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Fan PTSD and Depression
Posted by PaddyHatter on 17/8/2025, 12:59:18
I think we've all got a touch of it. I know I have. When that penalty missed at Wembley I seriously thought that was the end of our troubles on the pitch for a good decade ! Off the pitch it's never been rosier. Maybe it's true. You can't have your cake and eat it......
Most of us are fine. On Tuesday we'll stop poncing about from goal kicks, passing sideways at the back and in midfield and go for a High Press for 50-55 minutes, then bringing on the subs and attacking down the wings. It's really not that complicated.
It used to be rosey off the pitch. The latest round of backroom staff departures, the relegations and our utterly shit recruitment paint a very different picture.
I really admire you Crumpsall in that you support the club through thick and thin despite living a long way from Luton.I also like your positive attitude….. However I lose faith in you being “balanced” when we once again have added more money to the coffers than we have spent despite being the wealthiest club in the division by some way. I don’t believe the club is in the best shape when the ceo earns twice as much money as the players… you lefties get very cross with the ceo at Thames Water.
Maybe but the last “salary “ we saw for the ceo was £1.3m…if he is below £500k now and not spending any money on players then fair dibs…but I suspect he isn’t ….which is also what you are suggesting!!
Also, without seeing the figures for that year, I suspect that, last season, the CEO didn't receive any bonus which made up a lot of the figure in the year before that which gets quoted as if that figure was just basic salary.
If that is the average for the last five seasons, none of them were in the third tier of English football.
The figure for the year ended 31 May 2019, our last one at this level, was £263992. I'm not suggesting that that is what it will be this season as I have no idea of the figure, which I am sure will be higher than that, but whatever the figure is will have been decided by the remuneration committee.
If that is correct then fair enough. The info I have from agents ( so could be wrong)that we won’t have any players on more than 12.5k p/w so he needs to be on less than £650k for that to be correct.
Last set of accounts, his salary was £1,096,000 vs total wage bill was £56.8m.
So lots of players were on a lot more money than Sweet.
The only year where this appears to have differed would have been the promotion season where his salary was £1.823,000 out of a wage bill of £27m. But I think that was probably justified, considering how extraordinary the achievement.
The total wage bill I believe includes agents fees and of course the rest of the staff not just players . I am led to believe we had a few players on £25k p/w which is £1.3m….
Notwithstanding the debate on how moral it is, I was just pointing out that I don't think he is the highest paid person at the club, probably quite far from it.
I did actually. They didn’t really deal with a scenario where we bob around L1 mid table aimlessly for seasons spunking £10k+ pw on bang average ageing journeymen strikers.
I’m none of those things pal. I’ve been reading and contributing - very rarely - to this board for donkeys years. Been enjoying the ride. Loved what we’ve stood for and what Nathan and his team built. Now very worried. You can’t just shoot everyone down for voicing valid concerns.
The strategy and identity have gone. We’re basically Stoke without the bank roll. Taken to the cleaners by agents and other clubs and no real plan in place it seems. Can’t see how that’s sustainable whatever they ‘say’.
In the words of the great MIck Harford "promotion (to the PL) has secured the club for years to come). We really did win the lottery that day ! Along with the gifted land to the club from Mr Watson-Challis we're finally 'safe'.
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on 17/8/2025, 12:59:18