by Dave » 22 Dec 2015, 15:36
And I stand by what I said, Nicholson's intentions may well have been to defend his employers, it didn't come across that way to me, fully admit I may have that wrong however, it's some of the wording in the statement that angered me.
When I read KN say and I quote "Many on way less than minimal wage" bit like when CH told the world our players were on an average of £300, extremely and highly misleading, a cute use of wording there clearly designed to make people think Cox signed up a load of lads on less than the minimum wage, and judging by the reaction around the net, it worked as well.
In fact my problem with the his post are all in this section;
2- 'lack of experience'
The club has a lot of problems due to a very experienced manager blowing his entire budget in 1 hit, holding back nothing in case of emergency. He spent that on the players who are now taking all the criticism, and in some cases absolutely rightly so, from the fans.
What you don't know is he sold the dream of being a footballer to a group of young lads and then gave out contracts that they cannot survive on.
Many on way less than minimal wage.
Then I walk in and ask them to live like athletes. Eat right, sleep right and think about nothing but football.
However a lot of them can't afford to put petrol in there cars or pay there rent never mind live like athletes and so I've spent way too much time behind the scenes trying to help them out so they can concentrate on football.
Clearly trying to blame Cox, the player budget handed to Cox was small what was he (Cox) supposed to do. You can't in one hand blame Cox for blowing the budget, and then tell the players are less than a minimal wage on the other, that doesn't make sense and is to me, contradictory.
Players can't afford to petrol in their cars, pull the other one, never seen the players catching a bus.
And I stand by what I said, Nicholson's intentions may well have been to defend his employers, it didn't come across that way to me, fully admit I may have that wrong however, it's some of the wording in the statement that angered me.
When I read KN say and I quote "Many on way less than minimal wage" bit like when CH told the world our players were on an average of £300, extremely and highly misleading, a cute use of wording there clearly designed to make people think Cox signed up a load of lads on less than the minimum wage, and judging by the reaction around the net, it worked as well.
In fact my problem with the his post are all in this section;
[b]2- 'lack of experience'
The club has a lot of problems due to a very experienced manager blowing his entire budget in 1 hit, holding back nothing in case of emergency. He spent that on the players who are now taking all the criticism, and in some cases absolutely rightly so, from the fans.
What you don't know is he sold the dream of being a footballer to a group of young lads and then gave out contracts that they cannot survive on.
Many on way less than minimal wage.
Then I walk in and ask them to live like athletes. Eat right, sleep right and think about nothing but football.
However a lot of them can't afford to put petrol in there cars or pay there rent never mind live like athletes and so I've spent way too much time behind the scenes trying to help them out so they can concentrate on football.
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Clearly trying to blame Cox, the player budget handed to Cox was small what was he (Cox) supposed to do. You can't in one hand blame Cox for blowing the budget, and then tell the players are less than a minimal wage on the other, that doesn't make sense and is to me, contradictory.
Players can't afford to petrol in their cars, pull the other one, never seen the players catching a bus.
