sussexpob wrote:Hearty thanks to Potter. He's done a great job, and I wish him well....
Who next for Brighton, Sussex?
sussexpob wrote:Hearty thanks to Potter. He's done a great job, and I wish him well....
Gingerfinch wrote:sussexpob wrote:Hearty thanks to Potter. He's done a great job, and I wish him well....
Who next for Brighton, Sussex?
Durhamfootman wrote:there was paper talk this morning of the GNR having been cancelled, but fortunately common sense appears to have prevailed. I'm not sure Her Maj would have approved of charities having to decide which of their worthy projects would not be receiving funding after all. THe FA have it completely wrong, I think. There was an opportunity there for clubs and fans up and down the land to pay their own tributes to her
Durhamfootman wrote:Brendan Rogers quoted as saying that he'd like to see the job through at Leicester but with things not improving under his stewardship he would understand if the board moved him on (or words to that effect). Of course he would... nowt like 10 million quid in the back pocket to help see him through the cost of living crisis with the chance of a nice holiday somewhere sunny and warm for the winter so he can turn the heating at home onto winter pipe defrost mode
never feel sorry for a sacked manager
Durhamfootman wrote:has it anything to do with fair play rules? Do really long contracts reduce the annual cost to the club and free up payments to players or something silly like that? I don't understand it all....... or perhaps I should say that I have almost as little an understanding of it as the administrators who are charged with monitoring Barcelona's annual accounts
There must be a reason for it if the bean counters are prepared to sign these things off, but I'm beggared if I can deduce what those reasons might be
bigfluffylemon wrote:It's great for managers, though. Sign up on a long contract at a ridiculous rate, do a sh1t job, get sacked and get an enormous payout to leave quietly
sussexpob wrote:Durhamfootman wrote:has it anything to do with fair play rules? Do really long contracts reduce the annual cost to the club and free up payments to players or something silly like that? I don't understand it all....... or perhaps I should say that I have almost as little an understanding of it as the administrators who are charged with monitoring Barcelona's annual accounts
There must be a reason for it if the bean counters are prepared to sign these things off, but I'm beggared if I can deduce what those reasons might be
I think the only payments that dont count towards fair play rules are stadium development costs and youth academy costs. So paying off a manager millions of quid would impact that years FFP hit, and hiring another would mean you'd be essentially paying double. So not an advantage.
I think its just a case of teams believing they have hired the right man, and locking said person down for a long time.... because if someone swoops for the manager, you have to pay compensation to the club.
sussexpob wrote:bigfluffylemon wrote:It's great for managers, though. Sign up on a long contract at a ridiculous rate, do a sh1t job, get sacked and get an enormous payout to leave quietly
The funniest example of that I can think of was Andre Villas-Boas.
Was touted as the new Mourinho and some boy genius of football. Chelsea stumped up a huge contract in order to get his services over other teams, he was suitably terrible, was sacked before the season ended, and got a huge payout. Tottenham then did the same, and a few months later found out he was also rubbish and sacked him too.
I think in the end he made somewhere between 35-40 million quid for 18 months of terrible quality work, because he received 11-12 years pay in total for being sacked.
He then got offered mega money in China, before coming back to Europe to manage Marseille.... where he called the owner of the team dumb in a press conference because he was unhappy with who the club had bought, and was suitably sacked with another large payout.
Imagine getting rich by being terrible.
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