17 minutes ago, azpi28 said:

he gets 12 million pounds a year

Wow. 

What was Tuchel on ? £7M ?

And Potter was supposedly on £2M a year at Brighton ... was it really necessary to give him a 6-fold increase ffs ?

It'll be the fans that end up paying for Boehly chucking money around like confetti. He's done it with the transfer fees he's been paying, and just about all the contracts he's been offering. It all seems totally OTT and pretty irresponsible to me 

 

 

1 minute ago, Sexyfootball said:

Wow. 

What was Tuchel on ? £7M ?

And Potter was supposedly on £2M a year at Brighton ... was it really necessary to give him a 6-fold increase ffs ?

It'll be the fans that end up paying for Boehly chucking money around like confetti. He's done it with the transfer fees he's been paying, and just about all the contracts he's been offering. It all seems totally OTT and pretty irresponsible to me 

 

 

SF, everything is always more expensive in England. 

was pretty surprised myself

thats a lot of money 

i think i will move to Sweden and apply for managerial jobs in the 4th division and work myself up 

i once won the European Championship with San Marino on FM so i know i have it in me 

Edited September 8, 20223 yr by azpi28

1 minute ago, just said:

SF, everything is always more expensive in England. 

And its the casual acceptance of the situation by the masses that perpetuates this sort of crap ! There is absolutely zero need to pay such OTT amounts. It's bad business in my book. I'm quite sure Potter would have taken the job on the same salary as Tuchel, or even less, given he was only (only - LOL) on  £2M at Brighton.  No doubt the season ticket prices and the price of a pie and a pint will all go up to cover this sort of stupid largesse. 

18 minutes ago, Sexyfootball said:

Wow. 

What was Tuchel on ? £7M ?

And Potter was supposedly on £2M a year at Brighton ... was it really necessary to give him a 6-fold increase ffs ?

It'll be the fans that end up paying for Boehly chucking money around like confetti. He's done it with the transfer fees he's been paying, and just about all the contracts he's been offering. It all seems totally OTT and pretty irresponsible to me 

 

 

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-07-23/fugitive-graham-potter-using-disguises-in-nine-year-pursuit/11338438

 

and very resourceful 

 

12 minutes ago, Sexyfootball said:

And its the casual acceptance of the situation by the masses that perpetuates this sort of crap ! There is absolutely zero need to pay such OTT amounts. It's bad business in my book. I'm quite sure Potter would have taken the job on the same salary as Tuchel, or even less, given he was only (only - LOL) on  £2M at Brighton.  No doubt the season ticket prices and the price of a pie and a pint will all go up to cover this sort of stupid largesse. 

The price of a pie and a pint will go up for sure. You can bet on it. But it will have f**k all to do with Potterlegri's salary anymore than the rise in your gas bill will.

If he's getting 12M a year, good on him and there's nothing to lose I don't buy the hype around him, good manager but what has he proved at top level before he got here, or what has he innovated? Boehly must have mixed him up with Harry Potter. But since he's here, wish him well and get us back on tracks. Boehly likes him, I suppose there will be an extended grace period

 

Glad he's helping pick the sporting director so we don't have a situation like the past where Michael emenalo clashed with our managers.

My preference was very much Tuchel to stay but the more research I'm doing about Potter (who was my first choice anyway if it came to this) the more excited I'm getting.

Worth noting that although they didn't beat us Brighton have actually outplayed us on multiple occasions under his management.

That is ridiculous do we even negotiate nowadays? Not only could we give him a smaller wage but we could have given him 3 years with options to extend, it's not like he has negotiating power.

21 minutes ago, Argo said:

My preference was very much Tuchel to stay but the more research I'm doing about Potter (who was my first choice anyway if it came to this) the more excited I'm getting.

You got excited about Tuchel so that doesn't give me any hope mate.

 

56 minutes ago, Frankie8Lampard said:

 

Bang goes the story we have a new sporting director line up that gave potter his blessing already then.

Welcome Potter. He'd better bring some magic if we want to turn our season around

 

Potter will come with a lot of authority unlike say moyes at ManU. The authority comes from how he is being backed by the owners rather than his trophies. 
 

In the end it’s the players that do the business not the manager. He can give them a system and motivate them but the better ones still make more money than him. 
 

5 years is a long time to carry a team forward these days. Look at Klopp right now. 

2 hours ago, axman2526 said:

Bang goes the story we have a new sporting director line up that gave potter his blessing already then.

There's lots of bullsh*t going around right now. They say Tuchel was on borrowed time from day 1 and they planned on replacing him weeks ago because he can't do the long term thing but then why did we get rid of Gilmour and buy Auba? Our latest transfer moves were based on short term success to back Tuchel.

2 minutes ago, sonic90 said:

There's lots of bullsh*t going around right now. They say Tuchel was on borrowed time from day 1 and they planned on replacing him weeks ago because he can't do the long term thing but then why did we get rid of Gilmour and buy Auba? Our latest transfer moves were based on short term success to back Tuchel.

True. I was hoping the director of football stuff was true as it would make it look like our owners have some sort of clue as to what they are doing...

5 Years is a long time in history, I think it's all part of the plan to attract him on board, a short term he'd turn us down.  Get through the first year be his priority, should start googling how to break down the bus. Long term success and attractive football are great, but if we give Boehly the choice of a grind to 4th spot or 5th spot playing all out attack football, which one we reckon he'd pick? He's not in this for the fun of football like Roman, he wants his investment back.

6 hours ago, Sexyfootball said:

Wow. 

What was Tuchel on ? £7M ?

And Potter was supposedly on £2M a year at Brighton ... was it really necessary to give him a 6-fold increase ffs ?

It'll be the fans that end up paying for Boehly chucking money around like confetti. He's done it with the transfer fees he's been paying, and just about all the contracts he's been offering. It all seems totally OTT and pretty irresponsible to me 

 

 

I wouldn’t get too hung up over salaries. Boehly has made a statement that the coach is seen as important as the players he coaches. It can’t be understated just how hard it must be, to be in charge of a group of millionaires, each one capable of throwing his toys out of the pram, whilst being seen inferior wage-wise by the owner. 

15 minutes ago, charierre said:

I wouldn’t get too hung up over salaries. Boehly has made a statement that the coach is seen as important as the players he coaches. It can’t be understated just how hard it must be, to be in charge of a group of millionaires, each one capable of throwing his toys out of the pram, whilst being seen inferior wage-wise by the owner. 

I think that's spot on. You have to be able to stand on semi equal footing to those guys. That said a top coach can have a 15-25 year career only the very best players will make more than 10-12 years in premier league

7 hours ago, azpi28 said:

he gets 12 million pounds a year

WTF! Even if he holds on for only the rest of the season and no pay-off he's set for life 

33 minutes ago, Valerie said:

WTF! Even if he holds on for only the rest of the season and no pay-off he's set for life 

1 month of his salary would set me up nicely for retirement.

I presume the salary is high because he is taking on so much work not just the coaching.

 

I'm actually quite excited about GP changing our turgid sideways and backwards passing.

When he takes the lads at Cobham.. is it Potty training ?..

OK I'll close the door 🤪