WHU don’t own their ground. I’m not sure how, if at all, this influences FFP. I would have thought that a ground value must be factored into a club’s wealth.

I presume WHU also have to pay rent or did Khant let them off that as well?

Except they have a bigger ground (by far), a more expensive squad (by far), have been in the prem more consistently than us (17 years from the last 20, vs 10 for us).

That being said, over the last 8 years our league position has been pretty consistent. They probably average a little higher than us (over that period) but I'd doubt by much

Actually I’ve got to say on Saturday how beefy their players looked. They all looked really chunky. I’ve always thought of say Declan Rice as being slim like say Tomkins but he and indeed all their team looked like they were popping out their kit. Anyone else notice that?

They don't have a ground, and they pay less wages than us, they mainly buy from smaller players

“That’s a joke son, I say, that’s a joke.” “Nice boy, but he’s sharp as a throw pillow.” “He’s so dumb he thinks a Mexican border pays rent” “ “Son… I say, son, some people are so narrow minded they can look through a keyhole with both eyes.”__ Forhorn Leghorn

West Ham are a richer club than us, helped by the size of their stadium and minimal related costs (subsidised by all Londoners), which will make it increasingly difficult for us to close the gap.
If you look at the available resources/income for Premier clubs, if Palace can break into the top half we are doing really well (punching above our weight). To do so consistently we need to up our income (e.g stadium development).
Otherwise we will continue as London’s 5th best team, and finishing towards the top of the bottom half in the Premier League, which is not something to be embarrassed about.

Edited by Bearcage (05 Jan 2022 7.20am)

What a load of tripe

WH have a 99 year lease, so they effectively own the ground. Regardless of ownership they still have a much bigger ground than us (likely bigger than we'll ever have)

Over the last 4 seasons they have spent over £300 mill on transfers (we've spent about £100m), buying from the likes of Dortmund, Lazio, Arsenal, Villarreal.

What big clubs do we regularly buy players from? (plus any players we've got from bigger clubs have been on the way down)

Also why does it matter who you buy from?