How are we going to afford our huge wage bill.....

[HammersmithR]

in the Championship?

I cannot see these mercenaries being up for games against the likes of Barnsley away on a January night.

[lymehoop]

can see a big drop in attendances too, think people are falling out of love with the game

[budgiebyrne]

I know loads of people from loads of different london clubs, from league 1 upwards who have all given up season tickets this year, some of these people have had them for 20 yrs plus. Not saying the football bubble has burst but with people still struggling in the worst financial situation since WW2, it amazes me how football thinks its immune. they just keep milking every bit of money they can with footballers still earning astronomical wages.

[w12dave]

we are not relegated yet but I think Tony will keep most of the players to get us back up

[skranger]

We're not down yet ffs .......

[dave58]

Simple we wont be able to cope with the wage bill. at least 7 or 8 out of the door Young,Onuhra,Ferdinand,Baron, Faurlin,SWP Zamora,Cisse,Taarabt,Traore,none of these will want to play in the Championship?

[w12dave]

Simple we wont be able to cope with the wage bill. at least 7 or 8 out of the door Young,Onuhra,Ferdinand,Baron, Faurlin,SWP Zamora,Cisse,Taarabt,Traore,none of these will want to play in the Championship?

no they wont be going nowhere

[MattyRangers]

They wont stay. Nothing to do with wage bill, we get the parachute payments so the wages are fine (provided we got straight back up!), but Barton, SWP, Cisse and a couple of others will not want to play 2nd tier football I guarentee you that.

[Bigdave]

I used to go from worrying myself sick about how we, on 17-18000 crowds can afford to pay the sort of wages that we are to thinking fc uk it im just gonna enjoy the ride. Today i simply couldnt care less. Fernandez offered these obsence contracts let him deal with it.

[w12dave]

barton said he done it once with Newcastle and would do it again for Qpr, think you will find most of them will stay but not BZ and djibril cisse



I forgot to mention he said it on his twitter

[dave58]

no they wont be going nowhere

not the wage bill alone as I said wont want to play in the championship?

[Stanley]

How are we going to afford our huge wage bill.....in the Championship?

Relegation get-out clauses in their contracts for several of them, no doubt.

[swanleyhoop]

Faurlin won't leave just yet, no-one will risk buying him until he proves that he can come back as good as before from his ACL injury.
Think Young would stay too.
And we'd then be left with what still remains from last year's squad..