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Not sure it will make much difference to us but....
Obvious joke about our scouts being furloughed since 2016 is obvious.
Not sure it will make much difference to us but....
Just like the players. The PFA are going to tell their members not to take pay cuts. I can see it coming a million miles away. I can understand that in regards to the lower division players.
With our track record, probably YouTube video highlights
The problem I have is that the e mail was sent to all players. By all means the PFA should be protecting the lower league players, but they should also, imo, be encourageing PL players to take a wage defferel to look after the larger majority in football.
Not sure it will make much difference to us but....
Not sure it will make much difference to us but....
How exactly can scouts still do their job, there is no football being played right down to grass roots football.
you do realize that Danny boy owns approx 9% of the club which is worth around 2 billion pounds.
And the other owner is a tax haven living billionaire.
But sure let's defend baldy because it is "our" club
there was a football club there once, and it felt, briefly and naively like one was reappearing
but let's face reality - we ain't a dortmund for eg:
Covid 19 crisis how a football club have come together in mutual support in a time of crisis
As a fan of Borussia Dortmund and a fan club president I cannot help but be impressed by the club's commitment and willingness to go the extra mile for the community in a crisis.www.fearthewall.com
Scouting these days is not just about turning up to matches in a dodgy flashers jacket and dark glasses.
I'm quoting this post but my point is aimed at the collection of your recent posts, and a number of other similar ones in this thread. Please don't take any offense or feel personally attacked - this is more of a general reply.The key word is "yet". We were out of all cups and he still has our season ticket and ticket exchange money so limited hit on ticket sales. Have we felt the effect of prize money, tv money, concert cancellations yet? Matchday revenue is the main hit.
This thing is going to hit all teams financially and football will need to change. However, our very existence is not going to depend on the government furlough scheme. If we'd signed Giroud in January it probably wouldn't be far off his salary.
He's taking the money because he can, not because it's needed.
Fucking hell mate I hope with these job cuts that your position on the payroll hasn't been affected, I'm sure the chairman would miss not having you around.but Levy is included though his reduction will be through 20% less from the club, if it was paid via the government it would be over 90% cut
Doesn't matter what this club gets involved in its always one step forward and three backwards.There is no doubt this has been a PR disaster for us, think it’s imperative that when player wages are reduced the shortfall that day to day staff have lost is made up using that money. The players, Levy and Management really need to come forward with a joint statement on topping up staff wages (i.e taking voluntary cuts)
I do think all premier league clubs will follow in eventually furloughing staff ( I can see football coming back for a long while) but we've really messed up the timing of our announcement. I can see what Levy was trying to do - twist the arm of the PFA but that argument wasn't even in the public conscious and even now outlets such as the BBC (news report at six) aren't reporting on why players aren't taking cuts. He jumped the gun whilst not really thinking about public perception and more important the day to day staff.
Again, I'm sure there are finer details in the finances that none of us understand, but that is kind of the grave modern football as dug it self with money going around like confetti, even if it was never sustainable.
Doesn't matter what this club gets involved in its always one step forward and three backwards.
How exactly can scouts still do their job, there is no football being played right down to grass roots football.
yes - it starts to be a problem when your own fans start to dislike you....I don't mind Levy, I think he's done a hell of a lot more good for the club than bad, but this doesn't sit right with me and I think this is yet another blow to our public image over the past year. We're becoming dislikable and while I don't give a shit what other fans or the media think, I'm disliking some of the things we're doing as well.
Not stopping Chelski from buying players, seems they've agreed 31M for another player today.