Sorry but as you say it is a generalisation and there is more to it than simply budget. That gives teams something to hide behind and not look behind. And that is the point I was making.
As you say ,and I put forward, at the level we are at budget is not an absolute and does rely on owners willingness to spend or not (that doesnt have to mean increased debt btw) You have to conclude the owners set the budget for MR to spend, which must mean they set it low.
The way we operate the level of overhead and finance costs restricts the playing budget.
Awful lot of pundits and fans have praised the way that ccfc play this season. Have compared it favourably with teams higher up. So thats not a factor of budget it would seem.
So if it is a question of budget how do these successful low budget teams achieve success. Or perhaps a better question is how do the bigger spending clubs achieve failure.
I get and fully understand more money gives you a better probability of success but at our level in the championship/league 1 the differences are not so great.
There seems to be an acceptance that it our position is simply because of budget I just query if that is the only reason. I do not think at our level it is that simple.
"We have the lowest budget" is an easy comment to make and treat as if it is the whole reason. When if you dig a bit deeper it clearly is not. The other problems are not going to take us to promotion but it might take us a couple of places higher and that would be enough.
I understood at the start of the season that our budget would be small, that it would restrict this seasons ambition. However I am disappointed with things overall and what's more I suspect so is MR
CCFC are capable of being higher even if today's result was bad or the budget is the smallest. Overall I think they are under achieving but not greatly.
It is not all about the budget, whichever that budget is
What you're not factoring in OSB is the pace of our rise from league 2 to the championship and the clubs ability to add the quality required to compete at each level considering we started at ground zero...
You're very knowledgeable ofcourse but in regards to this I think you're way out.
Most clubs that struggle that pay high wages often had a period where they did well.. Derby County missing out through the playoffs the same as Sheffield Wednesday... The having to sell high earners and better players to cut their budgets but still find themselves saddled with some high paid players who were probably fringe or getting into the latter years of their contracts and having to sign more players on lower wages to fill the squad.. They still have a high budget and are still running at huge losses.
Some clubs work around this well and work well with their budgets, like Swansea although they had the quality there
Budget is a huge factor in the success of many clubs.
You only have to look at league tables every year to see that is true, besides the odd anomoly it's the difference between buying a fiat and a range rover
