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Player Valuation: £15m
Lots of people have been mentioning the TV money for the past few months. I personally don't think it will make much difference at all. What am I missing? What do you think will happen with the TV money?
If every team in the Prem spent 1 billion on players would Man City win the league spending 1 billion? Possibly ... but probably not. They got an advantage because when they spent all that money it was more than anyone else.
The actual number you spend is irrelevant -- it's the fact that it's more than other people. If everyone spent 1m and we spent 10m we'd be kings (even though that is way less than we spend now).
So how is the TV money going to help us spend more than our competition when everyone is getting more money?
If the average team has 80 million for transfers and wages* (and we are about average in terms of spending -- slightly above actually but basically average) how does the average team having 100 million now mean good things for us?
You could argue Moyes spends money better than other managers ... but he may not be here. Our new manager might just be average in terms of talent spotting. So we have no edge there and can't assume the new guy will be as good as Moyes.
You could argue we need squad depth (which we do). But we're losing Fellaini for sure so it's not like our team stays the same and we get to add depth with the TV money. Plus our competition isn't staying stagnant -- they'll have the extra money to improve their squad too. Any way I cut it I don't see why it's worth mentioning all the time.
I don't see how it is going to help (even if we pay the debt that puts us even more behind the average for total spend) to a degree where it is worth mentioning as frequently as people do when they talk about the coming summer window. Everyone will get the extra money (plus they'll still have all the money they already have).
It doesn't close the gap at all; it's the old moving the goalposts deal.
*I made that figure up ... the number changing doesn't change my point.
If every team in the Prem spent 1 billion on players would Man City win the league spending 1 billion? Possibly ... but probably not. They got an advantage because when they spent all that money it was more than anyone else.
The actual number you spend is irrelevant -- it's the fact that it's more than other people. If everyone spent 1m and we spent 10m we'd be kings (even though that is way less than we spend now).
So how is the TV money going to help us spend more than our competition when everyone is getting more money?
If the average team has 80 million for transfers and wages* (and we are about average in terms of spending -- slightly above actually but basically average) how does the average team having 100 million now mean good things for us?
You could argue Moyes spends money better than other managers ... but he may not be here. Our new manager might just be average in terms of talent spotting. So we have no edge there and can't assume the new guy will be as good as Moyes.
You could argue we need squad depth (which we do). But we're losing Fellaini for sure so it's not like our team stays the same and we get to add depth with the TV money. Plus our competition isn't staying stagnant -- they'll have the extra money to improve their squad too. Any way I cut it I don't see why it's worth mentioning all the time.
I don't see how it is going to help (even if we pay the debt that puts us even more behind the average for total spend) to a degree where it is worth mentioning as frequently as people do when they talk about the coming summer window. Everyone will get the extra money (plus they'll still have all the money they already have).
It doesn't close the gap at all; it's the old moving the goalposts deal.
*I made that figure up ... the number changing doesn't change my point.
