[Archived] Joe Garners Deal At Dundee Utd

[waggy]

was chatting to a pal off joe garners and he told me off his amazing deal at dundee utd,that he turned down.he was offered a MILLION POUND 4 year deal £500,000 signing on fee and the rest over 4 years in wages.he turned it down to go to carlisle on a lot less money,as it was nearer home and a better STANDARD off football

[Cocker]

If that is true then good lad - well done Joe. Its just a shame more players arnt like him

[waggy]

happen nicko might no more about it

[cletus]

and a better STANDARD off football

Totally agree, after watching some of the SPL on Setanta over the last few weeks. Even Rangers` & Celtics` home games have no atnospheres.....unless they`re playing each other!

The SPL, a terrible footballing backwater (& i`m half Scottish)

[Cocker]

It does make you wonder though if a player (and I am not meaning anything bad by this) like Joe Garner can get offered such a deal from a not so great club then what must avarage players elsewhere be getting.

The mind boggles.

[LeChuck]

£1 million over four years comes to about £4,800 per week I think? A huge amount of money to us, but probably about normal for a SPL striker.

[waggy]

this is a lad just starting out in his league career,5k a week makes me weep

[Jan]

£1 million a year over four years comes to about £4,800 per week I think? A huge amount of money to us, but probably about normal for a SPL striker.

Only in the littler clubs. The big 2 have wages not too unlike ours.

[LeChuck]

I was excluding Rangers and Celtic from that, I should have mentioned that really.

Also, I've just edited that post as it's a million over four years, not per year. I'd worked with that for the maths but worded in wrong in the post.

[Rovermatt]

Totally agree, after watching some of the SPL on Setanta over the last few weeks. Even Rangers` & Celtics` home games have no atnospheres.....unless they`re playing each other!

The SPL, a terrible footballing backwater (& i`m half Scottish)

I went to Celtic's season opener at Parkhead and the atmosphere was brilliant.

[pick32]

i herd the same thing from one of his friends today, good to no that not all players are tempted by the lure of money.

[nicko]

was chatting to a pal off joe garners and he told me off his amazing deal at dundee utd,that he turned down.he was offered a MILLION POUND 4 year deal £500,000 signing on fee and the rest over 4 years in wages.he turned it down to go to carlisle on a lot less money,as it was nearer home and a better STANDARD off football

There is a lot of truth in that...the wages are right, but they included the signing-on fee. So the £500,000 over four years is true.

He did get less at Carlisle.

[waggy]

well fair play to the lad,not every footballer is ruled by £££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££ notes

[cletus]

I went to Celtic's season opener at Parkhead and the atmosphere was brilliant.

I stand corrected. Then atnosphere just didn`t come across on TV then.

I`ve recently watched the Edinburgh derby, Inverness v Gers, Celtic v (was it Killi??) & it just didn`t do it for me.

As a Virgin media customer, i`ve got Setanta free, as well as Celtic tv & rangers tv, so i get to watch the SPL (if i can stomach it). Apart from the big two, the SPL looks like the English 3rd tier of football (whatever it`s called now) Div1?

[Jan]

I stand corrected. Then atnosphere just didn`t come across on TV then.

I`ve recently watched the Edinburgh derby, Inverness v Gers, Celtic v (was it Killi??) & it just didn`t do it for me.

As a Virgin media customer, i`ve got Setanta free, as well as Celtic tv & rangers tv, so i get to watch the SPL (if i can stomach it). Apart from the big two, the SPL looks like the English 3rd tier of football (whatever it`s called now) Div1?

And I was there on Wednesday night. Truthfully have NEVER, at a football match, before just resorted to sitting and whining with fear every two seconds. but the rest of the chaps and chapesses were brilliant- and the wall of sound was breathtaking.

[ABBEY]

Its ok to sing and be loud @ celtic but not rovers