Scumberland or Shitefield ? (25 Viewers)

[Sick Boy]

Genuinely think we’ve had maybe three decent performances under Lampard. Results have been great but we haven’t actually played that well. It’s what worries me about next season. Can you do that for a full season? Without the ten game purple patch we’d have been solidly mid table.

The sign of a good team is winning when playing badly.

 

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[HuckerbyDublinWhelan]

That’s why I’m relaxed. I back Lampard to find the players we need

 

[Simpson]

When I quoted this on here a few weeks ago it was rubbished by a Sunderland fan. His words were "we've spent nowhere near the amount of 'money bags' coventry this season". So either he's wrong and chatting shit, or this chart is wrong. I would say the former was wrong.

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The value of the Sunderland squad may be £140m but we haven't spent anywhere near that.

Patterson, Neil, Rigg and Watson are all Sunderland kids as is Jones who was a sub at Wembley.

Hume was about £150k and most of the squad are £1m PL rejects or foreign unknowns.

Sunderland are actually in profit after Clarke, Stewart and Watson left, we've just bought well and developed players.

 

[shmmeee]

The value of the Sunderland squad may be £140m but we haven't spent anywhere near that.

Patterson, Neil, Rigg and Watson are all Sunderland kids as is Jones who was a sub at Wembley.

Hume was about £150k and most of the squad are £1m PL rejects or foreign unknowns.

Sunderland are actually in profit after Clarke, Stewart and Watson left, we've just bought well and developed players.

The value of your arrivals has been more than ours the last three years. You pay high wages and get expensive loans in. Isador at £6m would be our second most expensive player ever.

 

[Simpson]

The value of your arrivals has been more than ours the last three years. You pay high wages and get expensive loans in. Isador at £6m would be our second most expensive player ever.

It was £3.5m rising to a maximum of £5m on promotion and appearances.

Hardly buying our way to the PL.

The value of our arrivals now is down to good management, Isidor is now worth more than we'll have to pay.

How does our wage bill compare to Coventry's, I've no idea tbh.

 

[shepardo01]

It was £3.5m rising to a maximum of £5m on promotion and appearances.

Hardly buying our way to the PL.

The value of our arrivals now is down to good management, Isidor is now worth more than we'll have to pay.

How does our wage bill compare to Coventry's, I've no idea tbh.

Our highest earner/wage cap is rumoured to be 25k p/w.
You are paying Le Fee 67k p/w

 

[Simpson]

Our highest earner/wage cap is rumoured to be 25k p/w.
You are paying Le Fee 67k p/w

One player doesn't represent the entire club.

A year's wages would only be £3.5m which is nothing for a player of his talent.

He was brought in to help get us to the PL and would've left if that didn't work. It was a very smart bit of business as it's earned £200m.

It's balanced by the academy lads and, in any case, we have no debt so why not.

 

[shmmeee]

One player doesn't represent the entire club.

A year's wages would only be £3.5m which is nothing for a player of his talent.

He was brought in to help get us to the PL and would've left if that didn't work. It was a very smart bit of business as it's earned £200m.

It's balanced by the academy lads and, in any case, we have no debt so why not.

It would be about 20% of our wage bill. Maybe nothing for you, but out of reach for most clubs at this level without parachute payments.

 

[Sky Blue Goblin]

It was £3.5m rising to a maximum of £5m on promotion and appearances.

Hardly buying our way to the PL.

The value of our arrivals now is down to good management, Isidor is now worth more than we'll have to pay.

How does our wage bill compare to Coventry's, I've no idea tbh.

So fairly only way to look at this is from the 23/24 season as we don’t have any reliable information apart from this (plus wage sites are a nonsense, sorry Binks ).

Sunderland latest accounts show total wages as £31.4 million. Coventrys show £23.4 Million.

Curious about your summer btw whether you’ll stick to the project or go for more experienced players

 

[Simpson]

So fairly only way to look at this is from the 23/24 season as we don’t have any reliable information apart from this (plus wage sites are a nonsense, sorry Binks ).

Sunderland latest accounts show total wages as £31.4 million. Coventrys show £23.4 Million.

Curious about your summer btw whether you’ll stick to the project or go for more experienced players

That seems quite modest tbh, I think we're about mid-table in spending and much better in regards to debt.

Our crowds obviously help and we get lots of TV coverage, etc.

I'm expecting a big American investment soon which will leave control in the current owner's hands.

That would probably bring in around £80/100m which would help.

The club have had a plan for the Championship and another for the PL so I'd expect changes but nothing major. The current ethos and team spirit is as good as I've seen it so wouldn't like that disrupted. Bellingham may leave but that's inevitable because his potential is enormous.