EFL Championship Thread

[Toffee_Loaf]

I am concerned about the financial impact of relegation, it means BMD won't happen. Too risky with all the other liabilities (apparently players don't have a relegation clause in their contracts where they take a salary reduction). The club will really have to cut its cloth accordingly.

I think we need a salary cap or heavily performance related contracts. We have brought players in and given them huge salaries they did nothing to deserve. Some of them ordinary players even. Apparently Digne was on £120k. A left back? Then there's Tosun. Bernard and players like that we had to turf out for minimal fees because of the huge wages they were given. They all turn like Delle Ali's promising career did, receiving big salaries with no return - to mush. Not an easy problem to fix, but relegation will force them to try and fix it.

 

[MrGrumpy]

I don't think people should underestimate the championship. People might sight Newcastle as a team that came straight back up, i think that is the exception rather than the norm.

The bottom half of the premier league is effectively the top half of the championship anyways, there's a constant rotation of the same teams that come through, they get boosted by the premier league payments and when they go down they have an advantage against the bottom half of the championship.

So if Everton can't even beat the teams in the bottom half of the prem, they are going to find similar competition, probably rougher, tougher competition, and they're going to land somewhere in the top half, which is far from an automatic qualification spot. Playoffs are a crapshoot and the in form team in May winning.

A lot of the bottom half teams run on Championship budgets and wages we run on a top 7 budget and wages.. be horrendous if we went down

 

[Khalekan]

FYI

The EFL Championship starts on the weekend of 30th July 2022 and will pause for 5 weeks from 14th November till 10th December to accommodate the World Cup in Qatar. The final day of the season will be weekend 6th May with the play off finals scheduled for 27th-29th May.

Championship fixtures are released in June, 24 teams in the league with a total of 46 league games.

Finances are to be hit the hardest, currently Everton earn in excess of £100m for being in the PL, relegation would see this figure plummet to just c£40m falling to £35 in the next year and £15m in the 3rd year down, all these payments then cease after that. Imagine what these losses are likely to be without Premier League money? Whilst in the Premier League we posted losses of £170m over the last 2 years.

Reading FC were deducted 6 points this season for breaking profit and sustainability rules, Readings wage bill was £41m. Our wage bill is c£72m on a turnover likely to be reduced by £60m-£70m. No doubt we could be subject to punishment immediately as we implemented a fire sell of any saleable assets at the club, this might have to include players like Anthony Gordon if others are harder to move on, we know the ones.

The 1st round of the Carabao Cup (League Cup) will commence on 8th August, we will be in this. The final day of the season will be weekend 6th May with the play off finals scheduled for 27th-29th May.

For the FA Cup Championships clubs join at the second round stage.

3 teams are promoted, 2 automatically and 1 via a 4 team play off, 3 teams are relegated. Fulham and Marco Silva has been promoted to the Premier League and Bournemouth are the favourites to join them, play off places are likely to be filled by Huddersfield, Nottingham Forest, Luton Town and Sheffield United. Wayne Rooneys Derby have been relegated for fanancial issues whilst Peterbrough and Barnsley have dropped to League 1.

Potential Constitution:-

Everton
Watford
Norwich
Huddersfield *
Nottm Forest *
Luton *
Sheffield Utd *
Millwall
Middlesborough
Backburn
QPR
Coventry
Stoke
West Brom
Swansea
Preston
Blackpool
Bristol City
Hull
Cardiff
Birmingham
Reading
Wigan
Rotherham
MK Dons *
Sunderland *
Plymouth *
Wycombe *

*Play offs

Goodison Park will be the biggest stadium in the Championship, the next biggest will be Middlesboroughs Riverside Stadium which holds 33,746. Our very own dockside stadium Bramley Moore would be 20,000 bigger than the next biggest and would certainly be the newest.

On the plus side away tickets will not be so hard to come by, when relegated I fear we will never get back to the Premier League due to the financial state of the club. We think we`ve had it bad for 27 years, you haven`t seen anything yet.

Has there been a rule change?

Why are you saying Championship clubs join the F.A. Cup at the 2nd round stage?

 

[Axlswhk]

A lot of the bottom half teams run on Championship budgets and wages we run on a top 7 budget and wages.. be horrendous if we went down

I am not good in finance but surely we will not be on the same level of wages next season. We may be looking at 40m reduction in wages. Is it sufficient?

 

[ToffeeTim]

I am not good in finance but surely we will not be on the same level of wages next season. We may be looking at 40m reduction in wages. Is it sufficient?

Not even close

We would probably need to halve our wage budget

 

[grandjoeblue]

Not even close

We would probably need to halve our wage budget

Going to be really tough in the summer. We're going to have to sell players cheap as well to make up for their big wages. Say for example someone came in for Mina or Keane, you'd need to have a low fee to make up for their huge weekly wage.

 

[Axlswhk]

Not even close

We would probably need to halve our wage budget

What about parachute payment of 35m.

Selling Pickford, DCL and richarlison could fetch 80m or more.

 

[MrGrumpy]

I am concerned about the financial impact of relegation, it means BMD won't happen. Too risky with all the other liabilities (apparently players don't have a relegation clause in their contracts where they take a salary reduction). The club will really have to cut its cloth accordingly.

I think we need a salary cap or heavily performance related contracts. We have brought players in and given them huge salaries they did nothing to deserve. Some of them ordinary players even. Apparently Digne was on £120k. A left back? Then there's Tosun. Bernard and players like that we had to turf out for minimal fees because of the huge wages they were given. They all turn like Delle Ali's promising career did, receiving big salaries with no return - to mush. Not an easy problem to fix, but relegation will force them to try and fix it.

BMD passed the point of no return it’s happening

 

[MikeH72]

How long before we start chanting “WOOOOOOOAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH YOU’RE S*** AAAAAHHHHHHH” at opposition keepers?

 

[tofftoff83]

For the FA Cup Championships clubs join at the second round stage.

Good effort generally in this post. You're wrong here though, 3rd Round.

 

[Mark Bisson]

How long before we start chanting “WOOOOOOOAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH YOU’RE S*** AAAAAHHHHHHH” at opposition keepers?

I have already started.

 

[Littlesue]

How long before we start chanting “WOOOOOOOAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH YOU’RE S*** AAAAAHHHHHHH” at opposition keepers?

To be fair I not heard that in the Championship for years

 

[sbbefc]

Good effort generally in this post. You're wrong here though, 3rd Round.

Who'll care about the FA cup if we go down. Zero chance of winning it now nevermind next season.

 

[The Penalty Box Dancer]

Too many people are comfortable with this thought already. I think it's bad taste making a thread like this after dealing with a tough result yesterday. I'm just saying people should consider what they're going to post as this is an emotional and difficult time for the fans, someone saying relegation isn't a bad thing is just rubbing people up the wrong way in my opinion.

 

[Leylo]

Too many people are comfortable with this thought already. I think it's bad taste making a thread like this after dealing with a tough result yesterday. I'm just saying people should consider what they're going to post as this is an emotional and difficult time for the fans, someone saying relegation isn't a bad thing is just rubbing people up the wrong way in my opinion.

This thread is a joke, absolute knobjob