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Fun article and responses… but come on, are you folks kidding?

Can you really picture Moyes taking a 90% pay cut to manage Scotland?

He’s making £5m a year at Everton. Scotland pays its national team manager less than £500k.

What true Scotsman would do that?

And even if he were so inclined, what true Scotsman’s wife would allow it?

Nah. Ain’t happening.

Well John, I’m sure Martin will offer something good but it won’t be Martin Mason good.

Martin Berry I love it!

It’s not faith, it’s laziness, it’s gullability or a simple act of desperation.

£300k + a week for 2 players, one pushing 31 and the other pushing 30 and probably £70m in transfer fees.

I know let’s get John Stones in as well, he’d fit right in being 32, a sick note and will possibly sign for 50% of his Man City wages so a very cost effective £125k a week!!

We’re currently quibbling over £20m for arguably one of the best up & coming midfielders in English football not to mention the £18m we’ve just spent on Rohl. The Club have also been reluctant to play either Patterson or Iroegbunam as that would trigger clauses costing the club a combined £3.5m.

Financially the club is no better off than it was last season but yeah as wages now come out of the transfer budget let’s spend the best part of £120m on Grealish & Bowen.

Buy them on the drip? Ok… that’s £40m to find every year for 3 years with zero sell on value.
Our turnover last year was only a few million more than Bournemouth which only has a 11200 ground capacity, 3.5 times less than Goodison.

If you can show me where the money will come from for such transfers I’d be well chuffed… and I’ve worked in football finance for decades.

We need to look at the likes of Brentford, Crystal Palace & Brighton and buy smarter.

Bottom line is if we want to attract the calibre of player who demands a 6 figure weekly wage our commercial turnover must be increased to aound £325 – £350m whilst bearing in mind that the 5th richest Premier League club barely escaped relegation, Spurs. The 8th richest club is being forced to sell players, Newcastle, & the 9th Richest club, West Ham, has been relegated.

We’re currently 11th or 12th depending on which figures you look at – either above or below Palace.

We need Ange Postecoglu to quickly distance himself from the job and allow the pressure to build on Moyes as the firm favourite.

I would love it to happen!

Dale,

I’m genuinely interested in the times during last season Martin considered that what he was watching was not frustrating.