Looking promising...

Some of these guy's aren't always very bright. Their earning potential post football can be some what limited, unless your a blonde prat called Robbie Savage, They need to maximise their earning potential over 10 or 12 years on average. The cash has got to last another 50 years from the age of 30 remember.

Robbie Savage is only continuing to make a living because he is a car crash and BBC have decided to go down that route

@FAWAZ_ALHASAWI ‏@fawaz_alhasawi1 51s
I'm thrilled to announce David Vaughan has rejoined us on loan until the end of the season. #nffc

Hopefully that injury isn't too bad

52 weeks at £20k/week is more than most average people earn in their whole career.

If he plays for two years, he's doubled what most people earn in a career. Three year contract? Trebled it.

Sorry, RBF, but Andy is spot on. There's not a footballer in the modern era playing a decent pro level who needs to worry about what happens next.

Apart from Michael Chopra, like, who'll be getting fitted for a pair of concrete wellies I think.

The thing is 666, they are hardly likely to be living in a two up, two down. Have a family car and a run around, take cheap holidays etc. As such, players would want to earn as much as they can during their short career so they are capable of preserving what they can of their life style after.

The sensible thing would be to not be too lavish and put most the earnings away. Then could even afford to be picky about what clubs they move to or even be loyal throughout career

I've no problems with any of that MM, and any rightminded man would also look to maximise their earnings over a career to a reasonable extent... I turned down a promotion and rise on a position which was in Birmingham because I didn't want to inflict the accent onto my daughter, for example, but I'd have taken the job if it was somewhere they spoke English.

comment by caniggiaforforest (U6917)
posted 6 minutes ago
I won't blame Hobbs in the slightest if he chooses Wigan because they can pay higher wages. He's got to put himself first and if they are willing to pay significantly more, and he's got a family to support, then fair play to him.
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I don't like the comment about players 'having family to support' as a reason for going or the highest wage, they get more than enough to not have to worry about supporting anyone on a monthly basis.

Don't mistake that for me not thinking they should go for the highest paying option by the way, I fully agree with them doing that because I would do the same, but if we just accepted the choice was because they wanted more money rather than pretend it's out of necessity to support their family?

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I don't know about you Andy, but the main reason I go to work is to support my family, so why shouldn't footballers be the same? Yes they earn considerably more and if they are clever enough to use their earning power to either save it, or invest it while they've got it then they will be fine once they retire. Players like Robbie Fowler and Steve McManaman were savvy in buying hundreds of properties and are now stinking rich. But just because you earn £15k a week for a couple of years, it doesn't mean you're set up for life (even though it should!).

It's that it gives the impression they're saying "I had to go to team X, I couldn't afford to stay with team Y. Yes I go to work to pay for my monthly bills, but if I was earning £20k a week, the last excuse i'd use for picking the highest offer would be that I have bills to pay.

Like I say, I don't begrudge them at all, I fully agree with anyone who goes with the most lucrative option but that's the reason why you're choosing it, not because you're behind on your gas bill!

It's just a bit like the standard miss world wish for world peace, you know it's not true but they have to say it!

Yeah fair point!

I can recall fans making that excuse a lot more than I would have from a footballer themselves. It would be funny one day if one came out and used the gas bill thing as tongue in cheek. You can bet they would get hammered from fans and the likes of Faily Dail