Strange thing is that Charlton have not spent much in summer and have ongoing ownership issues and are doing better of the threeOf course we would struggle, but we would also have a different side if we'd have got promotion, so hard to make sensible assessment.
Top 24 I think.The three promoted teams all very active in the transfer market in the summer
Barnsley - 3rd from the bottom -
Luton - 4th from Bottom
Charlton - 7th From top
How do you think Cov would have fared
I fear it would be like most seasons I recall since the old 1st division and prem - hanging on and the usual battle against relegation. Down of course to lack of funding and the necessity to sell our young talent to balance the books.
I think we need to get in there asap and hold one somehow. Was talk on the radio the champ clubs not happy about TV money distribution and forming a PL2 style break away. The same daft arguement that lead to the PL and the rest of the leagues picking up the crumbs. I can't see why they can't compete like us and everyone else, instead of having a closed shop.
I watch the championship on TV and must say that some of the sides are no better than League 1 sidesThere’s a gulf between here and there. The biggest jump out of all 4 leagues imo. Don’t think our team would compete.
I watch the championship on TV and must say that some of the sides are no better than League 1 sides
Really?! Didn’t they sell that lad to Man Utd for £50mil? Crazy.Just reading that Palace are on course to make a 40 million loss this year.
Given the riches of the PL.gravy train how do you lose 40 million?
This nonsense surely isn't sustainable?
And how are they not somehow in breach of the so called financial fair play rules?
Really?! Didn’t they sell that lad to Man Utd for £50mil? Crazy.
If we were to go up I wonder if our academy players would continue to get a chance of first team football.
Dont think the Wan Bissaka money is included in that so that will sort that out but relying on selling a full back for 50 million to keep you in the black when you've had the money they've had is crazy.
I know Burton were relegated, but they must have had a 'bugger all' budget. I'd sooner use any promotion to 'safeguard' our future. If we could get a big increase in attendance, great. TV revenue must be a fair bit higher, too?I believe the average wages in the championship are hovering around the 18-20 million mark.
Wed need fans to turn up to matches for starters to raise more income... and we'd also need a miracle to stay up as I couldn't see our wage bill being put up by millions and millions
Edit : the 10th highest wage bill last season was 35 million, and that was reading
Wed be punching to not finish bottom under the current financial climate at the club
Yeah, I’d be happy to yo-yo for a few years rather than risk our financial future. Unless sisu decide ‘operation prem’ is back on!I know Burton were relegated, but they must have had a 'bugger all' budget. I'd sooner use any promotion to 'safeguard' our future. If we could get a big increase in attendance, great. TV revenue must be a fair bit higher, too?
I know Burton were relegated, but they must have had a 'bugger all' budget. I'd sooner use any promotion to 'safeguard' our future. If we could get a big increase in attendance, great. TV revenue must be a fair bit higher, too?
Dont think the Wan Bissaka money is included in that so that will sort that out but relying on selling a full back for 50 million to keep you in the black when you've had the money they've had is crazy.
The big difference is we had a lot of players out of contract or return to their parent club. The players we have signed as replacements have been given 2 and in a lot of cases 3 year contracts. If we do go up the majority of the squad will already be contracted for next year. Unless we sell players, in which case need a buyer, the squad will look pretty similar in my opinion.Robins main task is to get us into the Championship and, I hope, he's assembled a squad that gives us a reasonable chance of doing just that. He will then have to build a squad that will prosper in the Championship and, judging on past experiences, will not shy off making the necessary improvements. He signed 16 players in the summer, most of whom have already featured for the first team (and got rid of the same number of players). So it's fruitless to guess how well today's squad would do in the Championship.
If we go up I’d like the club to sort out the stadium situation even if it sends us right back down to league 1.
And then there is that other possibility of wasps also playing in a division called the championshipThink all parties would have no choice but to find a deal to have us at the Ricoh in that case. I don’t think there’d be a significant rise of numbers go to SA, I honestly don’t. And I don’t think the council or Wasps could refuse the lucrative possibilities of Championship football.
Is this another of your accounts, covcity4life?I think Coventry will be in the Premiere league in the next 4/5 years .
I know Burton were relegated, but they must have had a 'bugger all' budget. I'd sooner use any promotion to 'safeguard' our future. If we could get a big increase in attendance, great. TV revenue must be a fair bit higher, too?
IF we were carry on in this vein and go up this season, I'm sure there would be plenty of L1 clubs interested in taking a few L1 players off of our hands.The big difference is we had a lot of players out of contract or return to their parent club. The players we have signed as replacements have been given 2 and in a lot of cases 3 year contracts. If we do go up the majority of the squad will already be contracted for next year. Unless we sell players, in which case need a buyer, the squad will look pretty similar in my opinion.
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