OLE SUPER WILBERT 2,475 Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 Smart move.Low wages with high win bonuses should be the way forward. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ger_onimo 20,488 Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 Given our financial position over the last few months i would have thought at least an informal wage cap would have been an obvious step. The "end of top class players" depends on your definition of top class. Xavi was always off the radar, but we will still be able to sign some of the best talent in Scotland - Templeton being the point in question.It sounds like STV trying to manufacture a story at the clubs expense.Why is it all the media outlets still seem to think we are fair game when it comes to shit stirring?Not just Scotland, we should be looking further afield. A fraction of the silly money we've spent on players wages in the past, redirected to some top drawer scouting staff, would pay dividends. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 Finally................ Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
elephants stoned 2,994 Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 Great news, no longer will we see 'stars' like Shittaker or Beattie getting fat wages packets or payoffs for doing sod all. Cant possibly see how STV could put this in a negative light, we are being managed correctly for once. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jtf1872 13 Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 missed dont get stv here only bbc scotland al c if anythin comes on but cheers for update Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madina 4,253 Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 Was it a wage cap? Didnt watch the news, what is the limit to be?I really think the whole of football should follow suit, wages in the Premiership are ridiculous, players like Yaya Toure earning in a week what an ordinary working man would take years to earn, terrible. Its us that's the way forward as usual Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madina 4,253 Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 Just to add on to my previous post I think a wage cap of say £5k is more than sufficient for when we are in the lower lague, I would actually be tempted to make it less than that. Fill the squad with young lads hungry to play for the jersey and loyal old heads like Jig, Wallace and Alexander. No need for over paid, average, foreign mercenaries, look where that got us before Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmiston Drive 3,846 Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 CG said a number of weeks ago that the squad would be made of youngsters with ten guys on 10 k a week........also said that the days of paying huge transfer fees are at an end.We will be dealing in the out of contract market..why pay £3m or £5m for a player plus wages when you could say use an extra one mill or one and half mil to top up the !0k a week,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,the sort of player who may move up a gear and we get money from. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madina 4,253 Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 CG said a number of weeks ago that the squad would be made of youngsters with ten guys on 10 k a week........also said that the days of paying huge transfer fees are at an end.We will be dealing in the out of contract market..why pay £3m or £5m for a player plus wages when you could say use an extra one mill or one and half mil to top up the !0k a week,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,the sort of player who may move up a gear and we get money from.10K a week for Div 3? I hope thats a typo! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carsons Dog 9,878 Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 Pay them £2K a week with the rest on EBT"sSorted Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reformation Bear 6,453 Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 If the underlying message at Rangers is really cut the wage cloth to fit the circumstances of a club that puts itself in the very top flight of clubs being run on a financially robust, sustainable and sound basis then that is fine for me. If it means we can only afford £x now but could afford much more later then fine too - cutting the wage cloth to meet the financial circumstances of the club. So.........one trick here is for Rangers to maximise the revenue it can generate from commercial activities: loyal fans filling Ibrox; television - pay per view to a potentially global audience; shirt deals (what happened to the current shirt deal?); IPOs; player sales etc. Maximising business revenue by harnessing where appropriate and respectfully all that Rangers is, has stood for; achieved; stands for; and has ambitions for can, I hope, pave the way to afford the best players we can afford. Other clubs across the UK and Europe may yet find that they cannot sustain current spending or debt (look at ManU's debt for instance - mind boggling!) so there may well be a settling back towards more sensible salary levels sooner rather than later. And if we can get to a position where the prospects for Rangers in Europe start to look nearer then we may find that good players may well be attracted to play for a club with top class ambition, in a top class stadium, and for a club run as the model best there is. There you have it.......my hope on the way we can generate money to pay for the very best talent we can get. I'm sure Charles and the Board have better and more developed ideas as part of our 'journey' and I look forward to hearing them. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmiston Drive 3,846 Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 10K a week for Div 3? I hope thats a typo!No and I never mentioned for div 3 , but if you can get a player that commands that amount for say 5 yr deal should go for him.....CG was talking about when we get back to top division. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madina 4,253 Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 No and I never mentioned for div 3 , but if you can get a player that commands that amount for say 5 yr deal should go for him.....CG was talking about when we get back to top division.Thats resonable then. Was thiking you meant there was 10 players on 10K per week just now, was about to go on a rant Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterC 12,759 Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 Good idea. Although will the other clubs follow?Fuck the other clubs, its not what they do, its what we do that counts. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterC 12,759 Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 Pay them £2K a week with the rest on EBT"sSortedSeems a good plan, dont see anything wrong with this. I mean what could possibly go wrong by going down that road? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmiston Drive 3,846 Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 Thats resonable then. Was thiking you meant there was 10 players on 10K per week just now, was about to go on a rant I like it when you get excited Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluepeter9 5,167 Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 Pay them £2K a week with the rest on EBT"sSortedEBTs now illegal it's £2k per week plus 'media rights' ............ ... sorted Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cushynumber 25,178 Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 Not just Scotland, we should be looking further afield. A fraction of the silly money we've spent on players wages in the past, redirected to some top drawer scouting staff, would pay dividends.agreed - Systematic targeting some of the eastern european countries would be a start - Poland has a population of over 38 Million - with low wages. I wonder how many scouts we have there? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRITNEY IS NOT FEELING IT 8,293 Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 Only caught the end of it. Apparently there is going to be football finance experts on Scotland Tonight talking about it as well.It'll be that smug know it all Neil Patey no doubt Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBluenose1972 1,405 Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 Great news, no longer will we see 'stars' like Shittaker or Beattie getting fat wages packets or payoffs for doing sod all. Cant possibly see how STV could put this in a negative light, we are being managed correctly for once.On the flip we will never see a Gazza or Laudrup either. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
the goal machine 7,992 Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 It'll be that smug know it all Neil Patey no doubtThink it is actually. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nachothelegend 1,932 Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 Good about time too.Buying high and Selling low was our Downfall.Great News.Youth is the way ahead .Dont view it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hilly86 722 Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 The days of us not breaking even over three/four-season cycles should be over, no excuse for anything else. Sad that it's taken this long for someone like CG to come and make it a virtue of it from within the club, hopefully it stays as a Rangers policy when he has made his profit.Always irritated me that the same £2m figure seemed to be picked out of the air when we paid for the likes of Miller, Naismith and Whittaker - all players who wanted to move to us. We never seemed to make player power work for us despite being the biggest club in the country; the lack of more Bosman signings like Boumsong was corporate neglect.I've more problem with paying transfer fees than higher wages in the future, so long as it's within a budget. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazza27 15,754 Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 the right thing to do Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasterD 7,457 Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 I agree with 50% of turnover. I don't however agree that we should limit wages to any certain number. Sometimes you need to pay a bit extra for quality that can be the difference in coming 1st or 2nd, as long as we are still under the 50% of turnover then it shouldn't matter. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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