Was just looking at our league finishes and thinking exactly how did we go from mid table obscurity to now being a consistent top 4 team. Because the only other clubs that have done that over the last 30 years are chelsea and Man City and they spent billions.
I’m sure most of us old enough will remember the complete wilderness between 1990-2005 where we were a mid table club occasionally flirting with relegation. In all honesty not a million miles off where West Ham or palace are now. That’s the magnitude of what weve actually achieved on a very conservative budget. Imagine me telling you in 10 years West Ham will be a solid top 4 outfit without oil money you’d think I was bonkers.
The training ground and stadium clearly show there was plan from the get go. The total net spend from 2005 is around £180m which over 12 seasons is hardly anything. Although I didn’t realise 2007-9 we actually net spent £120m when we bought bale and modric that’s what got our moneyball rolling. People say the bale money was wasted but really it wasn’t we got Eriksen from it one of 3 most key current players. Plus Lamela and the rest was re cycled again.
Honestly think what weve done is unparalleled in the modern game without a billionaire owner. Yes other clubs have had the odd season of success from nowhere. But I can’t think of another club that’s made such a dramatic transformation and continued to grow it for over a decade in the modern game. Yes I guess there’s been elements of luck along the way. Jol was key to get the ball rolling. Bale modric Redknapp at a key time. And obviously Kane dele Poch. But I do believe you make you’re own luck. We set out a definite policy of buying talented youth and it paid off big time. The whole evolution over the last 12 years is actually pretty fascinating. And with the new stadium now we Hopefully will go to the next chapter. Add silverware and really be able to look at the next 10 years as a defining period in the clubs history. In the way that Liverpool united had that established them as the clubs they are. Chelsea and city kind of cheated.
I’m sure most of us old enough will remember the complete wilderness between 1990-2005 where we were a mid table club occasionally flirting with relegation. In all honesty not a million miles off where West Ham or palace are now. That’s the magnitude of what weve actually achieved on a very conservative budget. Imagine me telling you in 10 years West Ham will be a solid top 4 outfit without oil money you’d think I was bonkers.
The training ground and stadium clearly show there was plan from the get go. The total net spend from 2005 is around £180m which over 12 seasons is hardly anything. Although I didn’t realise 2007-9 we actually net spent £120m when we bought bale and modric that’s what got our moneyball rolling. People say the bale money was wasted but really it wasn’t we got Eriksen from it one of 3 most key current players. Plus Lamela and the rest was re cycled again.
Honestly think what weve done is unparalleled in the modern game without a billionaire owner. Yes other clubs have had the odd season of success from nowhere. But I can’t think of another club that’s made such a dramatic transformation and continued to grow it for over a decade in the modern game. Yes I guess there’s been elements of luck along the way. Jol was key to get the ball rolling. Bale modric Redknapp at a key time. And obviously Kane dele Poch. But I do believe you make you’re own luck. We set out a definite policy of buying talented youth and it paid off big time. The whole evolution over the last 12 years is actually pretty fascinating. And with the new stadium now we Hopefully will go to the next chapter. Add silverware and really be able to look at the next 10 years as a defining period in the clubs history. In the way that Liverpool united had that established them as the clubs they are. Chelsea and city kind of cheated.