McGeady (again)

well, the more i read about this (refreshing my memory) the more i have to agree with parky...there has to be a line for each and every player and each and every player needs to know that the line exists.

big money and big ego's mean a player can enjoy life after he retires but while employed he needs to toe the line the same as every other player, older and more experienced players should ensure they are a good example for the young lads, especially these days when even a mediocre player can earn 'instant millions'.

also seems the fans really are not arsed about him playing again so not really a 'split' as claimed.

 

Seem’s he wants to stay.

 

Massive drain on club resources imo. It’s never worked with him in the side under Parkinson!!

 

He'd be a canny impact sub just can't be all about him anymore, far from it.

 

https://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2020/09/...is-first-choice-club-to-join-would-be-celtic/

But if nothing comes of it will return to Sunderland to fight for his place.

 

In other words nobody else wants him

 

If he was serious, and if he was man enough to apologise to the gaffer, and to the squad for his past behaviour and attitude...

And, if he was genuine enough to ask for a second chance to get his head down and graft...

Then, and only then would I consider....

Otherwise.....ermm, no !

 

If only we could transplant his ability into O’Nien...

Imagine McGeady with that heart and effort.

 

Unfortunately Aiden,even if we wanted you to stay there's the salary cap,.....off you go.

 

Can't doubt his gifted ability.....but yeah, with O'Nien's temperament and urgency, he'd have the makings of being a club hero.

 

Salary cap doesn’t affect him as he’s already here.

 

If he's named in the 22 he'll contribute to it though won't he?

 

Its capped, I think he’d still contribute as he’s on the books, I could be wrong on this mind.

 

My understanding of this is....and I could be wrong....that we have to name 22 players and their combined "player costs" cannot exceed the cap.

 

If true then he’s got no chance of getting in. That would just infuriate me further that we haven’t moved for Maddison like.

 

If he's on the books and not named in the squad, his salary doesn't go towards the cap (which defeats this "we'll make it safe to trade in this division!" as the club still has to outlay but the EFL have given us a way out of including him!!)

 

Mind you,he could still be on our books but not included in the 22.......in which case he'd be a high earning reserve,and not available for selection,unless he was replacing someone,who likely wouldn't be earning as much.

 

Those with existing contracts are assessed as being 2.5k per week i believe (could be 1.5)

 

I'm sure I read somewhere that we have to name 22 players and can't select anyone from outside that group. The combined total of the players costs.....salaries,related agent's fees and other things.......cannot exceed £2.5m....in other words ,about £113k per annum average for each player....which equates to about £2.2k.
Apologies if I'm wrong.

 

Aye but the cap doesn’t lower his actual salary.