I wasn't saying that is the ideal way. Although, when we first came down, it should have been possible with a decent manager.It was suggested, by a poster, that they would rather not go up if it meant struggling and getting beat each week.I was saying I would love to go up in any way possible and grab the millions to help us rebuild properly.Parachute payments end this season, and restrictions on our spending are going to be tight. Unless we happen to find an amazing manager, capable of minor miracles, and/or suddenly find a plethora of young talent, we are likely to be here for many, many years.
I think you are right Taylor but I get the feeling that these owners are much more proactive than Ellis, Lerner and Xia ever were. Any businessman worth the name can read in our recent history the damage done by unarrested slides in form.
Quote from: brian green on January 21, 2019, 07:32:04 AMI think you are right Taylor but I get the feeling that these owners are much more proactive than Ellis, Lerner and Xia ever were. Any businessman worth the name can read in our recent history the damage done by unarrested slides in form.There weren't many who were as proactive as Doug. He gave Barton eighteen months, Turner two years and McNeill eight months. Dr Jo got one season and BFR got the bullet eight months after winning a trophy. I suspect even SGT was only one or two defeats away from the bullet in autumn 1989.
Quote from: Villa75 on January 21, 2019, 11:27:41 AMI wasn't saying that is the ideal way. Although, when we first came down, it should have been possible with a decent manager.It was suggested, by a poster, that they would rather not go up if it meant struggling and getting beat each week.I was saying I would love to go up in any way possible and grab the millions to help us rebuild properly.Parachute payments end this season, and restrictions on our spending are going to be tight. Unless we happen to find an amazing manager, capable of minor miracles, and/or suddenly find a plethora of young talent, we are likely to be here for many, many years.Plus not going up means almost certainly Jack will be off in the summer and I don't trust us to adequately replace him no matter how much of his fee we chuck at it.