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SCARY, to put it mildly.
But some who turned down contracts may get a shock.
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The squads a reflection of how this clubs been run into the ground in my opinion.
It’s nothing short of disastrous and without 4/5/6 real quality additions were absolutely f**ked next season
I think we all knew who was going/staying but when you look at what’s left in each position it’s frightening how bad it is.
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Are the Swanns on the list?
No Inspector, it is May, so you cannot move Swanns at this time of year because they will be sitting on eggs, or should that read “nest eggs” with them just taking the clubs assets in its ground and land.
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And let’s not forget that in this country Swanns are protected by law.
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It’s fair to say we’re all pretty shocked at the depth of the cuts to the squad yesterday. But there may be one, small positive. I should quantify two things before I write anything further – firstly, I’m no Swann apologist or fan. The last few years have been a disaster; secondly, I’m basing these thoughts on the wages list posted online on the Salary Sport website.
So, here goes: based on their figures, the released players will cut the weekly wage bill by nearly £22k (or £1.13m per year of the £1.95m annual wage bill for 2020/21). Those cuts include KVV (£4k). McGahey (£3.2k), Clarke (£3.1k) & Gilliad (£2.5k). A quick flick through the (alleged) wage bills of the other League Two clubs and there are only 13 players earning more than KVV.
With say £15k per week to play with (assuming that is what remains in the playing budget after the releases, ie £7k pw or £360k less than this season’s budget) that should be ample money to be able to sign seven “decent” players while still offering them a “decent” League Two wage. Interestingly, Karacan doesn’t feature on the list of player wages so I have no idea what will be saved by the very poor decision to not offer him a new deal. Again, based on a scan through the wages of this season’s successful sides, a maximum of £2k per week should secure the type of players needed to at the very least drag us into the top half of the table.
Anyway, that’s a speculative positive-ish spin on yesterday’s news. Let’s just hope and pray our recruitment this time around is better than last and lessons have been learnt. Unlikely, I know, but we can but hope!
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Hey, leave the Mouse out of it! Wile E Coyote set up would be more accurate! Big plans, utter failure.
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My question would be that IF Eisa, McGahey, Gilliead and KvV WERE offered new deals and THEY turned them down. Why was that?
Agents??
They are/were our better players but we have had 3 terrible seasons with most of the above. Josh makes a good point, if the wages are correct, can we find 7-8 decent players who are good enough and want to play for the team.
It’s a big bloody IF based on previous recruitment and whether Cox can manage and motivate them. Based on this year’s record – it’s a MASSIVE IF.
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What were people expecting? If the poll is anything to go by 40% won’t be going back next year, I guess Swanny will have to accrue more debt for the club to cobble a team together.
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Chicken and egg?
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That list sums up our intention going forwards. After the announcement that we are reducing the budget and post match meanderings of the manager regarding player availability through a season.
We then are treated with the news we have offered Jordan Hallam a new deal, he is a good lad and I do feel sorry for him but in 2 seasons he has started 7 games !!
Might not know much of the thought processes of the mastermind opting for this path but what I do know is that I will not be following the pied piper. Enough is enough especially after the waste of home grown. Charlie Barks – I hope that comes and bites back very hard.
Yes, quite a few L1 & L2 clubs have issued their released list (BBC Sport Football on Transfers page) and whilst none are as long as our record breaking seventeen, they make interesting reading.
It is noticeable that high earners feature on many of them. Probably understandable given the massive loss of gate receipts. So we are not alone in cutting our cloth.
Some will not have too much trouble finding a new club, but others will definitely have to accept a salary reduction to secure employment.
So there will be decent players out there and if clubs go about it in the right way there’s no reason why a competitive squad can’t be assembled on a budget.
The question is will Scunthorpe United go about it in the right way?
Most clubs will have been monitoring players. They’ll have experienced scouts and will be talking to knowledgeable ex-professionals. The manager and coaches will be involved in the recruitment process and the assembled squad will be a balance of experience and youth and not overloaded in any one department.
This doesn’t seem to have been the case with us for the past few seasons. We have a chairman who is now more interested in property than people. A chief scout who has barely started shaving, and a manager who must think he’s just walked bruised but otherwise unscathed out of a plane crash! We use wide-boy agents who could sell sand to Arabs and have an unbalanced squad.
It would be possible to rebuild the team, but on past records I remain sceptical.
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