As you mentioned, Hedges, also Markanday and Pickering in the last 12/18 months We agree here - however throwing everything into one expenses pot, I’d suggest we are nearer the top and therefore need a running transfer profit Plenty of those clubs have nowhere near the same level of overheads, and when you’re talking about wages it’s only the facilities and coaches in the academy that are exempt from FFP, not your u23 / reserve or professional contract players. I’d say we’d probably dropped a huge chunk but I would’ve guessed the loans of Poveda, Khadra and Van Hecke (as more expensive premier league wages) would’ve been the equivalent of cutting out the Bennett’s, Mulgrews and Evans. We had a transfer registration embargo. The rules should’ve changed in regard to covid, remember clubs work on yearly budgets and the finances come a year after, the black hole of no crowd money caused serious issues for a lot of clubs (hence huge amounts of players available on frees this summer) Yea but not 20k a week loans of premier league level centre backs. Player of the season last year? I agree and I am frustrated but I acknowledge that it’s impossible to force players to stay. Could we move the budget and convince them through money? That’s one of the things that makes managing a football club difficult. Knowing exactly which basket to move your eggs.

It’s called reality mode. Prefer it to “let’s ignore the facts for weird conspiracy speculation” mode that you’ve taken up this morning. Fact you instantly went to an insult shows exactly how flimsy your arguments are.

I imagine there are a lot, I mean loads… of fans of other clubs, who would read this about Blackburn Rovers and think “wtf are you talking about”… How many clubs in this league have actually spent any money on a fee in the last few years? Let alone 10+ million on two strikers? Re the part in bold, why is it so hard to understand that the club constantly loses money because of low turnover? Whilst JHR might believe FFP is a made up excuse, and that covid didn’t really cause any issues - in my opinion, this “venky” black hole idea is just another conspiracy from people who simply don’t even remotely understand football finance. Yes because… we aren’t at the front of any queue because of MONEY! 12 months ago we had to offload the training ground to get out of a transfer registration ban… am I the only one who remembers these things?

I think people should realise how stupid they sound, pining for a 35 year old striker on a free when there’s 7 weeks of a window still open. It’s a strange desperation to come every single day to lament our lack of activity, but then also criticise a potential rumour including a decent championship defender, as a waste / another loan. What did people expect with a new manager? Time has to be afforded, and those suggesting that the new people have been lied too about funds, surely you need more than a month to come up with that assumption? How about we kick a few balls first?

The argument is they’re good enough as back ups and that will give them opportunity to improve, not about them being “thrown in” If we get others in they go on loan, it’s been the same setup for ages.

Olympic level jumping to conclusions based on the first 60 minutes of JDTs career.

Ladies and gentlemen, 3 weeks and 3 days

Now you’ve gone and done it.

I asked myself, “what have I missed?” for this to be the mood. Then I read a page or two back that suggest we’ve lost out on a player due to a team with parachute payments paying more wages, I shrugged my shoulders and logged out.

https://capology.com/uk/championship/salaries/ Compare our estimates to the top salaries then delete your post 😂

What do you think agents are saying to players when top championship defenders are on 50k? The system we have is restrictive but that’s down to the 12 year malaise.

One of the best centrebacks we’ve had since league one is Tosin. He is now on 50kpw and was promoted this year with Fulham. Thats the equivalent of our 3 top earners combined. If you understand wage discrepancy and the advantage of parachute payments, you understand the issue. Throw in city teams with higher turnover, more hands on owners - they’d gladly give someone an extra 10k a week over 3 years if they aren’t paying a transfer fee. It’s almost as if many discussing these issues think BRFC is the only team in the country.

Hmmm Which is worse? A. Joining in with an away crowd singing a “tongue in cheek” song about a player leaving the club B. regularly posting about how players “should be sold” because “they’re obviously not good enough” Answers on a post card.

Gutted but also slightly peeved at his reluctance to commit to the club. Its hard not to see these things without “Lancashire Rose tinted glasses” but still the only person who makes the decision to stay and play is Ryan. Good luck but I hope you play shit against the blues.

Surely in 2022 “letting these 3 leave” isn’t a sentence that’s compatible with reality?

28 year old Centreback with tonnes of experience and no fee? Much easier conversation with the chairman regarding wages and signing on fee. Oh and remember their chairman actually lives near the fecking club. We’ve had the benefit of seeing him in the flesh though, and can anyone really dispute that the best two centrebacks we’ve seen in the last 5 years for us are Tosin and JPVH?

I’ll remember to mention to the thousands chanting such things that Matty from BRFCS thinks they’re childish. “Pure dog” btw is an obvious colloquialism by the way, its not like I’m asking for top grade cannabis is it?

1. Ownership 2. Turnover 3. Debt 4. A free signing moving clubs generally attracts a big signing on fee.

Hilarious how you’d pure dog the club for trying to raise revenue but then defend someone who will be set for life because of the opportunities we gave them. Who walked away for nothing.

No but you forgot the constant haemorrhage of money for 12 years, the lack of a decent ownership and the deficit closing the stadium for 12 months created.

I don’t think we would’ve described selling those three for a cut price last summer as “good business” Especially in the league we are in, the difference between success and failure is the kind of money that would’ve made those three irrelevant to the “journey” so it’s understandable that they kept hold. Equally “allowing their contracts to run down” is the type of sentence that just winds me up. They either sign or they don’t. You cannot force players too, and despite the likes of JHR suggesting our money issues / limitations are imaginary, it’s not a surprise to me that these three would rather take the contracts with the most money. Thats despite being given a chance here. Rothwell perhaps less, but Nyambe and Lenihan both owe their entire careers to our academy. I will be singing “there’s only one greedy bastard” anyway.

You know JHR - for all the falling out and arguing it’s clear you’re an exceptionally astute mind - we both know that the scenario were in is a knock on effect of our ownership. I genuinely think the only are we’re disagreeing on this is commercial advertising as opposed to price. Whilst i stand by the notion that preston are on the crest of a wave - their expectation is minimal, I agree that there is too much of a disparity between our sales and theirs. That difference comes down to expectation for me. Imagine a supporting a team that hadn’t been top tier for donkeys? Even a moderate step towards progress is easy to sell. 8th position for a team that’s suffered a manufactured decline? How do you convince thousands of people to look past that? Whilst I’m not on for oversimplification; Price isn’t the answer. Results are more important.

You’re using a salary of one player but you’re probably in the majority of people who want to see us employ probably another 3 minimum players. Yet you’d advocate us dropping enough turnover to employ one we already have.

Typically cynical. Every scenario is individual. You know this but you’d rather ignore it. We’re not fighting for survival or promotion from the third tier. Our collective expectations need turnover. That’s not opinion btw, that’s fact.

This is mad - I mean, my personal circumstances are irrelevant. Do I want more fans in the stadium? Absolutely. Just not convinced a £100 or something off the price means you’ll convince 5000 people to turn up.