Not sure about Ashley.
On the one hand they were relatively successful before he bought them but didn't he find out there was >100m worth of debt that he didn't know about.
If thats the case he sort of did well, he eradicated the debt and got the club on an even footing for their big oil sale...
This, some teams have a knack of getting over the odds for their players. I'm looking at Brentford when they were in the championship getting 15, 20 and 30m for Maupey, Benrahma and Watkins.
Of course, and that is something we do well but as selling club that's not what you'd be saying.
To go and get the obvious of the shelf replacements you'd be looking at a fair old chunk of change is all I was getting at.
With all our players you've got to think about how much it would cost to replace them realistically.
Could you get another big Vic for <10m? I doubt it.
O'hare and Hamer replacements for <5m. No way.
Unless you're able to pull a gem out from somewhere (Kasey Palmer(and all the players...
I think we can scrape through with a robust back 4. Let the front 6 go forward and do bits...
Or let youthful unknown qtys run riot from lwb/rwb
We also still have trent who has been the premier rb for the last 3 to 4 years. He could do a job.
I'm not sure you can trust a man that gave Alan Pardew a 7 year contract but if he does step in his ambition must be the premier league...
After that I'm out of opinion.