Tony's Tweets

[TonyD]

Given the Sky payments from the relegation session , last season and what we have just received, had he really pumped millions in or just spent what came in?

[SoccerHQ]

Plenty of sides don't spend when they come down, Hull and Sunderland two examples.

[old man villa fan]

Parachute payments are supposed to cover the shortfall on wages that reduced income does not cover.  It is not supposed to enable teams to have an advantage in being able to buy players.

[TonyD]

Yes but has he spent millions of his own money like RL did , or just spent what the club had coming?

[SoccerHQ]

How many other clubs spend 50m + when they get relegated?

Newcastle did aswell but they made about 60m from selling Sissoko and Wjinadulm. We didn't recoup that much as our squad coming down was shocking.

[Villa75]

Last night, in his interview, Bruce said "players had their wages cut by 50%" when we were relegated. Surely that would have made a big difference to money available?

[brian green]

I wonder if Bruce had his wages cut by 50% for failing to get us the promotion he was billed to be the master of. Doubt it.

[mr underhill]

Brian, we all know where this is going to end - the only thing that can prevent it is seven or eight straight wins and that isn't going to happen. didn't Harold Wilson say all political careers end in failure? Well so do those of football managers, unless you are SAF or AW.

[paul_e]

Take a moment to think about what's being asked.  The parachute payments are income and we can therefore spend that however we like without any risk of FFP sanctions.  Given the club line this summer has been that we're worried about FFP we MUST have spent money that isn't included as income (i.e. money given by Xia).  Probably not enough to cover the entire allowable amount but because we posted big losses in the relegation season the 2 added together put us in a difficult spot.

So simple answer, yes he has put millions in.

[Villa75]

Have we had the accounts for the relegation season?

[aj2k77]

Have we had the accounts for the relegation season?

Yes, the last two years accounts have been a disaster as per usual.

[passport1]

The simple answer is last summer he spent money on RDMs signings and then at Christmas spent a large chunk of this summers budget on the players Bruce wanted.

[brian green]

Mr U, Harold did say words to that effect. Just as his arch rival Denis Healey said the ultimate stability is the stability of the graveyard.  The message from both aphorisms is progress or die.

A propos of fuck all, Harold is a very happy ghost.  He was a  dyed in the wool of Yorkshire Huddersfield Town fan.

[Villa75]

Have we had the accounts for the relegation season?

Yes, the last two years accounts have been a disaster as per usual.

From memory, did anyone notice if the wages reduced significantly after relegation? Or is Bruce talking nonsense about the "50% reduction"?

[aj2k77]

Have we had the accounts for the relegation season?

Yes, the last two years accounts have been a disaster as per usual.

From memory, did anyone notice if the wages reduced significantly after relegation? Or is Bruce talking nonsense about the "50% reduction"?

We won't see that until next year.