I see QPR have lost £20m again in a season - this time without paying any transfer fees. I wonder what decision making process the owners made in achieving that financial indignity.
When the 5-year plan heralded a focus on data based decision making, the recruitment of quality and not spending what we couldn't afford there some initial doubters. As Simon pointed out when that Plan was unveiled we were a League 2 club. Since then, and the magnitude of this acheivement has gone unnoticed, he said Argyle have won more games than any other EFL in the last five years. He and Andrew Parkinson have also said that the EFL's FFP rules are beginning to bite witnessed by spending in the January window being suppressed.
Owners gambling on reaching the Premiership riches is beginning to take its toll. We have just got to retain our Championship status this season and the financial inequity of the Championship, excluding those who benefit from parachute payments who don't go straight back up, will result in more of a levelling up. We are on the right course, with the potential to enhance turnover with astute player acquisitions and the resultant increase in value. The next 5-year plan is perfectly achievable on that basis. Let's enjoy the ride from the platform that has been so spendidly been built.