Somebody with a calculator at The Sun has worked out that Kieron Dyer has cost us the little matter of £406,666 per game since he joined us, but this headline figure is only half the truth. This calculation is based on Dyer making 18 appearances in Claret & Blue but, in fact, he has only started 7 games, and only managed to complete 90 minutes in two of those, his first 2 appearances for the club! So, based on starts, he has cost us £800,000 per game!
Since August 28, 2007, Dyer has failed to complete the full 90 minutes in a single game! He has also failed to score since he joined us from Newcastle.
Of course some will say he was unlucky to suffer that double leg break at Bristol Rovers but was anybody really surprised when it happened? And was anybody surprised when he disappeared down the tunnel after just 20 minutes against Bolton?
I haven't done the sums but the cost per minute that he has been on the pitch must be absolutely terrifying! The Sun's calculation also fails to take into account the interest charges on the £6m transfer fee and does not make any allowance for higher league placings and further progress in the Cups had we invested that money more wisely.
Dyer has only managed 30 games in a season three times over his entire career, and you have to go back to his time at Ipswich for two of those. It begs the question, what in God's name did Curbishley think he was doing when he bought him?
And Curbishley had the nerve to sue us?
ReplyDeleteI think it was Pardew who said that he had a fundamental rule when buying players, which was to stay clear of those with even slightly poor injury records. It seems a basic rule doesn't it, yet Curbishley didn't follow it. Given money for the first time and left alone in the sweet shop, he lost the plot. Of all those culpable for our situation, surely he must be up there with the worst?
I hope we learn from this and sign players to pay-for-play deals from now on.
ReplyDeleteWorks for the Toffies and Louis Saha eh?
Like it or not he had a contract and the club broke it. But don't worry because after paying Curbs 3million quid we are going to have to pay Zola's off as well.
ReplyDeleteClub has a decision to make, shell out the few million to pay Zola off and still no guarantees we stay up with the next manager or risk losing 30million going down because that's what will happen sticking with him.
TBI,
ReplyDeleteMy argument was from the moral standpoint. When Curbishley was brought in, he was a West Ham man, just like many of us here. If I was manager and West Ham sacked me, I wouldn't sue them because being a West Ham man, I would know that it would only hurt the team and the fans. On top of that, had I purchased the trash Curbishley bought at those prices and on those contracts, I would definitely not have sued my club but would gone quietly with shame.
Stani Army I would like to think management was like that but I doubt it is. If you worked for/in a place you loved, and enjoyed working with with the people there, however the chairman or boss sacks you for unfair dismissal, you're hardly going to think of other people e.g your co-workers over yourself. Particularly when there's 3 million squid involved
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ReplyDeleteI understand what you're saying and I'd pretty much do the same in any other work place but this scenario is a bit different no? To sue the club you played for and apparently love and support, is quite cold hearted. Plus, he was a millionaire anyway so he didn't exactly need the money. I just think he was a bit out of order.
Curbishley wasn't sacked was he? He walked! It should have been off a plank, not to a £3m payout!
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