Ghost of Clough

The introduction of Bielik to the team increased the confidence of the rest of the team. We all saw that confidence drop the instant Bielik was injured.

The introduction of Bielik to the team increased the confidence of the rest of the team. We all saw that confidence drop the instant Bielik was injured.

Dave Mackay. Player-manager

The introduction of Bielik to the team increased the confidence of the rest of the team. We all saw that confidence drop the instant Bielik was injured.

Dave Mackay. Player-manager

Dave Mackay. Player-manager

3 home wins will do me, as long as they're Barnsley, Boro and Derby ?

Chris martin ?‍♂️?

Waking up to find he's still here

3 home wins will do me, as long as they're Barnsley, Boro and Derby ?

Hand gestures are fine sometimes.

I wish you had got an experienced manager like Hughton instead. We could have done with his 30.8% win ratio ?
In fact, doesn't the dwarf still have the best record for you since you returned from League 1 football? His 42.3% doesn't even get into our top 5.

Got excited for a second l,then I realised he'd just be refereeing it

Cheers.
To add more clarity on the importance of match receipts, we received £9.1m in 17/18, only 6 clubs below the Championship have total revenue exceeding this figure.
Regarding academies, it depends on the club I suppose. For us, we need to develop £6m worth of players each season to breakeven. Cat 2 clubs such as Bristol, Sheff Weds will be looking at the £2m figure.
P&S is also a factor for academies as the academy spend doesn't count against the P&S limit. Every penny gain through selling an academy player is another penny the club can spend whilst staying within the limit. Thankfully, we've been able to sell c£30m worth of academy players over the past 5 or so years, which has helped offset the money wasted on Butterfield, Blackman, Anya, and co. From memory, we've only made a profit from Vydra and Ince out of the players we've bought in

Wassell was one of those appointments that seemed to rub large sections of the fan base up wrongly from day 1 and so were eager to pounce on any fault. He made mistakes along the way but also got us playing some sublime football at times and I think should have been given a shot for the following season.

Cheers.
To add more clarity on the importance of match receipts, we received £9.1m in 17/18, only 6 clubs below the Championship have total revenue exceeding this figure.
Regarding academies, it depends on the club I suppose. For us, we need to develop £6m worth of players each season to breakeven. Cat 2 clubs such as Bristol, Sheff Weds will be looking at the £2m figure.
P&S is also a factor for academies as the academy spend doesn't count against the P&S limit. Every penny gain through selling an academy player is another penny the club can spend whilst staying within the limit. Thankfully, we've been able to sell c£30m worth of academy players over the past 5 or so years, which has helped offset the money wasted on Butterfield, Blackman, Anya, and co. From memory, we've only made a profit from Vydra and Ince out of the players we've bought in

Preston did it for a number of years before 'making a push for top 6'. Their revenue is around the £12.5m mark.
Brentford had been doing it for a couple of years with  a £15m revenue, based on increasing the value of players and selling them on (£10m loss last season despite making a £25m profit on players).
If they can do it, then we should be able to with more than double the revenue.
I'm sure some do have those clauses. Clubs would probably find it harder to entice top managers in though. 'Risk vs reward'?
I'd expect individual player sales until we reach a figure Mel is happy with.
As I mentioned, once you factor in sales (such as Marshall, Byrne, Shinnie, Jozwiak, Lawrence and Kazim) and a more realistic estimation ST refund due, that £17m figure would be closer to the £5m mark. If that's still too much, then it likely means only one of Buchanan, Bird, Knight and Sibley being sold
Peterborough are regulars at the top end of L1 and they only have a £6m wage budget (players and coaches). They made a £3.5m loss off a £7.5m revenue. If they can compete on that budget, then we should be able to to on a £20m budget.
As evidenced by Brentford, the only sustainable policy in the Championship is with making profits off player sales.
You also have to remember P&S. It's not an issue as such in L1 (an owner can inject as much cash in as he wants), but it is on the return to the Championship. Those losses in L1 (with a max of £13m of owner injection counting) could mean having to make cut backs once promoted.
The sensible thing would be for all clubs to reduce their expenditure (the majority of which is usually the players' wages).
I'm sure the club would be open to donations if you want to put more in ?

Very true.
We've been bad. Just think how bad other teams have to be to be below us. [That's positive, right?]

Preston did it for a number of years before 'making a push for top 6'. Their revenue is around the £12.5m mark.
Brentford had been doing it for a couple of years with  a £15m revenue, based on increasing the value of players and selling them on (£10m loss last season despite making a £25m profit on players).
If they can do it, then we should be able to with more than double the revenue.
I'm sure some do have those clauses. Clubs would probably find it harder to entice top managers in though. 'Risk vs reward'?
I'd expect individual player sales until we reach a figure Mel is happy with.
As I mentioned, once you factor in sales (such as Marshall, Byrne, Shinnie, Jozwiak, Lawrence and Kazim) and a more realistic estimation ST refund due, that £17m figure would be closer to the £5m mark. If that's still too much, then it likely means only one of Buchanan, Bird, Knight and Sibley being sold
Peterborough are regulars at the top end of L1 and they only have a £6m wage budget (players and coaches). They made a £3.5m loss off a £7.5m revenue. If they can compete on that budget, then we should be able to to on a £20m budget.
As evidenced by Brentford, the only sustainable policy in the Championship is with making profits off player sales.
You also have to remember P&S. It's not an issue as such in L1 (an owner can inject as much cash in as he wants), but it is on the return to the Championship. Those losses in L1 (with a max of £13m of owner injection counting) could mean having to make cut backs once promoted.
The sensible thing would be for all clubs to reduce their expenditure (the majority of which is usually the players' wages).
I'm sure the club would be open to donations if you want to put more in ?

Another factor for Evatt if we did end up in L1... He'll have already lined up targets for when Bolton win promotion. As they'll be hoping for back to back promotions, those targets will likely be suitable for us too - he's already done the summer's scouting work for us.

Mac's role has never been explained. But as Sporting Director it will most likely relate to being the 'go-between' for off the field activities - scouting, recruitment, maybe even academy. There is a chance he could be offering advice to Rooney, but Rooney suggested that wasn't the case in an interview?
Mac and Wassall would be my interim management duo for these final 3 games. I think they'd complement each other very well (similar to Mac and Simpson)

Ian Evatt

Preston did it for a number of years before 'making a push for top 6'. Their revenue is around the £12.5m mark.
Brentford had been doing it for a couple of years with  a £15m revenue, based on increasing the value of players and selling them on (£10m loss last season despite making a £25m profit on players).
If they can do it, then we should be able to with more than double the revenue.
I'm sure some do have those clauses. Clubs would probably find it harder to entice top managers in though. 'Risk vs reward'?
I'd expect individual player sales until we reach a figure Mel is happy with.
As I mentioned, once you factor in sales (such as Marshall, Byrne, Shinnie, Jozwiak, Lawrence and Kazim) and a more realistic estimation ST refund due, that £17m figure would be closer to the £5m mark. If that's still too much, then it likely means only one of Buchanan, Bird, Knight and Sibley being sold
Peterborough are regulars at the top end of L1 and they only have a £6m wage budget (players and coaches). They made a £3.5m loss off a £7.5m revenue. If they can compete on that budget, then we should be able to to on a £20m budget.
As evidenced by Brentford, the only sustainable policy in the Championship is with making profits off player sales.
You also have to remember P&S. It's not an issue as such in L1 (an owner can inject as much cash in as he wants), but it is on the return to the Championship. Those losses in L1 (with a max of £13m of owner injection counting) could mean having to make cut backs once promoted.
The sensible thing would be for all clubs to reduce their expenditure (the majority of which is usually the players' wages).
I'm sure the club would be open to donations if you want to put more in ?

Another factor for Evatt if we did end up in L1... He'll have already lined up targets for when Bolton win promotion. As they'll be hoping for back to back promotions, those targets will likely be suitable for us too - he's already done the summer's scouting work for us.

That's the spirit Easy, you're making great progress.
When you hear the gumpen hoards of nottingham start grunting "You reds!" just take a moment, clam yourself with the thought "never a Red" and stand up proud as a reformed notts forest fan.
There is better life for you, once you take the sacred teaching "never a red" into your heart. You can be whatever you want to be. Support Notts County, Burton Albion, Mansfield Town, or one of the glamour teams in the midlands.