Can you ever envisage Brighton...

[Tyrone Biggums]

Paying 1 million pounds for a player?

Well?


For mine the only way I could see us spending that much is if we made it to the Premiership.

 

[steward 433]

Yes we will on the rise to the premiership

Probably not for 5-7 years though

 

[sten_super]

I would have thought, if we became an established Championship club with gates of say 18k then our revenues would be such that we could probably afford million pound players. It seems now that clubs in that league pay these kinds of fees on a regular basis.

Or, being uber-negative, ultimately even at this level, inflation dictates that at some point within the next probably 30-50 years we will pay £1m for a player (although it would only be the equivalent of £300-500k today).

 

[seagull_special]

Its all about investors, if we get a cash injection it could happen

 

[Tyrone Biggums]

Yes we will on the rise to the premiership

Probably not for 5-7 years though

While it would be nice to dream a little i'd think even at the higher end of the Championship we'd still be only spending in the 100's of thousands rather than the millions.

Still a few 500k players would be cracking!

 

[steward 433]

While it would be nice to dream a little i'd think even at the higher end of the Championship we'd still be only spending in the 100's of thousands rather than the millions.

Still a few 500k players would be cracking!

When we are in the new stadium and gate receipts etc we WILL be pushing for the premiership and the only way to do it is to buy a better standard of player costing more

We won't get to the high end of the championship without spending a bit more

Unless we can sign some really good players on frees

 

[BensGrandad]

The answer to the question is yes hopefully during the next 5 - 10 years.

 

[SULLY COULDNT SHOOT]

Perosnally I would rather that we made the premiership without having to pay that sort of money. No player is worth a transfer fee..... either football works on contracts like in all business with a penalty for not seeing out the contract or we just go back to being amateur.

 

[Blackadder]

I would have thought, if we became an established Championship club with gates of say 18k then our revenues would be such that we could probably afford million pound players. It seems now that clubs in that league pay these kinds of fees on a regular basis.

Agree with that. We would have to invest heavily at Championship level to make a push for the Prem. A Million doesn't but that much these days at that level.

At the very least we would need to buy One or Two players costing a Million

 

[withdeanwombat]

With inflation,perhaps.

It's amazing how much money is thrown about on players,though.

People talk glibly of spending £10m on him,or £18m on him.

I sort of relate it to my house.You could get 6 of my houses for the price of him,etc.etc.

Frightening,really.

 

[Scotty Mac]

you would have to do very very well and be very very lucky to reach the premiership wqithout spending a million on at least one player

 

[steward 433]

you would have to do very very well and be very very lucky to reach the premiership wqithout spending a million on at least one player

Wimbledon did it and won the FA cup

 

[Scotty Mac]

Wimbledon did it and won the FA cup

so we will need a time machine as well then

 

[Tony Meolas Loan Spell]

I would have thought, if we became an established Championship club with gates of say 18k then our revenues would be such that we could probably afford million pound players. It seems now that clubs in that league pay these kinds of fees on a regular basis.

Or, being uber-negative, ultimately even at this level, inflation dictates that at some point within the next probably 30-50 years we will pay £1m for a player (although it would only be the equivalent of £300-500k today).

Yep agreed.

 

[mr sheen]

If the shifting power towards players from the clubs continues, the transfer fee may well be a thing of the past before we get to spend a million

 

[The Large One]

Why is it so important to spend a million pounds on a player?

Does it mean we get to join an elite club or something?

 

[turienzo's lovechild]

Wimbledon did it and won the FA cup

yeah, in the 80's


theres no way you'd survive in the prem without spending atleast a million on a player


sunderland spent almost what? £50m? and didn't stay up by much

 

[hart's shirt]

Yes, but, barring significant investment into the club, we'll have to wait for Falmer before it happens.

Spending £1m on bringing in a number of new players is probably a lot more realistic for now. And one could say that we've already begun that process.

 

[Braders]

you would have to do very very well and be very very lucky to reach the premiership wqithout spending a million on at least one player

not so sure about luck , just needs a very shrewd business man and an exceptional scouting system for it to happen mind.

 

[Skint Gull]

Why is it so important to spend a million pounds on a player?

Does it mean we get to join an elite club or something?

Nobody says it is that important, the question was simply can you see us spending that sort of money?

Having sold several for that sort of money it would be nice to think that one day we might be able to afford to buy a few!