obviouThose figures are far from accurate. For one we did not make a profit on Andrew Surman!!
Like I said, the results papered over the cracks. Sunderland we got lucky, Arsenal was an inspired Hennessey performance and profligacy from Arsenal, Norwich and Bolton we were $#@!ing awful and it was failing to win (or even look like winning) those games that led to us being obvious relegation candidates.
No one is suggesting the figures are accurate to the exact pound but it's patently obvious our net spend was no where near what others are implying and was around 10 million per season which is regarded by most clubs as chicken feed. You cant just say results paper over cracks, that applies to all teams near the bottom who have cracks galore. The truth is we would have had a fighting chance of staying up instead of throwing in the white towel like we did , what does it matter whether it was an inspired Hennessey performance or not lol. If we weren't bottom 3 before a transfer window why would we just give up on 3 years hard work and say ok we aren't playing well after less than half a season so despite us being not in the relegation zone dont sign anyone as we're doomed1