by Glostergull » 21 Dec 2014, 12:17
Scott Brehaut wrote:
Judas??
Come on Rob, I know you dislike the guy, but he was offered a pittance to stay here. A token amount in fact.
He served this club well and deserves a good reception for that. I have nothing but thanks for a guy who, limited in skill though he was, would do almost anything for the team when he put on the shirt.
I don't begrudge him leaving. I love the company I work for, but if another company came in and said that they were interested in taking me on, doing the same job as I currently do so, for a load more money, I'd say thanks for the memories and leave straight away - I, like Lee, have a young family to think about and bills to pay. As a footballer especially.money talks and a career as short lived as theirs, they need to take what they can get.
Sorry Scott. I really do have to disagree with you there. To say that have a very short career is to glaze over the fact that in 15 to 17 years they can and mostly do get far mare than most of us mere mortals. even if you look at the basic that he got as around £1500 a week. there were bonus's on top so he wasnt far off £2000 a week. and there are still one or two on that in the club now. Now how much does that equal in a year. z minumum of £80,000 a year. Against a national average of £27 or so a year I would say he has managed to get far more over his career already than I could and most on here could. But the main bone of contention is the assumption that once they retire they dont have a job again. rubbish. they just have to come down to earth and get a real job. like the rest of us. Now I dont beggrudge many of the lower paid footballers a wage. but I do begrudge players always bleating that they get a pittance when they are getting (i hesitate to say earn) a huge wage in comparison to everyone else. As they are heard to say on many occasions. its a privilege to have a career as a footballer. Why. beucase you have an easy life compared to Nurses. an easy life compared to a motorway maintenance man. and easy life compared to a dustman, bus driver. shop worker. etc. who all in their whole lives even allowing for increases in salary will earn no more than £175,000 over a 50 year career. compare that to a footballer like Lee who will get up to £1,000,000 during his career in football, with most getting at least £500,000 and then still be able to get a job for the next 30 years. its not as if they can get a job for those 30 years, is it? they are privileged for a good reason.
[quote="Scott Brehaut"]
Judas??
Come on Rob, I know you dislike the guy, but he was offered a pittance to stay here. A token amount in fact.
He served this club well and deserves a good reception for that. I have nothing but thanks for a guy who, limited in skill though he was, would do almost anything for the team when he put on the shirt.
I don't begrudge him leaving. I love the company I work for, but if another company came in and said that they were interested in taking me on, doing the same job as I currently do so, for a load more money, I'd say thanks for the memories and leave straight away - I, like Lee, have a young family to think about and bills to pay.[color=#FF0000] As a footballer especially.money talks and a career as short lived as theirs, they need to take what they can get.[/quote][/color]
Sorry Scott. I really do have to disagree with you there. To say that have a very short career is to glaze over the fact that in 15 to 17 years they can and mostly do get far mare than most of us mere mortals. even if you look at the basic that he got as around £1500 a week. there were bonus's on top so he wasnt far off £2000 a week. and there are still one or two on that in the club now. Now how much does that equal in a year. z minumum of £80,000 a year. Against a national average of £27 or so a year I would say he has managed to get far more over his career already than I could and most on here could. But the main bone of contention is the assumption that once they retire they dont have a job again. rubbish. they just have to come down to earth and get a real job. like the rest of us. Now I dont beggrudge many of the lower paid footballers a wage. but I do begrudge players always bleating that they get a pittance when they are getting (i hesitate to say earn) a huge wage in comparison to everyone else. As they are heard to say on many occasions. its a privilege to have a career as a footballer. Why. beucase you have an easy life compared to Nurses. an easy life compared to a motorway maintenance man. and easy life compared to a dustman, bus driver. shop worker. etc. who all in their whole lives even allowing for increases in salary will earn no more than £175,000 over a 50 year career. compare that to a footballer like Lee who will get up to £1,000,000 during his career in football, with most getting at least £500,000 and then still be able to get a job for the next 30 years. its not as if they can get a job for those 30 years, is it? they are privileged for a good reason.
