Edit: also Football tragic, you’ve got to remember opportunity costs ( ???) I think.
If we play 3 Najjirines instead of 2 and an LBS we are paying a salary for experience and so on.
As well, the opportunities our academy boys have had is an attraction for the younger players to join and I believe they do pay?
And if we do things right we get training bonuses from World Cups, transfer fees and sell on fees etc.
Not a skilled economist, but are there no direct incentives to make the finals currently? We don’t get any of the finals revenue? Is that correct?
Players like Supyk and Conchie are not as good as Old and Surman, but Conchie has certainly done more than should have been asked of him and as Rufer showed players develop at different rates.
My other worry is that a lot of teams seem physically larger and stronger than us. And this a direct reaction to a more lenient refereeing interpretation. AFC and the CC and Brisbane backline particularly! Hughes and Sheridan are not big lads, and without Eze, Piper and James, we’d be behind the curve.
Newcastle still seem more Drake’s England and less Spanish Armada tho tbf.
If we play 3 Najjirines instead of 2 and an LBS we are paying a salary for experience and so on.
As well, the opportunities our academy boys have had is an attraction for the younger players to join and I believe they do pay?
And if we do things right we get training bonuses from World Cups, transfer fees and sell on fees etc.
Not a skilled economist, but are there no direct incentives to make the finals currently? We don’t get any of the finals revenue? Is that correct?
Players like Supyk and Conchie are not as good as Old and Surman, but Conchie has certainly done more than should have been asked of him and as Rufer showed players develop at different rates.
My other worry is that a lot of teams seem physically larger and stronger than us. And this a direct reaction to a more lenient refereeing interpretation. AFC and the CC and Brisbane backline particularly! Hughes and Sheridan are not big lads, and without Eze, Piper and James, we’d be behind the curve.
Newcastle still seem more Drake’s England and less Spanish Armada tho tbf.