Andy Carroll's worth how much?

[threebikesmcginty]

groan and double groan at the punguage!

 

[Paulus]

A message to Didier Drogba maybe?

View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVuur2nloK8

 

[Smokin Joe]

Actually, soeone on the radio just mentioned that Carrol's 'salary' has suddenly risen; from £28k to £80k per week. I know nurses can't all play football so well, but they start at about £20k...per YEAR. How can the 'we're all in it together' economy sustain this 'sport'?

Well, if you can find a rich foreign investor who is willing to pick up the tab for nurses wages they'll be very greatful.

 

[postman]

For all Liverpool ,Newcastle and finally Manchester money City .This is what a big club looks like .

 

[postman]

Just looked up a comment made by Alan Sugar . " Footballers the biggest scum that walked the planet ".Thats telling 'em Alan . £50 million for one player .You sure have got to sell some computers for that sort of money .

 

[Flying_Monkey]

If it wasn't for Mike Ashley's back pocket, the Mighty Magpies would be down in League Two. God knows why he bothers to turn up month after month, to be abused by fans who have the bizarre idea that it is 'their' club just because they buy a ticket every other week.

There was some recent 'proper' research, I think by Delotte's, which established that, over time, the success of a Premier League club follows fairly precisely the cost of the squad. Newcastle are never going to stay in the top half dozen unless they can find someone with even bigger pockets than Mike Ashley. Given that nearly all clubs lose money - eye watering amounts of money - that is going to be quite difficult.

I am aware of the economics of football, thanks, but:

1. I just don't like Mike Ashley. I think you'll find that few people have a good word for him in football or in business. He has made his money out of gutting big brands and reducing them to the cheapest possible level.

2. No, I don't think they would be down in League 2 without Ashley - you have no basis for saying this other than opinion.

3. And no, it is not self-evident that things should be like this. My view indeed is that fans ultimately 'own' the club (at least as much as the official boss). And there are, by the way, several clubs in Europe that recognise this and work on different ownership bases to the current dick-waving contest between dislikeable businessment that constitutes the Premiership. Some of them are not bad clubs, although yes, they still tend to lose money. You may have head of Barcelona, for example...

 

[Paulus]

I don't think he needs to bother. Alan sugar that is.

 

[TheBoyBilly]

These are panic buys, pure and simple. AbramSea and Yankeepool NEED CL income and this is all about securing it, not winning silverware. Chelsea's gates will plummet if they are not successful and Liverpool are in real trouble on the field. They needed a replacement for Carragher and Benitez's rubbish buys....and quick. But they've both gone down the quick-fix route. Messrs Wenger and Ferguson must be laughing into their wine glasses.

Bill