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Michail Antonio set to sign
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I am more up to date than the BBC10
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If Antonio is fit to play would be a useful addition and the constant negativity by some of our fanbase is disappointing...22
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I think Kelman will come good and him and leaburn will be a lethal partnership in the future. Kelman has a higher ceiling than Godden. We need experience and match day intelligence at this moment in time that puts Kelman down the pecking order. He has been an un used sub for the last few games, Antonio offers something better, even if this is for the remainder of the seasonRedhenry said:
Not a Kelman fan then, jeez! I think Kelman will come goodTodds_right_hook said:People saying that by the time he is match fit the season will be over, we don’t need him to be match fit, we need him to be fit for 15 mins to allow us to change things up and bring fresh legs on. Dykes was done at the end on Wednesday. A crippled Antonio will make more of an impact than Kelman off the bench3 -
It does say he was training with Leicester last month so he probably has a basic level of fitness. It's not as if we've plucked him out of an all-inclusive beach resort like we did with Roussillon.ShootersHillGuru said:
I’m sure he’s not completely unfit but agree he’s going to be nowhere near match fit. Assuming he can get there in around six weeks it would make him available for the Bristol City (H) game on April 3rd. That’s seven games and 21 points. God forbid we lose Dykes an/or Leaburn in that run in period because Godden, Kelman and Campbell are imho unlikely to do much damage without a big man next to them. It seems to me that Antonio coming in on a short contract is a reasonable gamble and insurance policy. His experience and apparent all round popularity won’t do any harm either.Gravesend_Addick said:This rumour appears to be gathering some momentum.
Seems a strange one if true. By the time he's match fit the season will be over
We don't even necessarily need him to be fit to start. He could just be used for 15 mins at the end of a game.3 -
What figure is that?fenaddick said:
There is a minimum amount you have to pay professional players. That’s the benefit of having a unionvalleynick66 said:
Is that true for the Championship?Henry Irving said:There is no such thing as "pay as you play"
There are minimum wage levels. Contracts can be weighted towards appearances but that can prove expensive if they play every week.
Anyway, U21 game this afternoon. Team news should be out at 12.30
Or are you really suggesting there is a minimal (relatively) wage agreed plus bonuses?0 -
Could he play in the Carey role if he gets his fitness up? A load of nous and very powerful player0
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valleynick66 said:
Is that true for the Championship?Henry Irving said:There is no such thing as "pay as you play"
There are minimum wage levels. Contracts can be weighted towards appearances but that can prove expensive if they play every week.
Anyway, U21 game this afternoon. Team news should be out at 12.30
Or are you really suggesting there is a minimal (relatively) wage agreed plus bonuses?There are no specific minimum wage levels for professional footballers at any tier other than that prescribed in National Minimum Wage legislation.As you have described, and also @shine166 above, a basic (subject to NMW considerations but I would expect that basic would be above £12.21 per hour!) plus bonuses for playing etc... are perfectly acceptable contractually as long as all parties agree and would be sufficient for the club to hold his player registration for the length of the contract. For example, a six month contract on those terms would work, and if it doesn't work out then it would only cost the club that basic wage.3 -
Absolutely no idea, I'm sure it can be found with a google thoughvalleynick66 said:
What figure is that?fenaddick said:
There is a minimum amount you have to pay professional players. That’s the benefit of having a unionvalleynick66 said:
Is that true for the Championship?Henry Irving said:There is no such thing as "pay as you play"
There are minimum wage levels. Contracts can be weighted towards appearances but that can prove expensive if they play every week.
Anyway, U21 game this afternoon. Team news should be out at 12.30
Or are you really suggesting there is a minimal (relatively) wage agreed plus bonuses?1 -
I do also but Kelman isnt the same type of striker as Dykes/Leaburn/Antonio. More of a Godden.Redhenry said:
Not a Kelman fan then, jeez! I think Kelman will come goodTodds_right_hook said:People saying that by the time he is match fit the season will be over, we don’t need him to be match fit, we need him to be fit for 15 mins to allow us to change things up and bring fresh legs on. Dykes was done at the end on Wednesday. A crippled Antonio will make more of an impact than Kelman off the bench
Learning off Dykes, Gooden and Antonio should be invaluable to Kelman & Leaburn really.4 -
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valleynick66 said:
What figure is that?fenaddick said:
There is a minimum amount you have to pay professional players. That’s the benefit of having a unionvalleynick66 said:
Is that true for the Championship?Henry Irving said:There is no such thing as "pay as you play"
There are minimum wage levels. Contracts can be weighted towards appearances but that can prove expensive if they play every week.
Anyway, U21 game this afternoon. Team news should be out at 12.30
Or are you really suggesting there is a minimal (relatively) wage agreed plus bonuses?
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I love the,' he won't last 90 minutes' chat when for most of the season about half of our first 11 haven't been able to last the 90,that is when they even make it on to the pitch . Give the lad a break( no pun intended).ShootersHillGuru said:
I’m sure he’s not completely unfit but agree he’s going to be nowhere near match fit. Assuming he can get there in around six weeks it would make him available for the Bristol City (H) game on April 3rd. That’s seven games and 21 points. God forbid we lose Dykes an/or Leaburn in that run in period because Godden, Kelman and Campbell are imho unlikely to do much damage without a big man next to them. It seems to me that Antonio coming in on a short contract is a reasonable gamble and insurance policy. His experience and apparent all round popularity won’t do any harm either.Gravesend_Addick said:This rumour appears to be gathering some momentum.
Seems a strange one if true. By the time he's match fit the season will be over7 -
So as above @bobmunroe advises otherwise.fenaddick said:
Absolutely no idea, I'm sure it can be found with a google thoughvalleynick66 said:
What figure is that?fenaddick said:
There is a minimum amount you have to pay professional players. That’s the benefit of having a unionvalleynick66 said:
Is that true for the Championship?Henry Irving said:There is no such thing as "pay as you play"
There are minimum wage levels. Contracts can be weighted towards appearances but that can prove expensive if they play every week.
Anyway, U21 game this afternoon. Team news should be out at 12.30
Or are you really suggesting there is a minimal (relatively) wage agreed plus bonuses?So in this case at least the union has no impact.0 -
I genuinely see no downside to bringing him into the building.
Comparable to Ricardo Fuller. His rocket shot and pinging his hamstring lives long in the memory.
(Just looked back - that was in 2012. Bloody hell).15 -
Don't make any other plans for May.SantaClaus said:Eight points off the playoffs. A fired up Antonio with a point to prove. It's happening isn't it10 -
I think Kelman, Leaburn, Anderson, Knibbs and even Apter will all come good, but we’re in a relegation scrap and their development has taken a back seat for the moment. We need a mix experience, nous and younger, raw talent, if we lose our wing backs to injury we’re right back to where we were a month ago, and those players are hard to recruit/replace. We were obviously after adding more players on deadline day. We missed out on Sam Field and there was the attacking player at Sunderland that we rightly decided against. Our business is not done.7
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How old will he be when he makes his debut for us6
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1. Stay up
2. Try and get Dykes and Clarke signed with another SLL for Chambers
3. Get after summer targets
4. Blow the budget on experienced/quality 8 and 10
5. Win the league
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Relegation?SantaClaus said:Eight points off the playoffs. A fired up Antonio with a point to prove. It's happening isn't it
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Some people act like his wages are coming out their own pockets! I think the last 3 games have shown we have a decent enough squad to stay up. If Antonio can improve us even slightly its a big plus, if he's crap, no harm done.8
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Dykes was knackered in the latter stages on Wednesday but we had nobody on the bench who could come and play his role. If there's money in the budget to make sure we're not in that situation again, why not. Also, don't know what we'd do if both Dykes and Leaburn dropped out.8
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I didn’t realise when I posted that he was that close to getting a contract at Leicester before his minor muscle injury. That does imply that he’s got something to offer and perhaps might be available for consideration sooner rather than later. After the disappointment he must have felt losing out on Leicester I’m pretty sure he’s kept himself as sharp as possible because if he doesn’t get a gig now then his career could well fizzle out.Chris_from_Sidcup said:
It does say he was training with Leicester last month so he probably has a basic level of fitness. It's not as if we've plucked him out of an all-inclusive beach resort like we did with Roussillon.ShootersHillGuru said:
I’m sure he’s not completely unfit but agree he’s going to be nowhere near match fit. Assuming he can get there in around six weeks it would make him available for the Bristol City (H) game on April 3rd. That’s seven games and 21 points. God forbid we lose Dykes an/or Leaburn in that run in period because Godden, Kelman and Campbell are imho unlikely to do much damage without a big man next to them. It seems to me that Antonio coming in on a short contract is a reasonable gamble and insurance policy. His experience and apparent all round popularity won’t do any harm either.Gravesend_Addick said:This rumour appears to be gathering some momentum.
Seems a strange one if true. By the time he's match fit the season will be over
We don't even necessarily need him to be fit to start. He could just be used for 15 mins at the end of a game.2 -
Genuinely surprised by that, lots of mimimum wages on the continent and in the WSL&WSL2, sure it won't be long before it arrives in the EFL toovalleynick66 said:
So as above @bobmunroe advises otherwise.fenaddick said:
Absolutely no idea, I'm sure it can be found with a google thoughvalleynick66 said:
What figure is that?fenaddick said:
There is a minimum amount you have to pay professional players. That’s the benefit of having a unionvalleynick66 said:
Is that true for the Championship?Henry Irving said:There is no such thing as "pay as you play"
There are minimum wage levels. Contracts can be weighted towards appearances but that can prove expensive if they play every week.
Anyway, U21 game this afternoon. Team news should be out at 12.30
Or are you really suggesting there is a minimal (relatively) wage agreed plus bonuses?So in this case at least the union has no impact.0 -
I wont half laugh if we've brought him in as emergency cover at RB 😅😅😅😅ShootersHillGuru said:
I’m sure he’s not completely unfit but agree he’s going to be nowhere near match fit. Assuming he can get there in around six weeks it would make him available for the Bristol City (H) game on April 3rd. That’s seven games and 21 points. God forbid we lose Dykes an/or Leaburn in that run in period because Godden, Kelman and Campbell are imho unlikely to do much damage without a big man next to them. It seems to me that Antonio coming in on a short contract is a reasonable gamble and insurance policy. His experience and apparent all round popularity won’t do any harm either.Gravesend_Addick said:This rumour appears to be gathering some momentum.
Seems a strange one if true. By the time he's match fit the season will be over0 -
Think it's pretty clear that like Dykes he wants to play at the World Cup. As others have said, with Bell and TC here already he'll be on the radar, especially as he was in the squad as recently as September. He'll have sounded out Jones via the above, Coventry and probably Coady and he won't need to move. Will suggest he will be relatively cheap, I think he's worth a punt3
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What’s not to like 👍WSS said:1. Stay up
2. Try and get Dykes and Clarke signed with another SLL for Chambers
3. Get after summer targets
4. Blow the budget on experienced/quality 8 and 10
5. Win the league1 -
£13.85 p/hr in London.valleynick66 said:
What figure is that?fenaddick said:
There is a minimum amount you have to pay professional players. That’s the benefit of having a unionvalleynick66 said:
Is that true for the Championship?Henry Irving said:There is no such thing as "pay as you play"
There are minimum wage levels. Contracts can be weighted towards appearances but that can prove expensive if they play every week.
Anyway, U21 game this afternoon. Team news should be out at 12.30
Or are you really suggesting there is a minimal (relatively) wage agreed plus bonuses?0 -
Antonio has been training with clubs now for a while so I don’t think fitness in that sense is going to be an issue. It’s going to be can he get match fit quickly?
I don’t see why we wouldn’t do it if the option is there? He’s got so much experience, he’s another good character, he’s someone who would help TC more and give that encouragement, he’s another Jamaican who will want to do well and hope they get to the World Cup.
He might only play 5 games for us but his experience and know how alone could prove the difference.
Happy with this.17 -
now it makes more sense 8 -
Chunes said:Dykes was knackered in the latter stages on Wednesday but we had nobody on the bench who could come and play his role. If there's money in the budget to make sure we're not in that situation again, why not. Also, don't know what we'd do if both Dykes and Leaburn dropped out.
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