Bradford survive

Thursday 21st September.

Last night the reserves managed to achieve something that the first team couldn’t, they beat Oldham Athletic 1-0 at Boundary Park. Of more significance however was that the victory was achieved without Ken Monkou for 85 minutes of the game as once again our overpaid and under performing Dutch defender has suffered a recurrence of his hamstring injury.

If Monkou wasn’t a footballer he would be in serious danger of being sacked in most other professions as he has hardly managed a full day’s work in the last 6 months. Rumour has it that he is earning in the region of £10,000 per week, and for a player who is not performing this is excessive particularly with Town’s pecuniary limitations at present. £10,000 per week equates to around £½ million per year, and if the alleged £5 million wage bill is true then this is around 10% of the bill on just one player. We are not a big enough club to carry expensive passengers like Monkou and one or two others who are on Premiership contracts who spend more time in the reserves or on the treatment table, and somehow we could do with clearing these players out, now! We might then be able to bring in some replacements who might be lower on pedigree but higher on commitment to the cause.

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