maxjam

On 01/05/2024 at 22:47, Steve Buckley’s Dog said:

Attention Leeds Fans - send us your favourite play-off memories! 

This is a good one, the tears and sad music always cheer me up 😛

46 minutes ago, Gee SCREAMER !! said:

7-8 million seems a little short with TV, Sponsorship, more money substantially just for being in the league and greatly increased away followings with additional on the day spending that goes with it.  I'll have a listen

35 minutes ago, Comrade 86 said:

Won't there be around £15 million extra in season ticket sales too, with the average ticket having gone up around £70? You'd think they'd likely shift a few more this season than last too.

11 minutes ago, Ambitious said:

The average wage bill in the Championship being £30m seems high to me, certainly post-COVID. The parachute payment sides doing their best to prop that up, maybe, but last accounts for some of the non-parachute sides: 

Stoke - £31.1m turnover - £28.2m wage bill (268 staff)
Middlesbrough - £28.5m turnover - £29.6m wage bill (228 staff) 
Cardiff City - £26.2m turnover - £22m wage bill (206 staff)
QPR - £23.2m turnover - £25.4m wage bill (189 staff)
Coventry - £20.3 turnover - £18.4m wage bill (196 staff)
Birmingham - £19.7m turnover - £28.9m wage bill (237 staff)
Swansea - £19.6m turnover - £26m wage bill (510 staff)
Millwall - £19.3m turnover - £22.5m wage bill (156 staff)
Bristol City - £18.5m turnover - £26.3m wage bill (205 staff) 
Huddersfield - £18.1m turnover - £21m wage bill (234 staff)
Hull City - £18m turnover - £23.6m wage bill (225 staff)
Rotherham - £15.6m turnover - £9m wage bill (166 staff)
Preston - £15.5m turnover - £21.5m wage bill (134 staff)

We turned over more than 8 of those teams I searched for whilst in League One - turnover £20.4m & wage bill £17.2m (177 staff). The Championship TV money is going to push us on an equal footing as MIddlesbrough - give or take a little. Stoke over-inflate their accounts with an annual £10m+ sponsorship deal with B365 which is why they have the highest revenue of all the non-parachute sides. 

Just paraphrasing what they talked about in the podcast, it was Darren Robinson and Kieran Maguire throwing the numbers around - and they already accounted for 22k season tickets.  Interesting listen.

6 minutes ago, Ambitious said:

 

I don't think anyone can dispute that we had the highest wage budget in the league. I know the club were coy in putting 'first-team wages' in the public domain but ultimately we spent more on wages last season (22/23) than Sunderland did in their promotion campaign (21/22) and they also had a category one academy. 

Sunderland spent £16.1m total across 572 employees - 252 full-time staff & 320 matchday staff during the 21/22 season. 

We spent £17.2m total across 177 employees - 59 playing staff & 118 non-playing. 

When the accounts are released for this season, considering promotion bonuses will be included & the increase in the first-team squad, I wouldn't be surprised to see it surpass £20m - which would be higher than probably roughly 10(?) Championship clubs. 

I just put the following in the new investment thread, its probably worth posting again here as its relevant to the above;

This Rams Daily podcast was really interesting, especially the 2nd half in which they discussed finances;

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0hv0gmg

To summarise this season Derby had a wage bill of around £17m.  The Championship average wage will is around £30m - so £13m more than we're currently paying.  Next season our income will increase by approx £7-8m compared to what we have been getting in Lg1.  So already thats a shortfall of £5m not including include any transfer fees etc.

Given that a wage budget is typically a good indicator of league position and Derby under DC will be run sustainably, any outside investment is going to be crucial if we hope to cement our position in the Championship nevermind push on towards the play-off positions.

We've got a lot of work to do this summer, with little room for error.

*Furthermore and IIRC, they also said the average Championship club is losing £400k per week.  Whilst we were a big fish in a small pond this season, financially unless we find some money down the back of the sofa we're gonna be up against it next season.

This Rams Daily podcast was really interesting, especially the 2nd half in which they discussed finances;

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0hv0gmg

To summarise this season Derby had a wage bill of around £17m.  The Championship average wage will is around £30m - so £13m more than we're currently paying.  Next season our income will increase by approx £7-8m compared to what we have been getting in Lg1.  So already thats a shortfall of £5m not including include any transfer fees etc.

Given that a wage budget is typically a good indicator of league position and Derby under DC will be run sustainably, any outside investment is going to be crucial if we hope to cement our position in the Championship nevermind push on towards the play-off positions.

We've got a lot of work to do this summer, with little room for error.

Give them the goal and award the points accordingly.  Oh nevermind, they would have still lost 😛 

10 minutes ago, Caerphilly Ram said:

This is great 🤣 

I want to see the video of the Groundsman sat on the floor in the corner rocking back and forth crying...

We need a good transfer window - some good oldies on frees, spend the money on youth.  Do that for a few seasons and progress the club within its financial means. 

For me survival will be a good base to build from.  Hopefully we can avoid any relegation concerns with half a dozen games to go. 

Okay well I was expecting something promotion related but more fool me 😛

I'll go with walking my dogs on an empty beach at stupid o'clock in a morning as the Sun's just coming up.  Lovely.

2 minutes ago, Simmo’s left foot said:

I do hope Rams TV continues, even if they have to trip amount of cameras etc to cut costs. Its an excellent service.

I will not be subscribing to anything Sky TV offer as a matter of principle, they have used their financial muscle to reduce market choice. I hope we all do the same.

Boycott SKY!

Yeah I've really enjoyed RamsTV this season.  I watch the shows before and after the game and listen to Radio Derby on RamsTV during the game as its unavailable in my neck of the woods.  RamsTV is now an essential part of my matchday routine!

No TV licence here, so no Sky.  Don't miss either tbh, Sky and the PL are ruining football, I would much rather give my money directly to the club.  

6 minutes ago, Day said:

At the time of the poll, no players had been signed, even Jason Knight was still here. 

Ah right lol, on the basis of that when the 24/25 poll opens I'm gonna vote Champions based on the signings I made for Derby in FM24 😛 

2 minutes ago, Day said:

Yeah there is no real excuse now for forgetting passwords.

Both Google and Apple have inbuilt password storage, will even suggest passwords, then you have 3rd party apps like Lastpass as well.

You have one password to remember, just one. Which my wife will still struggle with, but won't go there.

Add in 2FA, no reason why in this day and age you can give yourself the best protection from hacking.

Oh yeah I agree.

I still like to have a hard copy of all of my passwords though, since I started using Lastpass all of mine are now 10-12 characters long made up of random numbers, letters, symbols etc I've got literally zero chance of remembering any of them!

If Lastpass or Google/Apple etc ever got hacked I could be potentially locked out of all of my accounts online, its piece of mind scribbling them all down once in a notebook.

2FA is also essential in this day and age imho.  It is literally the only reason as to why I have a phone 😛 

3 minutes ago, Day said:

You're not the only one, @maxjam has just joined @Red_Dawn who last summer said avoid relegation.

Well we smashed that.

I went for mid table. Smashed that also.  

Its a bit late to vote properly now!  If I hadn't been messing around I would have voted for play-offs last August, I thought we were missing a main striker and midfield creativity.  

It will be interesting to see what everyones opinions are for next season once we've assembled our squad.  

I use Lastpass, it stores all of mine safely, insets them automatically into the correct website and alerts you if there have been any data breaches.

*I also have a note book I write them all down in as well, if for some reason I lost access to my PC or Lastpass account I've got a hard copy backup somewhere. 

I've just voted for avoid relegation.

PW is a goddam genius!

I had the choice to go to either the pub or the golf club yesterday to watch the match live but decided to stay home and listen on the radio - the passion and genuine feelings towards Derby made it a memorable afternoon and, for me at least, much more enjoyable than going out to watch in a pub in North Yorkshire!

They have their critics, but personally speaking I have really enjoyed the matchday team on Radio Derby this season. Its been good to have Ed Dawes back and I hope he sticks around for a good while longer.  

Onwards and Upwards!

I missed his commentary throughout his absence during the season

18 minutes ago, Mucker1884 said:

Oi!  I had that on a long lease for next season...

Lucky you, I tuned in for kick-off at 3pm 😛

3 minutes ago, Derbados said:

Anyone else get the sense that after seeing that today max is regretting his move to Bristol just a tad? 

I've been thinking that for a while.  When he signed for Bristol City promotion seemed a long way off, but now we've achieved it - and I'll admit I don't know much about Bristol City, you can't imagine its a better place to train and play football than Derby.

Shame to see him go, great goal and standing ovation though.  Once a Ram always a Ram 'n all that.