Surely it's not just me that thinks this obscene in the present climate?

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Fri Oct-22-10 11:02 AM
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Surely it's not just me that thinks this obscene in the present climate?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/oct/22/wayne-rooney-staying-manchester-united

�180,000 a week?

Madness.

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T_i_B

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Fri Oct-22-10 11:06 AM
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1. It's difficult to find anyone who doesn't think it's obscene.

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LeftishBrit

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Fri Oct-22-10 11:23 AM
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2. I think most people would regard that as obscene!

Who needs �180,000 a WEEK?

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oldironside

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Fri Oct-22-10 11:47 AM
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3. Who needs 180K a year?

Time to bring back the maximum wage, methinks. Set it at the level it was when it was abolished, too.

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Fwages.htm

The last figure mentioned there was 20 quid in 1958. I think that's about fair for kicking a football.

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Hopeless Romantic

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Fri Oct-22-10 02:28 PM
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4. I guess the ticket holders who queue up to get in every Saturday afternoon or

pay through the nose to watch it on TV must be happy with it or they wouldn't do it would they? It's not as if the government are paying him over nine million pounds a year is it?

Obscene? Yes I'd say so. But who gives a toss what I say?

At least he'll be paying 4.5 million a year in tax.

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T_i_B

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Mon Oct-25-10 05:38 AM
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6. Well maybe if you spoke to Man U supporters

You might actually discover that actually they are not all that happy with Wayne Rooney taking their club for every penny he can.

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Hopeless Romantic

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Fri Oct-22-10 02:36 PM
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5. meanwhile...

Portsmouth on the brink of liquidation

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=835059&sec=england&cc=5739

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