When Shield Met McCabe (Latest interview)

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Are they trying to recruit him for his special power of lying?

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"In general, our player recruitment has been poor. That’s not a comment on individual players. Just, if you look at the situation and the spend, in a general sense. It’s something everyone here is looking to improve and steps are being taken to do that."



I'd love to know what, exactly.

But as if he'd ever go into that sort of detail - probably because there isn't any.
 
8 million each this year?

That's 16 million
plus gate receipts - That's at least 3 million and probably more
plus Man Utd gate receipts/TV money - that's a million, isn't it?
plus transfer income - Murphy was over a million

That must be over 20 million.

Our wage bill isn't that high.

If 8 million each is right, and there is no bank borrowing - what on earth are we spending the cash on?

I'm baffled. Can anyone enlighten me?
 
I did wince when I saw he said that he's bought promotion in January 2006. He did put money in that season, fair enough, but look what he paid for:

Bruce Dyer (free)
Gary Flitcroft (free)
Deano (free)
Horsfield (1.1 million)
Akinbiyi (1.7 million)

Didn't get a lot for his money, did he? All that money and those wages for 4 goals. Wow, that was almost as bad a window as January 2007.

It really has been 10 years - Summer of 2005 - since we've known what we were doing in the transfer market.
 
Ricky said:
"In general, our player recruitment has been poor. That’s not a comment on individual players. Just, if you look at the situation and the spend, in a general sense. It’s something everyone here is looking to improve and steps are being taken to do that."



I'd love to know what, exactly.
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Buy fewer players, that means fewer shit players overall. Simple really! :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:
 
Revolution said:
8 million each this year?

That's 16 million
plus gate receipts - That's at least 3 million and probably more
plus Man Utd gate receipts/TV money - that's a million, isn't it?
plus transfer income - Murphy was over a million

That must be over 20 million.

Our wage bill isn't that high.

If 8 million each is right, and there is no bank borrowing - what on earth are we spending the cash on?

I'm baffled. Can anyone enlighten me?
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Are we still paying off sacked managers in those figures or would they have already been written off - Clough, Wilson, Weir(???)
 
Revolution said:
8 million each this year?

That's 16 million
plus gate receipts - That's at least 3 million and probably more
plus Man Utd gate receipts/TV money - that's a million, isn't it?
plus transfer income - Murphy was over a million

That must be over 20 million.

Our wage bill isn't that high.

If 8 million each is right, and there is no bank borrowing - what on earth are we spending the cash on?

I'm baffled. Can anyone enlighten me?
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It doesn't add up unless we are sat on a pile of cash.
 
BusheyBlade said:
Are we still paying off sacked managers in those figures or would they have already been written off - Clough, Wilson, Weir(???)
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He said we would lose £8 million this year. Those costs will be included in that.

Unless they were charged in full in the year they were dismissed of course. Which means losses are up by over £3 million this year. Obviously the wage bill has increased butvit makes me wonder if the rumour that the stadium etc rent has gone up has any validity.
 
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Revolution said:
8 million each this year?

That's 16 million
plus gate receipts - That's at least 3 million and probably more
plus Man Utd gate receipts/TV money - that's a million, isn't it?
plus transfer income - Murphy was over a million

That must be over 20 million.

Our wage bill isn't that high.

If 8 million each is right, and there is no bank borrowing - what on earth are we spending the cash on?

I'm baffled. Can anyone enlighten me?
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It's what you call running a football club , or so they say . Let's se what the 2016 actual accounts say.

Someone somewhere at the lane has to take responsibility . We seem to have money swilling around being wasted like a running tap , and still cannot bring in players either buying or loan who are better than we have already got .

If I was McCabe I would seriously look at theses so called business associate friends who have helped to build his empire and done well out of it . They certainly appear not to be the right people to build a football club and run it successfully . Someone has to be accountable , and yes the buck does stop with McCabe .

We have the money but are in a financial mess IMO. It's like pissing money up the wall.

UTB
 
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Of course you have, there are so many of the pampered little darlings it must be like a Creche up there

Priorities Kev, on the Pitch, not off the Pitch
 
PeteBlade said:
Hmmm, unconvincing.

Where has this 16 million quid been spent?

Why are we refurbishing behind the scenes when the squad is so shit?

Adkins said at the start of the season that our wage bill was 6th highest, McCabe says highest, they can't both be right.
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He mentions refurbishment behind the scenes yet compus paid for that!
 



Revolution said:
I did wince when I saw he said that he's bought promotion in January 2006. He did put money in that season, fair enough, but look what he paid for:

Bruce Dyer (free)
Gary Flitcroft (free)
Deano (free)
Horsfield (1.1 million)
Akinbiyi (1.7 million)

Didn't get a lot for his money, did he? All that money and those wages for 4 goals. Wow, that was almost as bad a window as January 2007.
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You could also argue that Warnock had to settle for the Akinbiyi and Horsfield because McCabe wasn't prepared to meet Cardiff's asking price for Cameron Jerome – a player that would have been useful then for the promotion bid, but also after that in the Premier League. £3m rising to £4m is what he went for in the summer – the highest bid we had rejected was £2.4m according to Jerome's agent at the time.

Jerome and Hulse up front in the Premier League? We might have stayed up with that.
 
LoughboroBlade said:
You could also argue that Warnock had to settle for the Akinbiyi and Horsfield because McCabe wasn't prepared to meet Cardiff's asking price for Cameron Jerome – a player that would have been useful then for the promotion bid, but also after that in the Premier League. £3m rising to £4m is what he went for in the summer – the highest bid we had rejected was £2.4m according to Jerome's agent at the time.

Jerome and Hulse up front in the Premier League? We might have stayed up with that.
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I have been ITK once in my life. I was told in the summer of 2006 that we were making 3 signings: Li Tie, Claude Davis, and Cameron Jerome. 2 out of 3. Shame we didn't get the third in.
 
Last Saturday Shield claimed that " this season alone, the joint owners have put in , in total, £8 million of money"

Has KMc clarified its actually £8 million each or could it be poor journalism?

Can't for some reason post the link but it's on the Star website
 
Incidentally, I am glad that he now more or less admits (in this interview or the Biggs one) what everyone else has always thought, ie sacking Wilson at that point in the season was nuts.
 
Revolution said:
8 million each this year?

That's 16 million
plus gate receipts - That's at least 3 million and probably more
plus Man Utd gate receipts/TV money - that's a million, isn't it?
plus transfer income - Murphy was over a million

That must be over 20 million.

Our wage bill isn't that high.

If 8 million each is right, and there is no bank borrowing - what on earth are we spending the cash on?

I'm baffled. Can anyone enlighten me?
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A few ideas of running costs:

1. The new pitch is the obvious one.
2. Transfer fee instalment payments eg Brayford's fee was £1.5m maybe paid over 3 years at £500k per year. A few other players could add up to a fair bit each year.
3. Agent fees.
4. Academy running costs
5. Stadium running costs
6. Non football staff salaries

Having never looked into our accounts in any detail I don't really know, but one thing I'm certain of is that running a football club ain't cheap so I can believe what McCabe is saying. But I having not seen the evidence I ain't taking his word as gospel!
 
YES Blade said:
A few ideas of running costs:

1. The new pitch is the obvious one.
2. Transfer fee instalment payments eg Brayford's fee was £1.5m maybe paid over 3 years at £500k per year. A few other players could add up to a fair bit each year.
3. Agent fees.
4. Academy running costs
5. Stadium running costs
6. Non football staff salaries

Having never looked into our accounts in any detail I don't really know, but one thing I'm certain of is that running a football club ain't cheap so I can believe what McCabe is saying. But I having not seen the evidence I ain't taking his word as gospel!
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I wouldn't dispute the running costs. But the point is why they've put £16 million in and not let the manager strengthen the squad further in Jsnuary. Even with the claimed loss of £8million this year, total losses arent at £26 million, the amount it seems has been put in

Again, wonder how accurate Shirlds quote is?
 
Just read the article again and it appears KMc is quoted verbatim.
 
Sean Thornton said:
I wouldn't dispute the running costs. But the point is why they've put £16 million in and not let the manager strengthen the squad further in Jsnuary. Even with the claimed loss of £8million this year, total losses arent at £26 million, the amount it seems has been put in

Again, wonder how accurate Shirlds quote is?
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"As owners, we have both put in £8m this season alone."

Slightly ambiguous tbh, something that could be read either way. "We have each put in £8m separately" or "The both of us together, between us, have put in £8m".
Got to say, I read it as the latter. Which wouldn't be clear about how the £8m is split between each of the partners too.

Still a large amount, still worthy of credit. But still leaves all sorts of questions needing to be asked. i.e. is the £8m (or £16m?) merely a generous gift, or is it loaned (&, in line with what you've said about stadium rental, what mechanisms are in place for recouping loans, if so)? Is this some sort of ongoing thing? If the club isn't up for sale (as confirmed into the interview) & Kev remains "fully committed" to SUFC (also confirmed) what does this mean in terms of ongoing funding strategy - are we recommitted to "paying our way" or is Kev, like Princey, himself recommitted to injecting funding into the club in a way he wasn't before the prince's arrival?

As many have said over recent days, what matters most are the plans going forward, not Kev explaining how hurt he is about having his methods questioned.
 
As you read it, it's says both put in £8 million.

Needs clarifying quickly so nothing comes back to bite him. He's surely read the article.
 
KM: In the main, on new players. Simple. That’s where it’s gone. On too many players, too many transfer fees and too many agency fees paid well above the normal levels.

What exactly is he saying here? What is the implication?
 
BushBlade said:
KM: In the main, on new players. Simple. That’s where it’s gone. On too many players, too many transfer fees and too many agency fees paid well above the normal levels.

What exactly is he saying here? What is the implication?
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What he should say is, Well above the Normal Levels, and here are the figures to prove it
 
Worksop II said:
What he should say is, Well above the Normal Levels, and here are the figures to prove it
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I think you're missing my point. He's almost accusing someone unnamed at the club of fraud.
 
Worst 'When Harry Met Sally' remake ever.

And I shudder to imagine who's who in the orgasm scene...
 



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