alex_farrells_left_peg
Vital Squad Member
If that's the case then I can well imagine that there are a lot of disjointed noses among the playing staff, specifically those who run their bollox off each week for a salary that falls well short of what he is (allegedly/supposedly) earning. To be honest, I always played rugby and was fairly useful as a second rower, but I would never have considered working full-time for the, so-called, average wages given tp players in the lower divisions. Before anyone wonders why, I am (was) and mechanical engineer and worked offshore for a good many years before managing a couple of companies, Thankfully I received the salary that went with the position. Oh and I forgot to say that rugby was strictly amateur during my playing days so.... maybe my point actually misses the point.When Akinde signed for us, he came from Lincoln, who are funded pretty well, as they have regular 10k attendances. I know a Lincoln fan said he was on good money and they needed to offload him as it wasn't value for money.
Likewise, when we signed him, if you remember Steve Evans actually said that Scally had actually approved breaking our wage structure to sign him. SE said he actually turned this down, as he didn't want Scally to break the wage structure for him, but then a deal was done a couple of weeks later. So i'd imagine the end deal probably came down a little bit to meet in the middle, but still ended up right at the very top end of our wage structure. I think it would be fair to say he's probably at least one of our 2/3 top earners.
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