The hysterically annoying and totally unfounded, but traditional, January 2025 rumours thread.

[LoopisDeLupis]

A possible indicator of why we've turned to shit.

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Managed to spend nothing and blow the PSR rules out of the water. Takes a special kind of talent.

 

[M17TT C]

A possible indicator of why we've turned to shit.

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Is there the same table for transfer fees received?

I'd guess we've done quite well in that aspect but it just shows how ridiculous our wage bill is.

 

[Brown Nose]

Is there the same table for transfer fees received?

I'd guess we've done quite well in that aspect but it just shows how ridiculous our wage bill is.

It's from Kieran Maguire and he's working on that one so I'll post when it's done.

Transfermarket reckon our net spend over the last decade is about £150m. This is significantly lower than the net spend of Notts Forest who spent most of that time outside the PL and about half the net spend of someone like Bournemouth.

Comparatively, we haven't spent excessively and we've made a lot back in terms of sales - over half a billion in that time.

Our problem (and it's not a new point I know) is that we've massively overpaid for shite without a resale value and then we pay them all far too much so they don't leave.

Clowns (Aiyawatt, Rudkin and Whelan) will be clowns.

 

[M17TT C]

It's from Kieran Maguire and he's working on that one so I'll post when it's done.

Transfermarket reckon our net spend over the last decade is about £150m. This is significantly lower than the net spend of Notts Forest who spent most of that time outside the PL and about half the net spend of someone like Bournemouth.

Comparatively, we haven't spent excessively and we've made a lot back in terms of sales - over half a billion in that time.

Our problem (and it's not a new point I know) is that we've massively overpaid for shite without a resale value and then we pay them all far too much so they don't leave.

Clowns (Aiyawatt, Rudkin and Whelan) will be clowns.

Wages has been a constant issue for us though - years of having near 100% of revenue spent on wages which is just completely unsustainable for any business - our annual income has been tied up with wages alone, hence little to no transfers without selling first.

If we had managed to sell some of the players we've let go for free instead then it would have helped but the wages for shite has been crippling us for years.

Teams like us cannot afford to have numerous players on £50k a week just for turning up for training each week, it's absolute madness and there is little to no incentive for bang average players when they have been financially sorted for life in a couple of years.

 

[LoopisDeLupis]

Wages has been a constant issue for us though - years of having near 100% of revenue spent on wages which is just completely unsustainable for any business - our annual income has been tied up with wages alone, hence little to no transfers without selling first.

If we had managed to sell some of the players we've let go for free instead then it would have helped but the wages for shite has been crippling us for years.

Teams like us cannot afford to have numerous players on £50k a week just for turning up for training each week, it's absolute madness and there is little to no incentive for bang average players when they have been financially sorted for life in a couple of years.

Money does not equal motivation.

Lots of our players are on crazy contracts. But paying them more wouldn’t make them more motivated.

 

[SilverFox]

A possible indicator of why we've turned to shit.

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How in the blue hell can Chelsea get away with a 1.6billion spend. **** a duck.

 

[Brown Nose]

Wages has been a constant issue for us though - years of having near 100% of revenue spent on wages which is just completely unsustainable for any business - our annual income has been tied up with wages alone, hence little to no transfers without selling first.

If we had managed to sell some of the players we've let go for free instead then it would have helped but the wages for shite has been crippling us for years.

Teams like us cannot afford to have numerous players on £50k a week just for turning up for training each week, it's absolute madness and there is little to no incentive for bang average players when they have been financially sorted for life in a couple of years.

I don't think any of us begrudge Vardy earning £140k a week because he's earned it.

The problem is that we have carried an enormous senior squad for the last few years and the mediocre and poorer players are earning £50-£80k a week.

Our 20th highest earner is probably on what the 4th highest earner at a Brentford or a Brighton is on.