Championship - Wages League Table 2011/12

[Divvy]

@ReadingFC__News
Championship top wages WHU £42m, Soton £29m, Leicester £28m, Reading £27m, Birmingham £25m, Boro £22m. pic.twitter.com/dB4YfSm0dm #readingfc



That's a very competitive wage bill for the Championship! It'll be even higher next season.

And the BM fans always claimed we had one of the lowest wage budgets in the Championship...

[melonhead]

no they didnt.
always knew we had one of the biggest. was a well talked through policy based on the correlation between wages and success

[Divvy]

no they didnt.

Actually, many of them did argue that. This also suggests we over-pay for some very average players.

[Jay o/]

big wages means we can attract better players, rather than see them choose perhaps a bigger club that's lower down the league; and to be fair to us it worked. but this is more a reflection on nicky hammond and what he is prepared to pay players. there was definitely a lot of people saying we were tight. clearly not. can we sustain those wages in the long run tho?

[melonhead]

no. it means we lose multiple millions every year we are in that league

[Wipped]

Didn't we only make a small loss of say £3m? That's very well managed at a very competitive level. Certainly gives me confidence with next season in mind. It should be easier to get our targets this time, rather than consistently lose out..

[melonhead]

Didn't we only make a small loss of say £3m? That's very well managed at a very competitive level. Certainly gives me confidence with next season in mind. It should be easier to get our targets this time, rather than consistently lose out..

it was consistently around 5 + million in the championship. even with parachute payments
when JMs money dried up we had to make that up by selling players, but it was agrred that this was abetter prospect than trying to reduce the wage bill further

[Ouroboros]

no they didnt.

Actually, many of them did argue that. This also suggests we over-pay for some very average players.

We won the league

[Vision]

Surely a fair chunk of that will be bonuses from actual promotion though. It's pretty telling that 3 of the top 4 were the promoted teams which suggests that the table is pretty skewered in favour of bonuses.

[TBM]

no they didnt.

Actually, many of them did argue that. This also suggests we over-pay for some very average players.

We won the league

Exactly

For the league we were in, we had a very good Championship side - sadly we kept it in a better league

[SCIAG]

no they didnt.

Actually, many of them did argue that. This also suggests we over-pay for some very average players.

No, I don't think they did.

And we won the league.

[Ian Royal]

Surely a fair chunk of that will be bonuses from actual promotion though. It's pretty telling that 3 of the top 4 were the promoted teams which suggests that the table is pretty skewered in favour of bonuses.

Not just promotion bonuses. But win, goal and clean sheet bonuses will automatically cost you more the better you do. Two ckubs with exactly the same contracted wages will end up paying different amounts if one finishes 7 and finishes 14 just basex on more wins more cleansheets and more goals for the higher finisher.

[Snowball]

So wouldn't separation of basic wages/bonuses be more revealing?

[SydenhamRoyal]

So wouldn't separation of basic wages/bonuses be more revealing?

Yes, it would.

The figures should also be split into a pre and post AZ, as B McD went on a bit of a spending spree in January getting in not just Jason Roberts but a host of back ups (Mullins, Cwyka) who barely played, but certainly got paid

[Wipped]

Didn't we only make a small loss of say £3m? That's very well managed at a very competitive level. Certainly gives me confidence with next season in mind. It should be easier to get our targets this time, rather than consistently lose out..

it was consistently around 5 + million in the championship. even with parachute payments
when JMs money dried up we had to make that up by selling players, but it was agrred that this was abetter prospect than trying to reduce the wage bill further

last season i meant, and it was about £3m.

no they didnt.

Actually, many of them did argue that. This also suggests we over-pay for some very average players.

We won the league

without that promotion, would you say they were worth the 4th highest wage bill in that league? i wouldn't. maybe 7th or 8th. personal opinion tho.

[Ouroboros]

We won the league

without that promotion, would you say they were worth the 4th highest wage bill in that league? i wouldn't. maybe 7th or 8th. personal opinion tho.

If they weren't good, would they have deserved the wages that they did deserve because they were good?

Er, no I suppose they wouldn't have.

Good point

[Ian Royal]

no they didnt.

Actually, many of them did argue that. This also suggests we over-pay for some very average players.

No, I don't think they did.

And we won the league.

It's a common complaint that we're tight and don't spend enough money because wages are a hidden cost to a certain extent and people just focus on transfer fees.

[Harpers So Solid Crew]

Do all clubs announce their accounts with a year end in the summer, otherwise this is surely as much guess work as anything.

[MouldyRoyal]

Second highest wage bill to turnover. That's where the black hole came from ever year people. Simple as that.

[Royalee]

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Championship top wages WHU £42m, Soton £29m, Leicester £28m, Reading £27m, Birmingham £25m, Boro £22m. pic.twitter.com/dB4YfSm0dm #readingfc



That's a very competitive wage bill for the Championship! It'll be even higher next season.

And the BM fans always claimed we had one of the lowest wage budgets in the Championship...

Glad he's been moved on with all the talking down he did of the club.