Ernest
Stupid IDIOT
In todays paper it says Forest paying Djebbur 25k a week, their wage bill must be something stupid now and they will only finish at the play offs at best. I wonder how FFP will deal with them ?
It is madness.
I reckon we are only one of about 6 clubs that are taking FFP seriously. And half of them will likely go down (Charlton, Yeovil and Barnsley).
Exactly, much like when Man City had the Etihad Stadium sponsorship deal for £400m by Sheik Mansourr's cousin. Sneaky but seems to be working.Paul Barber and Tony Bloom seemed to be suggesting at the last fans forum that they thought most clubs are trying to comply.
It doesn't always look that way. With Forest, it feels as though they're bending the rules rather than directly breaking them- using excessively large sponsorship deals that don't necessary represent the true value of the deal.
Exactly, much like when Man City had the Etihad Stadium sponsorship deal for £400m by Sheik Mansourr's cousin. Sneaky but seems to be working.
I may be wrong but I thought the reason we lost out on Conway and Grabban was due to the contracts being a bit low and not very long term.Clubs may be trying to comply but I haven't noticed any obvious reduction in the size of transfer fees or player's wages
We have seen price increases in tickets and subsidiary income items though as well as job losses amongst non-playing staff - great stuff this FFP
I may be wrong but I thought the reason we lost out on Conway and Grabban was due to the contracts being a bit low and not very long term.
Ask yourself, how many of our current players do you think have taken a pay cut - has our total player budget reduced from last year, Paul Barber he say no.
When we sold Bridcutt was FFP likely to increase our demands regarding a transfer fee or reduce it?
Clubs don't work in isolation - how can FFP drive down transfer fees when it makes one side of the negotiation want to receive a higher fee and the other side to pay a lower one?
Hardly the level playing field that FFP is meant to create?
Far better to have a transparent set of punishments such as 1pt deduction per million overspend
FFP has NOTHING to do with creating a level playing field though, the objective is in address the imbalance between clubs and players when it comes to wage negotiations.
I thought it was in the rules somewhere that sponsorship deals had to be realistic, but id imagine it would be difficult to prove otherwise.
Really? - I thought the stated objective was to reduce the amount spent by clubs on player costs in comparison to their income - there is a difference
In your otherwise excellent blog on the BHAFC finances you state, "If fans are worried that we won’t achieve that target, they can put aside such concerns" and go on to justify that statement by saying, " the increased revenue and cost savings initiated by Paul Barber and David Jones should just about make this achievable, and that is before the sales of Bridcutt, Dobbie, Barnes and El Abd are taken into account".
Whilst factually that may be correct it fails to make any reference to the truth that we have failed miserably in achieving the aims of FFP other than in financial terms. Actually the opposite is the case, in the last financial year our player costs increased by 41% over the previous year and are set to increase again this year according to Paul Barber!
The stated objective and the real world are poles apart.
Our playing costs increased by 41% last season because the chairman targeted a playoff place, whereas in 2011/12 the target was consolidation in the division.
Those two goals come at different financial costs.