My biggest issue with the club over the last year has been that the fans have been asked to pay more to see a vastly inferior product. With the Academy done and FFP loosened we can invest more* in the squad. My gut instinct is that this process has started. I would expect (but don't know) that Hughton would be on more than the untested Hyypia. I imagine Best was on a fair chunk at the chicken farmers.
Whatever, it is an independently verified FACT that the playing budget has increased as Tony stated - it just hasn't been used very well up to now.
http://swissramble.blogspot.ch/2015/01/brighton-and-hove-albion-love-at-pier.html
*more of Tony's personal money that is
Slightly OT but thank you for posting this - I had missed the fact that the Swiss Ramble is back after a long lay off. And promising to write shorter, punchier articles which is also a move in the right direction, although the Brighton one seems pretty comprehensive to me.