As they were promoted in 2017 and are still there challenging for Europe I think they have clearly shown that they know what they are doing. Just compare their payroll to Spurs FINANCE Listen to this Article (Audio) Player Transfers Executive Staff Payroll Debt Payments Agent Fees Marketing Costs Transportation costs Stadium Costs Player Payroll: Brighton & Hove Albion spends a total of £42.89 million on players annual payroll as of fiscal year ending June 30, 2022, and £10,722,500 in annual taxes. Players making up to £50,270 per year are subject to 20% tax rate, which is also known as the basic tax rate. Taxes on income over this threshold are 40%. (higher rate). The extra rate is another name for the third tax bracket. Any income over £150,000 is subject to a 45% tax rate. please log in to view this image Brighton & Hove Albion Players Payroll Breakdown Weekly Payroll Average Weekly Payroll Annual Payroll Average Payroll per Year Income Tax £824,807 £26,606 £42,890,000 £1,383,548 £10,722,500 Source: FIFA, UEFA, England FA, HMRC, Sponsorlytix Brighton & Hove Albion Payroll BreakdownWeekly Payroll (£)Annual Payroll (£)1/319.2%76.8% Weekly Payroll (£) 824,807 Average Weekly Payroll (£) 26,606 Annual Payroll (£) 42,890,000 Average Payroll per Year (£) 1,383,548 Income Tax (£) 10,722,500 SPURS PAYROLL TYPE BASE SALARY SIGNING BONUS USD ANNUAL SALARY ANNUAL SALARY Senior Roster £108,738,000 - - £108,738,000 Total Salaries £131,378,000 - - £110,438,000 Case rested.
Their average position since promotion is quite similar to where they are in the money league, as is ours. There is no reason to suspect that they do anything better than we do.
I don't think you are taking into account where Brighton were before 2017. They are only in that position because they made it to the PL and collect the money that comes with that. Spurs have been a top flight club for a 100 years the fact that you can even compare Brighton to Spurs is a tribute to the work Brighton have done. You can throw all the figures you like at it but the relative size and history of these two clubs speaks for itself.
Apparently Lindelof played well today. You know, the guy that should be banned for his red card in his last game. Just saying that the implications of not getting the right decision can often be brought forward to the next match.
I don’t doubt that Brighton have done well but that doesn't mean we can learn from them. In the part of the league they have been in they have been competing with clubs with similar finances to themselves and even a small edge in recruitment or coaching will make a difference. We are trying to overcome a massive financial disadvantage which is much harder.
Another Spurs season to remember OR NOT!!!! Gosh.Spurs going to sleep in the first 15 minute of games to surrender the points. Arsenal,shooting themselves in both feet. Newcastle doing absolutely incredible stuff,although Man U don't impress me even though they may finish 4th. West Ham in need of a new bus driver and the thought of Everton in the lower division!........What Spurs will do with that defence is anyones guess.Solutions on a postcard to Daniel quickly,please!!!
Your framing of this discussion is slightly different to mine. I am praising Brighton for what they have achieved rather than using them to criticise Spurs. I think the two clubs are quite different in both their financial clout and their history. While I can say that Spurs should have paid attention to the defence and midfield creativity and I do. The hard part is finding those players and we are at the wrong end of our peer group. I think it's fair to say that we have the hardest job of the top six simply because we are at the bottom of that group or at best 5th out the 6. Hopefully we will find two quality defenders and a creative midfielder in the summer, that and a progressive manager could transform this squad.
Brighton’s success (if you can even call it that) will be short lived. Next season with European football will expose their squad. That said, most of their starting 11 gets into the Spurs team atm and that is damning
We’re just about overcoming clubs with lesser resources than us now though. Leicester have finished above us twice in the last three seasons. West Ham finished above us the season before last. This season we could potentially finish behind both Villa and Brighton and we’ll definitely be finishing behind a Newcastle side (barring an insane run of results) that have so far not truly exploited their new found wealth yet. I can accept an occasional season of an underdog finishing above us but it’s on the verge of becoming a regular thing now. There could be a changing of the guard soon and we’re looking likeliest to be the ones whose expense it comes at.
This is spot on. They have not 'splashed the cash' particularly yet. Rather, they have been pretty clever in the market, picking up some very talented players and blending them into the existing squad. They are a season ahead of their plan I reckon. A good young coach has helped.... Heaven help the rest of us when they start flexing their financial muscle.
Of course we are as we are still the weakest of the big six...catching Arsenal and Chelsea on income doesn't make us a bigger draw for top players. The only fix is having more money. Income growth will be slower from this point so we need someone to take a stake in the club to give a cash injection that can be spent on improving the squad. Of course the ENIC out fans are reducing the chance of that happening by undermining financial stability. There are a lot more investors who can afford to put in £1b for a 25% stake than those who can afford to buy ENIC out for £3b and also add another £1b on top.
We have only just managed to put our head above the parapet thanks to Pochettino and the work from Jol and Redknap before him. It's likely we will soon have our head pushed back down unless we make some clever signings of manager and players.
How much of this is players motivated by knowing that unlimited wealth is about to happen and they want to be a part of it. Playing for your place in the latest super team is quite an incentive.
Spurs caught them lot on revenue. Come the end of this/next season, Kings Rd FC may suffer the same fare (30m gap at last reading - and no CL next season will damage them more) . This part is done (and new WHL has been amajor enabler of that) . Everything now is primarily about ON-PITCH matters (manager, coaches, squad, the academy, scouting etc) . "Income growth will be slower from this point so we need someone to take a stake in the club to give a cash injection that can be spent on improving the squad. Of course the ENIC out fans are reducing the chance of that happening by undermining financial stability. There are a lot more investors who can afford to put in £1b for a 25% stake than those who can afford to buy ENIC out for £3b and also add another £1b on top." ENIC could lower their valuation to get a new owner, and still make a serious ROI when the dust has settled.
There is still a significant financial gap between us and the rest of the league though, our revenue in 2022 was said to be around £455m, almost double of West Ham, more than double of Leicester and almost triple that of Newcastle. So it’s beginning to feel pointless by keep talking about increasing our revenue to compete with the Utd’s and City’s of the world if we’re struggling to put a significant sporting gap between us and some of the chasing pack despite having considerable more wealth. Having loads or more money means nothing if there’s no plan and vision. We’ve shown spending large amounts can achieve absolutely nothing and Chelsea this season have done the same. Utd in previous years too. As of right now, regardless of what side of the fence people sit with regards to ENIC, not a single person on our board at this moment in time has a clue of what they’re doing and it’s filtering all the way down to the management and players. The video of Cullen just the other day saying “this is ****” sums it up, it’s **** because of people like her constantly messing up.
Spot on. The issue isn’t money (which we have plenty of now, and of course more revenue streams should be welcome) but decision making as it relates to football. Smart teams (Brentford, Brighton) can outperform, whether sustainable or not, but we don’t even seem to be half as smart. Blindly throwing money at big name managers is not going to work.
Players too. People like myself and RCL were probably the biggest ‘what the ****’-ers when we saw the Richarlison links, more so at the fee but I’d say well over half this board also at least raised an eyebrow. The Ndombele and Lo Celso signings were horrific even if they came with initial excitement. Sessegnon doesn’t even look like a footballer. Bergwijn was pretty tragic. Porro has had one of the worst starts to a Spurs career I’ve seen, it’s almost Gilberto-esque, he’s certainly a threat going forward but is close to making Perisic look like prime Ashley Cole on the opposite flank with how bad his defending has been. I just don’t get why or how we’re getting so much wrong. Well, I do to a degree because there’s no plan at the club but even so, we shouldn’t be getting so many big money signings catastrophically incorrect.
I think this misreads the situation. The problem is that the distribution of players skill against value isn't linear. If you look at individual sports ranking lists you usually get wide gaps at the top and then everyone bunches up lower down. The very biggest clubs hoover up the best players and we get stuck with those just outside the elite who are not much better than those below them. Man City's skill edge over us by spending twice as much money on their squad is much bigger than ours over clubs who spend half as much. If there is an edge to be had in coaching we've tried most things already. If our objective is to supplant one or more of the really big clubs we need more than a slightly better coach.
