Ambitious Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 A shame really, it was always looking unlikely and as for him being on 4k a week, that was a bit of a poor decision and I thought we was meant to be skint? If he was on a lesser basic wage, around 1k then it might of been worth carrying on and seeing what comes of it, as it stands 4k is still draining resources and he still looks like his missing a lot of match fitness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nookiebear Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 i think its a real shame...would have been good to see him turn out again in the black n white Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CumbrianRam Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 Inevitable really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastKentRam Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 4 grand a week, f*cking hell, didnt realise it was that much. Even if he had got back to full fitness he was always likely to get injured again, typical Clough decision. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leeds Ram Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 Sad but inevitable. Chris has struggled with serious injuries for years, I never thought he would play for us and if he was on 4k a week that was a bad decision. The gamble was exactly that, if he had played he would have been brilliant for us, sadly he couldn't get fit. Best wishes to chris. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramesses Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 4 grand a week, f*cking hell, didnt realise it was that much. Even if he had got back to full fitness he was always likely to get injured again, typical Clough decision. If emjlc is right about him being on 4k a week then that’s about average for a Championship player. He obviously wasn’t given any kind of long term contract in case the gamble didn’t pay off. The downside was limited. But if the gamble had paid off then what a great player to have as cover for maybe a year or two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramesses Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 Inevitable really. Some thought so. Everyone knew it was gamble but there were differences in opinon. Some thought it was hopeless and he'd never make it. Some thought the medics might have identified the problem and fixed him over the summer. Clough had seen him train and must have been hopeful as well. Most, like me, didnt have a clue one way or another. The first group guessed right. Well done if you were one of that group. But it was still a guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CumbrianRam Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 Money well spent yet again then by Mr Clough More money wasted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ambitious Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 I don't think Clough decides who gets what and how, when it comes to money. Can you imagine the Americans doing that? really.. All Clough can really do is to advise, I may be wrong and say Clough did agree to the contract, but from what I can gather hasn't Clough said in the past he has no idea what players are on? It may of been the Americans being a bit too flush with their money, rather than Clough doing the negotiating with them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcsilks Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 So lets get this right then. Was he on 1) a pay as you play deal as Clough has stated or 2) 4k a week as emjlc claims he has insider knowledge (in which case Clough has directly lied to the fans) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianm Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 So lets get this right then. Was he on 1) a pay as you play deal as Clough has stated or 2) 4k a week as emjlc claims he has insider knowledge (in which case Clough has directly lied to the fans) He was on both 4k a week basic plus more for every appearance. He didn't lie but not go into full detail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ambitious Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 So lets get this right then. Was he on 1) a pay as you play deal as Clough has stated or 2) 4k a week as emjlc claims he has insider knowledge (in which case Clough has directly lied to the fans) Emjlc is a very respectable source when it comes to Riggot, in fairness... if anyone else had said it, I would of rubbished it but since its emjlc, then i'm in no doubts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcsilks Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 He was on both 4k a week basic plus more for every appearance. He didn't lie but not go into full detail. That is not pay as you play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 I don't think Clough decides who gets what and how, when it comes to money. Can you imagine the Americans doing that? really.. All Clough can really do is to advise, I may be wrong and say Clough did agree to the contract, but from what I can gather hasn't Clough said in the past he has no idea what players are on? It may of been the Americans being a bit too flush with their money, rather than Clough doing the negotiating with them I would of thought being on a limited budget and tasked with reducing the wage bill Clough would of wanted to be in the loop with these things, weighing up if the deal is worth it or not for the club. 4k pw or pay as you play, 11 odd games in 3 years and with Barker, Buxton and Anderson already hogging the treatment room it was a daft dream to start with. Nothing against Riggott as a person, I'm sure he's a great lad and will be gutted at not making it, perhaps it's now time to hang up his boots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianm Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 Some thought so. Everyone knew it was gamble but there were differences in opinon. Some thought it was hopeless and he'd never make it. Some thought the medics might have identified the problem and fixed him over the summer. Clough had seen him train and must have been hopeful as well. Most, like me, didnt have a clue one way or another. The first group guessed right. Well done if you were one of that group. But it was still a guess. His record over several years would indicate the likely outcome of this. The overall picture is a club which is not awash with money has wasted 300k plus on Kilbane and Riggott in just wages, which could have been a lot better spent for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trooper Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 Riggot is fit but is far down in the pecking order, bloke wants to be playing football whilst he can!! Can't blame him really!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Teale Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 That is not pay as you play. To be fair thats not actually that much for someone who just a couple of years ago was on about 25k a week at Boro and has a lot of prem experience and has played in a UEFA cup final. Do people actually believe he would turn up for work everyday and not get paid? Clough clearly thought he was fit as he was training with us from about last jan/feb time but broke down again in pre season. Plenty of players have come back from lots of injuries and done well ie Dean Yates was a right off when we took him. Its not worked out sadly, he has been in full training for a while now so needs games which he wont get here with Barker back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 Riggot is fit but is far down in the pecking order, bloke wants to be playing football whilst he can!! Can't blame him really!! If that's the case it's even more daft, surely he was told that Barker and Shackell would be numero uno? now Anderson has left and Buxton is doing whatever he does, Riggott would only have been 4th choice at the most behind O'Brien. 1 injury to those 3 and he'd be on the bench with a chance of game time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trooper Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 His bros were saying he is fit but struggling to get game time! We also have Addison returning, Leacock seemingly going no-where, Naylor who can play central And we signing Cahill from Bolton ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcsilks Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 So looking on the bright side, assuming Anderson was on 3k per week then that's 7k we've saved on wages which translates to about £180,000 saved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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