Horses Arse
Well-known member
Palace would have made a similar loss to the Albion in 2013/14 (£7.7m) that year (2012/13) but for selling Zaha and other players of course admits Steve Parish himself. Palace's support was smaller than the Albion that year but still an average of 17K so not quite as small as you imply . That said Albion had an higher wage bill than Palace that season and also a far higher turnover. (£23m to $14m) - ie: ticket sales/commercial so not sure what you mean.
Most of the increase in the stadium's capacity (ie: the East Stand Upper) was completed in time for start of 2012/13, with the complete in filling in the ends during 2012/13.
Although 2013/14 was the first full season with every game at the potential 30,750 capacity.
Not sure what Barber has done either simply "remove the fat" or "straightforward" ...but then I'm not a CEO of a business with a £25m turnover.
£7.7m loss? Thought it was circa £10m for us in 2013/14? Or are you saying that Palace's loss of £7.7m is similar to our £10m loss? Palace had much smaller revenues because even with an average crowd of 17k that is with free kids season tickets, groupon deals, much cheaper tickets generally (especially season tickets) and poor corporate facilities (other than for rodents).
So in summary you are saying that without player sales they would have made 'similar' losses to us this season but with much smaller revenue, which was exactly my point. Paul's brought it to an average level for a championship side. Well done for that, it was very much needed, now show your value