03-12-2014, 21:58
Here you go MM, with a bit more investment in the playing staff maybe we can achieve the same results as Burnley did!!!
Burnley post losses but essentially break even before promotion bonuses!!
Burnley were promoted last season, much to a lot of people's surprise, and show what a club can do if the investment in staff is made correctly!! Their turnover is very similar to ours, they are at 19m, I think we are at approx 18m. They spent 15m on wages (playing and non-playing), I cannot remember what we spent but a figure of 12m sticks in my mind. If my numbers are correct, they spent an extra 3m or so on wages, probably players, to enable them to compete, but due to the quality of the running of the club essentially broke even after promotion bonuses were removed from the figures!!
Sure we all know that SWFC was in a terrible state when MM bought us, from the lack of any youth or scouting system, to a ground that still today needs some investment today, but there comes a point where we need to invest more into the first team, players and management, to give us a shot of challenging for promotion. The crowds are dropping at the moment and are probably 4-5k below where they should be and where the break even point is. If we had sustained the start we had, then I reckon about another 3-4k per game would be achieved, but our slide in performances and down the table has seen a similar slide in attendances. We are still not out of it this season technically, but we see little potential at the moment to even suggest we can get back into the top half.
We need a couple more players, a decent striker and maybe another midfielder (not seen enough of McGugan to know if he fits the bill yet) but more importantly we need MM to put in a little more than he has been doing to achieve this. Maybe more importantly though, I really thing SG has taken us as far as he can with the resources he has, so either we get rid and bring in a manager who can get more out of the current squad, something I think we all this is possible, or we give SG the money to get in some quality. Either way, he needs to spend more, not a ton more, but more than he currently is.
Rant over!!!
Burnley post losses but essentially break even before promotion bonuses!!
Burnley were promoted last season, much to a lot of people's surprise, and show what a club can do if the investment in staff is made correctly!! Their turnover is very similar to ours, they are at 19m, I think we are at approx 18m. They spent 15m on wages (playing and non-playing), I cannot remember what we spent but a figure of 12m sticks in my mind. If my numbers are correct, they spent an extra 3m or so on wages, probably players, to enable them to compete, but due to the quality of the running of the club essentially broke even after promotion bonuses were removed from the figures!!
Sure we all know that SWFC was in a terrible state when MM bought us, from the lack of any youth or scouting system, to a ground that still today needs some investment today, but there comes a point where we need to invest more into the first team, players and management, to give us a shot of challenging for promotion. The crowds are dropping at the moment and are probably 4-5k below where they should be and where the break even point is. If we had sustained the start we had, then I reckon about another 3-4k per game would be achieved, but our slide in performances and down the table has seen a similar slide in attendances. We are still not out of it this season technically, but we see little potential at the moment to even suggest we can get back into the top half.
We need a couple more players, a decent striker and maybe another midfielder (not seen enough of McGugan to know if he fits the bill yet) but more importantly we need MM to put in a little more than he has been doing to achieve this. Maybe more importantly though, I really thing SG has taken us as far as he can with the resources he has, so either we get rid and bring in a manager who can get more out of the current squad, something I think we all this is possible, or we give SG the money to get in some quality. Either way, he needs to spend more, not a ton more, but more than he currently is.
Rant over!!!