But they haven't had 4th, 5th, 6th place finishes, a Carling cup semi and fa cup final over the space of 6 years like us and have nothing to show from it apart from every penny being spent running the club.
They get a pay off for having success
Where's our pay off? oh that's right, for any inclining of success, the club have to to cover it leading to Elstones comments of "we couldn't cover the cost of getting into the champions league"
The board would be more than happy us sitting mid table and getting rid of tthe players on big money to keep costs down rather than the headache of achieving something