Farmer Saint

True story - I'd imagine if we were to invest it would be on good Championship players to help us next season in our next "yo-yo" season, or young cheap but high upside players for the sale part of our strategy - if PSR allows it of course.

It completely depends on the original contract, the amount left unpaid, the amount of time left on the contract and what's negotiated on contract termination. It's why you see some contracts immediately terminated and the manager walks into another job, or situations like Graham Potter where he wouldn't receive his full pay-off unless he didn't take a monthly pay-off (which is rare).

It is when you live in East Sussex, all your colleagues/staff are Brighton fans and your kids decide to support them too as their local team.

They're an extremely well run club.

And this is it, you think that we would have only spent that money irrelevant to PSR, whereas I think we'd have spent more, on better players had we had the opportunity. We'll have to agree to disagree until the accounts are posted though.

Certainly the first 2 - however this season we came up and had to spend nearly £35m off the bat on THB and Downes to go backwards after losing Armstrong and Che. We then spent £15m to replace Che with Archer, £12m to replace Armstrong with Fernandes and another £25m to replace our car crash of a keeper situation. That's £87m just trying to stand still.

I'm sure it wasn't. Not sure where you're getting the opinion that I said it was? I think they expected a brave fight against relegation, but ultimately relegation.

But they already have players, they have different baselines. We spent, what, £80-90m on mostly lower wage players, with Ramsdale as a one year dart throw as we know he's a saleable asset whatever happens.

We won't be in a similar financial state, that's not true, we'll be in a better position as wages are far lower this season, and will be next season due to that. But I would say the above sales would be fine, the only one I have in there that would make any actual difference is THB - I don't think we'd sell Archer, he was purchased with an eye on the Championship anyway IMO. We won't need to raise £160m like last time.

Teams with established Premier League players, not a squad of Championship players.

This is the drum I was banging all last season - finances outlined that we wouldn't invest in enough high value, high wage players if we got promoted due to PSR, which has left us very weak for this season. The fact that Martin has shit the bed tactically could end up being irrelevant due to the fact we seem to have too many Championship Players in the squad.

Kemi was a fucking car crash today - not listening, not thinking, tripping up over her words, flip flopping between topics. She would struggle against my daughter's school debating team. Lettuce part 2...

I'm not sure we'd have a much weaker squad versus the one we started the 2023 season with..? Baz, Macca Manning, Bree, Suga, Taylor Bednarek, Stephens, THB? (would we lose him, he'd been awful until the last 3 weeks so probably too early to say), Edwards, Wood Downes (doubt we'd lose him, not great in the Prem as predicted), Charles (looking decent on loan) Smallbone, Aribo, Fraser, Sulemana, Edozie, SAA Armstrong, Stewart, BBD, Archer Not sure where we're much weaker than last year.

Yes, exactly - but sacking him it will be, obviously.

Prior to our sales this is.

What difference is it to last time? People keep saying this but last time we went down we were utterly fucked financially as well.

TBF they were proactive in 2022-2023 - we had 3 Managers - and that didn't work either. So with the position we're in, do we chuck £12m on sacking (which counts against this year in PSR - no amortisation over contract length) and then a fuck ton at employing someone to the end of the season when it is very unlikely that we'll stay up (3% chance according to Opta based on points, fixtures and players - I don't believe they take Manager into account). This could massively hinder us next season so would we not be better to wait until the beginning of next season (June PSR EOY) and sacking him then?

That high?

TBF I think you're all cunts - this is not just a Rasmus opinion.

As a mid-80s baby, I like the music from your era and the football from 2011 to 2017. Go figure.

Where's that Octopus when you need him?

Literally couldn't agree more. This mirrors my opinion.

I don't think many people want him here next season, but the point is the same. We averaged 0.52 PPG over the last 25 games that season. This season it's 0.36 and likely one awful refereeing decision in the Leicester game away from 0.63 PPG. Either way, what we are doing now is really not that different to then. As said though, it would be good to bring in a Manager that will be here next season to get us, hopefully, re-promoted.

But would we finish that way with the Manager we plan to get promoted with as per my second paragraph? I'm guessing we could do a little bit better. I think managed a huge 13 points in our last 25 matches last time we went down with Jones and Selles in charge. Better than now, but only marginally.

It's no guarantee, but it is the best indicator, otherwise wouldn't everyone just sack their Managers every season?