Sustainability a still challenge down South

[Viva_Palmeiras]

Eye-watering stuff 194% hmmm



“Reported £41m wage bill in 2018-19 equated to 194% of turnover”


https://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/nov/17/reading-agree-six-point-deduction-with-efl-for-breaching-financial-rules?fbclid=IwAR33R9Uykm93UPciVyeI1oZmq8Ypc7PEBuU _oKxvB0c4dW7I24IQtlnT9NY (https://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/nov/17/reading-agree-six-point-deduction-with-efl-for-breaching-financial-rules?fbclid=IwAR33R9Uykm93UPciVyeI1oZmq8Ypc7PEBuU _oKxvB0c4dW7I24IQtlnT9NY)

[Carheenlea]

A non entity football club who just make up the numbers. Running up eye watering losses to continue to be a bit part player in English football is just ridiculous.

[Winston Ingram]

Eye-watering stuff 194% hmmm



“Reported £41m wage bill in 2018-19 equated to 194% of turnover”


https://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/nov/17/reading-agree-six-point-deduction-with-efl-for-breaching-financial-rules?fbclid=IwAR33R9Uykm93UPciVyeI1oZmq8Ypc7PEBuU _oKxvB0c4dW7I24IQtlnT9NY (https://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/nov/17/reading-agree-six-point-deduction-with-efl-for-breaching-financial-rules?fbclid=IwAR33R9Uykm93UPciVyeI1oZmq8Ypc7PEBuU _oKxvB0c4dW7I24IQtlnT9NY)

There’s so many clubs so desperate to get into the PL they’ll spend anything. If they get up and stay up they avoid any penalties for overspending, just Aston Villa did, which is what I expect is their plan.

The problem with that is, if they get relegated, the EFL will come after them when they come back down just as they did QPR.

The reality is that clubs are a unlikely to go up and in the long term will end up with a stiff points penalty, a massive debt they can’t service and likely relegation to league 1 like Sheffield Wednesday and Derby.

[Viva_Palmeiras]

There’s so many clubs so desperate to get into the PL they’ll spend anything. If they get up and stay up they avoid any penalties for overspending, just Aston Villa did, which is what I expect is their plan.

The problem with that is, if they get relegated, the EFL will come after them when they come back down just as they did QPR.

The reality is that clubs are a unlikely to go up and in the long term will end up with a stiff points penalty, a massive debt they can’t service and likely relegation to league 1 like Sheffield Wednesday and Derby.

aka the invisible hand of the Sheik, I mean market :)

but seriously you have to ask yourself what the logical conclusion to this?

is it the last men standing get to break away and carve up more of the spoils between themselves - forcing a cull and survival of the fittest? Well that’s what they attempted? Is it Sky to be kingmakers - could the door still be open for the uglies?

[cabbageandribs1875]

Aston Villa will quite rightfully get theirs when/if relegated, they should have given Derby more than just the 10 points reduction imo :)


best get out quick SJM :)