When we played the D ongs the other night I got thinking about their wage bill. Where does the money come from to pay such a hefty wage bill?
Alan Smith was on 60 grand at Newcastle last season ,OK if he takes a Clarke Carlisle sized pay cut he's still on minimum 6 grand ,Bullard has got to be on something like that as well.They have a squad of 24 players including Martin,Otsemobor,Lewington,McKenzie,Gleeson,Potter,Bowditch,Lowe,Powell, Ibehre and Chadwick. I would think virtually all of those earn more than our top earners ,Bayo & Platt?. They then had at least 5 back room staff on the bench at Sixfields including Ian Wright ,He's not working for a few hundred a week is he?
I think their average gate is around 8000 ,including freebies, I can't see that covering those wages, is Winkleman taking a big g amble that they go up ? Lets hope it all ends in tears