on May 12, 2026, 4:42 pm, in reply to "But that ignores many teams over performing "
Bournemouth - 9th, 12th, 15th, 2nd (Promoted), 6th in Championship. No finals.
Brighton - 8th, 11th, 6th, 9th, 16th. No Finals.
Brentford - 10th, 16th, 9th, 13th, 3rd (Promoted). No Finals.
According the deloitte money league 2026, Brighton are 23rd, Everton 24th, Bournemouth 26th and Brentford 30th.
Squad cost of those 3 and Everton is similar from most sources I have quickly looked at.
So if we are saying those 3 are 'overperforming', would we be happy if a manager came in an delivered those league positions? 
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Brighton
Brentford
Bournemouth
I bet their squads cost significantly less than us
Spend is a driver yes. But when we spunked money a few years back we actually got worse
A really good manager adapts. Previous Message
We are expecting/hoping a manager can do for us, something that no other manager has ever done...for longer than 3 or 4 years, that is outperform spend. You cant look to one team, ever in the EPL era that has outperformed spend consistently and really kicked on.....yet that is the standard we are going to hold every manager we ever have to...do something that has never been done and keep doing it.
Another problem is the buy young model....I think financially we may have to do that...but that isnt to build a young team to win trophies, its to buy young players and sell them for a profit.
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