Yo-Yo CL Club?

[Rout-Ledge]

If we were to become a yo-yo champions league club (getting in on average once every couple of seasons) say for the next decade, would this be regarded as a big success or a failure to capitalise on a great opportunity to cement our status as a permanent CL club?

What does everyone think?

 

[sharky127]

Failure. We need to cement our place in the top four to achieve the necessary funds through sponsorship and prize money to enable us to hold onto our best players and also to sign the big names that will keep us chasing a first title for 50 years!

 

[shelfmonkey]

Being a yo-yo is a no-no. :grin:

 

[JerryGarcia]

The traditional top 4 has been broken for a few seasons now, unless something drastic happens I can see a few teams going up and down. We need to make sure we keep this team together in the summer, consistency in our first team squad is vital and is where we have an advantage over the "small three".

 

[Maske2g]

Better than Yo yo-ing between 7th and 14th for 18 years!!!

 

[saintlyspur]

The traditional top 4 has been broken for a few seasons now, unless something drastic happens I can see a few teams going up and down. We need to make sure we keep this team together in the summer, consistency in our first team squad is vital and is where we have an advantage over the "small three".

well said totally agree

 

[JerryGarcia]

Better than Yo yo-ing between 7th and 14th for 18 years!!!

Yep!

 

[Dan Ashcroft]

It wont happy because the finances of the CL pretty much dictate a fairly consistent big 4.

The real question is which 2 out of Arsenal, Liverpool and Chelsea will fall away.

 

[Mullers]

Strictly speaking we are a yoyo club because one season we got into the CL and next season we didn't.At the moment we're in a good period but Arsenal and Chelsea are not mugs, they are not just going to lay down and let us establish ourselves as a permanent top four club. If Man city wasn't around I would give us a bigger chance.

As long as we are in contention I would regard that as some success.

 

[gavspur]

The traditional top 4 has been broken for a few seasons now, unless something drastic happens I can see a few teams going up and down. We need to make sure we keep this team together in the summer, consistency in our first team squad is vital and is where we have an advantage over the "small three".

Totally agree, keep this squad together and add a couple of new improved faces each window - that is the key to us not just getting CL each year, but being challengers for everything we're involved in.

 

[PrettyColors]

IMO we'll have to work very hard to be a legitimate, solid CL side.

Because if Liverpool, Chelsea, City, Arsenal, start to weaken... the money will come.

 

[dontcallme]

There would an element of disappointment for me.

When the Premiership began and one team got CL football, Utd dominated. Then when two teams got CL the Ferguson v Wenger war began with those two dominating. Once it became four it took a couple of seasons but a top four was formed.

It was always going to take either a long-term plan by a chairman like Levy or a billionaire chairman to break it. Fortunately both happened.

Right now Arsenal are selling their top players, as we all have to sometimes, but are buying too many duds. Liverpool through changing ownership a couple of times and making bad managerial choices are looking very poor. With their two talismen, Gerrard and Carragher, on their way out they could continue to fall.

This is an opportunity to build on what Levy, Jol, Arnesen, Comolli etc began to build. Our squad is easily as good as Arsenal's and is better than Liverpool's. 3 consecutive seasons in the CL could make us very hard to push out again. On/off CL while not a complete failure right now would be viewed as disappointing by me.

 

[camaj]

I wouldn't mind being a yo-yo team but the key is consolidation. It's the same when teams get promoted to the Premiership. You get a massive boost in income and you have to spend wisely in order to keep that cash flowing. The real trick is poaching the best players from the teams below you, weakening them and strengthening you. Sure it'll cost you more but you can afford it. This was our problem for a long time, selling our best players to ManU and then having season after season of transition.

 

[Kendall]

I think you'd end up losing your key players most years. Unless every time you qualified you signed them all to 6 year deals :lol:

 

[Rout-Ledge]

I think you'd end up losing your key players most years. Unless every time you qualified you signed them all to 6 year deals :lol:

Well, this is Levy we're talking about...

 

[ravo]

Failure. We need to cement our place in the top four to achieve the necessary funds through sponsorship and prize money to enable us to hold onto our best players and also to sign the big names that will keep us chasing a first title for 50 years!

This, plus we need to fund our new most-awesome stadium.