How much money is in the Kitty.??

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Davepick

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Now that it's all over and Critch is in, how much will their be in the kitty(not a cat please) to spend on new players?
We are obviously short in quite a few areas, so how much Critch get to build a decent team?
 
Davepick said:
Now that it's all over and Critch is in, how much will their be in the kitty(not a cat please) to spend on new players?
We are obviously short in quite a few areas, so how much Critch get to build a decent team?
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We have 5 players who have returned from L1 loans, and some have done well.
A lot of our more successful players were not under contract so the cost was wages not a transfer fee.
Happy to buy smart when required and we can see there value increasing, but they have to fit in the wage structure
Oxford nearly got relegated after they ripped up their wage structure to keep Brannagan, and the fact that he was paid a lot more than others must have had an effect.
 
£2m from Villa for Critchley, a good chunk from Forest for Bowler, and likely an even bigger one for Yates, allowing for add-ons I'd guess there's £5m or so that could be spent, although Saddler might want to use that to defray some of the lost income from coming down to L1.

How much we spend will depend upon who we can get on frees, but the real limiting factor will be wages, so there's a practical per-player limit of about £500,000, we might well see a few of those.
 
I think we'll have a lot of flexibility to rebuild and reinvent this squad.

Last time we were in League 1 our biggest transfers were free agents (like Kenny, Keshi, Stewart, Garbutt, and Marv) so wages will play a massive role and with Kevin Stewart, Gary Madine, and Chris Maxwell all off the books I think we'll have a lot of flexibility with that regard.

Regarding transfer fees, last time we were in League 1, we only spent fees on 4 players (Jerry, Bez, CJ, Grettarrson) for probably around 1 million so I would think we'll minimum have that much to spend this time around and maybe even more considering we never really spent the Bowler or Critchley money.

Excited to see what Critchley and the new DOF do. 👍
 
Lost Seasider said:
£2m from Villa for Critchley, a good chunk from Forest for Bowler, and likely an even bigger one for Yates, allowing for add-ons I'd guess there's £5m or so that could be spent, although Saddler might want to use that to defray some of the lost income from coming down to L1.

How much we spend will depend upon who we can get on frees, but the real limiting factor will be wages, so there's a practical per-player limit of about £500,000, we might well see a few of those.
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I think the Critchley money was inc in last years accounts…reducing the losses.
We might have some left from the Bowler sale if it’s not already been swallowed up, so I doubt we have a big transfer fund at all.
 
Towerpower99 said:
I think the Critchley money was inc in last years accounts…reducing the losses.
We might have some left from the Bowler sale if it’s not already been swallowed up, so I doubt we have a big transfer fund at all.
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I think we will have comparably one of the largest budgets in league one. We have decent gates, recent Championship money and influx of cash from Critch, Bowler and Jerry (pending).

Simon hasn’t bought the club to make a profit, he’s ambitious and wants us back in the Championship. This comes at a cost of investment with a view to make a few £££ in returns. One of the benefits of having Critch back is that Simon will trust him to spend the money wisely, so hopefully the purse strings will be pulled a little wider.
 
TangerineTom said:
I think we will have comparably one of the largest budgets in league one. We have decent gates, recent Championship money and influx of cash from Critch, Bowler and Jerry (pending).

Simon hasn’t bought the club to make a profit, he’s ambitious and wants us back in the Championship. This comes at a cost of investment with a view to make a few £££ in returns. One of the benefits of having Critch back is that Simon will trust him to spend the money wisely, so hopefully the purse strings will be pulled a little wider.
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I agree with your 2nd paragraph but not the first…
As I’ve already stated the Critchley money has already been accounted for in last years accounts…reducing losses.
The recent championship money has all been used up and Approx 2million more put in by Simon Sadler to keep us afloat.
The Bowler money is being paid in dribs and drabs…Maybe got 1.5million upfront…don’t know how that’s been used since we received it?
So to sum up this years spend will be what Simon Sadler wants to put in to the pot plus any outgoing sales..Jerry etc
We will compete in the market but we don’t have bundles of cash piled away.
 
I hope that Critchley has been keeping his eye on the under 21's at Premier League clubs. We were very successful at taking the best of those that had just been released. Bowler, Grimshaw and Connolly were all brought in, with not a penny paid. If we can repeat that trick and then spend on a couple of experienced pro's, such as a midfield enforcer for example, then we will do very well.
 
Towerpower99 said:
I think the Critchley money was inc in last years accounts…reducing the losses.
We might have some left from the Bowler sale if it’s not already been swallowed up, so I doubt we have a big transfer fund at all.
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It was, but it came at the end of the season, so wasn't part of the budget, and the club might not necessarily view it as spent.
 
Seaseaseasider said:
I hope that Critchley has been keeping his eye on the under 21's at Premier League clubs. We were very successful at taking the best of those that had just been released. Bowler, Grimshaw and Connolly were all brought in, with not a penny paid. If we can repeat that trick and then spend on a couple of experienced pro's, such as a midfield enforcer for example, then we will do very well.
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He'll know the Villa kids!
 
I heard the kitty just has an Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade esque etching of where abouts the Ormerod money is buried.
 
You could have an excellent transfer window on free transfers alone, just need to get them done early.

Wages could be a problem, mind
 
Interesting the loans wages were mentioned above. Where it partly went wrong for me last season as we'd have paid some big money to have them here last season and I actually don't think they brought any more than if you would have signed four half decent Championship players other than having to pay substantially more in wages.
 
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