Our normal wage budget is roughly £500,000. Beattie was given £670,000 for a promotion challenge. Unless he was trousering the difference I'd suggest that's proof enough wages were significantly higher under his regime as our squad size didn't increase dramatically. Nothing wrong with that at all but anybody who thinks the likes of Odejayi, Hunt and Naylor played for peanuts has lost it.
Here's Peter talking about the 670k.
Stanley could slide without more help (From This Is Lancashire)