http://www.skysports.com/story/0,,11678_7093913,00.html
"Fans need to lower expectations"- We all would have taken 17th at the beginning of last season. Everyone expects mid table this year..... Lower expectations is championship football Pardew what are you on about.
"club needs to be sustained by its own funds"- Lets clarify, everyone is focused on the £35m from Carroll..... TV rights, merchandise, Season Tickets, Sponsorship.... Wheres that money gone?
Sol Campbell, Nolan, Enrique, Routledge, Xisco gone with Barton and Ranger potentially set to follow. Huge saving on the wage bill and £11.5m incoming transfer fees.
£4.5m spent on Cabaye and £3m on Obertan. New deals for Tiote, Simpson and Shola, say £3m in signing on fees? Under soil heating for the training ground £3m (I work in construction, digging up turf, running in heating pipes then relaying a pitch doesnt cost that much). That amounts to some £13.5m...... So Ashley could be around £2m out of pocket.... Do you think £33m was spent in signing on fees for these free transfers? Course not.
With the wages of our new signings the overall bill must have came down with who has been shown the door.
Barton, Guthrie, Smith, Lovenkrands potentially being release end of this year freeing more of the wages up....
Being sustainable is one thing but there has to be a significant amount of cash in reserve still. We are desperate for a striker, a left back (seeing as we knew Jose would be away why is it Pardews "back up plan" is only being put into action now!!!) and left back cover!!!
Pardew and the board need to stop thinking the fans are clueless. The numbers dont add up, its plain for all to see.
"Fans need to lower expectations"- We all would have taken 17th at the beginning of last season. Everyone expects mid table this year..... Lower expectations is championship football Pardew what are you on about.
"club needs to be sustained by its own funds"- Lets clarify, everyone is focused on the £35m from Carroll..... TV rights, merchandise, Season Tickets, Sponsorship.... Wheres that money gone?
Sol Campbell, Nolan, Enrique, Routledge, Xisco gone with Barton and Ranger potentially set to follow. Huge saving on the wage bill and £11.5m incoming transfer fees.
£4.5m spent on Cabaye and £3m on Obertan. New deals for Tiote, Simpson and Shola, say £3m in signing on fees? Under soil heating for the training ground £3m (I work in construction, digging up turf, running in heating pipes then relaying a pitch doesnt cost that much). That amounts to some £13.5m...... So Ashley could be around £2m out of pocket.... Do you think £33m was spent in signing on fees for these free transfers? Course not.
With the wages of our new signings the overall bill must have came down with who has been shown the door.
Barton, Guthrie, Smith, Lovenkrands potentially being release end of this year freeing more of the wages up....
Being sustainable is one thing but there has to be a significant amount of cash in reserve still. We are desperate for a striker, a left back (seeing as we knew Jose would be away why is it Pardews "back up plan" is only being put into action now!!!) and left back cover!!!
Pardew and the board need to stop thinking the fans are clueless. The numbers dont add up, its plain for all to see.
