Teams we'll finish above next season

[Sexual Ealing]

I've always wondered if it ever crossed the mind of a small team coming up to just think 'fuck it', take the cash, accept relegatation but secure the clubs future for a long time.

Norwich have been doing that for at least a decade.

[dave.woodhall]

I've always wondered if it ever crossed the mind of a small team coming up to just think 'fuck it', take the cash, accept relegatation but secure the clubs future for a long time.

That was Albion's strategy in 2002 - come up, don't spend much, go down, get the parachute payments, come up again.

[maidstonevillain]

I've always wondered if it ever crossed the mind of a small team coming up to just think 'fuck it', take the cash, accept relegatation but secure the clubs future for a long time.

Norwich. More than once.

[Goldenballs]

Norwich always gave it a semi decent go though, didn't they?  They were just shit. I've got got a shocking memory so maybe not.

[algy]

I've always wondered if it ever crossed the mind of a small team coming up to just think 'fuck it', take the cash, accept relegatation but secure the clubs future for a long time.

Yeah, but we saw with the Grealish money things don't always go to plan.

I'd be all for the us/Fulham/Forest approach. Life's too short, may as well go for it. Won't always work out, but there's a far higher success rate than what, say, Norwich end up with.

[Sexual Ealing]

Norwich always gave it a semi decent go though, didn't they?  They were just shit. I've got got a shocking memory so maybe not.

Nah. They banked (I'm guessing) 70% of the cash and then gave the manager a few quid thinking that anything he achieves with it would be a bonus.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

I've always wondered if it ever crossed the mind of a small team coming up to just think 'fuck it', take the cash, accept relegatation but secure the clubs future for a long time.

Norwich with the added bonus of selling their best players.