Prem survial: who would you emulate?

Just thinking, there are a good handful of teams that have gone up in the last few years and successfully stayed up.

They all play different styles of football and have a different way of managing the clubs, transfers and so on.

Who would be a good role model in your opinion?

Southampton

Norwich

Swansea

West ham

Stoke

West Brom



I know some will say we are Hull city and we do it our own way but I think there may be patterns that we should look to recreate.

 

Survival*

 

Swansea or Southampton.

 

I'd love it if we could be the new Wigan (in terms of premier league survival) and last a decade in the top flight

 

I'm sure they will be most people's choice... I don't actually know much about their expenditures but as far as the type of football, it's certainly lovely to watch.

Be interesting to know how much they've spent since going up.

To be honest when you look at it, all of them have spent a **** load since going up. Didn't soton spend £9/10 million on one player?

it seems it's inevitable

 

West Brom

I would say Swansea and Southampton as well but I don't see them as totally secure from the drop like I believe West Brom are and with a fairly British squad too

If Laudrup leaves Swansea I can see a few of their better players leaving too and they'd be in a right struggle. West Brom have a stronger squad so even if they pick up injuries they'd survive IMO

 

Swansea, but can see it being more like Stoke, but wouldn't mind just as long as we stay up.

 

Here are the details

In two seasons, Swansea have spent £25.5million on players but sold £23 millions worth (joe allen to liverpool for £15 million haha)

http://www.transferleague.co.uk/premiership-transfers/swansea-city-transfers.html

 

Norwich in their last 2 seasons have spent £16million and sold **** all pretty much.

http://www.transferleague.co.uk/premiership-transfers/norwich-city-transfers.html

Southampton have spent £30 million in the last year and sold no one.

http://www.transferleague.co.uk/premiership-transfers/west-bromwich-albion-transfers.html


West brom have done alright, they seem to spend 1/3 more each season than they sell. They have sold roughly £5million worth of players on a continuous bases each year

http://www.transferleague.co.uk/premiership-transfers/west-bromwich-albion-transfers.html



Stoke have spent £71million!!! since going up with us and sold only £8.5million (did we really buy Oli for £3mill??)

http://www.transferleague.co.uk/premiership-transfers/stoke-city-transfers.html



Wigan in the last 10 years, have spent £99 million and sold £92million

 

Carnt see that bargain of Michu staying there. Reckon they will get a decent return on him

 

As long as it ain't Stoke style. I could accept relegation playing like any of the others listed.

 

Interesting that the teams that do the best in the PL and stay the longest normally are the clubs that finish 2nd or win the play-offs. Look at Reading from last season who went up as champions. They are coming back down without so much as a whimper. imo,.

I would love to have a Southampton type season and with the right signings we can do thatb as our football is more than PL standard and ready when we are at our best.

Look also at when we went up last time in 2008 with Stoke City. They finished 2nd with 79pts the same as Hull City have in 2013. Now i am very open to a period of Stoke City type Survival in the PL.

 

Swanseas wage bill went up to 35 million in the premier league. Its essential you identify the right players unlike us last time.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2013/apr/18/premier-league-finances-club-by-club

 

I wouldnt mind emulating Swansea, They play some loveley football and just seem to play the game the right way. Southampton do as well, But they've spent a load and if they go down next season could find themselves in financial **** street again.

 

I couldn't give a ****. The only hope for clubs outside the current top-six is to stay in the Prem long enough to put a half-decent side together in the hope you can win one of the cups.

 

Man city with our new investors

 

Swansea. They play really attractive football, always entertaining, they have been going for the Cups (and recently won one obviously), have spent well (£2m for Michu!) and look to be pretty much established as a top flight side now.

I would rather see us go down, playing nice football than resort to West Ham/Stoke style football.

 

Newcastle - when they came up from the Championship they steadied the ship and until this season looked a strong top half team. When they went down, they sold Bassong, Duff, Edgar, Martins and Beye and released Michael Owen (for a combined total of £25.5m) and bought Routledge, Best, Williamson and Simpson (for no more than £3m). The season after, they spent £10.25m bringing in players like Ben Arfa and Tiote. But they sold Carroll for £35m. It seems that if you can make enough money selling players and get solid players in for less, you're going about it the right way.

So, all we need to do is start Jack Barlow in the first 15 games, make out he's a future England international and sell him to Manchester City for £25m. Simple.

 

Yes yes yes! Newcastles way! Definitely the way forward buying cheap and selling high.