Top six wage budget claim repeated.

[the other bob wilson]

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/erol-bulut-exciting-cardiff-city-29290977

[Carl Dale's Mole]

Re: Top six wage budget claim repeated.

Interesting.

As I see Coventry being linked to another 5mil player, would love to know where our transfer spending (or lack thereof) is compared to the rest of the league over the last few years. Even before and after the embargo.

Of course we’ll never know. But when was the last time we were linked with a 5mil player and bought them?

No idea whether this top six wages thing is true but I do know that it only tells a part of the picture. I know this seems obvious but it’s often missing from the conversation.

Top six in wages bottom six in transfers?

Probably not. But I don’t think this top six in wages has given us a top six team in quality.

[the other bob wilson]

Re: Top six wage budget claim repeated.

Interesting.

As I see Coventry being linked to another 5mil player, would love to know where our transfer spending (or lack thereof) is compared to the rest of the league over the last few years. Even before and after the embargo.

Of course we’ll never know. But when was the last time we were linked with a 5mil player and bought them?

No idea whether this top six wages thing is true but I do know that it only tells a part of the picture. I know this seems obvious but it’s often missing from the conversation.

Top six in wages bottom six in transfers?

Probably not. But I don’t think this top six in wages has given us a top six team in quality.

On the face it, it looks like we should be looking at lists of players due to be out of contract this summer when trying to guess who we'll be signing.

[WJ99mobile]

Re: Top six wage budget claim repeated.

On the face it, it looks like we should be looking at lists of players due to be out of contract this summer when trying to guess who we'll be signing.

Which isn’t necessarily a bad thing.

There’s some great talent with contracts expiring

[the other bob wilson]

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Which isn’t necessarily a bad thing.

There’s some great talent with contracts expiring

No, not at all, it's how I would prefer us to go.

Seems to me that Brighton midfielder on loan to Northampton last season (Leonard?) would be someone worth taking a serious look at.

[Taunton Blue Genie]

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Could it also be the case that City, unable to purchase players in recent transfer windows, were happy to pay higher wages to loanees than may have otherwise been the case whilst having to expend less on paying off transfer fees?

[light up the darkness]

Re: Top six wage budget claim repeated.

Could it also be the case that City, unable to purchase players in recent transfer windows, were happy to pay higher wages to loanees than may have otherwise been the case whilst having to expend less on paying off transfer fees?

Indeed and also paying wages over a period rather than large transfer sums works better for the Profit and Sustainability requirements

[The Lone Gunman]

Re: Top six wage budget claim repeated.

In fairness to Abbandonato, he says:

"Bulut will have an enhanced coaching team around him and a budget which wages wise is top six, I’m told."

He doesn't say Bulut did have a budget which was top six wages-wise in 2023/24. The report seems to be suggesting that Bulut will get more backing from Tan this time around.

It's still a daft claim at this stage, though. After all, common sense dictates that whoever is feeding Abbandonato this information doesn't know for sure where this season's wage bill sat in the Championship rankings, let alone where next season's will.

[North Cardiff Blue]

Re: Top six wage budget claim repeated.

Could it also be the case that City, unable to purchase players in recent transfer windows, were happy to pay higher wages to loanees than may have otherwise been the case whilst having to expend less on paying off transfer fees?

Yes, we couldn't pay a transfer fee so he had to have a workaround and pay more wages, especially if a player bought himself out of his own contract.

[The Lone Gunman]

Re: Top six wage budget claim repeated.

Of course we’ll never know. But when was the last time we were linked with a 5mil player and bought them?

Although the transfer fees quoted in press reports are often sketchy, I know that Robert Glatzel was said to have cost something like £5.5 million when he joined City in July 2019. He'd be the last I reckon.

[the other bob wilson]

Re: Top six wage budget claim repeated.

In fairness to Abbandonato, he says:

"Bulut will have an enhanced coaching team around him and a budget which wages wise is top six, I’m told."

He doesn't say Bulut did have a budget which was top six wages-wise in 2023/24. The report seems to be suggesting that Bulut will get more backing from Tan this time around.

It's still a daft claim at this stage, though. After all, common sense dictates that whoever is feeding Abbandonato this information doesn't know for sure where this season's wage bill sat in the Championship rankings, let alone where next season's will.

Who do you think did the telling in Abbandonato’s “I’m told”? The same bloke who was telling us we had the sixth biggest budget around this time last year I reckon.

[The Lone Gunman]

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Who do you think did the telling in Abbandonato’s “I’m told”? The same bloke who was telling us we had the sixth biggest budget around this time last year I reckon.

I’ll take a wild guess and say it’s someone whose surname begins with the letter D…

[the other bob wilson]

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I’ll take a wild guess and say it’s someone whose surname begins with the letter D…

Confused metal head listening to m n m perhaps. (6,6)

[TWGL1]

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I’ll take a wild guess and say it’s someone whose surname begins with the letter D…

Why don’t you troll Abbandonato on his Twitter feed then it will give you something to get your teeth into , because clearly anyone with a different opinion to you freaks you out. It’s hilarious.

[Henry Hill]

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Why don’t you troll Abbandonato on his Twitter feed then it will give you something to get your teeth into , because clearly anyone with a different opinion to you freaks you out. It’s hilarious.

Not very bright are you.

You can say its hilarious but hes clearly got under your skin.

Accusing him of trolling...whilst trolling him.

Saying he has to have the last word...whilst trying to engage with him again.

Thick as two short planks.