Not saying its 100% accurate OLM but this is from Des Kelly back inAugust: "Cardiff City are all fur coat and no knickers. They look expensive, they look the part, but it is all front. Last week I joined the voices questioning why Manchester City's lavish funding of the Craig Bellamy deal is allowed. Since then, I've gleaned precise figures on Cardiff 's hugely subsidised wage bill and the telephone numbers should alarm every Championship manager, chairman and supporter. Cardiff's star man, Craig Bellamy, receives ã85,000 a week. Yet Cardiff pay just ã21,000 of this, with ã64,000 being transferred to the Welsh club from City. Another of Cardiff's loan players, Seyi Olofinjana, is paid ã27,000 per week, but only ã11,000 of that is from the Welsh club's coffers. The ã16,000 shortfall in the Nigerian international's wage comes from Hull City. Jason Koumas receives ã29,000 per week. Cardiff pay just ã10,000, the remaining ã19,000 is wired from Dave Whelan's Wigan Athletic. And Cardiff have just added Wolves striker Andy Keogh to their array of loan sharks. The player earns ã22,000 a week and yet Cardiff pay ã10,000 of this. Wolverhampton Wanderers cough up the other ã12,000. This means that Cardiff's bid for promotion to the Premier League is being subsidised by other clubs to the tune of somewhere in the region of ã5 million. This is more than the entire wage bill for a club like Scunthorpe, who are supposedly competing in the same division. No wonder Doncaster Rovers chairman John Ryan says he feels 'let down' and complains that 'the integrity of the competition is undermined'. Cardiff are doing what they are allowed to do; they are ruthlessly exploiting the loan system. But the Football League cannot sit idly by and pretend this is in any way fair. If the Welsh club make it to the Premier League, it will be a sleight of hand comparable to West Ham's infamous escape from relegation with a goal from Carlos Tevez, a player they infamously didn't own. At Cardiff, half the team is owned by other clubs. If they go up, there will be an almighty street parade in the Welsh city. I just wonder whether they will take a detour via Manchester, Hull, Wigan and Wolverhampton too? Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...ELLY-Why-Mascherano-strops.html#ixzz1LgPv3iCJ
He might be right, though as he can't have access to the paperwork, he's probably just basing his sums on the numbers quoted on various message boards. Either way, there's no doubting that the Bullard, McShane, Olofinjana, Kilbane and Ghilas deals have all cost us a considerable amount and hopefully we can rectify that situation ahead of next season.
Presumably because he hasnt signed an extension yet and pending his surgery we may revoke our side of the offer (dependant on how bad the injury was)
McLean to go. I was right all along. The guy is a no hoper at this level. REALLY banged em in didn't he? Oh and please Mr OLM Moderator are you going to remove my post for having an opinion?
A broken clock is right twice a day. Personally I'm still not convinced that Mclean is useless and I can't see him leaving the club any time soon.
I would remove it just cos you sound whiny!! On Oli i have a had a recurring nightmare he scores the goal at wembley to take Cardiff up- at least it wont be against us- that would really hurt.
You were always entitled to your opinion, as is everyone else on here, it was the way you made your point that I took issue with. That and the fact that your only contribution to this board, is to slag off Mclean at every opportunity.
Just heard a weird rumour that Cardiff have called Gerrard back and intend to use him in the play offs!! Can they do that?
He was offered a contract some time ago, and as NP confirmed post match, that contract remains unsigned. To me that doesn't suggest Garcia wants to stay. He has previous on this as well when we signed him on a free. Good player though, I like Garcia.
Rumour was right then. Seems we are cancelling our player of the year award as Gerrard's won it but cant be there to pick it up for a few weeks.
Personally I feel Solano is only getting kept on by Nigel Pearson as they go back a while together. Solano is in that much debt that Pearson is keeping him on to bail him out.
