They have already tried the gamble on success. There were no significant boost in crowds and most definatly not enough to cover the fees and wages paid for the likes of Westwood, Dann, Fox, Gunnarsson, Best, Morrison, Clingan, Cranie + many others.
When SISU arrived, I'm sure they did it for the right reasons and had a fairly solid plan for turning us back into a good club again. Major problem was Coleman, his football was boring and nobody wanted to watch it. If we had an attack minded manager (i'm not talking about Thorn and the 'myth' of his good football), but someone who was able to get the best out of his players and put on a winning team. Coleman seriously failed with the squad and budget he had available and we're paying the price for it now.
I agree they tried to have a crack at it in the first season. However it was a bit gamble to expect it to happen in a season and a half then if it doesn't have no plan B. I think if you bring in a new manager and quite a few players you may have to be prepared to wait 3 years.
Now I think they have a plan B the second option in the OP
Sounds about right: it's a theory I posted about two years ago! Basically, last seasons plan, rinse and repeat..
It wasn't just that one season. They started to hold back only in the Christmas period of Aidy Boothroyd (2010?), They gave it 3 good seasons, appointed the 3 wrong men (Coleman, Boothroyd & Thorn) for the job and the rest is history. I would like to throw Dowie into the mix as well, he was given a lot to spend on players wages, our squad was massive when SISU took over. He had signed donkeys like Ellery Cairo and before they could even start bringing players in, it was a case of cutting out the dead wood. They saw no significant increase in support for their investment, i'm not surprised the funding has dried up and I would be doing a similar thing now in their position.
Dissagree, they sold Scott Dann June 2009 and that was the start of the selling your best players policy. Surely they would have kept Dann if they were giving promotion a serious go. They bought Coventry in December 2007. So a year and half before they started selling our best players.
Not at all, We held out for 4 mill for Dann, we paid 100k or so a year and a half before, it allowed us to bring in like for like (Craine). We're a selling club and can't afford to not sell players in certain situations. It's naive to think we can't sell our best players.
It wasn't just that one season. They started to hold back only in the Christmas period of Aidy Boothroyd (2010?), They gave it 3 good seasons, appointed the 3 wrong men (Coleman, Boothroyd & Thorn) for the job and the rest is history. I would like to throw Dowie into the mix as well, he was given a lot to spend on players wages, our squad was massive when SISU took over. He had signed donkeys like Ellery Cairo and before they could even start bringing players in, it was a case of cutting out the dead wood. They saw no significant increase in support for their investment, i'm not surprised the funding has dried up and I would be doing a similar thing now in their position.
Just a few thoughts...
1987 we all raised our expectations above what was realistic. Snozz & George Curtis had done a magnificent job winning the FA Cup. Let's face it...it all started going pear-shaped the day George Curtis left Snozz to his own devices, then since we have had one expensive disappointment after another. Eg Speedie, great player but we couldn't/didn't add sufficient quality elsewhere. Big-Ron, McCallister must've been on huge contracts, then there was the likes of Strachan...couldn't bring in the right players to add-to (even at Celtic...when players needed replacing he fell short)
Also, look back over time...we have ALWAYS been a selling club.
Cranie was an England U21 regular at the time and very highly rated, they are the same age and Cranie made 16 apps at U21 level compared to Dann 2 apps. I think at the time it was nearly like for like replacement.But SISU came in with Plan A, like you said, spend and get success. This ended as soon as they started selling the best players that they signed. Danny Fox was sold for 1.5 million in July 2009.Not an amazing fee if you are serious about promotion to the premiership vis spending money
With all due respect like for like Cranie for Scott Dann???
I think you have to admit there was a change of ethos as oppose to signing good players we began selling them and signing average championship ones and this was a year and a half in.
So although I agree with you their initial plan was buy good players and get promoted. their floor was they had enough money to sustain this for 18 months. That is a massive gamble to achieve such success with so much change in such a short time.
There was no other plan, than promotion. The after 18 months and ever since it has been release the best and replace them with poorer quality
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