Spl Wages

[ollie1903]

We don't. Only

[Dynamo]

Well over a million more.

 

And that money meant that we were paying out a significant amount more than our rivals - this is no longer the case.

 

Pump an extra

[Dandyesque]

More than all our rivals except Hearts.

 

So we don't then have to pay 2 or 3 times more than Motherwell for example to guarantee quality in this league then?

 

 

Can you rephrase that? I'm not sure what you are asking.

 

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Again, you need to spend substantially more to guarantee (which is too strong a word) better players.

 

We used to, we don't any more.

 

What is so hard to understand?

[Dynamo]

Can you rephrase that? I'm not sure what you are asking.

 

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Again, you need to spend substantially more to guarantee (which is too strong a word) better players.

 

We used to, we don't any more.

 

What is so hard to understand?

 

 

I was just pointing out you said you need to spend 2 to 3 times (a wage bill between

[Dandyesque]

I was just pointing out you said you need to spend 2 to 3 times (a wage bill between

[Dynamo]

Aye we did -

[Dandyesque]

That guaranteed success right enough.

 

I already said "guarantee" was "too strong a word" and never mentioned success once - only superior players - they still have to be motivated and set up correctly.

 

And we were significantly more successful than now - we qualified for Europe through the league and competed with some far bigger teams (who incidentally spent a fucking fortune more than we did on wages - what does that say?).

 

We should also have won the Scottish Cup, and reached another final at least around that time.

[stand_free]

Report Year Turnover (£000) Staff Costs (£000) %Turnover Operating (Loss)/Profit (£000)

2004 7132 4149 58.17442513 -1120

2005 7178 4514 62.88659794 -362

2006 6772 4312 63.67395157 -767

2007 7519 5155 68.55964889 -550

2008 12869 5931 46.08749709 1428

2009 8557 5756 67.26656539 -1147 482,000 exceptional staff costs relating to Calderwood

2010 7053 4601 65.23465192 -1638

2011 7462 5093 68.25247923 -1839 411,000 exceptional staff costs relating to McGhee

 

Pretty obvious really. Wages increase dramatically in 2007 and we qualify for Europe leading to a huge increase in turnover the following year. It also looks like Calderwood, McGhee and Brown's budgets weren't a million miles apart overall.

[K-9]

Aye we did -

[Dandyesque]

No

 

Ok -

[stand_free]

Aye we did -

[Dandyesque]

Aberdeen haven't had a wage bill of

[K-9]

Don't you? It's a thread about the quality of player you can (or can't expect) on SPL salaries - they are SPL teams and both employ players - on salaries

Comparing a wage bill from 4 seasons earlier from a team in Europe, earlier with the SPLs lowest wage bill (bottom team) from last season is making no point at all.

[Dandyesque]

Comparing a wage bill from 4 seasons earlier from a team in Europe, earlier with the SPLs lowest wage bill (bottom team) from last season is making no point at all.

 

Sorry, but you're wrong.

 

It's making a point you don't understand is all.

[stand_free]

The accounts show that when we put more money into wages we did make more money because we were successful i.e. we finished third and qualified for Europe and had a good run in the competition aswell.

 

If we were to up our wage bill by another

[K-9]

The wage bill should be more than enough to be challenging for Europe as it is.

[Dandyesque]

The wage bill should be more than enough to be challenging for Europe as it is.

 

Correct, but it by no means guarantees it.

[K-9]

Correct, but it by no means guarantees it.

Exactly. Which is why spending an extra 500k to

Million would be stupid.

[stand_free]

The wage bill should be more than enough to be challenging for Europe as it is.

 

Absolutely. It's just a shame the board went straight to cut budgets after Setanta and didn't see it as an opportunity to cement a place in Europe for the following years. Scottish football was supposedly on its knees and no on thought to take advantage. That's why Hibs are crying out for a decent manager. They've got the facilities and they're pretty much debt free. If they took a bit of a gamble with the right manager they'd do wonders.

[Dandyesque]

Exactly. Which is why spending an extra 500k to

Million would be stupid.

 

The point is, if you're planning giving it to the 2 of them anyway, you may as well let them spend it on the team.

 

I'm sure if Brown was given