Hull 5 pager about us on 20:09 - Jul 3 with 4337 views | FrimleyBlue | Lol "They spent 20 million on 1 player in league 1" Erm. |  |
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Hull 5 pager about us on 20:15 - Jul 3 with 4206 views | Swansea_Blue | Where does that £70M figure come from? We only spent £5M on fees last year, which was half as much as they did. |  |
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Hull 5 pager about us on 20:21 - Jul 3 with 4090 views | Swansea_Blue | Ignore me. It’s obvious some of them are on drugs. Thinking we bought Hutch, in the deal announced this week, 2 years ago. lol. Utterly clueless and not very bright some of that lot. ‘They spent 70M - look here’s the proof’ (links to a transfer site that shows our signings last year were €4.7M). Absolutely bonkers |  |
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Hull 5 pager about us on 20:22 - Jul 3 with 4071 views | gainsboroughblue | Another set of fans who are clearly experts in our financial situation. I do find fans narratives on us change like the wind as well. One minute we will came straight back down as we have a league one squad and the next, we bought our way out of league one with a championship squad. |  |
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Hull 5 pager about us on 20:22 - Jul 3 with 4068 views | MattinLondon |
Hull 5 pager about us on 20:15 - Jul 3 by Swansea_Blue | Where does that £70M figure come from? We only spent £5M on fees last year, which was half as much as they did. |
I think one of their posters included the original outlay to buy the club from ME. And then everything on top including fees, wages, hob nobs to keep Phil happy, infrastructure improvements etc. |  | |  |
Hull 5 pager about us on 20:24 - Jul 3 with 4020 views | FrimleyBlue |
Hull 5 pager about us on 20:22 - Jul 3 by MattinLondon | I think one of their posters included the original outlay to buy the club from ME. And then everything on top including fees, wages, hob nobs to keep Phil happy, infrastructure improvements etc. |
Yeah. Wasn't the 19 mill wage inclusive of all club playing and non playing staff |  |
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Hull 5 pager about us on 20:24 - Jul 3 with 4014 views | The_Flashing_Smile | An aptly named thread title there. "they then signed 13 players for last season" - did we??!? Who are these 13 players we signed, I must've miscounted? |  |
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Hull 5 pager about us on 20:25 - Jul 3 with 3997 views | LankHenners | Blimey, and people think posters on here can be too argumentative! |  |
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Hull 5 pager about us on 20:27 - Jul 3 with 3937 views | Marshalls_Mullet | Most of the thread is quite sensible, questioning the validity of the OP's figures. |  |
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Hull 5 pager about us on 20:33 - Jul 3 with 3783 views | Vic | Lovely job. Some one needs to go on there and explain our finances. |  |
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Hull 5 pager about us on 20:51 - Jul 3 with 3436 views | Vegtablue | Terrible thread lol, thought I'd be reading about their thoughts on the two targets. My only takeaways are that the majority of football fans have too much of a life to understand FFP in significant detail, and a surprising number of people place trust in the nonsense estimates provided by salary sites. We know we were comfortably the biggest L1 spenders on and off the pitch in 22/23, as were we very competitive with the normal Championship clubs last season. When your revenue is higher than many around you and when the ownership is committed to extra investment in line with FFP rules, too right too. That's a different world to the one in which parachute clubs operate in, however, and that's what makes last season's success so extraordinary. |  | |  |
Hull 5 pager about us on 20:52 - Jul 3 with 3419 views | Chris_ITFC | To be fair, they all seem pretty rational, complimentary and informed about us, other than the OP. |  |
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Hull 5 pager about us on 21:02 - Jul 3 with 3217 views | farkenhell |
Hull 5 pager about us on 20:25 - Jul 3 by LankHenners | Blimey, and people think posters on here can be too argumentative! |
Makes TWTD appear cordial and peaceful. Phil should bookmark that thread for reference whenever things become heated on here. I laughed at the moderator who hasn't the time to deal with the spat tonight because he has to go out to feed the goat. Perhaps Phil should take a leaf out of their book! |  | |  |
Hull 5 pager about us on 21:05 - Jul 3 with 3140 views | Ryorry |
Hull 5 pager about us on 21:02 - Jul 3 by farkenhell | Makes TWTD appear cordial and peaceful. Phil should bookmark that thread for reference whenever things become heated on here. I laughed at the moderator who hasn't the time to deal with the spat tonight because he has to go out to feed the goat. Perhaps Phil should take a leaf out of their book! |
"Feed the Goat and he will score"? 😂 |  |
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Hull 5 pager about us on 21:06 - Jul 3 with 3117 views | Portmanteauxcurling |
Hull 5 pager about us on 20:25 - Jul 3 by LankHenners | Blimey, and people think posters on here can be too argumentative! |
No they don't ! |  | |  |
Hull 5 pager about us on 21:23 - Jul 3 with 2806 views | Europablue |
Hull 5 pager about us on 20:22 - Jul 3 by gainsboroughblue | Another set of fans who are clearly experts in our financial situation. I do find fans narratives on us change like the wind as well. One minute we will came straight back down as we have a league one squad and the next, we bought our way out of league one with a championship squad. |
We did buy our way out of League One with a Championship squad though, but many teams have tried to buy promotion and failed. |  | |  |
Hull 5 pager about us on 21:29 - Jul 3 with 2700 views | Swansea_Blue |
Hull 5 pager about us on 20:24 - Jul 3 by The_Flashing_Smile | An aptly named thread title there. "they then signed 13 players for last season" - did we??!? Who are these 13 players we signed, I must've miscounted? |
Not just signed 13 players, 13 on loan. lol. That should have set the alarm bells ringing that they were writing ballocks, as you can only name 5 in the matchday squad. Why would anyone sign 13, effectively wasting 8 places in their registered squad? Omari Brandon Scarlett (1/2 season) Sarmiento (1/2 season) Travis (1/2 season) Kiefer (1/2 season) Not quite 13. Although 5 were from PL clubs. According to Transfermarkt, they loaned 8, 6 of whom were from PL clubs, 1 from Sporting, and another from Belgium top tier. I'm really not sure what point that person was trying to make. in fairness, there are lots on there with common sense calling out the rubbish. Several salty posters though, who seem solely to have the hump because we did well. And who have zero self awareness about their own club. |  |
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Hull 5 pager about us on 21:31 - Jul 3 with 2657 views | FrimleyBlue |
Hull 5 pager about us on 21:29 - Jul 3 by Swansea_Blue | Not just signed 13 players, 13 on loan. lol. That should have set the alarm bells ringing that they were writing ballocks, as you can only name 5 in the matchday squad. Why would anyone sign 13, effectively wasting 8 places in their registered squad? Omari Brandon Scarlett (1/2 season) Sarmiento (1/2 season) Travis (1/2 season) Kiefer (1/2 season) Not quite 13. Although 5 were from PL clubs. According to Transfermarkt, they loaned 8, 6 of whom were from PL clubs, 1 from Sporting, and another from Belgium top tier. I'm really not sure what point that person was trying to make. in fairness, there are lots on there with common sense calling out the rubbish. Several salty posters though, who seem solely to have the hump because we did well. And who have zero self awareness about their own club. |
I bet calvalho cost more as a loanee than all the loans we had |  |
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Hull 5 pager about us on 21:43 - Jul 3 with 2485 views | Swansea_Blue |
Hull 5 pager about us on 21:23 - Jul 3 by Europablue | We did buy our way out of League One with a Championship squad though, but many teams have tried to buy promotion and failed. |
Yeah, we did have a good wage budget for L1. One of the highest, if not the highest. We did bring down the ratio of wages to turnover to about 90% though from 114% from the year before, so those wages were more affordable. The losses that year were largely expected if I remember correctly, as there was a lot of expenditure trying to bring the facilities up to scratch after Evans' austerity. We were obviously fine wrt FFP because of promotion, but I can't remember the ins and outs of where we stood regarding Profit and Sustainability in L1 (i.e. were we gambling or managing things sensibly?). |  |
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Hull 5 pager about us on 22:45 - Jul 3 with 1953 views | Churchman |
Hull 5 pager about us on 20:33 - Jul 3 by Vic | Lovely job. Some one needs to go on there and explain our finances. |
Nah, let them wallow around in confusion. It’s a weird but funny thread. |  | |  |
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