Guest Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 Where exactly are we gonna play Wilkes like, he’s not really an out and out centre forward is he Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0114 Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 Don’t know if this has been posted. From The Mirror article in relation to Birmingham’s takeover. ‘The hard calls are expected to include getting to grips with the club’s wage bill which has a number of fringe players on huge money in the second tier. These include reserve keeper Neil Etheridge, 32, who is under contract until 2024 on £21,000-a-week and defender Harlee Dean,31, who was loaned to Sheffield Wednesday last term and has 12 months left on £31,000-a-week. Other stars likely to be made available to go are Lukas Jutkiewicz,33, on £15,000-a-week under 2024 and left-back George Friend,34, who earns £8,000-a-week. Eight momentous matches that fans can't forget Birmingham want to lower the age of their squad and reduce their wage bill , including using loans like American defender Auston Trusty, 23, from Arsenal who has already impressed hugely.’ Seems Dean is available, but clearly the sticking point is he’s on £31K per week at Birmingham. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yeadonowl Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 1 minute ago, 0114 said: Don’t know if this has been posted. From The Mirror article in relation to Birmingham’s takeover. ‘The hard calls are expected to include getting to grips with the club’s wage bill which has a number of fringe players on huge money in the second tier. These include reserve keeper Neil Etheridge, 32, who is under contract until 2024 on £21,000-a-week and defender Harlee Dean,31, who was loaned to Sheffield Wednesday last term and has 12 months left on £31,000-a-week. Other stars likely to be made available to go are Lukas Jutkiewicz,33, on £15,000-a-week under 2024 and left-back George Friend,34, who earns £8,000-a-week. Eight momentous matches that fans can't forget Birmingham want to lower the age of their squad and reduce their wage bill , including using loans like American defender Auston Trusty, 23, from Arsenal who has already impressed hugely.’ Seems Dean is available, but clearly the sticking point is he’s on £31K per week at Birmingham. Won’t be just his basic wage but there will likely to be contract bonuses in play as well Basic wage is over £1.6m per year. Guess his overall contract is worth about £2m We would be stupid to go anywhere near those numbers 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trev Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 31k? Yeah...nobody is signing him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beswetherick Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 He’d be mad to give that up at 31, if those numbers are accurate of course 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0114 Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 3 minutes ago, yeadonowl said: Won’t be just his basic wage but there will likely to be contract bonuses in play as well Basic wage is over £1.6m per year. Guess his overall contract is worth about £2m We would be stupid to go anywhere near those numbers I suspect he will need to be paid up to leave in some form. Happens regularly. He could sign for Wednesday on a reasonable amount of money but Birmingham would have to cover the difference for the remainder of the contract. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWEDFM Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 31k a week is just ridiculous even at Championship level We're not even talking about a recently relegated club with parachute payments Whoever at Brum decided to give him that needs firing, no wonder they're in the sh*t Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roscoe P. Coltrane Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 All gone very quiet Tick tock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluesteel. Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 Suspect it will remain quiet until that last week leading up to the deadline now 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick70 Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 21 minutes ago, IWEDFM said: 31k a week is just ridiculous even at Championship level We're not even talking about a recently relegated club with parachute payments Whoever at Brum decided to give him that needs firing, no wonder they're in the sh*t Seem to remember a certain chairman paying out 25/30k a week to about half a dozen or so players not too long ago? Really stupid but at the time we all went with it as did the Brum fans ….only a certain few teams who bounce from prem to championship and back can sustain those figures the rest like us derby ,reading. And the likes ain’t a chance 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 21 minutes ago, Bluesteel. said: Suspect it will remain quiet until that last week leading up to the deadline now Yeh, Be the PL loan market now the focus id imagine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick70 Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 Seems like all eggs in one basket regarding wilks? No idea if he will be the answer but after watching last season and especially Saturday really can’t see where he’d fit in…..if the manager sticks to this system? That system will beat majority Of this league but against the more organised and better quality we’ll need to change , I know he said he would but again Saturday didn’t change again and yes we could have with who was I. The bench and 5 sub rule Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glynnb Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 5 hours ago, Royal_D said: Still think we should’ve fetched Lewis Gibson back, was ample good enough and would’ve fitted nicely on left side of that 3 in the treatment room Better 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 (edited) 1 minute ago, glynnb said: Better Same could’ve been said for Luongo and Hutch who everyone’s crying over not retaining Edited August 1, 2022 by Royal_D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glynnb Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 Just now, Royal_D said: Same could’ve been said for Luongo and Hutch that everyone’s crying over not retaining Not me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bagarri Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 1 hour ago, IWEDFM said: 31k a week is just ridiculous even at Championship level We're not even talking about a recently relegated club with parachute payments Whoever at Brum decided to give him that needs firing, no wonder they're in the sh*t Harry Redknapp weren’t it - went in there and handed out some right wages to his signings (and his dog) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Jack Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 41 minutes ago, Royal_D said: Same could’ve been said for Luongo and Hutch who everyone’s crying over not retaining The same Hutch who is already out injured 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
striker Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 Dean is a good player, but a non starter given his current wage. Would take one hell of a reduction in pay or wage contribution from Birmingham (if a loan) to facilitate a move. Personally, I'd rather see a couple of attacking players in before another CB. Not saying we don't need one, but up front more of a priority IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owlmanac Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 Think we should have walked away from the Wilks deal a long time ago. If Hull weren’t prepared to accept what we were willing to pay we should just move on to our next target. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EcclesallOwl Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 2 hours ago, Royal_D said: Where exactly are we gonna play Wilkes like, he’s not really an out and out centre forward is he Starting to think we may change it up to a 3-4-3 with Windass and a Wilks type playing off the front man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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