Whats wrong with football?

[The Artist Formerly Known as Audrey]

Salford keen on Nugent at Preston.

We get rid of one fairytale and up pops these fuckers.

[tans]

This needs to be looked in to. Not a chance they are adhering to da rulez

[Quagmire]

He’s 35 now and has only scored once in 19 games for Preston.

[tans]

Not exactly going to be cheap is he

[singingiiiffy]

This needs to be looked in to. Not a chance they are adhering to da rulez

which rule though! league 2 clubs can only spend 55% of their turnover on wages. however turnover can include owner input

[Jimmy HaveHave]

which rule though! league 2 clubs can only spend 55% of their turnover on wages. however turnover can include owner input

By hook or by crook whilst they have the wealthy owners behind them they are going to buy their way to through the leagues and it wouldn't surprise me if their in the championship within a few years

[The Artist Formerly Known as Audrey]

which rule though! league 2 clubs can only spend 55% of their turnover on wages. however turnover can include owner input

Yep. Owners can put in as much as they like as long as it’s gifted and not a loan. Also, 100% of any player sales and 100% of any Cup money.

[pauld]

If Brentford win the Championship play-off final tonight, they will be guaranteed at least £160m, from next season's basic award + minimum TV revenue and at least two seasons of parachute payments. That is more money than they have earned *in total* in their entire history.

[Bob's Orange]

If Brentford win the Championship play-off final tonight, they will be guaranteed at least £160m, from next season's basic award + minimum TV revenue and at least two seasons of parachute payments. That is more money than they have earned *in total* in their entire history.

I may be wrong, but the Brentford approach is like a much improved version of Peterborough in that they sign young prospects and then when they thrive make huge profits on them. I know they are heavily into statistics etc but their model is definitely something that should be applauded. If Bournemouth's rise up the league is a 'fairytale' then what would Brentford be should they get promoted?

Plus they have developed a brand new stadium so income streams can be increased so they are way more forward thinking than the cherries.

[pauld]

I may be wrong, but the Brentford approach is like a much improved version of Peterborough in that they sign young prospects and then when they thrive make huge profits on them. I know they are heavily into statistics etc but their model is definitely something that should be applauded. If Bournemouth's rise up the league is a 'fairytale' then what would Brentford be should they get promoted?

Plus they have developed a brand new stadium so income streams can be increased so they are way more forward thinking than the cherries.

Sorry, I wasn't criticising Brentford, as you say they have much to admire. My point was that this demonstrates the insane imbalance in the way money is distributed in football. Rememeber before the PL it used to be Div 1 got 50% of TV money, Div 2 25%, Divs 3 and 4 12.5% each. If we still had that, last season we would have received around £8-9m

EDIT: edited cos I typed it in a rush, typed 200m which would have been the amount for all of L2 not each club. Except it wouldn't because that's just 12.5% of the PL deal, and doesn't allow for the £160m EFL deal as well. So it was wrong twice. Back of a fag packet = around £8-9m each in Leagues 1 and 2. Still over ten times what we currently get and would actually make lower league football financially viable

[Bogus Dave]

I may be wrong, but the Brentford approach is like a much improved version of Peterborough in that they sign young prospects and then when they thrive make huge profits on them. I know they are heavily into statistics etc but their model is definitely something that should be applauded. If Bournemouth's rise up the league is a 'fairytale' then what would Brentford be should they get promoted?

Plus they have developed a brand new stadium so income streams can be increased so they are way more forward thinking than the cherries.

I’m not an expert, but from a distance Brentford appear to have gone about their rise up the leagues in a much more sustainable way than Bournemouth did

[Flashheart]

I’m not an expert, but from a distance Brentford appear to have gone about their rise up the leagues in a much more sustainable way than Bournemouth did

When they were in L2, at the same time as we were, they were losing massive amounts. Ana at the time, their fans were accusing us of cheating. I don't remember now but it was something like 5M/year. Maybe 10 - my memory fails me.

But still probably more sustainable than Bournemouth.

[Batch]

I quitete like Brentford, no idea why. probably because it was a good away day I guess.

it feels like they've gone from where we are to the verge of the premier League.

Of course you need money to do that. I see what you are saying about 'better Peterborough,' but where did the cash to buy players and a new stadium come from?

and can we get one of those

[Bob's Orange]

Sorry, I wasn't criticising Brentford, as you say they have much to admire. My point was that this demonstrates the insane imbalance in the way money is distributed in football. Rememeber before the PL it used to be Div 1 got 50% of TV money, Div 2 25%, Divs 3 and 4 12.5% each. If we still had that, last season we would have received around £200m

Sorry if my post made it seem like you were criticising, it wasn't my intention Paul.

[Reg Smeeton]

When they were in L2, at the same time as we were, they were losing massive amounts. Ana at the time, their fans were accusing us of cheating. I don't remember now but it was something like 5M/year. Maybe 10 - my memory fails me.

But still probably more sustainable than Bournemouth.

We've never been in Div 4 at the same time as Brentford or Bormuff.  

Benham has stuck something like 100 mill into Brentford, to get them to where they are, so probably needs to go up to keep it stable.

My only gripe is that does the world need another London club in the top flight?  I'd rather see it spread around the country a bit