Very interesting article in the Times (sorry from app so can't post link) saying we are looking at new types of contract for new signings from the summer - essentially performance based pay, low basic salaries, extra payments based on appearances, league position etc. Recognised as impossible to introduce while in the Prem, but possible in the NPC. Example given was to avoid Bosingwa situations where he took home 65k a week for 10 weeks for not playing. Meanwhile players agents have been mobilised for a big offload. The question will be how many of our surplus to requirements but on a big wedge players actually want to play football as opposed to sit still counting money like that twat did at Chelsea a few years back. Our current costs are estimated at 8.5m a month and debt to the owners as 88.9m. No one can say they haven't backed us with the cash, and there is no way they can get this money back, or even a fraction of it, without success. Parachute payments go up from 48m to 60m over the next 4 years, but we won't be drawing down all of these, will we?
all contracts should be performance based in my opinion. In the championship no one should be on more than a 10k per week base, then add ons for appearance, goals, clean sheet, wins etc etc.
I like the sound of this. I'd have no probs paying an appropriate basic salary with very attractive bonuses if its all performance related. This had to be the way forward. Makes sense. The harder you work and the better you play, the more you're paid.
It is what I have been advocating for years, back to BBC606 days. The only problem I see is the blame culture that could/would develop in the dressing room. Imagine what some of the players reaction would be towards Samba if he had a game like the Villa match, or Taarabt after he ducked at Wigan. Could be deadly.
The times says we are introducing theses to new players in the summer. About time too, good to see we are learning. That will give every player the desire to play better.
Same here, low base salary with the potential of a larger on performance of individual and club. Base wage increases via league position rest extras per game.
This thread is already active from Sb73 Flyer .. It's exactly this sort of oversight from you that cost us our Premiership Status ... don't make it worse for yourself son
QPR biggest problem is and was not money etc ... it's was attracting players to the club in the first place and most posters seem to forget this. The club has done brilliantly IMO to attract players here ... it all equates lads You make a signing and then you become more marketable ... snowball effect ... yes it failed wonderfully but anyone see the reasons yet? The club has been left with an upset fan base by trying to the right thing ... The only thing Hughes did wrong was to mis manage on the pitch... The players collectively haven't clicked and we have only got close to what this team should have been performing As fans we want blood ... understandable but most are not thinking straight about the course the majority wanted ... they delivered and now have to pick up the mess .... we could all do the club a favour by remembering that IMO ... regroup and kick on.
We should have no problem attracting players, other teams do it with low wages caps. Id rather have a limited group of players playing as a team like in our title season than a bunch of players coming here to retire and piss about without a care in the world. We were attracting agents like flies around **** (Hughes) so we can do without them bleeding the club dry.
Performance based wages all sounds very good, but unless all clubs do the same thing surely the better players will just want to sign for the clubs guaranteeing the bunce and the clubs on performance based packages will only attract the players left. i.e. the ****ter ones? Also you have to take into consideration players like SWP, is it fair that he starves to death because we have introduced a performance based wage system? It would end up with him having to sell the big issue at half time to afford his bus fare home, no one wants to see this.
