Biggins

[Nudga]

Total wage bill last season of £5.7m, up a million on the prior season. That's ok money.

Rovers or Shrews?

[JonWallsend]

I like Biggins and think we will miss.  him. He had energy  and got us on the front foot, qualities we lacked in his absence,  in the home leg v Crewe.
That said, I trust that  the new additions, probably Clifton, will adequately fill the void.
Am I correct  in thinking Biggins last ever touch as a Rovers player  resulted in a goal. Good way to leave.

[Campsall rover]

Total wage bill last season of £5.7m, up a million on the prior season. That's ok money.

Where has that info come from CBcb?
5.7m is very high for league 2
I would think only Wrexham, Notts C & Bradford C will have had higher wage bills last season in League 2 based on that figure. Higher than Stockport & Mansfield ( who were both promoted ) and Gillingham who have a wealthy American owner.

I would have estimated it at around 4.0m if I had to take a punt simply on the size of the squad we had.

Would be interested to see an official wage bill league table if one was available.

[Campsall rover]

CBcb so your saying the season before last under McSheffrey & Schofield we had a wage bill of 4.7 million.
Sorry I find that very hard to believe.

That season only Taylor, Anderson & Rowe will have been on over 2.5k per week imo. ( I am guessing as I don’t know ) & the vast majority of the others will have been on under 1.5k per week.
Many of them around 1.0k or less imo.

[pib]

Pretty sure CBCB is talking about Shrewsbury's wage bill, not ours.

The information is freely available here, specifically on page 21:

https://s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/document-api-images-live.ch.gov.uk/docs/kG8znvwCcKq_Xy3K37d5EUnehSzWwAbAFCEbVtMrVjU/application-pdf?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=ASIAWRGBDBV3DGP3TTCS%2F20240612%2Feu-west-2%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20240612T111338Z&X-Amz-Expires=60&X-Amz-Security-Token=IQoJb3JpZ2luX2VjENX%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2FwEaCWV1LXdlc3QtMiJIMEYCIQDdLeB8sV8sbLGUGA0ltAqAFeqkP0BdxGEhE1yqoqxUBgIhAJcT2XMgiN9MCBRni%2F%2FZOC1NKInxwHQFsoWkEU%2FzrGnmKrsFCG4QBRoMNDQ5MjI5MDMyODIyIgzw3KjJUzaVq0gyq98qmAUPgG2UImGrzac82%2By3kOkbkYEkDUJL%2Fyskw39UMDftOkFcweb0rgAYC5%2BnKJWeMpPGoq69VUaoHX8mpE3QAt3yWpqkZFktSgtakPVlcWCE4CxX2pwycqDI%2FdqZVHGaZSmdrgDDahQAgt1TB7U5L1e5q21xCJYWJfBy%2FN1ibCtJK6JdflL1WegcC1ZZ0wuHbicj%2FCxO62HB0glcj1sZNqaU17lVZNgN5ueW%2B7YfyyaxPWrJrIJi9nSv%2FTqHi7fQelkQZMYlUxc%2BoShg3TVhz1Zi6KCpfEUCdBPtllop203vw0R0RoS8DR%2FxotBo82SHt3QImqVW7bCLQ7wxPOAn%2BxfXT8uNJmNspOgrFnhBa0g48Dt2bS51uTMamsTiGC8muqIf53vh6xfr%2BmcIWb%2B11eO%2FIXOz3CaV5x2%2FarE993mxFKfMWom6ea91v0Uo85uHXYzYLLhtpa80XkB7KHd8DSY1Tw7rIdU%2FB80NlUtmVXMCsyVPAAcJD4zikWUE97G3qdYorUsfxe4%2FJngyRzmogW%2BkKaQEqV%2BUonJg74RT1lb0og%2FyOBy12%2F81E9mbr26hJ3JDmjaMjboCm90XsJ0U%2Fj63h24ZW7SX6CAW5b43IFafuDVtlAyce0Y99UJOR4oK3tdXPR7Wj4v8ifJ7xUzkiMvOTEE0XBPVAxqJc2XS%2F2dkXxkGm22wIF6pQwjo7Il1qBdtsRR6QsWWCg0hfiBUXsxkFMewKHNLgJP2rFHq5yHs9Eezw6MCZSDVCjNqAKXgTdW3tQzwCQVtLytFLkI5T%2FDaI6wTcGMDxE5vtFSI7VJXQbfencX4Z%2FTIHqsUmi29%2F3YiAyDCOt%2BeXeHPE9cJaUWFzUoSM0yugnmbv8ZbVvHE5sdLWzBN08wXMKXbpLMGOrABvtS%2BzZMy46FAKyC2sQ%2F2FjsYyk94sTS2bZv%2FeZ0zcslUmeQnCdCW5z7q6rusR4B%2BphLxvFN2oNMMa1RyBXECupiuLrS%2F8LDWbx8eGXxDbzudL0IYZAlmLB9eO6PXt3V9AiwmaTFBD994xO6E%2BxOaGRhTNw0RcsAgm%2BSh61ihjZ%2By8fvcanPqxxXEEGvDnv%2FIaGOFtpmIF8La7h3CsRpjsxySF6EiHA1yFwNCaQmC6q4%3D&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&response-content-disposition=inline%3Bfilename%3D%2200315587_aa_2024-03-28.pdf%22&X-Amz-Signature=a1aae805efe11988fbf159a98664fa24b14454312bf31f96c0f52b9a1fd9c916

This does appear to cover all staff, not just players, FWIW.

[Campsall rover]

Pretty sure CBCB is talking about Shrewsbury's wage bill, not ours.

The information is freely available here, specifically on page 21:

https://s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/document-api-images-live.ch.gov.uk/docs/kG8znvwCcKq_Xy3K37d5EUnehSzWwAbAFCEbVtMrVjU/application-pdf?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=ASIAWRGBDBV3DGP3TTCS%2F20240612%2Feu-west-2%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20240612T111338Z&X-Amz-Expires=60&X-Amz-Security-Token=IQoJb3JpZ2luX2VjENX%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2FwEaCWV1LXdlc3QtMiJIMEYCIQDdLeB8sV8sbLGUGA0ltAqAFeqkP0BdxGEhE1yqoqxUBgIhAJcT2XMgiN9MCBRni%2F%2FZOC1NKInxwHQFsoWkEU%2FzrGnmKrsFCG4QBRoMNDQ5MjI5MDMyODIyIgzw3KjJUzaVq0gyq98qmAUPgG2UImGrzac82%2By3kOkbkYEkDUJL%2Fyskw39UMDftOkFcweb0rgAYC5%2BnKJWeMpPGoq69VUaoHX8mpE3QAt3yWpqkZFktSgtakPVlcWCE4CxX2pwycqDI%2FdqZVHGaZSmdrgDDahQAgt1TB7U5L1e5q21xCJYWJfBy%2FN1ibCtJK6JdflL1WegcC1ZZ0wuHbicj%2FCxO62HB0glcj1sZNqaU17lVZNgN5ueW%2B7YfyyaxPWrJrIJi9nSv%2FTqHi7fQelkQZMYlUxc%2BoShg3TVhz1Zi6KCpfEUCdBPtllop203vw0R0RoS8DR%2FxotBo82SHt3QImqVW7bCLQ7wxPOAn%2BxfXT8uNJmNspOgrFnhBa0g48Dt2bS51uTMamsTiGC8muqIf53vh6xfr%2BmcIWb%2B11eO%2FIXOz3CaV5x2%2FarE993mxFKfMWom6ea91v0Uo85uHXYzYLLhtpa80XkB7KHd8DSY1Tw7rIdU%2FB80NlUtmVXMCsyVPAAcJD4zikWUE97G3qdYorUsfxe4%2FJngyRzmogW%2BkKaQEqV%2BUonJg74RT1lb0og%2FyOBy12%2F81E9mbr26hJ3JDmjaMjboCm90XsJ0U%2Fj63h24ZW7SX6CAW5b43IFafuDVtlAyce0Y99UJOR4oK3tdXPR7Wj4v8ifJ7xUzkiMvOTEE0XBPVAxqJc2XS%2F2dkXxkGm22wIF6pQwjo7Il1qBdtsRR6QsWWCg0hfiBUXsxkFMewKHNLgJP2rFHq5yHs9Eezw6MCZSDVCjNqAKXgTdW3tQzwCQVtLytFLkI5T%2FDaI6wTcGMDxE5vtFSI7VJXQbfencX4Z%2FTIHqsUmi29%2F3YiAyDCOt%2BeXeHPE9cJaUWFzUoSM0yugnmbv8ZbVvHE5sdLWzBN08wXMKXbpLMGOrABvtS%2BzZMy46FAKyC2sQ%2F2FjsYyk94sTS2bZv%2FeZ0zcslUmeQnCdCW5z7q6rusR4B%2BphLxvFN2oNMMa1RyBXECupiuLrS%2F8LDWbx8eGXxDbzudL0IYZAlmLB9eO6PXt3V9AiwmaTFBD994xO6E%2BxOaGRhTNw0RcsAgm%2BSh61ihjZ%2By8fvcanPqxxXEEGvDnv%2FIaGOFtpmIF8La7h3CsRpjsxySF6EiHA1yFwNCaQmC6q4%3D&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&response-content-disposition=inline%3Bfilename%3D%2200315587_aa_2024-03-28.pdf%22&X-Amz-Signature=a1aae805efe11988fbf159a98664fa24b14454312bf31f96c0f52b9a1fd9c916

This does appear to cover all staff, not just players, FWIW.

I would be amazed if Shrewsbury had a 5.7m wage bill also.
If they do then they have someone putting an awful lot of money in or they would be trading at a massive loss.

[pib]

Pretty sure CBCB is talking about Shrewsbury's wage bill, not ours.

The information is freely available here, specifically on page 21:

https://s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/document-api-images-live.ch.gov.uk/docs/kG8znvwCcKq_Xy3K37d5EUnehSzWwAbAFCEbVtMrVjU/application-pdf?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=ASIAWRGBDBV3DGP3TTCS%2F20240612%2Feu-west-2%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20240612T111338Z&X-Amz-Expires=60&X-Amz-Security-Token=IQoJb3JpZ2luX2VjENX%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2FwEaCWV1LXdlc3QtMiJIMEYCIQDdLeB8sV8sbLGUGA0ltAqAFeqkP0BdxGEhE1yqoqxUBgIhAJcT2XMgiN9MCBRni%2F%2FZOC1NKInxwHQFsoWkEU%2FzrGnmKrsFCG4QBRoMNDQ5MjI5MDMyODIyIgzw3KjJUzaVq0gyq98qmAUPgG2UImGrzac82%2By3kOkbkYEkDUJL%2Fyskw39UMDftOkFcweb0rgAYC5%2BnKJWeMpPGoq69VUaoHX8mpE3QAt3yWpqkZFktSgtakPVlcWCE4CxX2pwycqDI%2FdqZVHGaZSmdrgDDahQAgt1TB7U5L1e5q21xCJYWJfBy%2FN1ibCtJK6JdflL1WegcC1ZZ0wuHbicj%2FCxO62HB0glcj1sZNqaU17lVZNgN5ueW%2B7YfyyaxPWrJrIJi9nSv%2FTqHi7fQelkQZMYlUxc%2BoShg3TVhz1Zi6KCpfEUCdBPtllop203vw0R0RoS8DR%2FxotBo82SHt3QImqVW7bCLQ7wxPOAn%2BxfXT8uNJmNspOgrFnhBa0g48Dt2bS51uTMamsTiGC8muqIf53vh6xfr%2BmcIWb%2B11eO%2FIXOz3CaV5x2%2FarE993mxFKfMWom6ea91v0Uo85uHXYzYLLhtpa80XkB7KHd8DSY1Tw7rIdU%2FB80NlUtmVXMCsyVPAAcJD4zikWUE97G3qdYorUsfxe4%2FJngyRzmogW%2BkKaQEqV%2BUonJg74RT1lb0og%2FyOBy12%2F81E9mbr26hJ3JDmjaMjboCm90XsJ0U%2Fj63h24ZW7SX6CAW5b43IFafuDVtlAyce0Y99UJOR4oK3tdXPR7Wj4v8ifJ7xUzkiMvOTEE0XBPVAxqJc2XS%2F2dkXxkGm22wIF6pQwjo7Il1qBdtsRR6QsWWCg0hfiBUXsxkFMewKHNLgJP2rFHq5yHs9Eezw6MCZSDVCjNqAKXgTdW3tQzwCQVtLytFLkI5T%2FDaI6wTcGMDxE5vtFSI7VJXQbfencX4Z%2FTIHqsUmi29%2F3YiAyDCOt%2BeXeHPE9cJaUWFzUoSM0yugnmbv8ZbVvHE5sdLWzBN08wXMKXbpLMGOrABvtS%2BzZMy46FAKyC2sQ%2F2FjsYyk94sTS2bZv%2FeZ0zcslUmeQnCdCW5z7q6rusR4B%2BphLxvFN2oNMMa1RyBXECupiuLrS%2F8LDWbx8eGXxDbzudL0IYZAlmLB9eO6PXt3V9AiwmaTFBD994xO6E%2BxOaGRhTNw0RcsAgm%2BSh61ihjZ%2By8fvcanPqxxXEEGvDnv%2FIaGOFtpmIF8La7h3CsRpjsxySF6EiHA1yFwNCaQmC6q4%3D&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&response-content-disposition=inline%3Bfilename%3D%2200315587_aa_2024-03-28.pdf%22&X-Amz-Signature=a1aae805efe11988fbf159a98664fa24b14454312bf31f96c0f52b9a1fd9c916

This does appear to cover all staff, not just players, FWIW.

I would be amazed if Shrewsbury had a 5.7m wage bill also.
If they do then they have someone putting an awful lot of money in or they would be trading at a massive loss.

I'm not sure why you'd be amazed if you've clicked the link and read it. The link is to their publicly available full accounts from Companies House. Have a look for yourself on page 21 to see their wage costs. It's also detailed in there that they traded at a £3m loss in the financial year in question.

EDIT - just seen the link may be broken, so instead click the below, and then on "View PDF" where it says "Full accounts made up to 30 June 2023"
https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00315587/filing-history

[Chris Black come back]

Gareth Ainsworth appointed head coach of Shrewsbury Town, bottom of League One. Maybe he might fancy Biggins more than the last guy. The last guy who actually signed him, then loaned him out for the season, all within two months.

[DonnyBazR0ver]

Gareth Ainsworth appointed head coach of Shrewsbury Town, bottom of League One. Maybe he might fancy Biggins more than the last guy. The last guy who actually signed him, then loaned him out for the season, all within two months.

If he sees any of his performances at Carlisle, he will probably leave him where he is.

[The Dav]

We only saw the best of him in the second half of last season, prior to that I thought we’d have been better off with Christopher Biggins pulling on the hoops !!

[RoversInSpain]

We only saw the best of him in the second half of last season, prior to that I thought we’d have been better off with Christopher Biggins pulling on the hoops !!

Totally agree.
Oh yes, his contract was coming to an end.
He’ll be great again when it suits him.
Glad we got rid.

[Prez]

A bit harsh some of the comments. Yes he could go completely missing in some games, but he always was looking to get forward and scored a few important goals. Lets not forget the header v Barrow, which provided an incredible euphoric moment, in our recent history.

Never heard a roar anything like it, when that hit the back of the net.

[drfchound]

A bit harsh some of the comments. Yes he could go completely missing in some games, but he always was looking to get forward and scored a few important goals. Lets not forget the header v Barrow, which provided an incredible euphoric moment, in our recent history.

Never heard a roar anything like it, when that hit the back of the net.

He is a L2 player isn’t  he, so it is likely that he is going to perform at his best every game.
I thought he started to shine in the 5-1 at Grimsby after Craig came into the team and Biggs was decent for the rest of the season.
I don’t buy into the reasoning that he tried harder because his contract was coming to an end.

[idler]

The system with Craig in the team let him play to his strengths and he looked far better for it. To be fair all of the players looked far better from February onwards and their confidence grew.