If this is the case then the powers that be have to question their roles-this cannot carry on any normal business would go under.- City are reportedly losing £412,000 a week Bristol City believe that up to seven more Championship clubs could be heading towards financial fair play breaches and be hit with point deductions, as reported by the Telegraph. Pressure is growing on the EFL to agree new 'force majeure' Covid allowances and Bristol City, who last month admitted that they may be forced to take a points deduction next year, think they might not be the only club who will be affected. The report adds that Middlesbrough and Stoke are among other sides facing scrutiny as the EFL enters the next 12 months of its three-year "profit and sustainability" cycle. "I'd have thought there will five, six, seven in our league in a similar position as we are and there will be others that are struggling," City chairman Jon Lansdown said. Last month, Richard Gould, the club's chief executive, told Telegraph Sport that the 'Covid-inflicted collapse' in transfer values in the Championship cost the club £30m. On a positive note, the club have recently secured a record sponsorship deal with e-commerce firm Huboo, who will feature on the shirts of all the Bristol Sport teams (City's men and women sides, Bristol Bears rugby and Bristol Flyers basketball). This deal will see City part ways with MansionBet, which could prove to be a smart move considering the Government's gambling bill white paper, which could see betting companies banned from appearing on football shirts. With the club reportedly losing £412,000 a week, the introduction of a soft salary cap and a recovery in transfer values appear to be critical in the club's route to financial recovery. "I'd like to think that Bristol City is looked at as a very stable, well run football club, locally-owned, with sensible actions," added Lansdown. "We've all got slightly different models but you can see our track record that we use the transfer market so we can have a slightly higher wage than a club of our size would normally have."
This does not make sense. Bristol City having a higher wage bill for? Transfers. Buying players to sell them does not guarantee income, its an assumed profit. The majority of signings dont make BCFC money.
‘City are reportedly losing £412,000 a week….’ well, Palmer, Wells, Simpson and Kalas can be blamed for about £60k of that loss - if online reports of their wages are to be believed. Where is the other £350k going? The tea lady? Pearson himself? Paying off LJ???
Nigel Pearson disagrees with Jon Lansdown's Bristol City claim and 'bonkers' strategy of old Bristol City chairman Jon Lansdown stated this week that the Robins' have been under-performing this season on Nigel Pearson's watch, something the manager has taken umbrage with. Nigel Pearson disagrees with chairman Jon Lansdown’s assessment that Bristol City are under-performing this season, referencing the “bonkers” model the club previously lived by, and has been surprised at how chaotic life has been since taking charge a year ago. On Wednesday, during the announcement of Bristol Sport’s new sponsorship deal with Huboo, Lansdown stated that the Robins, who lie 17th in the Championship after 32 games, should be, “competitively better than we are doing at the moment in the league”. Although league position is the ultimate determiner of success for a football club and by extension the man at the helm, Pearson believes a more nuanced look needs to be made in analysing City’s progress on his watch. The 58-year-old, who took over on February 22 last year following Dean Holden’s dismissal, has overseen considerable change in the playing squad and coaching staff, amid severe financial restrictions, with the requirement of accelerating the development of academy players, which, by its very nature, will lead to inconsistencies in performance. He said it with a smile, but Pearson made a point of noting the chairman's comments in his press conference ahead of the visit of Middlesbrough on Saturday, even though he wasn’t directly asked about it. “I’ve been here a year, and I’ve aged probably five,” said Pearson, when asked how he reflects on his first year in charge. “It’s not an easy job, let’s put it like that, but I didn’t expect it to be. I probably didn’t expect it to be as chaotic as it is, or has been. There’s a lot to do. “It would have been nice to have got more wins and certainly been more difficult to beat, that irritates me so much. That instead of losing games, we can scrap a draw out of it, but we’ve been unable to do that because at the moment we don’t have that balance right in the squad, or the players that I’ve had available. “I don’t overthink that. I heard a comment that Jon said in the media that we’re ‘under-performing’, and he’s the chairman so he’s allowed to have that opinion, but I don’t agree with him, personally, quite frankly. “We haven’t won the number of games that we should have done. We haven’t got the number of points that we should have. But we’re not under-performing. In fact, a lot of our players are over-performing. “As far as I’m concerned… progression and progress… I would love it to be about results, and ultimately people in my job lose their jobs because you don’t get enough wins, but this job is a bit more complex. “So I think, yes, we’ve made really good progress in some areas and we’re unfortunately back-pedalling in other areas, and I think the club - and I’m not talking about the team now, I’m talking about the club - is still struggling to find the identity that it really wants. “In my eyes, it’s always about: let’s produce a team which works hard and people hate playing against, but we have talent as well. “That’s what I really want but we’re a long way away from that at the moment. But the group of people that we have now, compared to what it was a year ago - big difference, in a positive way. “How people look at it? Like I say, he’s the chairman so he can say what he thinks, but I don’t agree with him.” Due to the changes, and a need for a different culture, this season has always been viewed as one of transition but what has proved to be an underlying obstacle has been City’s financial position. The club posted record losses of £38.4million for the financial year ending 2021, following the pandemic and the loss of gate revenue and the collapse of the transfer market, a process so vital to City’s business model under the Lansdowns. When City make their Profit & Sustainability submission to the EFL by the end of this month, they will include an estimate they’ve lost around £30m in transfer revenue, through no fault of their own, which would, of course, have helped them break even. That policy of “player trading” encouraged by the Lansdowns’ ownership, and driven by former CEO Mark Ashton, led to the considerable sales of Adam Webster, Lloyd Kelly, Bobby Reid and Josh Brownhill but also left Lee Johnson needing to regenerate his squad virtually every season, following the loss of key players. As a result, City posted profits for 2018/19 but constantly found the play-offs a glass ceiling they were unable to crack, all the while with the wage bill increasingly creeping past the £30m mark and representing more than 100 per cent of the club's overall turnover. Pearson took a pretty dim of view of that process and even referenced the Ashton Gate Eight, with the 40th anniversary to be marked on Saturday before and during the visit of Middlesbrough. "We've got ourselves into a mess, as a football club, by having a previous strategy to build a squad, and that is spending too much money and then having to sell to stay viable, which is bonkers," Pearson added. "Who does that? "Now, hopefully we'll get to a point where our wage bill is manageable and we'll still create players who will be great for us and we will at some point (have to sell), and I'll never intend to stop a player's long-term ambitions to play in the Premier League, but our aim is still to get there. "It might take longer than we hope but what's really important is you get the foundations right, because the foundations haven't been right. "I'm not a control freak, I'm a part of the football club. Richard (Gould), who's now the CEO; we're trying to work very hard and collaborate so we can find the right way to go. We don't agree on everything, and I wouldn't want to agree on everything, but what we have to do is make sure that firstly, our immediate future is okay. "And then outside of that, what is vital for us , as a football club is that we don't put our... we've talked about the Ashton Gate Eight and how the club were nearly into liquidation and we are very heavily in debt at the moment. "We have to be very, very mindful of what our future looks like in terms of the progression and the steps that we take to make sure we can keep a successful team, and a successful club, because that's what we all want to do." https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/sport/football/nigel-pearson-jon-lansdown-bristol-6676062
Nige tells a few home truths ~ * That policy of “player trading” encouraged by the Lansdowns’ ownership, and driven by former CEO Mark Ashton, led to the considerable sales of Adam Webster, Lloyd Kelly, Bobby Reid and Josh Brownhill but also left Lee Johnson needing to regenerate his squad virtually every season, following the loss of key players. As a result, City posted profits for 2018/19 but constantly found the play-offs a glass ceiling they were unable to crack, all the while with the wage bill increasingly creeping past the £30m mark and representing more than 100 per cent of the club's overall turnover. * "We've got ourselves into a mess, as a football club, by having a previous strategy to build a squad, and that is spending too much money and then having to sell to stay viable, which is bonkers," Pearson added. "Who does that? * "Now, hopefully we'll get to a point where our wage bill is manageable and we'll still create players who will be great for us and we will at some point (have to sell), and I'll never intend to stop a player's long-term ambitions to play in the Premier League, but our aim is still to get there. "It might take longer than we hope but what's really important is you get the foundations right, because the foundations haven't been right.
Nige disagrees with Jon- It is going pear-shaped once again the club is so amateurish and Nige can see it it-we as fans have known it for years. Hence i was amazed NP came in and took the job. NIGEL PEARSON RESPONDS BULLISHLY TO BRISTOL CITY CHAIRMAN’S CLAIMS THE TEAM ARE UNDERPERFORMING please log in to view this image Bristol City Chairman Jon Lansdown explained that he feels the team are underperforming when he spoke to BristolLive earlier this week. Nigel Pearson firmly disagreed with the suggestion and believes that the shortcomings of the club’s performance as a whole lie elsewhere. The experienced manager explained his stance on the comment when he spoke to BristolLive this afternoon. He said: “I heard a comment that Jon (Lansdown) said in the media that we’re ‘under-performing’, and he’s the chairman so he’s allowed to have that opinion, but I don’t agree with him, personally, quite frankly. “We haven’t won the number of games that we should have done. “We haven’t got the number of points that we should have. But we’re not under-performing. In fact, a lot of our players are over-performing. “As far as I’m concerned… progression and progress… I would love it to be about results, and ultimately people in my job lose their jobs because you don’t get enough wins, but this job is a bit more complex. “So I think, yes, we’ve made really good progress in some areas and we’re unfortunately back-pedalling in other areas, and I think the club – and I’m not talking about the team now, I’m talking about the club – is still struggling to find the identity that it really wants.” Given the cutbacks that the club are carrying out in the transfer market and the reliance on youth that has been shown this season, and particularly in the last couple of months, Robins supporters must be content with staying clear of relegation this term and allowing the likes of Alex Scott, Han-Noah Massengo and Antonie Semenyo the chance to develop and showcase their skillsets at second tier level.
It's starting to sound like the Bristol City I have known for many years. Perhaps the hope of some sanity within our club is fast going down the toilet or indeed already has.
Sounds like it's going to end in tears to me, as he's spoken the truth and the Lansdowns won't like it. But the reality is that ours is a club that's been run by non football people for way too long and aside from the stadium it can be summed up in one word. F A I L U R E
Hopefully they’ll listen to him, if they don’t I fear for the club going forward. There’s no point, at last, appointing a football man if you’re not going to listen to what he has to say. I also think he’s not the kind of person that’ll stick around if they don’t.
I have this sinking feeling that the truth may hurt the other way in that the Lansdowns will not like criticism and that is the main reason why we continually fail to impress. Many times it has been intimated on this site that the blame has to be firmly at the feet of our owner and I believe that is true, but even more frightening for me is their continued hiring and control of the chosen ones who run our team. Back in the day when we hired Steve Coppell it was obvious right from the start that he was uncomfortable with the promises made from the top and it was in short order that he ran for safety from the false promises given to him. Here we are years down the road from the Coppell affair apparently still doing the same thing and expecting a different result which I believe is the definition of stupidity. When will the Lansdowns buy in to the prgramme that states you need to hire the best people to get the best results but you need to let them do their job unhindered and it is starting to sound like Nigel will get the same old short straw. The job that Nigel was hired to do is a difficult one at best and his recent comments have highlighted that we still do not have a clue when it comes down to the finer points of running a football club. After what I have read over the last few days it makes me fear for a long term tenure for Nigel Pearson and possible redemption.
Nigel Pearson v Mark Ashton clearly they listened to the clown Ashton . If NP goes it tells me all I need to know about where the club ambition and leadership is.
thats £21m PA if we had 20 players on £15k a week thats around £15m ! but you have gate money league money and a load etc's that boosts income = turnover of £30m so on top we lose £21m ..... really! B*O*L*CK*
IMO, a large portion of games this season, I do think we've been under performing, Yes, some players have been inconsistent and made mistakes but I also believe that some of NP's tactics, setup's & subs have not been on the money either...yes, injuries have been an issue, I'm sure most clubs have similar problems...but it has made way for some of the youngsters to get some game time, which IMO has been a positive.. I think that Lansdown has a point, we should be doing better but I also think overall, NP is slowly getting there....Both should be working out what we need going forward......And if NP bottles it, walks away because a bit of criticism...then he ain't the manager RR keeps raving about and and would be best out of it for both parties..
He’s having to deal with a **** show not of his making, no wonder he’s a bit dischuffed at being criticised by someone partly responsible for said **** show.
