As it's quite a quiet time on here due to internationals I just wanted to think about something on which most of us agree we might like to see, and that is promotion to the Premier League. The dream is always alive and I wonder how each of us would like the club to address any promotion, as far as how the club go about handling the clear and obvious perils of wishing for something you aren't fully prepared to handle. Given the history of Bristol City I would not expect us to go on an unbridled spending spree in an attempt to stay up and I think we have seen the various ways others have tried the same route, many without success. Looking back at the players that have learned their trade through our portals we are obviously more than capable of producing top class talent but the biggest problem is holding on to them before the big guys come calling. Over spending could be a death knell, as we saw back in the really bad days when the club nearly folded for good, and that probably would not be our way under Lansdown due to his reticence to open up the purse strings. I would be tempted to say to the players that got us there to stick around and enjoy the ride and then add a couple of inexpensive off the radar players to boost the midfield in particular and see where it takes us. Knowing our luck the season when we achieve the seemingly impossible the league would do away with the parachute payments leaving us stranded without the lifeline offered to the many yo-yo clubs who could almost be accused of using the said monies handed out for failure to balance their books. Any thoughts of how we, or you, may handle the situation because you never know we may have to address said issue next season. 
