Minimise the office & peripheral staff, pay freezes, re-evaluation of job content, value & efficacy, increase the use of volunteers (most clubs at our level wouldn’t exist without volunteers), minimal playing staff on ‘realistic’ wages, minimal coaches, minimal non playing staff, do we need ‘specialists’
Part of Scunthorpe United’s problem is that it’s a relatively big operation (stadium, size of fanbase etc) for where we find ourselves in terms of league status. There’s a lot to it, a lot of moving parts that must be addressed each week. To be honest, it looks to me like there are less employed staff now than there have ever been so that will have had a positive impact on the wage bill. You mention ‘re-evaluation of job content, value & efficacy’, and I think they are probably addressing this. I immediately think of James Moody who has had periods in the not too distant past of seeming to wear about 500 different hats. That’s not sustainable. Perhaps, as it stands, in a couple of key areas they haven’t made the right additional appointments yet (hospitality etc)…
