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English Football Season 2011/12

^ They will if they get Martinez. Hope he doesn't go. He's a good manager for that kind of club, feel he'd be out of his depth at Liverpool.

Chelsea game was fantastic last night... never cheered so much for a team other than my own.
 
^Yeah, Ben must have been happy. It was a brilliant match and I didn't even care much who won. I just wanted a good game and we certainly got that. Love watching Drogba play, and Petr Cech was a complete beast! Munich had so many missed chances and the stats were leaning heavily in their favor. That's the nature of the game though, and I love it! :-D
 
Ok so I know I'm spoilt by having the Emirates as my teams ground. But seriously, what absolute dunce put this through at Wolves rofl

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The stand on the left is the next to get knocked down and rebuilt to match the new stand that the photo is taken from. Until then they will not use the seats... life in the second tier will not sell out the Mol much. :-(
 
Aye I read the plan was to expand the stand and thus improving the view, but it was canned/delayed due to relegation/lack of funds/no need.
 
What were we saying on the other page about Man City going down the pan with all their spending?

Official figures show that their wage bill for the 2010/2011 season was £174m, and their total turn over was only £153m.

Man City recorded a total loss of £197m for that season, a world record. And these figure dont include the feee for Sergio Aguero, Gael Clichy and Samir Nasri.
 
Because the money that they 'lose' is a drop in the water for their owner. FFP rules are mostly superficial and won't kick in fully for years. They've won the league, are on course to dominate the league and challenge in Europe for years to come, and in doing so will be able to vastly increase their financial income and reduce the losses somewhat.
 
I know what you're saying, but they still dont have a very big fan base. You need a massive world wide fan base to spend the money they're spending (ala Man Utd & Real Madrid).

In that season that they lost £197m, they could have won the league, Champions League and FA cup and would still have made a loss.

Its ok for now obviously, but there has got to be a point when they realise that they are just throwing money away at such a silly rate.
 
But winning the league will help build that fan base before these fair play rules really kick in. Most of Asia, Africa (a huge untapped market) only care for the teams they see on TV, and that's usually the teams at the top.

Regardless.

In that season that they lost £197m, they could have won the league, Champions League and FA cup and would still have made a loss.

Its ok for now obviously, but there has got to be a point when they realise that they are just throwing money away at such a silly rate.
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Again, the guy is worth billions; £197 million is a drop in the water to him, he could lose that for several years and it would not be an issue, especially when he then has trophies to show for it.

Unfortunately, there were only a handful of clubs last year who operated at a profit, United, Newcastle, Arsenal and I think Wolves but I'm not sure on them. The rest were working to a loss.

Basically, running to a loss, no matter how big, at this moment in time means sweet f a, unless it gets to the state where the banks start calling for their money back.
 
Yeah, if the League was done on money, Wolves would be like, top.

There's a reason we just got relegated though.

The whole financial state of football is atrocious, I'm surprised it hasn't already all collapsed in on itself. Because I really think it will at some point. And then Wolves will rise. Cause at least we're not povo.

This table's awesome. It's old and stuff I know, but, I guess they haven't released their figures for this year yet, and I guess they won't for a while.

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Whichever figures you look at though, financially, Wolves are probably the most sensible club there is. Which I'm actually really proud of. At least we're stable. At least we can build and go steady. Relegation's a blow, yes, it's not one we can't weather though. We're in a position to keep a lot of our good players, and get new talent, and bounce back up. I do feel that no matter what happens, Wolves are at least a club that can hold their head up high.
 
Kinda why I'm glad to have the CPFC 2010 guys in charge of the club... Sensible, open and looking to improve many aspects around the club with a sound knowledge...

Football will implode soon though... It's clear enough atm that it's struggling with all the clubs going into administration, and since the Fair Play Finance rules will make no difference, well... Just prolonging it...
 
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Whichever figures you look at though, financially, Wolves are probably the most sensible club there is. Which I'm actually really proud of. At least we're stable. At least we can build and go steady. Relegation's a blow, yes, it's not one we can't weather though. We're in a position to keep a lot of our good players, and get new talent, and bounce back up. I do feel that no matter what happens, Wolves are at least a club that can hold their head up high.
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I have to agree with you there, Wolves, will always do well in the Championship for that exact reason, they have been honest with their spending, in the same way as I think Norwich City have been.
That can be crucial in the dog fight that is The Championship, look at the teams that have been relegated from the Premier League and suffered in The Championship because they couldn't cope financially in the second tier, Portsmouth, Leeds United, Wimbledon.
You should be proud of your team for looking after their finances, I`m not saying its the same, but when Watford were in the Premier League, we hardly spent a penny, alright we went straight down, but at least we looked after our finances.

It will be interesting to see how Bolton and Blackburn will cope?
 
To be honest, I think Wolves will have a fantastic season next year! The Championship is a much more interesting league, so much more thrilling than the Premier league. Being a Sunderland fan, I've had my share of ups and downs, but its **** CLASS! I hope you do bounce back up, I've never had anything against Wolves, all the best to you I say!
 
Great day at Wembley last Sunday, some of the lads in the Crewe team I actually grew up with and played football with until we were young teens;

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Nick Powell has a big future ahead of him, hopefully that'll be at Man United rather than another top four club.
 
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