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 ,

[baggieal]

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

If some of our pathetic supporters are having a go at Val when we are top of the league with the worst squad ever - then those Fulham supporters must want their manager publicly executed with the worth of their squad!

Funny old world! Don't think Klopp would get more out of our squad than Val FFS!

[kettering_baggie]

My only criticism of VI is his apparent unwillingness to alter the shape of the team; our defence at the moment isn’t good enough to be secure playing three at the back. With O’Shea and Clarke in the defence maybe, but at the moment, no. Using Sam as the sweeper is going to give me a heart attack! Surely going to a back four from time to time might thwart other teams sussing out our three at the back method?