| Slavia Prague v QPR on 14:50 - Jul 9 with 1916 views | derbyhoop |
| Slavia Prague v QPR on 20:53 - Jul 8 by DejR_vu |
because the club is incapable of producing enough players to sell and maximising the value of those that are sold. |
And we have 1 of the smallest grounds in the Championship, in one of the most expensive parts of the country. We make next to nothing on non match days.
Sure, if we could produce a £10m+ player every season then we'd be OK. V few clubs do that. |  |
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| Slavia Prague v QPR on 15:44 - Jul 9 with 1782 views | DejR_vu |
| Slavia Prague v QPR on 14:50 - Jul 9 by derbyhoop |
And we have 1 of the smallest grounds in the Championship, in one of the most expensive parts of the country. We make next to nothing on non match days.
Sure, if we could produce a £10m+ player every season then we'd be OK. V few clubs do that. |
I get that DerbyHoop, I’m not saying we don’t have challenges, or that it’s easy. But, most clubs have challenges (Coventry have only just got their ground back after being nomads for years, Luton were fresh out of the Conference not long ago) but there are lots of fans who always use ours as excuses. We know ours, we need to be better at overcoming them, otherwise we wither and die. It feels like we’re on a terminal decline.
If the only way we can survive is by selling players for profit, then we have absolutely no choice but to sell players for profit, or we’re going down the leagues into extinction. That market might be tighter, but it’s still there. The proof of what happens when we fvck it up is in front of everyone’s eyes. Our recruitment and trading has, by and large, been cr@p. Look where we are as a consequence. Like I say we have no choice but to get it right to avoid being where we are, get it wrong and we end up with what we’ve got. |  |
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| Slavia Prague v QPR on 16:37 - Jul 9 with 1693 views | davman |
| Slavia Prague v QPR on 19:32 - Jul 8 by daveB |
I k ow what you mean but we did make a sizeable profit on free transfer dieng today |
Did we though? Seven years of wages, say average of £6k per week = £2.1m.
Just sayin'...
Arsenal has spent £605m since 2019 from just one division above us. Tells you everything you need to know about how broken football is.
Bet the Prem is really psd off with Luton and Sheff U's approach of taking the money and taking the relegation, but they are doing the right thing if they want scraps from the top table. We are just so, so far behind it all now. A few pennies "profit" on any one of our players is worthless - it's Eze style sales or nothing and I know which way we are going... |  |
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| Slavia Prague v QPR on 16:53 - Jul 9 with 1661 views | cyprusmel |
| Slavia Prague v QPR on 15:44 - Jul 9 by DejR_vu |
I get that DerbyHoop, I’m not saying we don’t have challenges, or that it’s easy. But, most clubs have challenges (Coventry have only just got their ground back after being nomads for years, Luton were fresh out of the Conference not long ago) but there are lots of fans who always use ours as excuses. We know ours, we need to be better at overcoming them, otherwise we wither and die. It feels like we’re on a terminal decline.
If the only way we can survive is by selling players for profit, then we have absolutely no choice but to sell players for profit, or we’re going down the leagues into extinction. That market might be tighter, but it’s still there. The proof of what happens when we fvck it up is in front of everyone’s eyes. Our recruitment and trading has, by and large, been cr@p. Look where we are as a consequence. Like I say we have no choice but to get it right to avoid being where we are, get it wrong and we end up with what we’ve got. |
Brighton, another team to have done well from nowhere, I remember watching them at the Withdean Stadium.
Now they have a New Stadium premier status and selling players for sums we could only dream about.
So many so called smaller teams have left us behind. | | | |
| Slavia Prague v QPR on 18:14 - Jul 9 with 1494 views | hantssi |
| Slavia Prague v QPR on 16:37 - Jul 9 by davman |
Did we though? Seven years of wages, say average of £6k per week = £2.1m.
Just sayin'...
Arsenal has spent £605m since 2019 from just one division above us. Tells you everything you need to know about how broken football is.
Bet the Prem is really psd off with Luton and Sheff U's approach of taking the money and taking the relegation, but they are doing the right thing if they want scraps from the top table. We are just so, so far behind it all now. A few pennies "profit" on any one of our players is worthless - it's Eze style sales or nothing and I know which way we are going... |
Of course we made a profit on him!
We’d have had to have paid a wage to any keeper and would probably have had to pay to buy him as well. | | | |
| Slavia Prague v QPR on 19:33 - Jul 9 with 1346 views | BazzaInTheLoft |
| Slavia Prague v QPR on 16:53 - Jul 9 by cyprusmel |
Brighton, another team to have done well from nowhere, I remember watching them at the Withdean Stadium.
Now they have a New Stadium premier status and selling players for sums we could only dream about.
So many so called smaller teams have left us behind. |
Football ebbs and flows.
I don’t think it’s a long term terminal situation.
We’re on the downswing, Brentford, Brighton, and Luton on the upswing. For everyone of those clubs there is a Reading, Bolton, and Wigan. Some of those even been in Europe since Big Brother was on telly now fighting it out below.
One thing Brighton and Brentford (and Luton very soon) did do right for sure, is invest in facilities and not player wages.
We are halfway there with a new training ground. That’s cause for optimism but don’t be surprised if it the best training ground in League One next season. [Post edited 9 Jul 2023 20:41]
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| Slavia Prague v QPR on 20:57 - Jul 9 with 1157 views | BushRanger82 |
| Slavia Prague v QPR on 08:35 - Jul 9 by connell10 |
Why don't they just scrap FFP and just say that a owner can spend as much of their own money on a club , BUT when said owner leaves the club they have to pay off any debt incurred under their reign. Thus leaving the football club debt free. |
There's the answer.
A simple solution that would see an end to this downward spiral we're trapped in. |  | | |
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