Three team tournament at training+Bonus of age at end of contract for squad

[MJG]

So if everyone was fit I'd watch this three team tournament

[Statto]

Agree with that first XI.

Amazing it has 8 new names in it.

Would re-jig the B-team to have Ayite over De La Torre but other than that I agree.

[MJG]

Selected squad members listed in order of age when their contract ends

Marchand is a quess at 3 years as not made public.

[Statto]

Interesting see all the players' ages set out

When we signed Seri, MLM, Fabri (average age about 29) I was getting concerned we were buying players too old

Looking at the complete picture now the dust has settled, in particular Mawson, Mitrovic and Anguissa, we clearly still have a young team and have spent most of the money on young players

[Statto]

I posted this on another thread but would be interested to get your thoughts MJG. Should be self-explanatory to you.

IMO despite the headlines about our spending it shows quite a healthy picture. If our revenue from TV/sponsorship (£100m?) and gate receipts (£10m?) exceeds non-transfer spending (wages - £80m?) seems to me we could even break even this year in the accounts. We could even generate a bit more income from selling someone like Fonte in the coming weeks. Do you agree?   

[colinwhite]

Which goes to show the level of planning at the club ,which has been nothing less than superb. Sensible investment made by some very shrewd operaters.

[Woolly Mammoth]

So if everyone was fit I'd watch this three team tournament

That is some first 11, and the second 11 look a great back up, in more ways than one. As for the third 11, that really shows the strength in depth we now have all over the pitch.
Good to look at this in Black and White.

[MJG]

I posted this on another thread but would be interested to get your thoughts MJG. Should be self-explanatory to you.

IMO despite the headlines about our spending it shows quite a healthy picture. If our revenue from TV/sponsorship (£100m?) and gate receipts (£10m?) exceeds non-transfer spending (wages - £80m?) seems to me we could even break even this year in the accounts. We could even generate a bit more income from selling someone like Fonte in the coming weeks. Do you agree?

Good chart and makes sense to me. I said on the Cottage Talk show the other night that we are front loading the buying due to the restrictions new teams have. We will have scoope next year to improve again, but nowhere near the £100M. But its also going to be a case of cashing in at some stage on a player or two.
The majority of teams that have gone up and stayed up over last few years make a profit in the first year and then start showing losses, I wonder if our route will show maybe a more balanced accounting results?