Tubby-McFat-Fuc
Well-known member
Feel free to shoot me down, I can take it
But I keep reading on here about our budget or lack of it. Budget is a very misleading term in this case.
Our budget may be mid tableish in the division. Our spending power is not.
Wolves, Birmingham, Blackburn, Bolton, Blackpool all have huge budgets compared to us, backed by parachute payments. It hasn't done them much good has it?
Any decent premiership class player that gets relegated, will move to another premiership team, leaving the average players behind in the championship on their premiership wages. These players demand huge wages which is why those teams that come down, in general struggle to sign players. West Ham went for broke and got lucky. Others have struggled. Look at Birmingham, Zigic is still on a contract worth north of 50k a week. O'Hara at Wolves rumoured to be on 30k a week.
As I say, shoot me down if you want, but our top earner is on around 12k. Last season we had a CMS, Vicente, Bridcutt, Kuscaczak and still had a lot of change out of what Birmingham pay Zigic.
So whilst out "budget" is far less than those, our spending power isn't.
I expect Wigan, Reading and QPR to struggle next season as well.
So please stop attacking/defending Bloom, Barber, or Poyet on size of budget. Its a very misleading phrase.
But I keep reading on here about our budget or lack of it. Budget is a very misleading term in this case.
Our budget may be mid tableish in the division. Our spending power is not.
Wolves, Birmingham, Blackburn, Bolton, Blackpool all have huge budgets compared to us, backed by parachute payments. It hasn't done them much good has it?
Any decent premiership class player that gets relegated, will move to another premiership team, leaving the average players behind in the championship on their premiership wages. These players demand huge wages which is why those teams that come down, in general struggle to sign players. West Ham went for broke and got lucky. Others have struggled. Look at Birmingham, Zigic is still on a contract worth north of 50k a week. O'Hara at Wolves rumoured to be on 30k a week.
As I say, shoot me down if you want, but our top earner is on around 12k. Last season we had a CMS, Vicente, Bridcutt, Kuscaczak and still had a lot of change out of what Birmingham pay Zigic.
So whilst out "budget" is far less than those, our spending power isn't.
I expect Wigan, Reading and QPR to struggle next season as well.
So please stop attacking/defending Bloom, Barber, or Poyet on size of budget. Its a very misleading phrase.
But if you are going to call me clueless, bear in mind in Wolves case it has nothing to do with Financial fair play. If you are going to call other posters clueless, at least know what you are talking about, before throwing **** around that they may not.
