But next season we are guaranteed some extra money that we didn't have this season - in the form of 2 x extra home gates (lets say 2500 people to be on the safe side at £10 average), and finally a chunk of the 500 club will expire, so perhaps 100 extra ST income. I know you're a bit skeptical as to how many will renew, but I think the majority of expired 500 clubs will, simply because you have to be a pretty strong fan to pay for a 5 year ST in the first place. We've also saved a full time wage in commercial.divas wrote: ↑Tue Feb 25, 2020 8:45 amBecause it’s a well known fact that we exceeded the original playing budget set to bring in the likes of Hedley, Storey, Connell and Martin after the cup run. Since we’re not guaranteed that revenue next season I expect we’ll need to reduce the playing budget from what it is currently to somewhere near where it was at the beginning of the season.
So the discrepancy between this cup run season and next season might be virtually zero due to a combination of cost cutting and expected additional income as posted above.
Of course if we fall short on the BTB that would have an impact, likewise if we overachieve again.