it is simple

their wage bill was sensible; they played good, entertaining football, and their contined PL status bucked the normal 'spend-to-survive' trend.

[Their 08/09 wage bill was 42.2 mill (SwissRamble) and for 11/12 it was 38 mill.]

Posted By: Henclrikus on May 28th 2013 at 15:13:39

Message Thread

Martinez leaving. Graeme Jones is favourite to take over (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, May 28, 13:35:11
- I dont get te media love in for Martinez.... 3yrs of relegation fight then relegated (n/m) (Other Football) - Taxi 4 Johnson, May 28, 14:06:29
  - sorted out there wage bill, lost their best players each season (Other Football) - phrankin, May 28, 14:11:47
    - The love-in was burning passionately long before the FA Cup (Other Football) - norway, May 28, 14:21:35
      - it is simple (Other Football) - Henclrikus, May 28, 15:13:39
        
        That's fair enough (Other Football) - norway, May 28, 15:21:18
        
        managers' reputations (Other Football) - Henclrikus, May 28, 15:32:44
        
        they played entertaining football, yes (Other Football) - mr carra, May 28, 15:15:54
        
        good football (Other Football) - Henclrikus, May 28, 15:18:40
        
        no, that's entertaining football (Other Football) - mr carra, May 28, 15:23:54
        
        by your definition (Other Football) - Henclrikus, May 28, 15:29:01
        
        well, they would (Other Football) - mr carra, May 28, 15:42:51
        
        The term "they play good football" (Other Football) - duke of york, May 28, 15:24:53
        
        Very true. (n/m) (Other Football) - norway, May 28, 15:22:27
    - how did he sort out their wage bill? (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, May 28, 14:20:16
      - He didn't. It's a myth. (n/m) (Other Football) - norway, May 28, 14:23:08
    - 25% win ratio (n/m) (Other Football) - Taxi 4 Johnson, May 28, 14:18:17
      - He's played this beautifully to be fair (Other Football) - norway, May 28, 14:32:30
  - mind you. he won a major trophy. i wish we would/could. (Other Football) - Pit, May 28, 14:09:13
    - They've been in the Barclays Premier League longer than us though (Other Football) - mrleelee, May 28, 14:16:15
      - You won't see a penny no matter how many times you say "Barclays". (n/m) (Other Football) - Arizona Bay, May 28, 14:38:50
        
        Unlike CH lol (n/m) (Other Football) - Drinklebells, May 28, 16:12:03
      - i hope your right. i really do. (Other Football) - Pit, May 28, 14:20:07
        
        Wigan's approach to the cups has been no different to ours (Other Football) - mr carra, May 28, 14:54:11
        
        i see your point, but that Leicester game under Lambert was (Other Football) - Pit, May 28, 15:03:50
        
        I agree, it was (Other Football) - mr carra, May 28, 15:11:44
        
        Agree to a point. Its just a gut feeling that we havent put ourselves (Other Football) - Pit, May 28, 15:27:57
        
        You can't deny that there has been a trend over quite a few years (Other Football) - duke of york, May 28, 15:21:04
        
        no-one can deny that (Other Football) - mr carra, May 28, 15:59:05
- How selfless of him. (Other Football) - norway, May 28, 14:02:19
  - Yeah, like when he turned down the Liverpool job (Other Football) - pants, May 28, 14:22:26
    - Liverpool denied he was offered the job. (Other Football) - norway, May 28, 14:28:02
      - So Martinez just flew out to New York for a break? (n/m) (Other Football) - pants, May 28, 14:34:31
        
        Also, you made a massive point of talking about how it's ok for (Other Football) - pants, May 28, 14:36:46
        
        Not being funny, pants (Other Football) - norway, May 28, 14:45:12
- Assistant turned down swans job last year (n/m) (Other Football) - loz, May 28, 13:58:10
- Surely Fat Paul will be in with a chance of going back there? (n/m) (Other Football) - Edwardo, May 28, 13:57:20
- Him off The Monkees? (n/m) (Other Football) - NorfolkSteve, May 28, 13:48:07
- The Jonester (n/m) (Other Football) - duke of york, May 28, 13:44:17
- Jonesy. (n/m) (Other Football) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, May 28, 13:42:44
  - The jonesmeister general (n/m) (Other Football) - Jumbo1, May 28, 20:01:53
- Not sure how you managed to miss Jones' career. (Other Football) - Arizona Bay, May 28, 13:42:30
- Someone educate him who Graeme Jones is FFS (Other Football) - ghostof barry butler, May 28, 13:39:56
  - He's the 2002 Guiness World Record Holder for the largest model of DNA in the world (n/m) (Other Football) - Waddockhunt, May 28, 13:42:37
  - Works here in "J" Block. (n/m) (Other Football) - colincanary, May 28, 13:41:40

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