Oh no, we might get relegated twice, go bust, lose any tenure on our ground, move out of the city a couple of times and have to watch Peter Vincenti.
Don't go over the top. At least try to keep it vaguely believable!
Also risk morale within the squad. We've been a tight nit - small squad for years - and our team spirit has got us through more than once. Will a squad full of superstars be the same. In Robbings We Trust.
Yeah that’s a fair comment. I’m given confidence by Robins’ recruitment strategy that seems to firstly be “don’t sign dickheads”. Even our Yankee superstar seems relatively down to Earth for a Yank.
We're going to end up with a better team than Sheffield Utd and Luton aren't we? Didn't think i'd get over the play off final but really looking forward to this season and would be more confident if we got promoted having to add to this team than the one we had last season.
Must have lost the plot when signing Todd Kane then?
It was always too early to go up last season. It would have been amazing but not a disaster It didn't happen
No such thing. We would have just revamped the squad like we have this year just with more money and different targets
Just a shame it's the most competitive champ season ever this year on paper .. if we could just have last seasons division with our new squad that would be lovely thanks 
But still have had a weaker squad. Luton may not survive but i think missing out the year before has helped them have a chance
With virtually all of the squad now being on permanent, relatively long term contracts though, if we miss out this time then the following season should be more open and we'll still have pretty much everyone but with a year's more development and cohesion under their belts.Just a shame it's the most competitive champ season ever this year on paper .. if we could just have last seasons division with our new squad that would be lovely thanks
How so? We’d have everyone we had, plus Vik and Gus, but would have signed PL quality instead of what we did.
Yup. Have to believe we are in a position to go for playoffs every year now for a while like king said.
And if we do sell we can command big fees and then replace them with our ever expanding recruitment team
Are we now a Brighton Brentford or Bournemouth? Will we always be a good team from now on?
No guarantee that vik would have stayed. We had to replace a lot of players but the budget to so that in the Premier to even be semi competitive would be massive. Better imo to build a squad now
Time will tell, if any of the new signings can step up then I’d agree. Otherwise I think we’ve lost two of maybe four of our potential PL players.
Vik was asked at a fans forum a few months back if he would stay:
“If we get promoted to Premier League, yes”.
I believe that.
Everyone who's signed is more likely to increase than decrease in value, so it does set us up to continuously sell and reinvest provided that the recruitment team makes more good calls than bad ones.
You make it sound like you can pick and choose. Whatever way you look at missing out on £180m and exposure the club hasn’t had for 20+ years is not a good thing
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We’ve certainly made progress towards that model. The returns on Vik and Gus have really seen us take a huge leap forward in the quality of player we can acquire and develop. The telling phase will be the ability to do this whilst maintaining and improving the performance of the team - identifying replacements and bringing them onboard before selling the more finished articles. We’ve got a huge opportunity if we get it right and stick to the plan. And it really came from just 2 players.
I didnt say it was. I said it wasnt a disaster we didnt go up. Massive difference really.
There’s no short or long term guarantee we’ll be in the same position again so I’d rather just take the opportunity when it arises regardless of it being too “early”
It’s like the classic “I’m glad I don’t earn more because that means I’ll have to pay more tax”.
Tent Alexander-Arnold
Heard were after a lad Gareth Ebo goes by the name Gaz. Definite marquee signing.
No more than fag-packet maths (and I can’t show my workings because I’ve already forgotten how I did it) but I’d ballpark the entire club wages for 23-24 at £25m. Bookmark this til February 2025 when the accounts come out!
Financially yes you are correct however from a playing point of view it wouldn't be.
