IF we go down and I believe there are enough teams below us to stop us dropping then SP will be very worried as our money paid out next season will be below our money coming in. SP will over the next few weeks fund enough for the type of players to keep us up. I think that we have enough points to stay up and we may well call back if allowed Killian Phillips maybe.

Enjoying getting up later and not having someone who knows better than me (apart from the missus of course).

What puzzles me is the talk of the £1bn income over the 10 PL seasons. If my maths is correct that is £100m per season. What was it spent on?

£68mill a season on player wages

Some was paid as dividends to Directors, no doubt.

Nor do I. Thinking back to Pulis' time, when this money was just a dream, I can't see that this current team is any better or more motivated than the players he managed an extremely creditable 11th place finish with.
We have planning permission, we have an academy, we've had some overpaid big time charlies, and a cup final. Other than that, we are no better off than when Pulis was manager.

Edited by southnorwoodhill (12 Jan 2023 5.37pm)

The Pulis team was far worse and should probably have been a championship side. However, he concentrated on defensive solidity, team ethic and set pieces. As for the first two - we haven't got those. We look like we've just started to work on set pieces - about five seasons too late.
First thing any team wanting to avoid relegation needs to do is be defensively solid. We look weak. Second thing is to score goals. Pulis noted we probably wouldn't score many and I believe we topped the set piece goal statistics (or were second after Liverpool). We're usually near the bottom now and we still don't score goals. We also concede a lot from set pieces - which certainly would not have happened under Pulis.
For an analogy, we're a team with some BMWs and a couple of Lambos when, in reality, we need Skoda Yetis for our environment.
We play like a top side, rather than being pragmatic about what we have. However, let's say PV was fed up with our team basically being a bit weak? Who would he pick? It would be Tomkins, Luka maybe Hughes. Hardly game changing stuff. We have little choice but to carry on as we do with our current personnel.

Edited by ASCPFC (12 Jan 2023 6.02pm)

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