I don't think he would. TB has said that the target is for the club to at least break even operationally, and that he doesn't want to have to pump money into it forever. My take is that the arrival of FFP, with its declining levels of allowable operating loss as each season passes, has provided...
As at 30 June 2012, TB owned 77% and had lent the club £120m. Since then he has converted £40m of the loan into shares (giving him 91% ownership) and still has £80m of the loan outstanding at 30 June 2012. The loan amount will have increased since then, since TB committed in the June 2012...
Yep, I agree with your inference - fewer, if the squad isn't strengthened in the next two weeks.
Purely a guess, I would plump for 30, being reasonably optimistic, which would leave us at 69 points and in about 8th or 9th. The reason given for this shortfall against the pre-season target will...
I kind of see his point, but only kind of. TB has made it abundantly clear that he wants to achieve PL status at some point in the nearish future on multiple occasions. He also stated at the fans' forum that a play-off position this season is the target. He has also been fulsome in his praise...