Unlike Man City we dont have Saudi billions backing us and we cant afford the luxury of unlimited spending and flirting with the FFP rules . Of course we would all love to win the Premier league and the Champions league the FA cup ect, with Naymar and Kylian Mbappé and with Zidane as our manager but it not going to happen , and im ok with that . Im happy with the stability Roy has brought back to the club after the uncertanty of PV and im happy we dont have owners who are comfortable stoning women and beheading people for being gay. Im happy with the way Steve is running the club on a limited budget ! we are bringing on some future fantastic players, who when we do sell thm and we will , will make the club more financially stable and im happy being a mid table club until we can afford the players or bring the players through the accadamy that can make us a better club . If you are so unhappy (which you clearly are ) you definitley made the wrong choice of club to support .

On top of everything else it feels as though the Butterfly Effect is becoming more apparent in football. It's always been there,of course, but is getting more important every season and is hard to mitigate. One shot hits the post and comes out v another which goes in, a dodgy penalty, bad red card, or anything really, could equal a draw instead of a win which, worst case scenario, could be relegation for any one of a few clubs and unfortunately staying in the league is the only aim. We all want to make some progress but while finishing 10th rather than 11th would be nice does it really matter?

I think you mean the Sliding Doors moment. Although Mike Dean is making a pitch for it to be named after him

Edited by pssguy (28 Aug 2023 11.26pm)

I have no clue what franca is on but if the average wage is 60k per week then id be surprised If we was paying a 19 year old more than 40k but who knows, I also don't have any idea what our match day income is plus the running costs of the club.

Our wage bill is apparently 60 mill a year, i could be wrong but I thought prem clubs got on average, 160 mill a year in TV money, so where is that 100 million going ?

Plus the players are also an asset, like I said sell 2 out of Guehi, Andersen, olise, eze, doucoure next summer and that's 100 million being Conservative.

I dont see how the club can be in as financially poor position as people are making out.

You look at the PL and what everyone else is spending and really anything other than relegation is an achievement this season. Last season our points per pound spent put us in the Champions League spaces (I think) only behind Brighton and Brentford. What money the club has available it would seem it manages exceptionally well, especially when you look at how valuable our first XI is now versus what we spent on them. I think for a club our size there is a ceiling and personally I don't see how you break through that without some luck or a sugar daddy, but both would likely only bring short-term joy.

If it attaches here is the latest CPFC financial review -
Obviously its not a full set of audited accounts but it provides broad strokes details so the rest of us can understand

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