The league is really broken financially and any number of clubs could go pop with the way they're being run if the benefactor pulled out.
I'd rather we were a yo-yo club at least. trying to run sustainably than spunk the future up the wall. Of course if we can stay competitive in the championship without chucking money away then all the better.
Trouble is you go up, some players impress and get bids for. They can earn more and play at a higher level if we go down, so they leave. Then we have to replace them with unknown quantities so IF we go up again we don't know if they'll be able to hack it or not. Rinse and repeat. Only chance we've got of retaining those players up to Champ standard is to stay in the Championship.
It's far too risky a strategy and one people put forward when we got relegated from the PL. That worked well didn't it?
We sold everything that moved when we got relegated from the PL?
Who's to say we wouldn't sell everything that moved if we got relegated now? If players attract attention and can earn more, they're going to want to leave.
Football is just bollocks these days. Spend beyond your means for a pot luck gamble at the premiership. I would rather we are just sensible financially and survive as a football club. We’ve already been burnt by money and greed in the boardroom.
I thought paying above your means was being clamped down on.
The PL comparison isn’t valid as players were in the end encouraged to leave and we sold any asset we had as well. Hardly any of these players would get in any championship squad.
It seems that the putative new owners of Derby have previously agreed to buy more than one other English clubJust seen Derby have agreed a takeover by wealthy investors. Does anyone think we have a chance to compete in, or even stay in, this division without significant investment? I just don't see it long term. You seemingly need to spend beyond your means to stay in this division.
To be fair Barnsley got luck last season with Wigan's points deduction.To get promoted maybe but staying up is still on as barnsely and luton showed
To be fair Barnsley got luck last season with Wigan's points deduction.
We would have stayed up if Wigan and a few others weren’t spending above their means, Sheffield are an absolute shambles imagine how bad they’d be if they weren’t spending way above their means.
Any other teams on for a point deduction this season?
If only a team had pts deduction this season....To be fair Barnsley got luck last season with Wigan's points deduction.
Birmingham, I presume you mean ? (thought they'd been let off)I would have thought so. Your landlords are due one at some point surely.
Birmingham, I presume you mean ? (thought they'd been let off)
Are they our landlords ? Thought landlord was different to owners (if you are referring to SISU) Perhaps semantics on my part.No, he means our other landlords mate.
Not only you H! My assumption was that he was referring to Blues as our 'landlords'.Are they our landlords ? Thought landlord was different to owners (if you are referring to SISU) Perhaps semantics on my part.
Not only you H! My assumption was that he was referring to Blues as our 'landlords'.
Any other teams on for a point deduction this season?
By the time that comes through which in my opinion is a pipe dream we might not exist. This stadium fiasco won’t go on foreverIf the Warwick University stadium plan comes through, we would suddenly be a more attractive club for investors, but until that time I can't see it. I've seen enough this season to think we can compete with the current squad. Keep ourselves in the Championship, and maybe at some point we will finally have our own ground again in Coventry.
If the Warwick University stadium plan comes through, we would suddenly be a more attractive club for investors, but until that time I can't see it. I've seen enough this season to think we can compete with the current squad. Keep ourselves in the Championship, and maybe at some point we will finally have our own ground again in Coventry.
So what can new owners do today under the FFP rules? Can derby splash millions and millions or will they be penalised for that?
We use cookies and similar technologies for the following purposes:
Do you accept cookies and these technologies?
We use cookies and similar technologies for the following purposes:
Do you accept cookies and these technologies?