Lamps
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If we lost them we would get good money for them. We wouldn't be stuck with players not good enough on massive wages.
If we lost them we would get good money for them. We wouldn't be stuck with players not good enough on massive wages.We’d then lose those players who were able to make the step up from the Championship to the PL, as well as those signed for the PL.
I’m sure the aim within the club would be to get there and stay there for at least a few seasons.
Cheeky scampLooking at the Premier players with expiring contracts we could get a good squad on a free.
John Stones
Mark Guehi
Harry Wilson
Andy Robertson
Adama Traore
Nick Pope
Ross Barkley
Callum wilson
All on free's.
And then spend £10m on Hamer to return.
Don't need to break the bank
That’s got nothing to do with our current situation and we’re hardly going to be overpaying for journeymen.Some have waited 25 years to see it. Many saw it first time round and saw financial mismanagement and an attitude to risk that meant we had to go to Northampton etc and have only just got our own stadium. Now us not the time to spaff millions on bang average journeymen.
That’s got nothing to do with our current situation and we’re hardly going to be overpaying for journeymen.
Luckily Lampard and the club will have more ambition than those wanting to following the Luton model.
Exactly. Lots of good free agents out there. We dont need to spend more than £20m to be competitive.Silly comparison.
No-ones saying don't spend, but it needs to be sensible.
And Luton did what they did for a very specific reason that doesn't apply to us.
Exactly. Lots of good free agents out there. We dont need to spend more than £20m to be competitive.
5000 we're sold first time round, and I think it was another 500 the following season. Assuming that we do go up and that 90% have renewed on the Premier package, that would be 4950 entitled to a free ticket.Any idea how many (would) qualify for a free ST? I expect you have to take that into account, despite the TV money and other ST's/Matchday tickets that don't qualify.
Nobody has said do the same as Luton. Just don't do the same as Leicester or similar.That’s got nothing to do with our current situation and we’re hardly going to be overpaying for journeymen.
Luckily Lampard and the club will have more ambition than those wanting to following the Luton model.
We see it happen every so often with other clubs but it soon gets forgotten. Sunderland ended up with us in League 1 and luckily won the playoffs last season. Leicester have had the biggest fall winning the Prem and now look like going into freefall. Sheffield United wasted their money and don't have much of a squad to compete with the newly relegated sides next season.
That’s got nothing to do with our current situation and we’re hardly going to be overpaying for journeymen.
Luckily Lampard and the club will have more ambition than those wanting to following the Luton model.
I agree, no one had said anything about signing journey men either and I can't imagine it's something the club would consider, so no idea why the OP suggested it.Silly comparison.
No-ones saying don't spend, but it needs to be sensible.
And Luton did what they did for a very specific reason that doesn't apply to us.
Let’s think Brentford, Brighton, Palace and Fulham instead. It’s not impossible to survive and be successful in the PL.Barnsley, Bolton, Wigan, Reading, Blackpool, Huddersfield and Luton....all currently League One and all have been in The Premier since we were relegated. The Championship is littered with even more.
So the idea that the Premier League is the promise land and just full of milk and honey is a bit misguided.
It’s constantly increasedIn Frank we trust ……oh to be a fly on the wall now , with us in such a strong position .
Austin’s list must be quite comprehensive , but my worry is Doug’s wage structure, which must change , if we are to make inroads.
Silly comparison.
No-ones saying don't spend, but it needs to be sensible.
And Luton did what they did for a very specific reason that doesn't apply to us.
“Sensible” in terms of actually trying to stay up is the sort of money people are crying about. Spending £50m and hoping for the best is worse than spending nothing in some ways. The aim has to be to secure us as a PL team. We aren’t financially sustainable in the Championship and lower.
Having a squad ready for a promotion push is financially sustainable with the parachute money coming in. Spending 100m or more and then the wage bill that comes with it just to have a chance of staying up is what puts clubs into a financial mess.“Sensible” in terms of actually trying to stay up is the sort of money people are crying about. Spending £50m and hoping for the best is worse than spending nothing in some ways. The aim has to be to secure us as a PL team. We aren’t financially sustainable in the Championship and lower.
Are we not? How do you come up with that? It’s not really transfer fees it’s the wage bill. A liability you can’t shed until the contract runs down. It can ruin clubs. 3-4 savvy signings and give it a bash“Sensible” in terms of actually trying to stay up is the sort of money people are crying about. Spending £50m and hoping for the best is worse than spending nothing in some ways. The aim has to be to secure us as a PL team. We aren’t financially sustainable in the Championship and lower.
Are we not? How do you come up with that? It’s not really transfer fees it’s the wage bill. A liability you can’t shed until the contract runs down. It can ruin clubs. 3-4 savvy signings and give it a bash
Having a squad ready for a promotion push is financially sustainable with the parachute money coming in. Spending 100m or more and then the wage bill that comes with it just to have a chance of staying up is what puts clubs into a financial mess.
I would prefer to become a yoyo club than a skint club.
We’ve invested £35m in players and now have a squad worth £145mWe are a skint club. We lose millions a year. Obviously we need to spend well and not hang ourselves with stupid contracts but that doesn’t mean you don’t go for it.
signing players in January will have no effect on who we sign in the summer should we go upIf you think we need to sign more Championship-quality players in January and fewer PL-quality players in the summer then you have things the wrong way round.
We’ve invested £35m in players and now have a squad worth £145m
Are we not? How do you come up with that? It’s not really transfer fees it’s the wage bill. A liability you can’t shed until the contract runs down. It can ruin clubs. 3-4 savvy signings and give it a bash
He’d look to sell asap, IMO.Think the main question is if we go up what does Doug do, keep funding losses or sell up for a very tidy profit,
Think that’s been his plan from the start, can’t blame him, he’d be losing even more money, either way he‘s changed our club forever, owe him alotHe’d look to sell asap, IMO.
Money and squad places aren’t infinite, even in the Premier League. I want to maximise our chances after promotion.signing players in January will have no effect on who we sign in the summer should we go up
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