Matthew Le God

I bet he is on a huge amount more than £20k p/w.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2310137/Southampton-launch-bid-Belgium-winger-Radja-Nainggolan.html#ixzz2QfTHzVCb

It was written in July 2012. Not sure why it has its own thread in April 2013.

Just think, that is before Remy, Samba, Green, César, Park Ji-Sung, Holliet etc etc signed!

I'd imagine that figure includes some big bonuses for getting promoted to the Premier League. Had we not been promoted the wage bill would have been lower, which kinda justifies it.

Reading didn't have parachute payments last season.

That is because our figure is based on a season in the Championship with far less in the way of TV money.

Maybe Brentford need to use this next time Pompey come to play...

Parachute payments aren't done evenly over the four years, the first two years are larger than the last two.

Another factor is Yeovil's manager is the Oldham manager's father! As Yeovil are unlikely to get automatic promotion and are guaranteed a playoff spot, Gary Johnson may take it easy on his son's relegation threatened team.

It really seems you can't read today! No, I was saying that to do the things Weston Saint was talking about "investigations (surveys) into traffic (road & walkers) impact on surrounds etc", you need to do it over a prolonged period of high attendances and sellouts we are now having. Something that didn't happen in League One or the Championship and can only be done now.

We've only been in the Premier League, selling out games regularly with an average over 30k for 1 of those years. Are you calling Weston Saint a liar?

Here you go...

Yep, that was my point. It was something a number of people last summer said wouldn't happen.

Answer the question I asked, rather than making up a different question and answering that.

"Small games" at St Mary's wouldn't sell out two weeks before matchday

Yet again, you haven't even come close to answering the question. in fact you ignored it, made up your own question and answered that. Are you a politician on Question Time?

Oh, plus this is yet another example of a "smaller game" selling out 2 weeks before matchday. Something some people last summer were saying wouldn't happen!

Lets say Cortese puts in an application this summer. Will I ever hear from you again?

I didn't. Can you not read? Again, can you not read? If St Mary's remains bigger, it will only be bigger by hundreds of seats, not a huge amount. My point was, please answer this question. Do you see Swansea as a similar sized club to us, with a similar sized fanbase? - Swansea averaged 15k in their 2nd tier promotion season in 2011 at the Liberty Stadium - compared to our 26k in 2012. - Swansea averaged 13k in their 3rd tier promotion season in 2008 at the Liberty Stadium - compared to our 22k in 2010. In the Championship and League One we got around 10,000 more than them. In the top league we should also get a lot more than them rather than play at similar sized stadiums. Don't you think?

Regardless of who is right on that, their capacity will still be very close to that of St Mary's and you ignored this question... Do you see Swansea as a bigger club than us, with a bigger fanbase? - Swansea averaged 15k in their 2nd tier promotion season in 2011 at the Liberty Stadium - compared to our 26k in 2012. - Swansea averaged 13k in their 3rd tier promotion season in 2008 at the Liberty Stadium - compared to our 22k in 2010. In the Championship and League One we got around 10,000 more than them. In the top league we should also get a lot more than them. Don't you think?

You are reading a random "stadium guide" website that fails to tell you that Swansea's capacity is already going up next season to 22.5k. Add 11k to 22.5k and it is over 33k! As I told you before, read the BBC article ffs. You are making this all far too easy, maybe you should ask Steve for your £5 back and just post 3 wrong posts per day.

Read the BBC article. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-west-wales-22159360 Oh dear, Turkish. Mr Wrong! Swansea are already increasing capacity for next season, so 11k more seats makes around 33k and bigger than St Mary's.

Swansea are now safe from relegation, so the application goes in for 11,000 extra seats. Perhaps and I mean perhaps, Cortese is waiting for the same thing.

Nope, it'll be 33k - which is bigger than St Mary's. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-west-wales-22159360 Do you see Swansea as a bigger club than us, with a bigger fanbase? - Swansea averaged 15k in their 2nd tier promotion season in 2011 at the Liberty Stadium - compared to our 26k in 2012. - Swansea averaged 13k in their 3rd tier promotion season in 2008 at the Liberty Stadium - compared to our 22k in 2010. In the Championship and League One we got around 10,000 more than them. In the top league we should also get a lot more than them.