Sunderland's running costs are 'scary' and must be reduced, says Stewart Donald


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No doubt about it. Even with the big changes at senior management level and cuts at the bottom of the pay scales, there is still a huge amount to work to be done to reduce staff costing. More tough decisions to come. However, so far the new owners have made tough decisions quickly and this must continue. The ladies team is an interesting one. 500-600k to run without a reputable league position now. That might go the journey. However, if it's needed to keep Cat 1 academy status that might be why they keep it. Again, tough decisions.
Why would we need a cat 1 academy, whatever that is?
 
You don’t think the club were actively trying to get rid of him?

Yes they obviously were but the response when it came didn’t really factor in just how far the situation had deteriorated...offering him a free transfer halfway through the season when his stock was at an all time low and expecting another club to pay £70k/week for him was a real lack of realism by the club.

What should have happened was at the start of the last season offer him half of what he was due for the remaining two years of his contract and allowed him to retire from football as ultimately that’s been his aim for at least 18 months that I know of.
 
By that I assume you’re referring to Rodwell if so read the article again, Donald is talking about the cost of running the club excluding the footballers

Removing Rodwell will help the overall club finances but not the non football overheads

All comes out of the club finances
 
No doubt about it. Even with the big changes at senior management level and cuts at the bottom of the pay scales, there is still a huge amount to work to be done to reduce staff costing. More tough decisions to come. However, so far the new owners have made tough decisions quickly and this must continue. The ladies team is an interesting one. 500-600k to run without a reputable league position now. That might go the journey. However, if it's needed to keep Cat 1 academy status that might be why they keep it. Again, tough decisions.
I think we need to be doing everything we can to keep that women’s team, even at a lower level. It’s important and once it’s gone it will be incredibly different to bring back. What kind of message would it send to young women and girls if we basically say ‘sorry, I know your team has been far more successful than the men’s side in recent years but we’re going to scrap that to benefit the men’s team’.
 
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