Originally Posted by
Penarth Blues
So how much do you think we should spend on transfers and wages out of our ~£100M? Burnley's total salary costs alone last year were £61M and they were amongst the lowest spenders in the division. Even if we match that and spend ~£40M on transfers we'll only just have matched the bottom spenders in the division so can't claim we'll be buying better quality.
We need something that the other teams can't buy - in our case it's likely to be team spirit and Warnock. If we spent every penny we've got I think we'd be no better off than going the route we seem to be going.