I posted this a while ago when our fate was still undecided, but I'll make the point again.
If Green was a shrewd businessman, and I've no reason to think otherwise, then at the start of the season he will have drawn up several budgets depending on how our season transpired.
One budget would be based on us matching last season's feat of reaching the mpg - he'd make reasonable estimates for attendances, ticket sales and central funding.
What he would also do is draw up a budget (or budgets) for us not making the mpg and ultimately finishing in any of the other final positions, adjusting the central funding gradually downwards as a result.
So, one of these budgets would presumably focus on us finishing bottom of the middle 8s (where Fev are now, basically). As I understand it, the team in this position gets £450k funding. By finishing in 5th, we only get £275k, which is a difference of £175k.
There will certainly be some discrepancies for the lower gate receipts as a result of missing out on the playoffs, but there is no way in hell Marc will have budgeted for Leeds finishing in the bottom 4 come the end of the season. So while that would have been a great money spinner, it would have been an unforeseen bonus as opposed to some income he was counting on or budgeting for.
So if he's done all of this, we're looking at a shortfall of £175k funding plus the drop in gate receipts. Let's say another £150k for that. Gives a total of £325k down on his budget.
So if we're going with a squad of about 28 next year, down from 42 this year, plus losing some big names like Gaskell, Ferguson, Clough, Addy etc. it doesn't sound
too unreasonable to think that we might be able to patch a semi decent squad together for next year.
It will all depend on what sort of cuts those budgets factored in, and what level of reserves we've been bringing forward from 2015.
Having said all that, watch Marc come back from Ibiza and wind the company up
