of wages involving Newcastle players is made up and over exaggerated. Owen's £100,000 a week is actually £80,000 Dyer's £80,000 is actually £60,000 Babayaro's £50,000 is actually £25,000 So don't judge wages on what the media say. Source please. Club records, Chronicle, Times, Guardian. I've provided the source on Babayaro so many times to you, totally ignored, that it is not worth taking the time to find it again. Are the Chronicle, Times and Guardian not classed as the media? I should probably rephrase that. Shortly before a good player signs for us, the tabloids increase the offered wage by £20,000. Then,when these players are signed, we discover that it is all exaggeration from London/Top4 biased press. Then, as soon as a player starts underperforming, people seem to remember the prespeculated wage, and not the wage reported shortly after the player had signed. You wait, we'll get told if Edmilson signs that he is on £60K, then after an injury setback, he'llsuddenly find himself back on £120K. I have provided the Chronicle source regarding Babayaro also many times which is just as reliable or not (or maybe more so considering it was repaeted more than once) as any other figures you pull from the media. It is all very well saying that the media will more than likely overestimate wages occasionally for a story, the idea may well have some substance to it (though I can't remember any paper putting Baba on £50k or dropping Owen down £80k and you keep using them as examples). But to come out and say that this players wage is 'actually' this, or Owens is 'actually' that is just as absurd when you have as little access to the true figures as the rest of us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jamesmartinsmith Posted July 2, 2007 Share Posted July 2, 2007 Most sources state Owen is on £105,000 a week. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSG Posted July 2, 2007 Share Posted July 2, 2007 Most sources state Owen is on £105,000 a week. Basic salary, no doubt he'll be on goal bonuses, assist bonuses, appearence fees etc as well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohmelads Posted July 2, 2007 Share Posted July 2, 2007 The Journal today reckon Edmilson wants more than 100K a week. Surely we've given up on him by now? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jamesmartinsmith Posted July 2, 2007 Share Posted July 2, 2007 The Journal today reckon Edmilson wants more than 100K a week. Surely we've given up on him by now? I hope so. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
geordie2000 Posted July 2, 2007 Share Posted July 2, 2007 Most sources state Owen is on £105,000 a week. Basic salary, no doubt he'll be on goal bonuses, assist bonuses, appearence fees etc as well. don't suppose he has received many bonuses in the last 2 years. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baggio Posted July 2, 2007 Share Posted July 2, 2007 Why do people even believe the Journal anyway? They only write stuff so Oliver can tell us it's "wide of the mark" later that day. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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