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But Bournemouth haven't been relegated, so it seems a little redundant to compare them to those teams which have struggled after relegation to the Championship but not compare them to those whom have established themselves in the top flight after promotion.

You're overlooking clubs that are well run; Burnley, Norwich, Swansea, West Brom, Crystal Palace, Stoke, etc. are all teams who've come up from the Championship and used their Premiership money wisely. Both Burnley and Norwich got relegated, but they've been financially prudent, with Norwich...

Certainly wouldn't want to drop McCormack. Our midfield has strengthen immeasurably since he came back into the fold. Woods at right back for me.

Right Back Maxime Collin is out now too. This is getting ridiculous, we could almost field a fully competitive outfield side from our injury list!

:bl: Apparently Fulham got as high as £3m-£3.5m but we said no. Against Leeds last weekend he was outrageously good - just needs to make sure his weekly performances are that impressive and he'll become a top player. Would doubt we'd well him this season if he carries on performing well. We made...

I'm pretty sure that's the reason for the loan. It's a sign of Benham's commitment to youth football, we've gone from nothing to category 2 academy in a few years, hired some of the top youth coaches around and built an indoor facility.

I could be mistaken, but I'm pretty sure our ~£20m debt is in fact loans made by Benham to finance our academy, with these loans being guaranteed by future sales of academy developed players. The other finance he puts in to the club for running costs are written off each year in the form of equity.

We have had an unfortunate start to the season, rather than a bad one. Long term injuries to key players (I think the first two games of the season we had 7 first teamers missing) have held us back and we've badly missed Jota and the experience of Bjelland. That said, defensively we looked solid...

Going to be tough. We looked a great deal better on Saturday than a fortnight previous, but this game may well come too soon for several of our players adjusting to life in the Championship. Middlesbrough were the one team we couldn't get the hang of last season and beat us on all four...

Encouraging performance that. First half we were excellent and deserved the lead. Second half we had two opportunities to finish the game off - header across an open goal line and hitting the post - and you could sense Leeds were then going to have opportunities to get back into it, hitting the...

Yeah, depends on how long the contract is - a £3m signing on a 3 year deal would cost £1m per year as far as FFP goes, plus the other associated costs.

The question is, will he sell for more than £6.25m - £9m? If we've already received £2m in add-ons byt the time they sell him, then we may not receive that much as a sell-on fee; if they get a price of £12m for him, we'd get 27.5% of roughly £4m. So it's not an awful deal for Burnley.

In (£6,500,000): Andreas Bjelland (CB): Danish international centre back and FC Twente captain, with the highest successful tackle win percentage in the Dutch top flight. Was meant to solve the problem of our inexperienced defence. Done his kneee ligaments, out for the season. £2.1m. Josh...

Second most after Pritchard. Interestingly, Butterfield created a significant amount of those chances from deep. I'm not sure whether that says anything about him as a player or Huddersfield's style last season. He's the one midfielder I'd have wanted above any others in this division.

Thought he was average in League One for us, absolutely woeful in the Championship for us last year. I think it was more of a confidence thing; he'd had a very good season getting Leicester promoted, but he was playing alongside a very experienced and tough centre back then. When he joined us on...

Austrian international forward Marco Djuricin joins the Bees on a year-long loan with a future fee agreed. Plus we look set to sign Liverpool forward Sergi Canos on loan too. In Toral, the last Barca educated youngster at a Premiership club who was loaned to us, we saw how technically proficient...

Ha! Yep :) six years ago we were in League Two (08/09) having just had a crap season, looking relatively likely to drop out of the Football League. Last season we got into the play-offs for the Premier League. Almost all thanks to Matthew Benham :) still find it funny when people were backing...

Came back into it in the second half, should have made it 2-2. Had all the possession, territory and attempts on goal, but the ref just didn't have a grip on the game. Reading were time wasting from the 30th minute - I don't really have a problem with Reading doing so, all teams do and I've seen...

Hogan missing his second whole season in succession with another ACL injury. McLeod still hasn't featured due to hamstring issues since we dropped £1m on him in January and is quite a way off even moderate fitness. Saunders has been out for 4 months and working his way back. Saunders is a...

Yes - you guys are getting a decent amount, and rightly so. We've also got sell-on clauses for Gray, Dallas and Odubajo. Gray may or might not sell for more than the £9m, but I have every belief we'll make an extra wedge out of the other two, especially Moses who only went for £3.5m!