Albion finances review

[KZNSeagull]

Thanks for that - very interesting and informative. Should be compulsory reading

 

[Daddies_Sauce]

Excellent piece of work, thank you for sharing

 

[El Presidente]

Very informative to plebs like myself who are too dim to understand the usually of annual accounting reports that may as well be written in Mandarin for all the sense they make. An interesting read that (sort of) shed some light on the unexpected loses of last year.

So? Playing devils advocate EP, do you expect a considerable improvement on next years figures?

Yes, losses about £4-6 million next year.

 

[Crispy Ambulance]

Not dull at all, EP. Fascinating read, thanks.

 

[Lady Whistledown]

Amazing, in the context of the average UK worker's salary, that the mean estimated salary for an Albion player is in the region of £483,000 per annum.

Nothing by comparison to the likes of Rooney, Gerrard, Aguero etc, but still far beyond the wildest dreams of most of us. And this is for the middle of the road, squad players are on, not the marquee names or the ones we signed from Premier League clubs.

 

[El Presidente]

Amazing, in the context of the average UK worker's salary, that the mean estimated salary for an Albion player is in the region of £483,000 per annum.

Nothing by comparison to the likes of Rooney, Gerrard, Aguero etc, but still far beyond the wildest dreams of most of us. And this is for the middle of the road, squad players are on, not the marquee names or the ones we signed from Premier League clubs.

But you get a free UNIFORM with your job Edna

 

[severnside gull]

Very very good job El Pres

 

[Beach Hut]

Not for the first or last time, excellent article EP.

Very surprised at Barbers salary however if you want the best you do have to pay the salary.

 

[MattBackHome]

Great stuff.

 

[Foul Play Rocks]

I enjoyed reading that so thank you very much. Makes sense of all the nonsense

 

[Blue3]

Great article El P a lot of hard work has gone into that thank you this should be compulsory reading for all fans

 

[golddene]

A very informative read thanks El.P.

 

[PILTDOWN MAN]

Not for the first or last time, excellent article EP.

Very surprised at Barbers salary however if you want the best you do have to pay the salary.

His wage is comparable to the average squad player but in his case he's running the whole shebang

 

[TomandJerry]

Top notch work there

 

[Landgull]

I've done a full analysis of the Albion's financial position and it can be found here

http://theseagulllovereview.blogspot.co.uk

Only read it if either you can't sleep or are very nerdy like me. It's about 2,500 words, and very dull!.

Thanks good read.

 

[eaglejez]

I've got a copy of CPFC2010 accounts too Jez. Apart from the haircuts, I quite like Parish (and before him Jordan) as they do have the best interests of the club at heart.

You spent over £16million in the summer 2013 transfer window, not so sure how much in January, but Pulis is your best signing by far.

yep. Difficult to gauge increases in wages. Guessing the Jan ones will be on a fair whack but if we go down we should be able to get rid of a big chunk of the long term liabilities ie Chamakh will go, as will Ince plus a lot of the chaff we got in the Summer. Probably have to sell Ward but with the other 60m to come should be safe financially (for a few more years anyway !) with a decent squad.

Guessing our relegation rivals will be in much worse shape financially

 

[Gordon Bennett]

Great read, puts everything nicely into perspective.

Loved the bit about Tony Bloom - "There’s one word to describe where the Albion would be without TB, and that word is ****ed." I want that quote as my signature!!

 

[Seagull73]

Not for the first or last time, excellent article EP.

Very surprised at Barbers salary however if you want the best you do have to pay the salary.

Any Tom, Dick or Harry can go through a re-engineering process to cut losses. That's the easy bit.

He's yet to prove he's worth his salary by proving he can grow the business. And the shirt sponsorship deal with Amex doesn't count, again negotiating a deal with a company you are already well in bed with is hardly ground-breaking.

He needs to prove to his staff that he is worth his salt too, because while he is good at getting the fans to believe his drivel, his staff are far less engaged or convinced.

 

[Cheshire Cat]

Any chance of some ratio analysis on the balance sheet to see if we are actually a going concern (whatever the auditors might say)?

 

[El Presidente]

Any chance of some ratio analysis on the balance sheet to see if we are actually a going concern (whatever the auditors might say)?

We're not, UNLESS TB keeps writing the cheques.