Team of the month

[Rjk]

Why are people intent upon linking everything to money? Yet again we are blessed with two very good keepers let’s hang onto both of them for a change. We get two people for a position & then want to sell them. Stick not twist.

I get that, but in reality we have a finite amount of playing budget and it is about to get considerably smaller.
taking those figures as correct (they could easily be nonsense)
smithies alone accounts for about 8% of the total budget, that's probably too much for a player for whom we have a good replacement.
looking at the squad in total this season about 20% of our wage budget has been basically wasted on players who have been out of favour or continually injured. if we manage our resources better we will see an improvement on the pitch.

yes keep them both if we've got money to burn, but I don't get the impression we do

[Des Parrot]

Should be performance linked. Currently all of the bonuses are on top of the salary. They should be part of a salary. Be interesting to know if Vassell is taking his full salary. We had a player (can’t remember who) who would not take a salary whilst he was long term injured. There should or may be a clause to this effect in the basic salary, not the bonuses.