Article in the Times: Promotion Team spending in the prem

[FiNeRaIn]

Published in the times today, net Spending for newcomers to the premier league as follows.


2005

West Ham 8 million
Wigan 4.8 Million
Sunderland 4million

2006

Watford 7.3 million
Sheff Utd 7 milllion
Reading 2 million

2007
Sunderland 33.6 million
Derby 13.3 million
Birmingham 10.1 million

2008

Stoke 19.8 million
West brom 13.3 million
Hull 6.25 Million

2009

Wolves 15 million
Birmingham 11.6 Million
Burnley 5.85m

Reading are below every one of those leagues clubs league position wise in the modern game.

We also spent by FAR the least, more than half of what everyone else spent upon their arrival to the premier league.

Interesting stats.

[Berry]

As in the immortal words of Brucie "Didnt we do well!"

[Deathy]

What about it? We finished 8th after only spending £2m.

[FiNeRaIn]

What about it? We finished 8th after only spending £2m.

Make of it what you will deathy. Where did we finish the second season with the same squad?

[Deathy]

What about it? We finished 8th after only spending £2m.

Make of it what you will deathy. Where did we finish the second season with the same squad?

That's another thread altogether.

[FiNeRaIn]

Just interesting stats. We played the system and lost

[ZacNaloen]

Reading are below every one of those leagues clubs league position wise in the modern game.

We're 5 games in

[Alivey]

SHOW ME THE MONEY!!!!

[FiNeRaIn]

Reading are below every one of those leagues clubs league position wise in the modern game.

We're 5 games in

Yep, but stats don't lie. I'm just amazed we thought we could buck the trend of the modern game and do it our own way.

[ZacNaloen]

We did buck the trend, how many of those teams were also relegated within two seasons?

[Berry]

Havent you got a home to go to?

[Alivey]

I think the most interesting stat is the stat that shows how greedy the pretend pole in charge of this club is!!!!!!!! we replaced SIDWELL with players that we already owned that werent good enough to even to challenge for his position. QUITE simply, THANK GOD COPPELL IS OUT!! now we need either Madjetski to SHOW ME THE MONEY or he can GO, GOODBYE FAREWELL AUF WEIDERSEHEN GOODBYE

[Archies Volley II]

Reading are below every one of those leagues clubs league position wise in the modern game.

We're 5 games in

Yep, but stats don't lie. I'm just amazed we thought we could buck the trend of the modern game and do it our own way.

But we did buck the trend to get there in the first place (assume us Hull in 08 and Burnley in 09 would be the bottom 3 for money spent in promotion season) and in that first season in the Prem.

As Coppell said on Sky on Sunday he should have freshend up the squad in the second season but that doesn't mean needed to spend millions.

Mistakes were made, new players in the second season we may well still be there, but how much those players should have cost is not so clear cut - in my mind anyway.........

[Still Hate Futcher!]

THANK GOD COPPELL IS OUT!!

Yeah, what did Coppell ever do for us! (Meant in a Life of Brian 'What did the Romans ever do for us' way, before anyone thinks I'm actually agreeing with the above).

[Jeffers217]

YAWN- move on FineRain mate that's 2/3 yrs ago. And one name for you...STEVE SIDWELL...big factor

[ankeny]

The bigger question is,what did we spend in the second season to establish ourselves in the prem?

[RoyalBlue]

What about it? We finished 8th after only spending £2m.

And then crashed out big time the season after. Since then the slide has continued. That's what about it!

[FiNeRaIn]

YAWN- move on FineRain mate that's 2/3 yrs ago. And one name for you...STEVE SIDWELL...big factor

lolwhat? Those include this years stats. I've presented information published TODAY in a well respected national newspaper. You can choose to interpret this any way you want.
The fact remains- we showed the least ambition to stay in the premiership out of all the clubs who have been there in the last 5 years. I think it makes interesting reading.

[Terminal Boardom]

Nothing new here. Move along.

[Harpers So Solid Crew]

Bollox, we had a team that got 106 points, it needed less spending on it, IMHO. As proven by finishing 8th that season.