Paul Hurst's budget

1.8 million sounds a lot compared to previous seasons, if indeed that is the amount.

Thing is, we know budgets aren't the be all and end all and in fact can add undue pressure to expectations. It can also make managers lazy, knowing they can sign the best players for the level they are operating at, without much due diligence.

PH seems to spend the clubs money like it is his own and usually gets good value for money from most of his signings.

I trust PH to wring every ounce of value out of whatever budget he is given and produce a side that can compete. He seems to have the most healthy budget he has ever had at this club and has also finally got a clean slate, with all the players he didn't want now out of the club and he can spend his budget on the players he wants and not any inherited from previous regimes.

We are back in the league with a fresh start and most links to the past gone.

I'm optimistic.

Quoted from BPMariner

Is 1.8m for next season. Is that competitive do we think? From doing a bit of research it seems that it is a top 10 budget in League two.

Well, 5000 season tickets at an average price of around £300 does’t even cover that, so I’m unsure where the money is coming from. Of course, away fans at BP, sponsorship money, the TV deal. Still seems a lot compared to ST income alone.

Mind you, someone said the other day that the average wage of a L2 player was around £2K per week - a squad with 20 of those in it would cost £2m….

5000 season tickets should bring in around 1.5 million, then there is commercial income, tv money from the EFL.

1.8 million sounds like the right ballpark

Other clubs with new grounds have more revenue streams than us

Bradford will have a much bigger budget than us this season. They'll also have a much larger average attendance and a fanbase that will turn on them the minute they don't look like winning the title. I'm sure we'll be competitive like we were last season.

Quoted from Heisenberg

Well, 5000 season tickets at an average price of around £300 does’t even cover that, so I’m unsure where the money is coming from. Of course, away fans at BP, sponsorship money, the TV deal. Still seems a lot compared to ST income alone.

Mind you, someone said the other day that the average wage of a L2 player was around £2K per week - a squad with 20 of those in it would cost £2m….

Think Golly said promotion was worth £875,000 due to EFL n tv payments. Myenergi will certainly be putting more money into the coffers than Youngs did

Quoted from BraStrap

5000 season tickets should bring in around 1.5 million, then there is commercial income, tv money from the EFL.

1.8 million sounds like the right ballpark

Other clubs with new grounds have more revenue streams than us

5000 season tickets will not be sold at £300 each, many STs are sold at concessionary rates. Children, over 65, over 70, 18-22, Ancient Mariners etc.

Our total wage bill in the last published accounts which cover our last year in League 2 was £2.7m.
That includes back room staff but a first team player budget of £1.8m doesn’t sound like much of an upgrade on that. What’s the source.

Quoted from aldi_01

Gauging where we should be against budgets isn’t really any use. There were a handful of teams that spunked a lot more cash than us last year and we dominated one of them on the way to dominating the other.

What you pay players generally makes the difference and the culture of your club, not how much they cost to bring in.

Bradford go excrement or busy every year and always go bust about March time. I’m predicting the same this year.

Remember when everyone cryarsed on here because chesterfield pipped us and paid over the odds for Tashiminga? That worked out well…

To be fair to Chesterfield, they were absolutely flying when he was fit. Him getting injured and out for the season absolutely killed them

Quoted from MuddyWaters

5000 season tickets will not be sold at £300 each, many STs are sold at concessionary rates. Children, over 65, over 70, 18-22, Ancient Mariners etc.

£300 won’t be too far off the average. By far the largest cohort amongst season ticket holders will be full paying adults aged between 23 and 65, where tickets are priced at £375 in the upper and £340 everywhere else.

If we sold 3,500 full adult tickets at an average of £360 and 1,500 at an average of £150, that gives you an overall average of £297, so I reckon £300 is there or thereabouts.

Quoted from Poojah

£300 won’t be too far off the average. By far the largest cohort amongst season ticket holders will be full paying adults aged between 23 and 65, where tickets are priced at £375 in the upper and £340 everywhere else.

If we sold 3,500 full adult tickets at an average of £360 and 1,500 at an average of £150, that gives you an overall average of £297, so I reckon £300 is there or thereabouts.

Less 20% for Mr Vat