It's not that straight forward, is it?
One would deem it a waste of money if we lost. Even then, the exercise could have been positive if we lost e.g. 2-0 instead of 4-0. We'll never know. To quote the great Liam Brady...
Maybe they can knock that cost off the match tickets? Deduct a few pence and we're talking.
Probably a lot easier with players living all over the place, rather than getting them to congregate back in Brighton.