Robocop1977
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Yep, it reads like a rallying cry to Desmond.Correct. McGowan is hurting bad, just like the rest of them.
Yep, it reads like a rallying cry to Desmond.Correct. McGowan is hurting bad, just like the rest of them.
“Burdened by a wage bill of £53m — the biggest in Scotland by some distance — roughly £40m of that cash is spent on first-team salaries. Yet, against Midtjylland, the wages of the starting XI came to no more than £5m.”
That can’t be right surely? Who the hell is the rest of that money going to?
"me like lego, yum, yum, yum"?time for someone to the post that Scott Broon quote
It’s now three years since former Rangers chairman Dave King warned that one title for Steven Gerrard would see Celtic’s domination of Scottish football collapse ‘like a pack of cards’. If they laughed then, they’re not laughing now.
Yep, it reads like a rallying cry to Desmond.
Love the last line. Perfecto.Love the last paragraph![]()
OK, but we must not fall into a similar mindset. While I am confident about the domestic season European progress is essential, particularly as we should be back with full attendances and the cash flow that brings as well as prize money. Malmö will be difficult. But if we win the play-off will be very hard with potential opponents such as Salzburg, Shakhtar, Olympiacos, Benfica, Zagreb, Legia Warsaw and Slavia Prague.
There is no way McGowan could know the salaries of the 11 players who started the game on Wed. If their combined salary total is £5m, that means they earn an average of £9k per week while the rest of the squad are paid ten times as much? I'm calling bollocks.A wage bill of 53 million and they field a team who get paid only 5 million of it! They were paying 48 million a year to players who didn't play? Wow!
That’s probably the biggest take away from the whole thing I had too.. for their wage bill still to be higher than ours yet their defence looked like it did on Wednesday is incredibleA wage bill of 53 million and they field a team who get paid only 5 million of it! They were paying 48 million a year to players who didn't play? Wow!
Speedy recovery fella .![]()
Say no more....It is a Tim writing in the press about his favourite team.
He is in some pain.
As much as I try to ignore his scribblings which belong in a fanzine rather than a national newspaper, it is nonetheless a comical read.
Last season saw their world come crashing down in spectacular style.
One moment it was trebles all round the next they were face-first in the gutter.
Gerrard took them by the scruff of the neck and tossed them out the door of Scotland's football pub, like a dismissive bouncer ejecting a loudmouth, drunk on one too many.
Most drunks would have picked themselves up by now, but this one is still languishing in its own pysh.
It is a shame that the authorities are too corrupt to find a prison cell for this particular drunk, because hidden away in the folds of its tattered clothes are the crimes of half a century.
McGowan won't be writing about that!
That’s exactly what it is mate,its so transparent.McGowan is no friend of ours.Yep, it reads like a rallying cry to Desmond.
Mibbe s,“Burdened by a wage bill of £53m — the biggest in Scotland by some distance — roughly £40m of that cash is spent on first-team salaries. Yet, against Midtjylland, the wages of the starting XI came to no more than £5m.”
That can’t be right surely? Who the hell is the rest of that money going to?
That will be the number from last year's accountsThat’s probably the biggest take away from the whole thing I had too.. for their wage bill still to be higher than ours yet their defence looked like it did on Wednesday is incredible
OK, but we must not fall into a similar mindset. While I am confident about the domestic season European progress is essential, particularly as we should be back with full attendances and the cash flow that brings as well as prize money. Malmö will be difficult. But if we win the play-off will be very hard with potential opponents such as Salzburg, Shakhtar, Olympiacos, Benfica, Zagreb, Legia Warsaw and Slavia Prague.
Marvellous...absolutely marvellous
A wage bill of 53 million and they field a team who get paid only 5 million of it! They were paying 48 million a year to players who didn't play? Wow!
It’s a pretty fair assessment.
Lovely read.
Smashing read that.![]()
STEPHEN MCGOWAN: Celtic had the chance to build a modern empire
STEPHEN MCGOWAN: The Parkhead club have become the footballing equivalent of Kodak or Polaroid. An analogue operation sliding backwards, toiling to keep pace in the digital age.www.dailymail.co.uk
Pretty certain he means celtics. McGregor and odourd will probably be the only ones on large salaries but I still think he’s talking bollocks.The £5m is the Danes wage bill, not Celtics starting 11
He did mean their starting 11, which is less than 9k a week on averagePretty certain he means celtics. McGregor and odourd will probably be the only ones on large salaries but I still think he’s talking bollocks.
The rest of it was good entertainment mind
The guy is as rabid as they come, it really wouldn't surprise me if we found out that he is that twitter twat lippylipez.Aye, valid points made in the article. But I’ve got no doubt that Mr McGowan was one of those laughing at Dave King’s statement. And I’ve also got no doubt that he is hurting very badly!
“Burdened by a wage bill of £53m — the biggest in Scotland by some distance — roughly £40m of that cash is spent on first-team salaries. Yet, against Midtjylland, the wages of the starting XI came to no more than £5m.”
That can’t be right surely? Who the hell is the rest of that money going to?
Was thinking the same. Did he mean £5m was Midtylland's wage bill? Probably not but even with all the departures, it seems like his arithmetic is wrong.“Burdened by a wage bill of £53m — the biggest in Scotland by some distance — roughly £40m of that cash is spent on first-team salaries. Yet, against Midtjylland, the wages of the starting XI came to no more than £5m.”
That can’t be right surely? Who the hell is the rest of that money going to?