" MONEY WELL SPENT? : DO £’S MAKE PLACES? - GOOD READ "
Thu May 02, 2013 7:05 pm
Interesting read.
MONEY WELL SPENT? : DO £’S MAKE PLACES?
With the Championship season going down to the wire, as far as 2nd place is concerned, I wanted to assess who has earned their place in the top 6 and who has bought it. These two scenarios aren’t necessarily mutually exclusive, and there are a number of ways to ‘play’ the system, however, lets see what the headlines are.
Looking at the teams that can finish in the top 6, and therefore are in with a shout for promotion, the transfer spends for the 2012/13 season are as follows, (in order of current position):
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So in terms of spending money, 5 out of the 8 are in the order (if not the position) they should be in. The most interesting are Cardiff, who have spent the most (£10,159,600) and are top of the league and Hull City who have spent the 2nd most (£7,427,200) and are in 2nd.
The anomalies are caused by Watford, who have a +ve transfer expenditure due to the fact that they did most of their business in the loan market (did I hear someone say Udinese Reserves?) and Crystal Palace who sold Zaha to Manchester United for £10,340,000 and then loaned him back. Brighton should also be mentioned as they appear to be outperforming Bolton, Leicester & Forest.
Now that we know what they have spent, it makes sense to see what difference the spend has had on the season v last season. Or, has the money spent resulted in an improved performance?
Every team, with the exception of Bolton (who were relegated from the Premier League), have improved on last seasons finish so far, suggesting that any money spent on transfers is money well spent.
MONEY WELL SPENT? : DO £’S MAKE PLACES?
With the Championship season going down to the wire, as far as 2nd place is concerned, I wanted to assess who has earned their place in the top 6 and who has bought it. These two scenarios aren’t necessarily mutually exclusive, and there are a number of ways to ‘play’ the system, however, lets see what the headlines are.
Looking at the teams that can finish in the top 6, and therefore are in with a shout for promotion, the transfer spends for the 2012/13 season are as follows, (in order of current position):
Read more
link
http://viewfromrowz.wordpress.com/2013/ ... ke-places/
So in terms of spending money, 5 out of the 8 are in the order (if not the position) they should be in. The most interesting are Cardiff, who have spent the most (£10,159,600) and are top of the league and Hull City who have spent the 2nd most (£7,427,200) and are in 2nd.
The anomalies are caused by Watford, who have a +ve transfer expenditure due to the fact that they did most of their business in the loan market (did I hear someone say Udinese Reserves?) and Crystal Palace who sold Zaha to Manchester United for £10,340,000 and then loaned him back. Brighton should also be mentioned as they appear to be outperforming Bolton, Leicester & Forest.
Now that we know what they have spent, it makes sense to see what difference the spend has had on the season v last season. Or, has the money spent resulted in an improved performance?
Every team, with the exception of Bolton (who were relegated from the Premier League), have improved on last seasons finish so far, suggesting that any money spent on transfers is money well spent.
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Re: " MONEY WELL SPENT? : DO £’S MAKE PLACES? - GOOD READ "
Thu May 02, 2013 7:57 pm
People should factor in prior years as well.
Over the last 10 years our net spend on transfers is around -£1.5m which is not bad so in theory we've spent that much to go from a new Championship team to a new Premier League team. I don't class that as bad for a side who has had run ins with the HMRC, restrictions and had to sell star players to survive.
Doesn't matter that £10m odd was spent this season because back in the day we had to sell to survive. Now we have the luxury of being able to buy players thanks to Tan which is another thing we have to be grateful for.
Over the last 10 years our net spend on transfers is around -£1.5m which is not bad so in theory we've spent that much to go from a new Championship team to a new Premier League team. I don't class that as bad for a side who has had run ins with the HMRC, restrictions and had to sell star players to survive.
Doesn't matter that £10m odd was spent this season because back in the day we had to sell to survive. Now we have the luxury of being able to buy players thanks to Tan which is another thing we have to be grateful for.
Re: " MONEY WELL SPENT? : DO £’S MAKE PLACES? - GOOD READ "
Thu May 02, 2013 8:03 pm
I like how theyre avoiding Blackburn though. I know they're not in the top 6 but they have spent the most by far.