Quote from: Ads on January 22, 2019, 12:02:07 PMWhere do people come up with the stuff?Whose been promoted recently needing to have spent £50m?to guarantee staying up is the point, and lets face it Fulham spent much more than that in May, and 20m to get promoted with far fewer players to replace than us
Where do people come up with the stuff?Whose been promoted recently needing to have spent £50m?
Quote from: sickbeggar on January 22, 2019, 12:12:41 PMQuote from: Ads on January 22, 2019, 12:02:07 PMWhere do people come up with the stuff?Whose been promoted recently needing to have spent £50m?to guarantee staying up is the point, and lets face it Fulham spent much more than that in May, and 20m to get promoted with far fewer players to replace than usBut once you're up you can do a fair amount of rebuilding with the PL windfall. Yes, in an ideal world a number of our players will be able to make the step up, but we really don't need to build a PL ready squad before getting promoted.
but with a squad if it stays together would walk the current Championship and go back up again ... and more likely to stay up 2nd time around
There's no right or wrong way - Fulham spent the money and look like they are coming straight back down. Cardiff & Huddersfield haven't spent money and both could well also come down, Huddersfield albeit after 2 seasons.I agree that we should get there first before worrying about staying there.However, I think we do need to spend a considerable amount on rebuilding. The most likely source to fund this would be from the sale of Jack and possibly McGinn. I've reached the point where I think that the Derby/Middlesboro performances have gone and won't be returning with the current squad. Smith needs to rebuild and needs his own players. It's clear that the current staff are not going to be the answer. It reminds me a bit of the scenario when Brian Little took over Big Ron's aging team of household names.
Quote from: Brassneck on January 22, 2019, 01:19:55 PMThere's no right or wrong way - Fulham spent the money and look like they are coming straight back down. Cardiff & Huddersfield haven't spent money and both could well also come down, Huddersfield albeit after 2 seasons.I agree that we should get there first before worrying about staying there.However, I think we do need to spend a considerable amount on rebuilding. The most likely source to fund this would be from the sale of Jack and possibly McGinn. I've reached the point where I think that the Derby/Middlesboro performances have gone and won't be returning with the current squad. Smith needs to rebuild and needs his own players. It's clear that the current staff are not going to be the answer. It reminds me a bit of the scenario when Brian Little took over Big Ron's aging team of household names.yeah and its going to take moneyCentre half - we will have 1centre half in May currently. I'd like 2 in (6m)Fullbacks - we need one of each. None at the club can play how Smith wants to (6m)Centre midfielder - 1 minimum 3mBolaise/el ghazi - replace with youth/more loans?Abraham - try and get him again on loan or someone else or pay 10m for a championship striker?the bare minimum I make it is 15m and i'm not exactly sure 3m per player is realistic
But it's gonna take money, a whole lot of spending money, it's gonna take plenty of money, to do it right, childIt's gonna take time, a whole lot of precious time, it's gonna take patience and timeTo do it, to do it, to do it, to do it, to do it, to do it right, child
I like the look of that Size fella.