Waggott was on CWR this morning (just after eight) apparently the budget was 2.6m the budget was spent including on bad signings in the summer (implication seemed to be that was SP's doing) but then the budget was increased to sign Nouble, Madine, Hines (how?), it was one of the top six budgets in the league..... but having spent all the budget SW has held some back for the new manager to spend on loan players?? But the budget doesn't cover all the players does it - it isn't how the SCMP calculation works. SP spotted players (apparently) but Waggott negotiated the deal..... did SP set the budget or work his choices to fit the one he was given? Surely the directors and owners control the money available not SP so must have great input in to who and how much? We have a 30 player squad I believe so average spend per player on the original budget is £86k pa (2.6m/30) or £1650pw per player on average........ in reality I expect the SCMP budget figure is a fair bit more than that.
It wasn't all SP's fault - the other part of the equation to any signing has been Waggott. SP rightly is expected to get the team to achieve but he didn't actually set or spend the money that was available - Waggott was absolutely complicit in that
I agree with your comments although I think more clarification is needed from Waggott.
We do not know what expenditure items are included into the budget figure which he states, does it include payments to clubs for loan signings, payments to players that leave the club, signing on payments to players (loan or perm), agents fees, SP and coaching staff, expenses for moving/housing players, etc. Based on this the calculation on average pay may be less than calculated.
Waggott states that this is a budget expenditure is in the top six of League 1, but are the other clubs including the same expenditure items within their budget calculations, are we comparing apples with apples or instead using the stats to mislead and deflect criticism on the finances available to SP?
Unfortunately we will never know the answers unless a CCFC accountant divulges the details.
Waggott has to go as he is part of the team responsible for the poor investments of the budget resulting in poor results.