The Board, consultancy fees, Mercs and how to identify a duck

[Summerof69]

So asides from the Rooney thing, it's evidence contradicting claims that were never made by the board?

Seems to be, but Sam had to get the £8k figure from somewhere....

[cheltred69]

I believe this (From Fredi's comments on Friday)...

One of the documents to which I refer above, is a spreadsheet showing last year's budgets with complete wage details, contract terms, agents fees, signing on fees etc. It makes interesting reading and to put fans' minds at rest, every player last season and all those contracted for next season are on less than £4k per week. It shows that every last pound was budgeted for and shows how £500k was to be spent from January to fit within a season's budget of £4.5 M. Obviously this £500k was not forthcoming and with the sale of Ritchie, the actual budget was under £3.5M. Further it includes all agents fees and shows that Spencer was on a fraction of what is generally assumed. He took nothing from individual deals but rather received a monthly retainer equivalent to less than 3% of total budget.

Other than the info on Spencer taking about £100k and the rumours of exaggerated wages being refuted, this docent tell us a great deal new.
The £4.5m budget has been widely reported, as was the £500k that was supposedly available within that budget in the January transfer window, so easy to work out that spend will have come in at £4m and we all know that this was partially funded by the Ritchie sale.  So, remind me what is the groundbreaking revelation here?

[Dr Pierre Chang]

Seems to be, but Sam had to get the £8k figure from somewhere....

Jed has been feeding the Adver what he wants in the press for weeks.

[BruceChatwin]

The documents are authentic.

They also make claims of our 'wild' budget last season and sky high player wages look very silly.

Fredi has delivered - fair play to the bloke.

Weren't you one of those posters making claims about our 'sky high player wages?'

[cheltred69]

Seems to be, but Sam had to get the £8k figure from somewhere....

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But it doesn't appear that Fredi's evidence covers anything about Rooney's supposed contract due to come into place at the expiry of his Birmingham deal.
We may have been paying less than 100% of his wages last season but agreed to pay more for the next 2 years.

[Samdy Gray]

My take:

Fredi has beef with current board (Jed).
Sam Morshead gets figure of £8k per week for Rooney.
This is supposedly Jed trying to say "look, we're not the bad guys, look at the contracts previous board were handing out".
Fredi leaks wage info to show the £8k per week is bullshit and to make Jed look a bit of a twat.

[Flashheart]

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But it doesn't appear that Fredi's evidence covers anything about Rooney's supposed contract due to come into place at the expiry of his Birmingham deal.
We may have been paying less than 100% of his wages last season but agreed to pay more for the next 2 years.

Indeed

Does the evidence show what Rooney was due to be paid once the transfer was made permanent?

[Flashheart]

My take:

Fredi has beef with current board (Jed).
Sam Morshead gets figure of £8k per week for Rooney.
This is supposedly Jed trying to say "look, we're not the bad guys, looks at the contracts previous board were handing out".
Fredi leaks wage info to show the £8k per week is bullshit and to make Jed look a bit of a twat.

Something like that

[Summerof69]

My take:

Fredi has beef with current board (Jed).
Sam Morshead gets figure of £8k per week for Rooney.
This is supposedly Jed trying to say "look, we're not the bad guys, look at the contracts previous board were handing out".
Fredi leaks wage info to show the £8k per week is bullshit and to make Jed look a bit of a twat.

Fully agree.

[smalltowngypsymassacre]

Sorry if the answer to this question has been considered during this thread recently, but is the consensus that 'Fredi' is probably one of or a combination of the old consortium? Or are there any other reasonable theories?

[cheltred69]

My take:

Fredi has beef with current board (Jed).
Sam Morshead gets figure of £8k per week for Rooney.
This is supposedly Jed trying to say "look, we're not the bad guys, look at the contracts previous board were handing out".
Fredi leaks wage info to show the £8k per week is bullshit and to make Jed look a bit of a twat.

Agree, first 3 lines seem a fair assessment of likely scenario.
But I don't agree that the wage leak from last season shows anything about the said £8k for Rooney

[DRS]

My take:

Fredi has beef with current board (Jed).
Sam Morshead gets figure of £8k per week for Rooney.
This is supposedly Jed trying to say "look, we're not the bad guys, look at the contracts previous board were handing out".
Fredi leaks wage info to show the £8k per week is bullshit and to make Jed look a bit of a twat.

or fredi leaked what the board wanted her to leak.Bet the figures they sent prove to be wrong and that fredi is all of a sudden out of a job

[Samdy Gray]

or fredi leaked what the board wanted her to leak.Bet the figures they sent prove to be wrong and that fredi is all of a sudden out of a job

Huh? Does Jed think he's Malcolm Tucker all of a sudden?

[Jamiesfuturewife]

or fredi leaked what the board wanted her to leak.Bet the figures they sent prove to be wrong and that fredi is all of a sudden out of a job

Bit cryptic? 

[Paolo69]

Weren't you one of those posters making claims about our 'sky high player wages?'

The word you're looking for is "yes" Chang. Have you seen the documents since you made those claims then?