I'd pretty much agree with this especially the bit about wages and agents. I would say that from top to bottom the club is so much better managed now than last time we were there. The only way to maximise the money is retaining your place in the PL. It's a fine line though of whether to go gung-ho to stay in the league (QPR) or take the more measured approach and rely on coaching and playing talent (Swansea). Tony Fernandes' face on TV last night told a story of what he 'should' have done.
I agree completely as if you said to the chairman of football clubs in 1992, your club would be getting 150M for going up into the Premier League in 2012 they would say well they will make ridiculous profits, yet they won't as the costs rise considerably to. However i might be in the minority, but i would much rather as a club we thought of this as a long term project, instead of spending vast sums on players like Jimmy Bullard, why not pay 5M for someone who is young, up and coming and might not be ready for the Premier League but given three years he has the potential to be at the higher end. Why not finally build that centre of excellence, improve our youth set up etc..... I would rather we did that and come back down than spend it on older players have two good years then come back down ****ed. Or as i like to call it the West Brom approach, it took them a few goes to get it right, but once they did they where set up in the Premier League and no-one sees them coming down now, and no-one remembers the yo-yo days.
This site seems to have good detail on the money received in the PL. It covers existing money and the expected new income for 2013-14 after the overseas TV rights are sold. Ker-ching.
Those figures are out of date now, the TV deal has increased the total income from £3b to £5.5b for next year, so this by far the biggest ever season to get promoted.
I think there will be a more measured approach if we do go up, we have to see this as a 3 - 5 year project. Next season, assuming we do go up, we just need to start the building process, which might mean relegation at some point during that time, but to build a stronger overall club and team.
Was about to post something similar to this. Go up, buy young, talented players, invest in the training facilities and if we come down we'll be a stronger position to go back up and strengthen in the future. Obviously I'm not saying we should just bend over and take it but I'd rather see us investing the money in players like Chester, Meyler and Brady than the Anton Ferdinands and Djibril Cisse's of the world.
Plus FFP introduction in the FL should be an added future advantage depending on how well it is implemented.
If a Prem Journey man like Anton Ferdinand turns up here I will weep. Go with plan A and the young uns.
I don't know if this has already been mentioned,but in one of the rags (sun or star) where they have that little betting tip thing,Diamond of the day ect,the long shot of the day was Phil Neville to be a Hull player next season. 20-1 with with whatever bookie it was.
Buy the talent from the Championship (if we go up). Forget buying loads of overpriced never-beens like last time. More players of a decent age like Brady, Chester, Meyler. Throw in making loans permanent and we have a decent start (I'd like us to keep all three egyptians). Lose a few of the Championship standard players while getting the better quality chamionship/prem players from other clubs. How does Fryatt, Gedo, Austin and Boyd sound as four attackers on the books? We really need a quality DM but maybe Fahti might finally be shown to be that player? Any thoughts on a good quality central defender from the championship?
Unfortunately, in the short term at least, the future will not be home-grown. IF we go up, Hull City will be the new Wigan Athletic. As Dave Whelan calls them: "An International Local Team". Huh! Sounds like plastic Murdoch League clap-trap to me? I look forward to the day when Hull City become the team that every English club should be.
