Or, at the very least, ask really nicely.

Is it more the case that the thinking should be, that when we fulfil our ambition of returning to the top flight this year. We want to keep our best players, in this case Mr Gaskell. Does it make sense that we decide to release quality players? It should be in the players minds through this competition that if they do not perform to there maximum, its quite possible that we will bring in the quality that is required. Removing the impact of being a yo yo club.



Players can make dreadful mistakes by leaving clubs and find that they are left in a vacuum of their own making i.e. Sammutt and Carvell.

I've said this before, but I think it may be worth repeating.



The guys we've got on long term deals are, most likely, on low wages this year with the promise of a big wage hike next year assuming we get promoted back to SL. If we don't then I'd imagine that those same players will have a SL club/non-promotion release clause in their contracts

This seems completely unfounded to me. Are you basing this on any factual information at all? Why would any player agree to this? We can offer absolutely no guarantees to any player about future earnings should we get back into SL.



I think what's more likely is that we've offered reasonable salaries to the majority of the squad, reduced wages to the younger/fringe players and a decent wage to a handful of key personnel. In my opinion the reason many (like Lee Gaskell and Dale Ferguson) chose to stay with us is because a) they were happy here b) their salaries were reasonable and c) the promise of regular game time and a platform to demonstrate your talents to other clubs (SL sides).

I think the theory of buy out clauses should a SL club come calling is also probably accurate.

I'm basing it on the fact we've got a £1 million salary cap and 31 first teamers. So, just taking that as 1,000,000 split 31 ways gives us £32k each. Now, given that the average wage for a SL player is approximately £65k it seems reasonable to assume that our top players will get bumped up wages next year

Well, each to their own I suppose. But I seriously doubt it is worked that way.

I agree with Roofaldo, I think it will be "stick with us this year,get us promoted and you get a big pay rise next season."

I think it's difficult to make these decisions sometimes.



We have to remember that Sammut, Carvell, and I'll add in Scruton, were probably happy enough playing for Bradford, but had gone through periods of being paid late and, no doubt, had worries about not being paid at all. That they would have wanted to 'normalise' their employment situation was pretty clear, to be fair - and given a similar set of circumstances I'd guess they would again look first at how their families bread was going to be buttered. I guess the last thing on their minds was that we were going to hit some stability whilst their position at Wakey were going to start looking 'dodgy' again.

Im sure i read somewhere that there is a footabller called Lee Gaskell that is due to sign for Warrington Town FC in 2016 - could be a stupid mix up ?? see current squad at FW - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warrington_Town_F.C. Currently only on loan from Ramsbottom United

Im sure i read somewhere that there is a footabller called Lee Gaskell that is due to sign for Warrington Town FC in 2016 - could be a stupid mix up ?? see current squad at FW - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warrington_Town_F.C. Currently only on loan from Ramsbottom United

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Quote pulsator2k7="pulsator2k7"Im sure i read somewhere that there is a footabller called Lee Gaskell that is due to sign for Warrington Town FC in 2016 - could be a stupid mix up ?? see current squad at FW - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warrington_Town_F.C. Currently only on loan from Ramsbottom United'" That's my favourite post of the day

It's a budget version of when there were two Brian McDermott's and two Ryan Hall's at two Leeds'.

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