Not sure where it's at now, but I'm sure when Blackpool were in the Prem there was a lot of talk of the "smaller" prem clubs and the wages they pay. I read an article that found if you take the top 6 out of the equation, the average Prem wage was 10k a week. So for us to be paying that in the Championship does appear somewhat excessive, and, well we've got hindsight which proves that...
The league in its current state however, with the likes of Bristol City offering just shy of 10 million for players like Gayle, or that Gray that went from Brentford to Burnley for something like 12 million (?), it does make you wonder how/if we could compete there again.
The league in its current state however, with the likes of Bristol City offering just shy of 10 million for players like Gayle, or that Gray that went from Brentford to Burnley for something like 12 million (?), it does make you wonder how/if we could compete there again.