Championship Spend vIncomeN

[Barrera]

Watching the Stoke match last night, heard the commentators saying Stoke have spent X £million on this and that in the transfer window. So got me thinking who has actually spent what and how much income did they get in transfer fees coming in. Interesting findings ... https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/cham...wettbewerb/GB2

Basically the highest investor by a country mile is Fulham - spent £20m against income of £4m in the window. Followed by MBoro (Spend £7m v Income £0) and Swansea (Spent £5m v Income £3m).

The lowest investors by a country mile are Sheff Utd (Spend £0 v Income £25m), Bournemouth (Spend £2m v Income £24m) and Albion (Spend £0 v Income £19m).

Ten clubs spent £0 in the window. Stoke Spent £4m v Income £13m.

What goes it mean? Who the **** knows .... but shows Fulham are dead certs to go up IMO unless they have a monumental blow up. Expect Sheff Utd, Albion and Bournemouth have war chests for the Jan window ..... assuming our invisible owner hasn’t pocketed the lot .... especially when Prem parachutes are considered. Most Championship clubs are living on the breadline.

Anyway .... answered my own curiosity for 30 mins ....

[soulman101]

Fulham have spent over £250m over the last 3 years,plus building a new stand.
From a FPA point of view they don't seem to add up.
Albion have only ever spent football income, from a sporting point of view we earn our place at the table not buy it.

[baggieal]

Fulham have spent over £250m over the last 3 years,plus building a new stand.
From a FPA point of view they don't seem to add up.
Albion have only ever spent football income, from a sporting point of view we earn our place at the table not buy it.

Albion did qive the toilets a fresh lick of paint though Lloyd which sent the budget through the roof!

To think some feel we should be like Barcelona! Just shows what a brilliant job Val is doing on the weakest West Brom squad in years! Not one of the players is Premier quality apart from perhaps Johnstone and there was no rush for him!

[baggiematt]

Fulham must be playing a risky game. Get it wrong, don’t go up and FFP must be on their backs.

[Barrera]

Fulham must be playing a risky game. Get it wrong, don’t go up and FFP must be on their backs.

Therein lies the issue .... but surely we could have speculated a bit of cash ... say £5m ..... nobody was expecting us to bet the farm on promotion .... Fulham obviously have a rich owner who is prepared to gamble .... and given the poor quality of the Championship this season ...it probably a bet worth taking ... plus they have parachute money coming in for the next two years ...

[Leicesterbaggie]

Therein lies the issue .... but surely we could have speculated a bit of cash ... say £5m ..... nobody was expecting us to bet the farm on promotion .... Fulham obviously have a rich owner who is prepared to gamble .... and given the poor quality of the Championship this season ...it probably a bet worth taking ... plus they have parachute money coming in for the next two years ...

Not with the way they are playing today, 1-4 down to Coventry who were beaten 5-1 by Luton in the week!

[Barrera]

Mind Fulham ain’t doing to well today .... 4-1 down to Coventry ..... funny league the Championship

[Johnny on the spot 1]

If we would have brought a couple of quality players we wouldn't need to worry about other teams around us ,

[mickd1961]

A manager who only has one system isn't a good manager.

Just because we're pressing higher up the pitch and supposedly "working harder" doesn't make Val a managerial genius.


You can press high up the pitch with a 4-4-2, 4-3-3, 4-2-3-1, 4-5-1 or 1-0-10 formation, it has nothing to do with formation, it's all about player fitness, mentality and capability.


A poor or limited manager is one who can't see his own squads limitations, we accused Darren Moore of being stupid and Shann of being naive in such as the Villa semi final, what we are seeing here is a manager displaying all of the same weaknesses we accuse others of.


I've watched Albion for 50 years now and like most of you I have watched thousands of matches, I think I know a bit about football like you lot do.

Are any of you going to put your hand up and say that if you were our manager at this moment and you had this squad that you'd play three at the back?


I certainly wouldn't, not on ANY occasion with this squad.

[baggiematt]

A manager who only has one system isn't a good manager.

Just because we're pressing higher up the pitch and supposedly "working harder" doesn't make Val a managerial genius.


You can press high up the pitch with a 4-4-2, 4-3-3, 4-2-3-1, 4-5-1 or 1-0-10 formation, it has nothing to do with formation, it's all about player fitness, mentality and capability.


A poor or limited manager is one who can't see his own squads limitations, we accused Darren Moore of being stupid and Shann of being naive in such as the Villa semi final, what we are seeing here is a manager displaying all of the same weaknesses we accuse others of.


I've watched Albion for 50 years now and like most of you I have watched thousands of matches, I think I know a bit about football like you lot do.

Are any of you going to put your hand up and say that if you were our manager at this moment and you had this squad that you'd play three at the back?


I certainly wouldn't, not on ANY occasion with this squad.

There are some great managers out there who mix up their defensive line based on their opponent. Brendan Rodgers comes to mind, who often switches from 4 - 3/5 when he feels he needs to.

But there are other greats who wouldn't shift their system and have succeeded highly in the game. Conte's never moved from his back 3, Simeone/Pep/Klopp their back 4. Ferguson wrote in his autobiography that he'd never play a back 3/5 as he felt it pulled his defence apart. Ferguson did switch his midfield and attack about regularly though.

I think some managers like to perfect the system they have through familiarity - like Wilder or Nuno. Nuno tried to switch it up in his last Wolves season and it fell to his demise.

Don't get me wrong it could be our undoing but might also help us get some stability and each player knowing their role and gain predictability of knowing where the person next to them will be all the time.