Said the same yesterday. Send all loans back, Cole and fleck can go. Bred in the youngster and new signings for the final 5 games. Unless there are clauses. Got to look at next season now. Let TM sort it, if not then next year he can go.
I cant imagine any manager TM or a new guy would not plan to maximise results and to be successful. Any budget we have will be based on two things Ticket sales and the sale of Maddison
1) ticket sales. Going to be affected by how this season ends and how well the team starts. I would think many here are not too positive about that. Also I got the impression from the SCG minutes that the club is looking to increase revenue from ticket sales so a price rise may be coming
2) the Maddison sale. Well at least part of it will be included in this years figures so we shouldnt expect the reported £3m to contribute to next seasons budget. Also a good chunk will depend on appearances etc and are not therefore guaranteed
So having said all that the operation of the club will be very much the same as this season. Stagnation from the owners point of view, so it doesnt require more cashflow and a squad based on youngsters(if we can keep them), journeymen on the way down and loans(TM does seem to have good contacts in that respect).
I dont see how the plan will change greatly and success is going to depend on getting lucky on the transfer market and getting players in that compete and dont run out of steam.
I agree with the look to next season stuff but we could end up scraping the barrel to play players that actually have as little chance of starting as Murphy.
Sensible post. I think we need to see what's going on this time next year. This will demonstrate if TM has any hope of managing higher up the leagues or not. He needs us more than we need him now.