Thankyou for taking the time to reply.
So, as I understand it now, the 7 clubs with a higher budget than the Albion were clubs that had been relegated from the Premier League and were receiving parachute payments.
Although it cannot be factually stated, I think it is fair to assume that those...
So in essence.....we managed 4 places higher than perhaps our budget indicated ?
Just out of interest, of those 7 clubs with a higher 'budget', were any of them the clubs relegated (or recently relegated with parachute payments) and consequently carrying the 'ne'er do wells' and failure players...