Transfer budget 2013-14?

[akranes]

I'm never been sure of HRK. Occasionally brilliant, mostly sub standard. He needs to improve average performances substantially to warrant regular first team football.

Same here, he never seems to be bothered too much imo. Has potential though, maybe as an AM.

[Royal With Cheese]

I'm never been sure of HRK. Occasionally brilliant, mostly sub standard. He needs to improve average performances substantially to warrant regular first team football.

Same here, he never seems to be bothered too much imo. Has potential though, maybe as an AM.

Yes. There's only so many seasons you can have potential before you have to move on.

[winchester_royal]

I'm never been sure of HRK. Occasionally brilliant, mostly sub standard. He needs to improve average performances substantially to warrant regular first team football.

Same here, he never seems to be bothered too much imo. Has potential though, maybe as an AM.

Harsh, I think he's been the most impressive of all our wingers this season. Not that that's saying too much of course... But he does seem to have found an extra gear, especially in the last couple of months.

[Ian Royal]

I'm never been sure of HRK. Occasionally brilliant, mostly sub standard. He needs to improve average performances substantially to warrant regular first team football.

Same here, he never seems to be bothered too much imo. Has potential though, maybe as an AM.

Harsh, I think he's been the most impressive of all our wingers this season. Not that that's saying too much of course... But he does seem to have found an extra gear, especially in the last couple of months.

He's got everything he needs, skill, pace, strength, physique, finishing. He just needs to work on his decision making a bit. It's that which puts him significantly behind McAnuff and Kebe for me.

[Royal With Cheese]

Kebe - when fit, absolutely pisses over HRK.

Jobi, although much maligned, also looks considerably more dangerous.

[Z175]

I reckon pretty tight budget.

Lavish by Reading standards - i.e. no compulsory departures, any money sold can be reinvested, but total funds about £2-3m for a new striker and a new centre back.

So why would Poyet consider it? BHA made about a £9m loss last year, similarly to other clubs in the top 10 hunt . Theres only so much money their owner can win playing poker, so they will be forced into cloth cutting out of necessity, as well as FFP.

For the clubs that don't make it up this season, there will be severe belt tightening this summer. Wagebills will be almost halved by my reckoning, and FFP will prevent clubs like Leicester and Cardiff continuing their big spending.

And I think if Sunderland/Villa/QPR and even Wigan come down, their entrenched PL wagebills mean the parachute just staves off disaster, rather than is available to spend.

So I'd make us overwhelming financial favourites next season, but thats as the only club with a positive transfer budget, not a big one.

I think we'll be trying to add players with PL potential though, so that might a big ask. Tom Ince?

[Gordons Cumming]

Maybe this is the time when the Russians take us to the "next level"

[SCIAG]

Enough to buy Bridcutt plus £2m.

[Elm Park Kid]

My understand of club finance at championship level is that the entire parachute payment will simply fill the gap between player wages and the much lower income. We lost 12m last year in the Championship and our wage bill is much higher now. In fact we would have to sell just to break even.

I'm guessing that the Russian's are going to pony up some cash but they are a few 'rich' clubs in the championship and I reckon it will take over 10m of purchases to guarantee promotion.

[Royal Lady]

My understand of club finance at championship level is that the entire parachute payment will simply fill the gap between player wages and the much lower income. We lost 12m last year in the Championship and our wage bill is much higher now. In fact we would have to sell just to break even.

I'm guessing that the Russian's are going to pony up some cash but they are a few 'rich' clubs in the championship and I reckon it will take over 10m of purchases to guarantee promotion.

I thought we wrote a clause into players' contracts that if we get relegated, their wages go down....

[melonhead]

Even if the transfer budget is small a new manager will have lots of cash to play with. Assume we sell Guthrie, Feds and Pog and let the likes of Church, Hunt, Tabb, Harte go. Then we will have a huge saving in wages and a bit of cash to splash even without parachute payments etc. And we'd still have a decent champ squad.

^^^ this

id keep hunt, but other than that.....

[melonhead]

I'm never been sure of HRK. Occasionally brilliant, mostly sub standard. He needs to improve average performances substantially to warrant regular first team football.

Same here, he never seems to be bothered too much imo. Has potential though, maybe as an AM.

Harsh, I think he's been the most impressive of all our wingers this season. Not that that's saying too much of course... But he does seem to have found an extra gear, especially in the last couple of months.

massive at that
probably been our 4th best winger
and the last couple of months have been about the same as the rest of this or last season.

some decent performances, mostly off the bench, and a few dips in form.


i like him. alot. but....

[winchester_royal]

massive at that
probably been our 4th best winger
and the last couple of months have been about the same as the rest of this or last season.

some decent performances, mostly off the bench, and a few dips in form.


i like him. alot. but....

You could have just described McCleary there.
I like McAnuff but he's better as an AM these days for me.
Kebe has hardly been on the pitch.

Hal is the only guy for me who has really kicked on this season. Like him a lot.

[JayRoyal]

£10m, and a huge shocker when we sign Kaka on a free from Madrid