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Major Tom

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  • Today at 4:08 PM
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If Spurs get relegated or either way do we make a bid for Maddison .. injuries aside which we know players can recover from in today’s game, he has the experience, quality and connection to be a good fit for us if we get promoted.
 
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Gint11

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  • Today at 4:10 PM
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I get the idea and it’s crossed my mind but he’s injury prone. The one he has at the minute is a bad one too
 

Grendel

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  • Today at 4:11 PM
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Major Tom said:
If Spurs get relegated or either way do we make a bid for Maddison .. injuries aside which we know players can recover from in today’s game, he has the experience, quality and connection to be a good fit for us if we get promoted.
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Why - just because he’s an ex player?
 

hill83

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  • Today at 4:13 PM
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What’s Carl Baker up to these days?
 
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covboy9

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  • Today at 4:18 PM
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Hell no

hamer 6mill yes Maddison no

wouldn’t mind Wilson pay as you play
 
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covboy9

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  • Today at 4:18 PM
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Grendel said:
Why - just because he’s an ex player?
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Spurs won’t go down
 
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DT-R

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  • Today at 4:18 PM
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Imagine rotation between Maddison and Rudoni in the 10 role.

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covboy9

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  • Today at 4:19 PM
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I’d take soucek if West Ham went
 
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Hutch11

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  • Today at 4:22 PM
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covboy9 said:
I’d take soucek if West Ham went
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Prefer Bowen but he'll go to one of the giants
 
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Martw

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  • Today at 4:23 PM
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covboy9 said:
Spurs won’t go down
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I don't see two of Burnley Forest or West Ham overtaking them so agree with you...
 

Sky_Blue_Dreamer

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  • Today at 4:25 PM
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He has got that natural ability that could really help us in a difficult season, but he just seems to be injured all the time now and his wages would likely be astronomical.

On a similar note, I was wondering if Son might be tempted? He seems to have a bit of a soft spot for us. Is getting on a bit now though, in semi-retirement in the MLS and again wages would probably be pretty steep.
 

Ccfcisparks

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  • Today at 4:32 PM
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Yes!!!!
 
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Paxman II

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  • Today at 4:32 PM
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No, not strong enough for us.
 

clint van damme

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  • Today at 4:32 PM
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Major Tom said:
If Spurs get relegated or either way do we make a bid for Maddison .. injuries aside which we know players can recover from in today’s game, he has the experience, quality and connection to be a good fit for us if we get promoted.
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He's on over 100k a week.
We're not paying anyone anywhere near that
 

shmmeee

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  • Today at 4:56 PM
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Our squad next season if SBT picked the players:
 
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PVA

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  • Today at 5:02 PM
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clint van damme said:
He's on over 100k a week.
We're not paying anyone anywhere near that
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Not since Palmer left
 
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Major Tom

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  • Today at 5:49 PM
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clint van damme said:
He's on over 100k a week.
We're not paying anyone anywhere near
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Leeds are paying players over 100k/week it’s the going rate
 

Major Tom

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  • Today at 5:51 PM
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Grendel said:
Why - just because he’s an ex player?
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He’s a bit more than just and ex player plus the other two reasons i gave
 

clint van damme

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  • Today at 5:56 PM
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Major Tom said:
Leeds are paying players over 100k/week it’s the going rate
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We won't. And it's not the going rate, there isn't a going rate, the range of salaries is huge.

That's not yo say you're wrong that Leeds are paying players 100k but I doubt everyone in their squad us on anything near that
 
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Alkhen

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  • Today at 6:15 PM
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Cheeky 1 year loan whilst Spurs do their "League 1 Championship Tour"

 

Major Tom

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  • Today at 6:20 PM
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clint van damme said:
We won't. And it's not the going rate, there isn't a going rate, the range of salaries is huge.

That's not yo say you're wrong that Leeds are paying players 100k but I doubt everyone in their squad us on anything near that
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Maddison is on £170/week Calvert
Lewis at Leeds is on £100k .. Xhaka Sunderland is on £110k . It’s what you need to pay to inject quality into your side. Would def’ be our max but the ceiling is high.
Just seen Man City squad 50% are on £100k - £550k per week .. mental
 

covcity4life

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  • Today at 6:24 PM
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Would love maddison back

Just for the full circle healing element.
 

Major Tom

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  • Today at 6:32 PM
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skybluecam

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  • Today at 6:36 PM
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Major Tom said:
Maddison is on £170/week Calvert
Lewis at Leeds is on £100k .. Xhaka Sunderland is on £110k . It’s what you need to pay to inject quality into your side. Would def’ be our max but the ceiling is high.
Just seen Man City squad 50% are on £100k - £550k per week .. mental
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Lets say we could pay him 100k a week (we can’t)

Why would he agree to take an almost 50% wage cut to play for a team that will very likely be relegated anyway?

If we go up and Spurs go down they would still be more likely to be a premier league team in 27/28 than we would.
 
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Deity

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  • Today at 6:36 PM
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covboy9 said:
I’d take soucek if West Ham went
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Legs have gone …..
 

Evo1883

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  • Today at 6:38 PM
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skybluecam said:
Lets say we could pay him 100k a week (we can’t)

Why would he agree to take an almost 50% wage cut to play for a team that will very likely be relegated anyway?

If we go up and Spurs go down they would still be more likely to be a premier league team in 27/28 than we would.
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I wonder what our maximum wage will be should we go up ?
 

skybluecam

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  • Today at 6:43 PM
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Evo1883 said:
I wonder what our maximum wage will be should we go up ?
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Hard to know isn’t it

I think people should temper expectations though- suspect our summer will look closer to Luton’s than Sunderland’s (IF we go up).
 

Evo1883

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  • Today at 6:45 PM
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skybluecam said:
Hard to know isn’t it

I think people should temper expectations though- suspect our summer will look closer to Luton’s than Sunderland’s (IF we go up).
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We are far bigger than luton , we will do better than they did

I know its hard but luton are luton
 

skybluecam

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  • Today at 6:49 PM
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Evo1883 said:
We are far bigger than luton , we will do better than they did
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Financially I think we’re more similar than not.

All our business will have to be sensible in case of relegation. King can’t bankroll us like the Sunderland bloke.
 
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Deity

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  • Today at 6:50 PM
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Evo1883 said:
I wonder what our maximum wage will be should we go up ?
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£40k
 

Evo1883

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  • Today at 6:52 PM
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skybluecam said:
Financially I think we’re more similar than not.

All our business will have to be sensible in case of relegation. King can’t bankroll us like the Sunderland bloke.
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According to their books they spent 84.9 and made a 49 mill profit

They never wanted to survive nor did they really try
 

Evo1883

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  • Today at 6:53 PM
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Deity said:
£40k
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Going to be a struggle
 

Sky_Blue_Dreamer

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  • Today at 7:32 PM
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Deity said:
£40k
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Not going to people good enough with that.

Best we can hope for is offer highish wages (say 75k a week) but they agree to take a hefty pay cut in Champ if we go down but we reduce our fee if they do.
 

DT-R

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  • 57 minutes ago
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skybluecam said:
Lets say we could pay him 100k a week (we can’t)

Why would he agree to take an almost 50% wage cut to play for a team that will very likely be relegated anyway?

If we go up and Spurs go down they would still be more likely to be a premier league team in 27/28 than we would.
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Fans always get so hung up on "x player earns £££s at this club, why would he take less at another"?

There's plenty of reasons players can/will/do take pay-cuts. Just because a player is on £170 at spurs, that doesnt mean theyll NEVER play for less anywhere else.

Injury, age, more game time, sentiment. There are many reasons why a player would take a pay-cut. Why would Rashford agree to reduce his wage of £315k a week at Utd to £190k a week at Barca? No reason AT ALL, yet he has.

Paddy Bamford was on £70k a week at Leeds, but the fact he was ready to sign for us (not a chance were we offering 50% of that) suggested he was happy to take a huge pay-cut to play football.

Jack Greilish will likely NEVER get a pay deal like Man City pay him. So when he leaves them, does he take or pay-cut? Nah, might aswell give up playing football altogether rather than take a huge pay-cut.

*edit, this isnt me saying we're gonna sign Maddison, just that a player taking a pay-cut isnt that crazy an idea!


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Travs

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  • 56 minutes ago
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Evo1883 said:
According to their books they spent 84.9 and made a 49 mill profit

They never wanted to survive nor did they really try
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If they hadn't capitulated that 3-0 lead against Forest they'd have most likely stayed up. They were making a decent fist of it until then.

Small margins.
 
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