16 hours ago, RIP Mourinho said:

Ahh yes, half a season writes off the previous 150 games he played for us. How could we forget!

That dastardly scallywag should be happy with £20k a week and a mars bar if he's proper chels.

I'm proper Chels, I'll take that please and I'll even forego the Mars bar 

5 hours ago, axman2526 said:

Them, Real, Bayern and City are all exceptionally tough draws. Better for us if we face one of the AC, Inter/Porto or Benfica and end up in the side of the bracket with the other 2, while Real, City, Bayern and Napoli get each other.

I don't know why but I have a sneaky feeling Leipzig will pull it off tonight.

7 hours ago, axman2526 said:

Think he missed Napoli off his list.

Would have been better for our chances hard PSG beaten Bayern and RB Leipzig beaten City.

Serie A tax. Walk in the park for us at our best. 

7 hours ago, Deino said:

The salary bump+extension already shows the club appreciates his contributions.

20k/week is 80k/mth. That's more than some of the lower table team's salary, some of the Bournemouth players are making 4k a month iirc. 

It's not like he earns pittance either, he's on about 4m/year not counting brand deals, image rights etc. To want to triple his salary based on the current showings is a bit much

Bournemouth players aren't really relevant when we're talking about a club that should be the pinnacle of English football. He's been back to back POTY for 2 season helping us win the CL then watching Koulibaly come in and make £290k P/W. Its widely reported the salary isn't really the sticking point for Mase, but realistically he should be on £200k a week minimum. 

25 minutes ago, RIP Mourinho said:

Bournemouth players aren't really relevant when we're talking about a club that should be the pinnacle of English football. He's been back to back POTY for 2 season helping us win the CL then watching Koulibaly come in and make £290k P/W. Its widely reported the salary isn't really the sticking point for Mase, but realistically he should be on £200k a week minimum. 

But he is not playing like a £200k per week player. 

Don’t get me wrong, K2 also vastly overpaid - but 2 wrongs don’t make a right

13 minutes ago, nonotnowjim said:

But he is not playing like a £200k per week player. 

Has it crossed your mind it may have something to do with the manager and not Mounts quality?

Great for Lampard, great for Tuchel, monumental drop off for Potter. It's hardly a coincidence. 

Lampard, Terry, Drogba all struggled massively under Villas Boas. It wasn't because they were poor players...

Edited March 14, 20233 yr by OriginalS

12 minutes ago, OriginalS said:

Great for Lampard, great for Tuchel, monumental drop off for Potter. It's hardly a coincidence.

Could have just as much to do with him playing almost non-stop for several years now, both for club and country. Honestly there's a good chance he's a bit burnt out. Whether he's actually injured or just being rested at the moment, I suspect he will look more his old self upon his return to the side.

28 minutes ago, nonotnowjim said:

But he is not playing like a £200k per week player. 

Don’t get me wrong, K2 also vastly overpaid - but 2 wrongs don’t make a right

6 months don't write off the previous 3 seasons though, he should have had his deal bumped after the CL final 

3 hours ago, RIP Mourinho said:

Bournemouth players aren't really relevant when we're talking about a club that should be the pinnacle of English football. He's been back to back POTY for 2 season helping us win the CL then watching Koulibaly come in and make £290k P/W. Its widely reported the salary isn't really the sticking point for Mase, but realistically he should be on £200k a week minimum. 

A bump to 150k/wk is still a huge bump from 80k. 

At 200k he should be producing much more and be integral to the squad. The fact that Todd overpaid for some of the new signings shouldn't be used to justify putting him on 200k/wk when he can't even break into the first team on merit in all honesty.

If he wants a guaranteed starting spot tho, then it can't be helped. He needs to rediscover his form or displace Felix's spot

Edited March 14, 20233 yr by Deino

4 minutes ago, Deino said:

A bump to 150k/wk is still a huge bump from 80k. 

At 200k he should be producing much more and be integral to the squad. The fact that Todd overpaid for some of the new signings shouldn't be used to justify putting him on 200k/wk when he can't even break into the first team on merit in all honesty.

If he wants a guaranteed starting spot tho, then it can't be helped. He needs to rediscover his form or displace Felix's spot

Its a bump because he's grossly underpaid currently, He'd still be underpaid.

He produced more than anyone else in the past two seasons and up until 5 months ago was always the first name on the team sheet under every manager he's played under. His poor performances have been inline with some of the worst performances as a collective we've seen from Chelsea in over 2 decades.

3 hours ago, OriginalS said:

Has it crossed your mind it may have something to do with the manager and not Mounts quality?

Great for Lampard, great for Tuchel, monumental drop off for Potter. It's hardly a coincidence. 

Lampard, Terry, Drogba all struggled massively under Villas Boas. It wasn't because they were poor players...

Mount’s form started dipping before Potter came though. In fact he even had a bit of a performance bounce in Potter’s first few games and praised him in interviews. He also hasn’t played well for England so I highly doubt his performances have to do with Potter.

11 hours ago, coco said:

Anything is possible at this stage, all 8 teams have some fantastic players. Merson getting excited is a good sign.

Merson is a Chelsea fan I think?

1 minute ago, forbzy said:

Merson is a Chelsea fan I think?

Thats why i posted it.

1 hour ago, RIP Mourinho said:

Its a bump because he's grossly underpaid currently, He'd still be underpaid.

He produced more than anyone else in the past two seasons and up until 5 months ago was always the first name on the team sheet under every manager he's played under. His poor performances have been inline with some of the worst performances as a collective we've seen from Chelsea in over 2 decades.

If he thinks he's underpaid for his work and another company can facilitate it then he is free to do so and leave for better pastures.

Proper Chels or not, maybe Todd will cave or if he wants to leave then he has every right to do so.

I'll just say 200k++/wk should be given to players that can do the business week in week out. I hold similar views on Sterling, Koulibaly, Cucurella etc that they should not have been given those wages.

Edited March 14, 20233 yr by Deino

33 minutes ago, Deino said:

If he thinks he's underpaid for his work and another company can facilitate it then he is free to do so and leave for better pastures.

Proper Chels or not, maybe Todd will cave or if he wants to leave then he has every right to do so.

I'll just say 200k++/wk should be given to players that can do the business week in week out. I hold similar views on Sterling, Koulibaly, Cucurella etc that they should not have been given those wages.

Should Reece have been given £250k a week when he misses half of every season then spends a quarter of the season getting ack up to match speed? The precedent was set. 

9 minutes ago, RIP Mourinho said:

Should Reece have been given £250k a week when he misses half of every season then spends a quarter of the season getting ack up to match speed? The precedent was set. 

Not sure comparing Mount to James is the right argument. James' value is astronomical given there are at best 1 or 2 players in the world that can offer what he does. 

In that respect Mount is much more replaceable. 

8 hours ago, WhiteWall said:

I don't know why but I have a sneaky feeling Leipzig will pull it off tonight.

No Nkunku, no chance imo.

6 hours ago, RIP Mourinho said:

6 months don't write off the previous 3 seasons though, he should have had his deal bumped after the CL final 

I should have had a new contract at my work for the good run I had a few years ago. I didn’t get it, have been slacking since - and as a result, will likely never get it.

Can’t rest on past laurels

On 13/03/2023 at 11:30, evissy said:

I think we need to hold of a proper Chelsea boy. He is very talented and his numbers are pretty good for us apart from maybe this season. I also like his attitude and persona. 

I still rate Mason even though many fans have gave up. But at the moment the mentality that we need from him isn't being seen on the pitch. Actions speak louder than words. 

Given the quality that we have right now, I don't think it's absolutely critical that we need to keep on to him should a good offer come our way for him. 

f**king hell , how absurd is the World when nurses are on a starting wage of 27K a YEAR and a student debt of 30 k to be repaid, and footballers are underpaid on 100k a WEEK ?

Mental

56 minutes ago, nonotnowjim said:

I should have had a new contract at my work for the good run I had a few years ago. I didn’t get it, have been slacking since - and as a result, will likely never get it.

Can’t rest on past laurels

Sounds like the usual corporate bollocks of fobbing people off with zero or very low pay increases that do the actual work, while simultaneously giving huge rises and bonuses to the executives 🙂 

You pretty much have to move company every two years if you want to get paid properly for what you are worth !

2 minutes ago, The Rising Sun said:

f**king hell , how absurd is the World when nurses are on a starting wage of 27K a YEAR and a student debt of 30 k to be repaid, and footballers are underpaid on 100k a WEEK ?

Mental

Supply and demand.

Footballers get paid that much because of the product and what people willingly pay to view it. Goes down to my point of boycotting I've made a few times, if people are that outraged about boycott it because really we are part of problem aswell by willingly paying their wages effectively. And if they don't go on footballers they go in already billionaire owners pockets.

Not aimed at you but it really annoys me when footballer are made the scapegoat of this climate, ofcourse nurses should be paid more but some of these 'much loved' TV personalities (whom many of the people who moan about how "overpaid" footballers are have posters off in their room and hero worship) make most footballers look poor but they get a free pass.

6 minutes ago, Argo said:

Supply and demand.

Footballers get paid that much because of the product and what people willingly pay to view it. Goes down to my point of boycotting I've made a few times, if people are that outraged about boycott it because really we are part of problem aswell by willingly paying their wages effectively. And if they don't go on footballers they go in already billionaire owners pockets.

Not aimed at you but it really annoys me when footballer are made the scapegoat of this climate, ofcourse nurses should be paid more but some of these 'much loved' TV personalities (whom many of the people who moan about how "overpaid" footballers are have posters off in their room and hero worship) make most footballers look poor but they get a free pass.

Basically, we all need to stop watching TV !

It was Sky that introduced this spiralling pay inflation in the PL, by bidding an outrageous amount for the coverage contract. The clubs were then stupid enough to pass pretty much all their TV windfall on to the players and their agents. Most of the top leagues are in dire need of a governing body enforced squad salary cap to save the club's from their own poor financial management.

2 hours ago, Argo said:

Supply and demand.

Footballers get paid that much because of the product and what people willingly pay to view it. Goes down to my point of boycotting I've made a few times, if people are that outraged about boycott it because really we are part of problem aswell by willingly paying their wages effectively. And if they don't go on footballers they go in already billionaire owners pockets.

Not aimed at you but it really annoys me when footballer are made the scapegoat of this climate, ofcourse nurses should be paid more but some of these 'much loved' TV personalities (whom many of the people who moan about how "overpaid" footballers are have posters off in their room and hero worship) make most footballers look poor but they get a free pass.

Supply and demand ?

There's a shortage of nurses and an abundance of football players.

Anyway, I know what you're saying , but if you capped a players wages at , say, 2k a week , do you reckon they would say " f**k that, I'll train to be a nurse, a teacher, etc etc " ?

Football, however fashionable it is with the elite,,  is still working class, even during COVID , footballers wages were questioned while billions were syphoned off to Companies with links to Government MPs , and we know that  despite the fact that the UK protected and hid Russian money for decades, our football club was singled out as the first response to the war in Ukraine 

Thanks for your reply mate, appreciated.

 

 

It's the industry. There is a lot of money in the football industry and TV revenue is the pinnacle. These footballers attract viewership and these sort of TV deals will only increase significantly. 

Hence why these players are paid ridiculously.