- Year of First Game
- 2013
Id still take 20th now
General The Championship - What to Expect
- Thread starter Northstandboy
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MarkG
Level: Steve Basham
(189 Apps, 51 Gls)
apparently we are 4th in the table for the 12:30 kick off games so far.
- Year of First Game
- 1980
MarkG
Level: Steve Basham
(189 Apps, 51 Gls)
One of those "supercomputer" predictions has us finishing 14th. Would take that right now.
- Year of First Game
- 1995
The table's got Sheffield United twice and no Sunderland
another 3 12.30 ko been announced for Jan/ early Feb, Stoke away Brizzle City and Pompey at home
West Oxon U’s
Level: Phil Whitehead
(238 Apps)
- Year of First Game
- 1975
Table of agents fees paid in the year to Feb.2025 - U’s bottom (not unexpected given the period under review).
Leeds spent £18m on agent fees? Have we spent that on players in, well, history?!
West Oxon U’s
Level: Phil Whitehead
(238 Apps)
- Year of First Game
- 1975
In percentage terms:
Scotchegg
Level: James Constable
(280 Apps, 106 Gls)
Not sure of the accuracy of the data, but according to this, on transfer and agent fees, we spent £3.85m. The next lowest were Preston and Watford with £4.9m.
Gives a little more perspective of how big the gap is between us and other clubs, especially when these are adding to existing Championship squads whilst we were building from scratch.
I appreciate that playing budgets also include wages and loan fees, and I think that we were more competitive than this suggests.
On this basis, I think 15th will be an excellent finishing position and one we should be targeting. That would give us a real platform to build on in the summer, and I expect us to spend much more as a consequence.
Gives a little more perspective of how big the gap is between us and other clubs, especially when these are adding to existing Championship squads whilst we were building from scratch.
I appreciate that playing budgets also include wages and loan fees, and I think that we were more competitive than this suggests.
On this basis, I think 15th will be an excellent finishing position and one we should be targeting. That would give us a real platform to build on in the summer, and I expect us to spend much more as a consequence.
- Year of First Game
- 1980
Not if we don't get that bloody embargo lifted. All gone very quiet on that front hasn't it.
EFL Awards: Daniel Farke, Scott Parker, Chris Wilder and Regis Le Bris nominees
Daniel Farke, Scott Parker, Chris Wilder and Regis Le Bris are nominated for the Championship manager of the season award.
www.bbc.co.uk
Lack of imagination for MOTY
Agents fees can also be for sales and contract renewals.In percentage terms:
It's also not unheard of that the agent takes a cut from the sale, the purchase, and the contract from a single transaction
Agents are certainly never going to be poor.
Steve Gilbert
Level: Paul Moody
(197 Apps, 75 Gls)
Hull spent £26.8 million to be in a relegation battle and then you have Luton who have spent £26.9 million to get relegated!
As @Scotchegg says, it puts it into perspective of what we are up against this season. Staying up after finishing 5th in League 1 and spending a minimal amount on the squad will be an excellent achievement.
As @Scotchegg says, it puts it into perspective of what we are up against this season. Staying up after finishing 5th in League 1 and spending a minimal amount on the squad will be an excellent achievement.
How accurate is that transfermarkt site, anyone know?
EFL Awards: Daniel Farke, Scott Parker, Chris Wilder and Regis Le Bris nominees
Daniel Farke, Scott Parker, Chris Wilder and Regis Le Bris are nominated for the Championship manager of the season award.
Lack of imagination for MOTY
Agree, this list is a little unsurprising and unimaginative. It is hard to directly argue against any of the four necessarily but it does overlook the job someone like Manning at Bristol (urgh) or Cleverly at Watford (they were absolute chaos before the season started) have done. Eustace has arguably had a super season across both Blackburn and Derby’s recent resurgence too. Is Farke or Parker getting THOSE Leeds/Burnley squads, with such astonishing resources for the level, into the top two really more of an accomplishment?
(Even some of the mid-season appointments - ie Lampard at Coventry and Rowett at Oxford have arguably done phenomenal jobs considering where those clubs were at the time of recruitment)
- Year of First Game
- 2013
For market values not very, for transfer fees, a little high. For example it has our fee for Kioso at 700k, we spent just over half of that on him in actuality.
Essexyellows
Level: Cameron Brannagan
(311 Apps, 57 Gls)
Survival.
That`ll do.
As I said.............. anything above the drop line is worth celebrating.
