07 Jan 2013 08:48:29
Customer at Work this morning told me Neil Alexanders knocked back a 10g a week contract seems a coincidence since his howler on sat wondering if anyone can shed any light on the subject? I wouldnt pay him half that so if this is the case he should be shipped out sharp we cannot afford to give a GK half a million a season in the 2nd & 1st division!
Larky Bear
He didn't knock back the money. He wants a longer contract. It's a one year deal and he wants 2 or 3 years
Why else did he stay as a bench warmer behind Mc Shagger?
10k pw for a div 3/2/1 player is just crazy !
Would love to see what black and co are making in div 3 !
So many over heads !
Lenny
I wouldnt give him 10k could get a better keeper on lower wages the scouts just need start looking around
Have we not learned anything, no club in Scotland should be paying these level of wages anymore.
If we give one player (if it's true) 10K then every other first team regular will expect the same, when there contracts come up for renewal.
Make a stand Rangers, get the wage bill reduced to sensible figures.
Players now know Green's got money, £10m budget for Ally and they rightfully want top buck.
They also know club in very weak position with transfer ban and cannot replace those who walk. Nobody's doing it for the shirt anymore (that includes McCulloch who's 34 and signed up to 37, this is the best financial and longest deal he gets anywhere).
Greens got money and the players know it. Let the fun and games begin.
Wage structure? Lol
Quite right too its about time green started rewarding the players for sticking around
07 Jan 2013 19:29:51
There is no way him or anyone else at Ibrox will be offered 10g a week for years!! Wake up bears.
07 Jan 2013 20:49:04
it actually says he is on 11k a week at present and the offer would be 1k less for 1 year...but he wants a 2 year deal at least....so has been getting paid approx £11k all season and with black and sandaza on approx 5k and temp on approx 8k..the wage bill for these 4 alone comes to £1.5m add that to wallace and mcCulloch and all the smaller wages of the young boys
and the backroom staff,,,, comes to a hell of a lot of money leaving the coffers with a reduced
income
Think this is why there has been links lately with Bell of Kilmarnock and now Matt Ryan.
Think you got yourself a year or two in the future we are in the 3rd div and enjoying the journey
Also heard this rumour. To have anyone on 10k a week in the 3rd division is a disgrace. Appreciate you stuck by Rangers Neil, but this shouldn't happen. That's premier league wages. At the same time, if Rangers are offering this sort of money, then he is only trying to get what others are on. It's bad business from the top to be paying these wages. Maybe if the Football was a lot better to watch then we wouldn't be talking about it as much, but we are Woeful against part-time opposition. The wages we are paying players to win this league we SHOULD be winning every game comfortably and not scraping by or playing 2 holding midfielders.
Coisty09
There is no way him or anyone else at Ibrox will be offered 10g a week for years! Wake up bears
Ten grams is nothing to be sniffed at. {The Ed039's Note - lol)
I thought his contract was 8k per week, cannot see him getting a pay rise in div 3.
It's always about buying the division you're in by one point.
If you win by two or five or ten points you got you're sums wrong and paid too much.
Rangers are 17 points clear at half way so say win by 34 points? Absolute over spend! Rangers could drop 15 points in second half of season by selling top three wage earners and saving fortune. But dropping top three salaries still wouldn't drop 15 points, probably still pick up 7 points and finish 24 ahead winners.
8K, 10K, 11K - it's more than most SPL players get paid each week. (About 8 to 11K more than Hearts players LOL).
Seriously, I'd offer incentives to players based on results if they think they are that good. Anyone wanting a 2 year contract would get paid a bonus at the end if two promotions have been sealed etc.
Did you give him small fries?
Alexander got whatever he was on before transfering contract to newco otherwise he would have walked, he knew he would never get that elsewhere
Absolutely not, don't believe it for a second. Neils been loyal to Rangers since the day he walked through the doors at murray park. He stayed for the fight, if he wanted top dollar he would have left. Wake up bears, Hes been one of our most loyal players. I don't believe he would turn down a deal unless it was a completly degrading offer. Bobby
It wasnt the amount he was offered that was the problem, he wanted a longer contract.
Ed little question for you nothing to do with this op. i was having an argument in work today over the best goalkeepers to play in this country here is my order of the best keepers to play in this country in the last 20 years see if you agree silly but want to put some celtic fan's straight.
1. andy goram
2. stefan klos
3. chris woods
4. alan mcgregor
5. artur boruc
6. fraser forster.
lots of these celtic fan's trying to argue that forster is the best keeper ever to play in this country how stupid can they be. the guy has been here what a year. he still is a young keeper progressing but the thing he lacks is being able to command his box for a guy of his height he should be more commanding from corners and set pieces.
silly argument but would like your views.
Interesting............Goram at his pomp was a phenomenal Goalkeeper - I'll give you that.
Despite his obvious pedigree, I honestly believe Klos was overrated (and we now know he was incredibly overpaid to match).
Artur Boruc on his best form was better than the rest - except Goram.
McGregor, on his game, is undoubtedly a class act - but I believe that Fraser Forster (now in his 3rd season) is currently as good as Mcgregor and will only improve. The level of improvement in such a short space of time is impressive in itself.
I think Forster will eventually eclipse the rest on the list - but it won't be playing in Scotland.
1. Goram
2. Boruc
3. McGregor
= Klos
= Forster
6. Woods
............kbt1978
Celtic fan here.....
Would need to say Goram was the best in my opinion. SC
Ed little question for you nothing to do with this op. i was having an argument in work today over the best goalkeepers to play in this country here is my order of the best keepers to play in this country in the last 20 years see if you agree silly but want to put some celtic fan's straight.
1. andy goram
2. stefan klos
3. chris woods
4. alan mcgregor
5. artur boruc
6. fraser forster.
lots of these celtic fan's trying to argue that forster is the best keeper ever to play in this country how stupid can they be. the guy has been here what a year. he still is a young keeper progressing but the thing he lacks is being able to command his box for a guy of his height he should be more commanding from corners and set pieces.
silly argument but would like your views. {The Ed039's Note - Chris Woods left Rangers in 1991 so your post covers 22 years. There been some other good keepers, Theo Snelders, Craig Gordon?? I liked the big Dutch keeper that played for Motherwell and Dundee United, Sieb Dijkstra. Also I dont know what happened to Jamie Langfield, when he was younger he seemed to be a big prospect but he never seemed to reach the heights expected of him)