<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[smbu]]></title><description><![CDATA[Comments]]></description><link>http://www.smbu.co.uk/</link><copyright><![CDATA[Copyright smbu]]></copyright><generator>sNews CMS</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Finance v6.1 - raven_180]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is the sort of thing directors and upper management really have to explain to us. How can they expect us to pay the rediculously high money for tickets and merchandise without telling us how the club has got into this situation.  
   
Are we bribing WASPS to stay in Wycombe or something?  
  
Or are Directors pockets just swelling?  
  
Excellent article. Informative and throught provoking. I just wish it wasnt true!]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 08:32:57 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.smbu.co.uk/home/finance-v61/#Comment2</link><guid>http://www.smbu.co.uk/home/finance-v61/#Comment2</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Finance v6.1 - Ben]]></title><description><![CDATA[Brilliant article. Very informative and thought-provoking.  
  
Obviously players' salaries have increased at a rapid rate, but as you say, so have gate receipts, TV income, and transfer revenue.  
  
Where is all the money going? Have you been able to dig deeper into the operating cost line? I suspect that part of the problem has been the costs of servicing the debt. You say that we ran up £2.2m of debt in the 10 years in L1. Surely we've been spending a fortune just to pay the interest on that debt, before you even start to consider whether we've been paying any debt off, converting it, or (most likely), actually increasing this debt figure.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 11:34:58 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.smbu.co.uk/home/finance-v61/#Comment1</link><guid>http://www.smbu.co.uk/home/finance-v61/#Comment1</guid></item></channel></rss>