lancashireowl Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 Might not be worth a thread but some fans are clearly naive and pay no attention at all. Also I wouldn’t say our squad is average by championship standards. ‘Cheap nodding dog too’ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The Claw Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 Swansea tho! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hillsborough Mole Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 Theyre right FFP is very limiting at this level compared to clubs like Wolves who are hapy to risk it, or clubs with parachute payments Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
debram Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 Tight budget or not I think its mostly down to man management and organization which cc stuttered in after his first year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoop Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 Swansea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lancashireowl Posted December 28, 2017 Author Share Posted December 28, 2017 2 minutes ago, Hillsborough Mole said: Theyre right FFP is very limiting at this level compared to clubs like Wolves who are hapy to risk it, or clubs with parachute payments To an extent, but we’ve spent millions of pounds. To say we have a ‘tight budget’ is silly. We bought Van Aken for £4M- if you look at teams like Ipswich,Brentford,Preston,Dingles- they’re entire squads didn’t cost that much. They have tight budgets, we do not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EccOvOwl Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 7 minutes ago, lancashireowl said: Might not be worth a thread but some fans are clearly naive and pay no attention at all. Also I wouldn’t say our squad is average by championship standards. ‘Cheap nodding dog too’ Good idea to go on the Swansea forum, eh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lancashireowl Posted December 28, 2017 Author Share Posted December 28, 2017 Just now, Ecco67 said: Good idea to go on the Swansea forum, eh. To be fair, I pressed the link from another thread, surprised to see how positively fans spoke about Carlos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hillsborough Mole Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 2 minutes ago, lancashireowl said: To an extent, but we’ve spent millions of pounds. To say we have a ‘tight budget’ is silly. We bought Van Aken for £4M- if you look at teams like Ipswich,Brentford,Preston,Dingles- they’re entire squads didn’t cost that much. They have tight budgets, we do not. I still dont believe we paid anything like £4m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lancashireowl Posted December 28, 2017 Author Share Posted December 28, 2017 1 minute ago, Hillsborough Mole said: I still dont believe we paid anything like £4m It’s either that or not far from that, anyway even if it was £3M my point still remains. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northeastowl Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 Louis Van Gaal. And some fans calm us deluded. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bulgaria Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 3 minutes ago, Hillsborough Mole said: I still dont believe we paid anything like £4m I think most cant believe it!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewookieisdown Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 We have a "tight budget" relative to some championship clubs, and not to others. It's not an unreasonable point being made by the Swansea fan. Given available funding, we finished above par in each of the last two seasons. This season we are below par and, worse, were in a tailspin, with all manner of distress signals Enoch Powell observed that all political careers end in failure. It might be said that is true of all managerial careers; or at least of most managerial tenders. One things that's sure. We shall be playing Swansea next season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuzzy logics Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 I think he'd do well down here...suits their style of play and has a few decent championship players if he could keep them. Good luck to him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lancashireowl Posted December 28, 2017 Author Share Posted December 28, 2017 2 minutes ago, thewookieisdown said: We have a "tight budget" relative to some championship clubs, and not to others. It's not an unreasonable point being made by the Swansea fan. Given available funding, we finished above par in each of the last two seasons. This season we are below par and, worse, were in a tailspin, with all manner of distress signals Enoch Powell observed that all political careers end in failure. It might be said that is true of all managerial careers; or at least of most managerial tenders. One things that's sure. We shall be playing Swansea next season. 100%, they are dire and I can’t see Carlos keeping them up if he goes. We have a tight budget compared to Boro,Villa and Wolves- That’s it really. Maybe Derby or Reading but that’s debatable, regardless, we have a top 6 budget in this division and anything below that is underachieving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
optimisticowl Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 As for FFP along with stadium capacity restrictions, I sometimes wonder if we have a permanent place on the naughty step. Maybe the betting scandal, The Hillsborough Disaster, the DiCanio/Alcock incident along with near bankruptcy have singled us out for special treatment, who knows? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glynnb Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 (edited) 8 minutes ago, optimisticowl said: As for FFP along with stadium capacity restrictions, I sometimes wonder if we have a permanent place on the naughty step. Maybe the betting scandal, The Hillsborough Disaster, the DiCanio/Alcock incident along with near bankruptcy have singled us out for special treatment, who knows? What made you choose your avatar name ? Edited December 28, 2017 by glynnb 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kristmace Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 The Swans fan is making a decent point, although I'd argue we have an above average Championship team. Compared with the divisions "big boys" we have had a fairly tight budget. We've splashed cash for the first time in 20 years, but we've still spent far less than Wolves, Boro, Villa, Fulham, Derby and Newcastle. We've spent about the same as Leeds and Norwich and only slightly more than Brighton, Bristol, Reading and QPR. When you see that list, it shows we've done well (but not amazingly) to finish 6th and 4th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HirstWhoScoredIt Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 1 hour ago, Hillsborough Mole said: Theyre right FFP is very limiting at this level compared to clubs like Wolves who are hapy to risk it, or clubs with parachute payments How many other clubs have spent £10m on a striker? Whilst not quite having the budget of Villa and Wolves - we’ve certainly spent far more than Cardiff, Bristol City, Pigs, Leeds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HirstWhoScoredIt Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 5 minutes ago, Jamie_W said: Even if we did, that is peanuts by today’s standards. Half the Championship have never spent that on any player - let alone a centre half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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