It was. Sami had a 14% increase in playing budget compared to Oscar, went out and spent a fair few quid on Stockdale, Holla, Baldock, no different to the fees Hughton paid for Hemed, Knockeart, and Kayal.
He also chose to go with 3 expensive Premier League loans (of which only 1 really worked...
According to the accounts and quoted by Swiss Ramble's rather good post below, the football budget for 14/15 was £23m, and £20m for 13/14 under Garcia.
Also unless you have different accounts that you're quoting above, then i'm struggling for evidence that Hyypia had a "cheap" budget and other...
Ha! El P - Always a good Roar.
My query. Whats KP's thoughts on where we might be 2013/14 wise in terms of the Playing Budget league... ? (ie: wages) - hard i know cos not all clubs have released accounts.
If you've never listened to Roar, then this is a great place to start. Fine season review and analysis from Nick, Al and Ady on Oscar's resignation, Derby, the defence, the and January Transfer window.
Recommended.
See you all again in July.
By the way this weeks AR with David Burke is terrific. The detail and explanation of how the club find and source players, his obvious love of the club as a lifelong fan, and nailing those myths that Oscar/Nathan etc have "no say" means its a must listen. Good work Ady/Alan.
Well i suspect Paul Barber actually respects that fans have differing views and by having a thriving NSC and other media like AR then conversely makes his job easier. Anyway he can't be too upset because he was a guest on AR last season and very good he was too...