It's been a binfire for some time now

What is scary is how that's accelerated.

Getting the 4/5 players you'd probably need to step up to the Prem after promotion now looks likely to set you back £150M unless you can be exceptionally lucky/astute with signings.

Even then, you need to be robust enough to give them time to settle.

The point being that that kind of bridging money only really comes from people looking to make a speculative buck and hope to sell a club on at a profit or from those who want to move money around. It's not coming (simply) from ticket/shirt sales.

Game is broken.

Posted By: Cardiff Canary on July 18th 2026 at 09:02:34

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I know these figures are being taken in isolation (Other Football) - Henclrikus, Jul 18, 08:54:25
- It's the financial rules driving that (Other Football) - Kangol Canary, Jul 18, 09:24:55
  - It isn't so much the sale numbers (Other Football) - Henclrikus, Jul 18, 09:49:44
    - Bought over longer contracts ro spread the money (n/m) (Other Football) - loz, Jul 18, 09:54:30
- Brighton, who are lauded for their astute dealings in the transfer market (Other Football) - Trent_Canary, Jul 18, 09:17:46
  - It does look that way (Other Football) - Henclrikus, Jul 18, 09:22:43
    - Who was in their way back then? The players we got (n/m) (Other Football) - footymadman, Jul 18, 10:59:37
    - Yes agree with your first statement (Other Football) - JoeyDeacon, Jul 18, 10:03:26
      - Also a walking red card (n/m) (Other Football) - jamesward, Jul 18, 10:27:50
        
        pashun (n/m) (Other Football) - Henclrikus, Jul 18, 10:32:37
  - Who knows? (Other Football) - Cardiff Canary, Jul 18, 09:20:46
- It's been a binfire for some time now (Other Football) - Cardiff Canary, Jul 18, 09:02:34
  - I'd say £150m and be lucky (Other Football) - Kangol Canary, Jul 18, 09:27:29

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