25% Cut

I did not realise the players are still on a 25%cut in their wages I understood it was only when they were not in for training on the first lockdown.I

If that is true I am not surprised they are only going through the motions and giving us the idea they can not be bothered.

Be honest how many of you would give 100% at work if you got docked 25% of your wages every week ?

We've got a trophy manager and a chance to progress their career. Everyone in football is playing for their next contract.

if they don’t like it leave and get another job.

Quoted from grimsby pete

I did not realise the players are still on a 25%cut in their wages I understood it was only when they were not in for training on the first lockdown.I

If that is true I am not surprised they are only going through the motions and giving us the idea they can not be bothered.

Be honest how many of you would give 100% at work if you got docked 25% of your wages every week ?

Its called professionalism.
At 75% it's still a very good wage compared with the hardships of people heavily affected by the situation at the moment.

Quoted from Yoda

if they don’t like it leave and get another job.

Bit difficult when most of the jobs are taken.

Quoted from grimsby pete

I did not realise the players are still on a 25%cut in their wages I understood it was only when they were not in for training on the first lockdown.I

If that is true I am not surprised they are only going through the motions and giving us the idea they can not be bothered.

Be honest how many of you would give 100% at work if you got docked 25% of your wages every week ?

I didn't realise that.

At this level and the short careers many will be in and no doubt some will be released after 1 or 2 years deals  I feel for them. Hence imagine that was your son playing at this level in these times is a tough ask for any player. I prefer my own child if he wasn't nothing special to get himself a proper job Pete and do this on the side. I know there was one player  that was a plumber for one playing at conference level and clubs kept asking him to go full time. He wasnt having none of it and preferred the job security of his plumbing job and picking up part time semi professional wages as extra.

Quoted from Rick12

At this level and the short careers many will be in and no doubt some will be released after 1 or 2 years deals  I feel for them. Hence imagine that was your son playing at this level in these times is a tough ask for any player. I prefer my own child if he wasn't nothing special to get himself a proper job Pete and do this on the side. I know there was one player  that was a plumber for one playing at conference level and clubs kept asking him to go full time. He wasnt having none of it and preferred the job security of his plumbing job and picking up part time professional wages as extra.

Completely agree on both points.

There are loads of part-timers who are better than their full-time colleagues but it isn't worth their while giving up a decent day job.

Are we sure this is correct?
Source please pete

Quoted from grimsby pete

I did not realise the players are still on a 25%cut in their wages I understood it was only when they were not in for training on the first lockdown.I

If that is true I am not surprised they are only going through the motions and giving us the idea they can not be bothered.

Be honest how many of you would give 100% at work if you got docked 25% of your wages every week ?

If it was that or no wages at all then I imagine most sensible people would. Lets face it how many of the dross weve got are going to even find other clubs never mind clubs that will pay them 75% of a Div 4 club rate

Quoted from forza ivano

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Source please pete

Grimsby Town Chairman Philip Day has praised the “amazing response” from players after they agreed to take a 25% wage cut.

He said that they appreciated that due to current circumstances, “action had to be taken”.

Other significant changes have occurred, such as training schedules, and games being played behind closed doors.

The club has said that any reverse of this decision will trigger them to review the pay situation.

Grimsby Town players have agreed to the 25% drop in salary for as long as it takes for football games to resume.

Management and boss Ian Holloway have also taken a pay cut.

Philip Day explained the situation:

“It has been accepted and we are absolutely delighted with the support we are getting for the club from the players.

“We are delighted, but not surprised – they appreciated the situation and that action had to be taken to ensure that the club comes through this situation.

“It has been an amazing response from the players. They have agreed to take a 25 per cent reduction.

“If football starts again, or training starts, it will have to be reviewed.

“It shows a commitment by the players to the football club, which is really heartening.”

“There was a request for information from the players that we were happy to supply.

“We had prepared a budget on the basis that we are not playing – because we don’t know when we will be playing again.

“We shared with the players the information from that budget to show them that we had to take some action to get through the situation.”

“Approximately 65 per cent of our income comes from season tickets, tickets sold on matchdays and related commercial activity such as bars, restaurants and the club shop.

“The other 35 per cent is from the EFL and Premier League solidarity payments.

“So as soon as playing ceased, we were down 65 per cent on our income.

“If you look at our accounts, you will see that 77 per cent of our outgoings is from paying players and staff, plus national insurance and pension contributions.

“If you’ve lost 65 per cent of your income, and 77 per cent of your outgoings goes on wages, you’ve got a problem.”


So the question is has it been reviewed?