Pot Kettle Black

**gufct** · 11/12/2007, 1:02 PM

http://www.eleven-a-side.com/eircoml...p?newsid=30324

**ndrog** · 11/12/2007, 1:20 PM

Why ? do you know what we pay our players then , can you let me know who gets what and how you know .Thanks

**Louth4sam** · 11/12/2007, 1:36 PM

"We won’t break our wage structures. People may claim we have paid massive money in recent years but our wages come in well less than €2000 per week"

Surely that has to be either lies or a misquote. No way are drogs only spending €2000 a week. Sure teams at the top of the first division would be paying that.

Edit:Ok i read it again and he must mean per player. The way it was written seemed to suggest that the total wages was €2000

**gufct** · 11/12/2007, 1:45 PM

26 X €2000 = €52,000 now thats some wage Bill just for players alone and I didnt question anything he said

**ndrog** · 11/12/2007, 2:00 PM

yes thats right each player is on 2 grand a week

classic .How much are the galway players on ? Your full time arent you ?

**gufct** · 11/12/2007, 2:12 PM

Our Football budget last year was €670,000 and the total budget was €1.2m .We are increasing our overall budget to €1.5m for this season whats Drogheda's ?

**John83** · 11/12/2007, 2:37 PM

Originally Posted by gufct

Our Football budget last year was €670,000 and the total budget was €1.2m .We are increasing our overall budget to €1.5m for this season whats Drogheda's ?

Drogheda spent over €1.3M on wages alone in 2005. I don't know how that figure changed in the past two seasons.

**gufct** · 11/12/2007, 2:42 PM

Originally Posted by ndrog

yes thats right each player is on 2 grand a week

classic ."

sorry its less than €2,000 but is that before or after TAX

**Claret Murph** · 11/12/2007, 2:45 PM

NICE ONE GUFCT
Facts 2000 Euro a player up in drogs how long will this last ???????
And who's is the one to pick up the tab that's my question ???????

**pateen** · 11/12/2007, 4:07 PM

Originally Posted by gufct

Our Football budget last year was €670,000 and the total budget was €1.2m .We are increasing our overall budget to €1.5m for this season whats Drogheda's ?

If your budget was 670K on football, what on earth was the rest for? Are you including backroom staff and travel expenses in the football expenses?

500k approx in non football budget seems ludicrous for any club

**ollie** · 11/12/2007, 4:11 PM

was that for the stand maybe?

**BohsPartisan** · 11/12/2007, 4:19 PM

Originally Posted by pateen

If your budget was 670K on football, what on earth was the rest for?

Getting everything translated into Irish?

**pete** · 11/12/2007, 4:25 PM

Originally Posted by John83

Drogheda spent over €1.3M on wages alone in 2005. I don't know how that figure changed in the past two seasons.

That must have increased if you at the players released & replacements. Drogs have more players that would be deemed to be 1st team players than other clubs plus they have bigger squad.

Is 100k top wage for Drogs player pre or post tax?

Doolin has some cheek when his club probably spending 200% of revenue on wages. Not a chance in thew world 2007 revenue could match 2005 wage bill.

Does he not realise that players or agents might exaggerate what they earning.

**Flume** · 11/12/2007, 4:25 PM

Originally Posted by Claret Murph

NICE ONE GUFCT
Facts 2000 Euro a player up in drogs how long will this last ???????
And who's is the one to pick up the tab that's my question ???????

How is it a fact that every single player is on 2,000 a week??

Please read the article again.

Despite what the media may lead you the believe the drogs budget prior to 2007 was not in the top 3 in the country. May just creep in there now though.

And I'd imagine the person that picks up the tab is the same as at every other club, the financial backers.

Some seem to be missing the point of the article thats actually worrying, well worrying for most clubs anyway. The fact that clubs are spending in excess of 2,000 a week on a single players wages.That is simply unsustainable. I hope we're not in that bracket.While we can afford it, theres no point in massively inflating our budget if no other club can. We could quite easily compete with bohs and drogheda without going mad on wages imo.

**Bald Student** · 11/12/2007, 5:10 PM

Presumably none of this can be true. Is there not a wage cap starting in March?

**pete** · 11/12/2007, 5:21 PM

Originally Posted by Bald Student

Presumably none of this can be true. Is there not a wage cap starting in March?

65% of turnover may only be spent on wages. No idea what definition of revenue will be.

**pineapple stu** · 11/12/2007, 5:37 PM

Originally Posted by gufct

Our Football budget last year was €670,000 and the total budget was €1.2m .We are increasing our overall budget to €1.5m for this season whats Drogheda's ?

You made a loss last yaer of E80k, and are now increasing your budget by E300k. Where's the balance coming from, if you don't mind me asking?

**pete** · 11/12/2007, 5:49 PM

Originally Posted by pineapple stu

You made a loss last yaer of E80k, and are now increasing your budget by E300k. Where's the balance coming from, if you don't mind me asking?

I noticed ticket prices increased a lot by GU for next season but probably not 300k worth.

Got to say GU must now have highest average crowd in the league on the back of minimal success. Next season will be big test though - will people renew season tickets after so few home wins in 2007?

**pineapple stu** · 11/12/2007, 5:52 PM

They've increased their ticket prices, but that's doesn't necessarily translate to extra revenue. It's only two years since their average crowd was 600-ish, so I can see a lot of those new fans turning down the chance to pay a huge increase (and that's the talk on the Galway forum too). It's even possible that it'll lead to a decrease in income.