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Weststander

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Aug 25, 2011
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Football is bonkers. The majority of Premier League clubs are fielding weakened teams in the cup competitions (so they're never going to win anything) whilst simultaneously binning off a manger or two every year.

What is the point of it all? Where is the soul of football now? There's no journey to enjoy, there's no time to build up a relationship between players, fans and coaches, just a Groundhog Day of sacking, replacements, the managerial merry-go-round, desperate window signings, agents getting richer.

All money driven. The Albion is the perfect example.

Championship version - £25m income, £45m costs = £20m annual losses, completely unsustainable and unfair on the owner.

PL version - £135m income, giving a profit to break even = a viable business.
 


Pavilionaire

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Jul 7, 2003
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All money driven. The Albion is the perfect example.

Championship version - £25m income, £45m costs = £20m annual losses, completely unsustainable and unfair on the owner.

PL version - £135m income, giving a profit to break even = a viable business.

Certainly without parachute payments the Championship is commercially unsustainable.
 


chaileyjem

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Jun 27, 2012
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All money driven. The Albion is the perfect example.

Championship version - £25m income, £45m costs = £20m annual losses, completely unsustainable and unfair on the owner.

PL version - £135m income, giving a profit to break even = a viable business.

Its even more stark. Albion's losses last year were £40m. (its income was £29m). Total losses since moving to the Amex (all funded by Bloom) are £118m , and then all the rest on the stadium/training ground so > £280m to keep us afloat.
And even with eye watering tv income, only 12 out of the 20 Prem League clubs made a profit (for 2015/16, figs for 16/17 not complete yet) or if they do , only v.small.
Albion might, if they stay up, make a profit of under £5m.
Hard to say many of them are viable businesses.

via : http://priceoffootball.com/brighton-and-hove-albion-please-please-please-let-me-get-what-i-want/

Is Tony Bloom's motivation for investing in a successful local football club ? Money ? (or Peter Coates, or Dean Hoyle ?). None are likely to get anywhere near their their money back if they sold their clubs and none show any sign of doing so. Why do Hudds have £100 season tickets ? Why do Stoke offer free coach travel to all their fans for away matches and have done for 5 years ? For some owners, its money driven. A desire to give their fortunes away cos they're football fans.
 








djentist

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Aug 15, 2017
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Javi Gracia NEW Boss, WHO ???

Said the same about Silva, at least they're not dawdling and have got a new gaffa in quickly rather than the Everton approach of leaving someone liked by the club out to dry for weeks on end
 








nicko31

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Jan 7, 2010
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Can they this high and fire strategy keep working indefinitely? Surely sooner or later they will come unstuck
 




Gully Forever

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May 9, 2011
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Well, there record is as bad as ours, It seems that the six clubs around us that have sacked there mangers are now doing better then us, So who are we to criticise.

We could be the morons who stick with there manager and go 20 games without a win,
 



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