You´re absloutely right, using Fulham as an example, Melchy, but I´d still prefer to give it a try. Accept a half a dozen or so years down here, completely revamp the squad with younger players, keep Neil if he´s prepared to work that way, if not, find someone who is, and then have a crack at the PL again. I can´t honestly believe it would be any worse than our futile efforts recently, and just going down the same route again, seems unlikely to bring the sort of success most people want. But no doubt we´ll be wiser soon enough.
My argument against that is the way the gap between the Premier League and the championship is growing. The money being thrown around at the bottom of the Premier League is phenomenal. 2-3 £10m+ signings isn't really something those teams would blink at. Next season would be bad enough to compete, but once lower Prem sides have had several seasons of being able to sign that quality of player, it becomes so much harder to bridge the gap. I'd love to be able to rely on a crop of our own youngsters to propel us into the Premier League and survival, but can we really produce maybe 5-6 players who can win promotion and then compete in the Prem as the equivalent to those £10m signings?You´re absloutely right, using Fulham as an example, Melchy, but I´d still prefer to give it a try. Accept a half a dozen or so years down here, completely revamp the squad with younger players, keep Neil if he´s prepared to work that way, if not, find someone who is, and then have a crack at the PL again. I can´t honestly believe it would be any worse than our futile efforts recently, and just going down the same route again, seems unlikely to bring the sort of success most people want. But no doubt we´ll be wiser soon enough.
You´re absloutely right, using Fulham as an example, Melchy, but I´d still prefer to give it a try. Accept a half a dozen or so years down here, completely revamp the squad with younger players, keep Neil if he´s prepared to work that way, if not, find someone who is, and then have a crack at the PL again. I can´t honestly believe it would be any worse than our futile efforts recently, and just going down the same route again, seems unlikely to bring the sort of success most people want. But no doubt we´ll be wiser soon enough.
You´re absloutely right, using Fulham as an example, Melchy, but I´d still prefer to give it a try. Accept a half a dozen or so years down here, completely revamp the squad with younger players, keep Neil if he´s prepared to work that way, if not, find someone who is, and then have a crack at the PL again. I can´t honestly believe it would be any worse than our futile efforts recently, and just going down the same route again, seems unlikely to bring the sort of success most people want. But no doubt we´ll be wiser soon enough.
As far as I know he's an attacking mid who can also play out wide. A bit like Howson, Hoolahan, Naismith and Maddison, then.
