RSC the terrible truth.....

[Cobwebcat]

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-- 22 Aug 2011, 17:38 --

Honey, do you mind if I take a pay cut?

Which one is the girl?

 

[moomba]

I would rather keep all those players and lose them for free at the end of their contracts than contribute to the wages and send them on loan. City need to send a message to clubs the players are available to buy just like we had to do. If the players are interested in playing then let them take the wage on offer from another club, we are not a charity if things haven't worked out at the club for certain players they should either accept that and move on or stay as a mercenary and pick up wages. We are at a stage now where we have more to offer than just money if players want to come and play we still offer very good wages and most likely better than most. If any player at the club doesn't accept that then sell them if possible and repace them with players willing to do the job at the wage offered. The whole argument than x player gets x amount so I want more is an argument that shouldn't be tolerated. Players were offered over the top wages to join so we could get to where we are now if a player missed the boat then that's their fault not the club. If we bow down to these demands it will never stop and I for one am glad that city seem to have drawn a line in the sand and won't budge over it. Same with the nasri agent if we give in and pay him the next player and agent will do the same, it has to stop and if it means missing out on a player or two now or causes a fans favorite to leave so be it. I think the club will be a better place for it

Agree with all of this.

Saving money by subsidising moves to other clubs might even cost us financially in the long run.

 

[ChicagoBlue]

I would rather keep all those players and lose them for free at the end of their contracts than contribute to the wages and send them on loan. City need to send a message to clubs the players are available to buy just like we had to do. If the players are interested in playing then let them take the wage on offer from another club, we are not a charity if things haven't worked out at the club for certain players they should either accept that and move on or stay as a mercenary and pick up wages. We are at a stage now where we have more to offer than just money if players want to come and play we still offer very good wages and most likely better than most. If any player at the club doesn't accept that then sell them if possible and repace them with players willing to do the job at the wage offered. The whole argument than x player gets x amount so I want more is an argument that shouldn't be tolerated. Players were offered over the top wages to join so we could get to where we are now if a player missed the boat then that's their fault not the club. If we bow down to these demands it will never stop and I for one am glad that city seem to have drawn a line in the sand and won't budge over it. Same with the nasri agent if we give in and pay him the next player and agent will do the same, it has to stop and if it means missing out on a player or two now or causes a fans favorite to leave so be it. I think the club will be a better place for it

EXACTLY! ^^^^^^^^^^

If Bridge, RSC, Adebayor, Bellamy want to believe that they got those wages because they were brilliant, rather than City paid over the odds to build quickly, then they can continue with the delusion and NEVER kick a serious top flight football ever again.

They have a choice: Accept that City want a fee and that they will have to negotiate a lower fee at another club if they want to play football OR they will NOT play football, will take the contractual £ City offered and waste away in the prime of their careers and be forever known as millionaire mercenaries who put MORE millions above football.

Either way, I am not arsed. The money is relatively meaningless to City, but these players get ONLY ONE CAREER and it ends very shortly after their current contracts end.

Oh, and Bellamy using the kids in Sierra Leone as an excuse is almost beyond the pale!

Bridge: £4M
Bellamy: £4M
RSC: £4M
Ade: £12-15M

That's £20M, or one Samir Nasri! SURELY, that is not asking too much!

....and the wage demands of the player at his new club are NONE OF CITY'S BUSINESS!

One last thing....I will be PISSED if City let Ade go to Spurs "on loan" as that only makes their weak-arsed forward line stronger and allows them to compete against us for honours, even though he could not actually play against us. Sadly, they do not really have anyone we might want in part-ex!!

 

[bert1588]

I am going to post once and once only - family have been city fans since the '50's so really not arsed what anybody thinks - I HATE my job and earn £29k a year plus pension and other bits and pieces but won't leave without VERY good reason,at the end of the day we ALL work to earn a wage so why the hell should they move to keep me and any other City fan happy for less money.And before the 'they should do it for the love of the game/club/badge' brigade forward an opinion get a grip,you would do the same and don't pretend you wouldn't.Why give a shit what RSC and others earn when it isn't our money and at the end of the day we have NEVER had it so good.
Stop fucking moaning we had Tevez/Balotelli/Clichy/Zabaletta on the bench at weekend!

 

[Mr Ed (The Stables)]

http://m.guardian.co.uk/football/20...ringe-players-leave?cat=football&type=article

Must be the worst deal in the history of the game. Move over Steve Daley.

The RSC signing didn't have the same impact on us as the Daley embarrassment, not remotely.

Totally agree, the Steve Daley signing along with a few others MacKenzie, Robinson, Stuart Lee from stockport argghh!! plus the sale of established stars for peanuts Gary Owen and Peter Barnes to name but two sent our club into a spiral of darkness, that we are only just emerging from thanks to our wonderful owners. RSC yes was a terrible buy by a terrible manager, fortunately we now have the financial muscle that we didn't have back in 79, 80, 81.
Nothing against players like Jim Tolmie, Derek Parlane, Jim Melrose, but they weren't Barnes Owen and Kidd thats for sure! (deliberately didn't mention Lee etc)

 

[moomba]

I am going to post once and once only - family have been city fans since the '50's so really not arsed what anybody thinks - I HATE my job and earn £29k a year plus pension and other bits and pieces but won't leave without VERY good reason,at the end of the day we ALL work to earn a wage so why the hell should they move to keep me and any other City fan happy for less money.And before the 'they should do it for the love of the game/club/badge' brigade forward an opinion get a grip,you would do the same and don't pretend you wouldn't.Why give a shit what RSC and others earn when it isn't our money and at the end of the day we have NEVER had it so good.
Stop fucking moaning we had Tevez/Balotelli/Clichy/Zabaletta on the bench at weekend!

If you were already filthy rich and didn't need the money, would you work in a job you hated for £29k a year, or one that you loved for £20k a year?

Now I'd presume that playing football is what these people love to do more than anything, so I don't think it's unreasonable to expect that some might choose the game over the cash.

It's their right not to, but I worry about the priorities of anyone that would take cash they didn't really need over doing something they genuinely love doing.

 

[Thaksinssoldier]

I feel sorry for RSC.he came here and has never recovered from injury.he's been a total pro,never mouthing like Bellers etc.

Rsc could be dzeko but for injury.bad luck.

 

[DSonBlue]

This is yestarday's news. Ignore the individuals because we'rein a period of transition. Major success will make us forget the current growing pains.

 

[bert1588]

Going to contradict myself straight away by posting again I know but...
I CAN live on 20k a year but why should I when I can live better on 29k a year despite hating my job.I play football at work every other weekend when I'm in - it's all I can do because of my knee/ankle and I do it for nothing but it's fun - if I was getting 90k a WEEK to do it/sit on my arse for 2/3 years I'm sorry but there is no contest - I would sit on my arse for 3 years then go and play footy with my mates when I'm done for FUN - how many of your work mates do you like/hate - it's a job at the end of the day and a very well paid one - have said for years that if I was a premier league footballer I would be retired filthy rich at 25 and then go and have fun with my mates and enjoy life - I don't care when somebody tells me I have done a good job now so why would I care on 4 times as much a week as I'm on now a year.
Ultimately all I am saying is some perspective is needed - it's not the game it was before the 80's and never will be again so just enjoy what we have and don't get wound up by merceneries because it IS going to get worse but we will still be able to watch good football and hopefully be succesful despite RSC/Bellamy/Adebayor/Bridge etc. Ther are more important things to worry about than WHICH bunch of sublimely talented individuals are going to win us trophies.

 

[LoveCity]

It'll be like a huge weight off our shoulders when these outcasts are all gone. Hopefully a new breed of outcasts doesn't follow, but I don't think so as we generally have a very high class of players now.