26-07-2016, 05:57
I don't for one minute think anyone has been conned. I think FFP is looming in our near future if we keep the current rate of spending and DC knows this and has adjusted the budget. The ST sales have been very good nearly 20k sold but the commercial side is still lacking and way behind what other clubs generate from it, MS has been saying this for ages and it's still a problem. However rich he and his family may be makes sod all difference, if we flout the rules we will get punished just like a number of other clubs have been.
Prior to DC taking over its well known we were losing 5m a year with Balsa Boy and Teale in the side, so just standing still on revenue with the current side and contracts means we are losing a ton more now. The raised prices will have recouped some of this, as will the Chansiri sponsorship and some of the other things we have done, but as a club we can only lose 13m a year (39m over 3 years) and we must be close or over that for the past year. As others have said we are essentially the same team that got to 6th place but had a poor start due to players such as Bannan and FF coming in late, so adding Fletcher does make the first 11 stronger, time will tell whether that is enough to push us up a few places.
Prior to DC taking over its well known we were losing 5m a year with Balsa Boy and Teale in the side, so just standing still on revenue with the current side and contracts means we are losing a ton more now. The raised prices will have recouped some of this, as will the Chansiri sponsorship and some of the other things we have done, but as a club we can only lose 13m a year (39m over 3 years) and we must be close or over that for the past year. As others have said we are essentially the same team that got to 6th place but had a poor start due to players such as Bannan and FF coming in late, so adding Fletcher does make the first 11 stronger, time will tell whether that is enough to push us up a few places.