papereyes If its so obvious, why do these threads spawn like satan's own love juice?
because "where does the money go?" is not the same question as "how can we be losing money?", which implies people haven't grasped the concept of losses occurring when you spend more than you get in.
I really would like to know the breakdown of total playing salaries and turnover, as well as the costs on the non-playing side of the business.
Our first team squad might be number 1-40, but it still only has 31 players in it, not 40. A quarter of those are really just youth/reserve players, and I'd find it frightening if we are paying those £5000 a week or so.
To be honest it's the costs outside the first team squad that I find interesting, because by the sounds of the numbers, we could release the bulk our our first XI as still not break even, even if crowd remained the same. I don't for a moment think anything "dodgy" is going on, but if clubs really can't reduce their non-playing expenses then you have to wonder how this division can survive.