Does anyone have the stats for championship promoted team spend

[dwayne]

In the last 5-10 years?

I was reading that the average spend was around 30 million first season. Obviously there will be yo-yo clubs that skew this slightly. But it would be very interesting to see how we stack up as it stands.

I know it's a broken record on this board but it very much feels like we are doing this season on the cheap with little to no recognised premier league players (apart from maybe sidwell?!)

 

[albionfan37]

That doesn't mean that our players aren't good enough to step up though does it

 

[dwayne]

That doesn't mean that our players aren't good enough to step up though does it

Massive gamble. Would be interesting to see the spend stats.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Have we finished spending yet?

 

[Blue Valkyrie]

We've currently spent around £12 million in transfer fees.

I guess another £25 million to go - just on 2 players.

Then a free goalkeeper, and a loan for 9th choice defender.

 

[AmexRuislip]

In the last 5-10 years?

I was reading that the average spend was around 30 million first season. Obviously there will be yo-yo clubs that skew this slightly. But it would be very interesting to see how we stack up as it stands.

I know it's a broken record on this board but it very much feels like we are doing this season on the cheap with little to no recognised premier league players (apart from maybe sidwell?!)

https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/brighton--hove-albion/startseite/verein/1237

 

[martin tyler]

Sure that's a myth. There is an article granted summer 2015 saying the average spend over the previous 10 years by promoted clubs that stay up is 12.4 million.
That year Bournemouth and Watford bucked the trend and both spent in excess of 22 million and stayed up. Norwich spent around 10 And went down (some of these clubs seems to hide a lot of fees as undisclosed in recent times which cloud Bournemouths figures for sure)
Last year Burnley stayed uphaving spent 21 million
Biro spent 21.25 and Hull 12.4 both went down

Problem this year there is less value or so it seems. While teams are prepared to pay 50 million for the likes of Walker, Sigs, ect then until those teams have spent their stupid amounts and need to discard players then the club are doing it right and getting value from abroad. May look like doing it on the cheap but I don't see us spending more that 25 million.

Main point of the article it's how you spend your money not how much you spend that helps survival

 

[martin tyler]

 

[albionfan37]

Massive gamble. Would be interesting to see the spend stats.

I don't think it's that big a gamble we have picked up 180 odd points in 2 seasons plenty of people are underestimating the strength and quality of our squad 2-3 players in and we will compete with most teams

 

[El Presidente]

 

[Perkino]

There's no obvious correlation between spend and survival. We will need a tight defence which we may already have and players who can score on the counter attack or from a set piece as we're unlikely to occupy large amounts of possession

 

[dwayne]

There's no obvious correlation between spend and survival. We will need a tight defence which we may already have and players who can score on the counter attack or from a set piece as we're unlikely to occupy large amounts of possession

I think el pres stats suggest otherwise. There is a correlation between spend and staying up.

 

[Normal Rob]

I think el pres stats suggest otherwise. There is a correlation between spend and staying up.

it's hardly clear-cut though is it. Arguably, a good manager can make the difference more than spending bucketloads.

 

[MattBackHome]

I think el pres stats suggest otherwise. There is a correlation between spend and staying up.

Based on ElPres' figures I'd suggest that the correlation isn't strong enough to prove that hypothesis; yes the bottom three teams spends (as a % of the total promoted teams spend that year) resulted in relegation, but so did 2 of the top 3.

If anything the figures suggest that you should spend roughly the same as your promotion rivals (between 23% and 41% of total promoted teams spend) and not more.

Plus we're not done yet.

 

[BBassic]

I think el pres stats suggest otherwise. There is a correlation between spend and staying up.

They don't suggest that to me.

Of the five relegated on that list three of them spent over £30m and got relegated anyway.

Suggests to me that money helps when spent wisely rather than blindly.

 

[dwayne]

They don't suggest that to me.

Of the five relegated on that list three of them spent over £30m and got relegated anyway.

Suggests to me that money helps when spent wisely rather than blindly.

The 2015 figures are scary. Watford spent all that money and I couldn't name 3 of their players.

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[BBassic]

The 2015 figures are scary. Watford spent all that money and I couldn't name 3 of their players.

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Absolutely. I'd wager some of their fans can't either to be honest.

Cardiff is the one that scares me the most. £45m on players and still went down. That's the sort of spending spree I fear people want us to embark on. Signing players because we have the money to sign players isn't the way a well run club does things.

 

[Weststander]

The 2015 figures are scary. Watford spent all that money and I couldn't name 3 of their players.

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= shrewd buying from abroad and they stayed up with ease in the end in each of their PL seasons.

Which is a positive point often made about Winstanley & Co buying from overseas and getting better value.

 

[Notters]

Surely meaningless if you don't take into account wages, time left on contracts, etc.

 

[Weststander]

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With the uplift in income per club increasing to a minimum of £100m from the 2016/17 season (up from £76m), due to new broadcasting deals.

Overall, figures for spend on fees and wages in the next wave of published accounts, should reflect that increase.