Interesting omissions on length of contracts...

I'm so bored at how predictable every game is nowadays.

They are just going through the motions and don't give a toss...

Given average wage is around £15k a week in these accounts, a sustainable model isn't conducive with higher end championship players.

So, if we survive, the squad will be of much lower quality in the next few years.

Gambling is the only option, unless new revenue streams can be found.

Hang on, I've got an idea!

We could sign a load of good but low cost players from eastern EU countries....

Oh....

Nope, next season is gonna be a tough one, unless we miraculously go up this season...

Yep recruitment needs to be smart, we also don't appear to be constrained to 1 year deals next season as we are this. Can someone check my maths a bit here too: If next years wage budget is 16m - if all 25 players are paid the same that would be an annual salary per player of 640,000GBP. That equat...

Not quite sure of the veracity of the information but read an article recently which had details of premier players on less than £10k per week. Some staggeringly low figures e.g. Pukki £8k Curtis Jones £4K Both Longstaffs at Newcastle are on less than a grand a week :shock: So, there may be decent ...

Is my maths right and the package being mentioned basically limits our average to around £10k a week?
Probably less as it covers more than just the 25 premium players?

So a fire sale of most of our assets...

If this is right, next season will be the tough one....

Let's hope the owner means it when he says he remains committed.
Still think the AC signing and timing was to soften the blow and remain to be convinced it's in any way viable.
We have a chance, if the manager can get some better cohesion and performances from the squad

what the day after Andy Carroll signs?

what a surprise....

This is about as sensible as PSG signing Sergio Ramos.....

Its about small margins and I tend to agree with the comment that the Whiteboard may just have changed everything. The Keeper situation seems to have stabilised things at the back, along with the other enforced changes. Some of the overplaying at the back with the keeper did have a touch of the Jaap...

There's also something very 'Reading' about spunking millions and blowing FFP out of the water by being just mediocre....

Plus its seems like most fans didn't notice we were making the big play over the last 3/4 years...

Its never been fees. It's always wages. Always. Always This. and it is why I am always infuriated at modern footballer's wages being quoted on a per week basis... I know it's a throwback to when working men were actually paid at the end of the week for their shifts, but subliminally it reduces the ...

There must be other clubs surely operating like us? It's not like we have been blowing tens of millions on players like other clubs. Yeah Puscas and João were big signings for us, but compared to other some players transfer fees....surely there are more teams. SJM on talkshite shortly. Its never be...

I'd also be interested to see some kind of viable strategy laid out for how things improve moving forwards - correct me if I am wrong, but you either: a) grow your revenues or b) manage your costs in order to comply with FFP... a) Grow your revenues: seems like the owners have decided to set reasona...

Isn't the bigger issue the unsustainable nature of the Championship. The only reason for a wealthy owner to consistently pump their money into a club in the Championship is to get to the Premier League, and then the only way to do that is to try and get the best players and coaches. And in the curre...

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Mid Sussex Royal It's only one guy that's reported this...nothing on any mainstream media.

It's the Telegraph not the Sunday Sport.....

They publish Johnson's ramblings so it could all be BS....

If you keep repeating the same mistakes and costing the team points, surely someone has to notice....

He should be toast after that substitution

Wonder how long this embargo is for as well. Do we come out of it if we behave ourselves this season? Was it just for this window or are we restricted to 8.5k contracts all year? It’d be nice to know really. Guess they prob aren’t keen on sharing that info mind you If I read the rules right, the em...