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I’d sooner secure the right targets late than the wrong targets early. the former gives you a short term integration problem, the latter a multiples seasons long problem stay patient

I think the issue with 5 is that you start each season with half a team to replace … you are not building any solid foundations. 2 to 3 top quality loans should be our limit really if we want to improve the quality of the assets we own.

Clubs don’t wait to complete transactions before making bids for players. If West Ham want Vik his agent, and probably our club, will already know.

Fair point. The fact we loan so many young players from the Premier League would in theory block their progress, however in reality when we loan our academy players out very few are really successful, which would also suggest a quality issue.

Free transfers and free agents are the same thing. Players currently without a club. the quality of the player will determine his ability to extract a higher salary and signing on bonus on the basis there is no transfer fee.

Vik not wanting to go to the Prem isn’t new news. His dad was openly telling fans that he thought Vik shouldn’t risk becoming a squad player in the premier league so close to the Euro’s …..

In simple terms the more followers you have who engage more often, the higher the advertising revenues you can attract, the more likely you are to sell your merchandise, etc

This is about commercial revenues not on pitch performances. GIMOC is right on field does help off field but as lots of those clubs show it’s not absolutely essential. This whole thread is about the divided opinions on whether King is right to look to shake up our off the pitch approach.

Portsmouth, Sheff Wed, Ipswich, Bolton, derby, Charlton, Barnsley …. yes some have been in the Premier League but in many cases not for a long time and in most cases they do not have the catchment area we do

The reason for clubs in L1 having better followings being ???

I assume the social media department works for the commercial department. If it doesn’t then nothing. Who ever Is accountable for social media clearly has work to do ….

It’s the differentials between ourselves and other clubs that is most telling, not the rank order ….

Another example of why King us right to challenge the clubs commercial dept.

Evidently he’s still heart broken that Overson can’t just walk into Ryton when he wants …. 🙄😂

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Spot on. It’s a pretty outdated view that players and coaching staff don’t spend that much time at these facilities …. They do and clubs encourage them too as well. We are miles off the pace but at least we have started to make small strides forward.

Exactly so the direct benchmarking piece on the quality of the food offer is a bit of a red herring. Apology accepted.

Leicesters training complex is incredible

Wrong again. At championship level corporates take boxes for 2 reasons …. They are based in that location and think many of their clients will want to go or the decision maker chooses his preferred team and their is little commercial logic.

In normal markets you would be right but football fans don’t swap allegiances in the way consumer markets work. Therefore products don’t have to be identical for fans to decide that’s how they wish to watch their football.