- Aug 25, 2011
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I think this relegation talk is just as OTT as thinking a few good players gets us back up there.
We are obviously in a mess and our board are incompetent.
But it does look like they have taken measures to correct it (data, consultations etc).
But the bigger factor is that clubs like Newcastle and Leeds had owners that simply stopped funding the team. Ashley wanted to sell, therefore did not want to invest further and Leeds couldn't.
Sunderland and now Everton got themselves into the messes they had because they overspent and paid ridiculous salaries thinking theyd have success off that.
We don't operate like that. And we have reactive owners which means the minute we are in big trouble they'll do something drastic to save their investment.
They won't ever stop protecting that.
But the flip side is that thatll never make big compromises to make success happen.
So the worst it would get for us is to hover above relegation without quite going in. A bit like Palace this season.
The best is probably scraping CL football.
Hopefully Munn coming in and this supposed 'inquest' means that they are at least trying to understand how to make better calls.
We are obviously in a mess and our board are incompetent.
But it does look like they have taken measures to correct it (data, consultations etc).
But the bigger factor is that clubs like Newcastle and Leeds had owners that simply stopped funding the team. Ashley wanted to sell, therefore did not want to invest further and Leeds couldn't.
Sunderland and now Everton got themselves into the messes they had because they overspent and paid ridiculous salaries thinking theyd have success off that.
We don't operate like that. And we have reactive owners which means the minute we are in big trouble they'll do something drastic to save their investment.
They won't ever stop protecting that.
But the flip side is that thatll never make big compromises to make success happen.
So the worst it would get for us is to hover above relegation without quite going in. A bit like Palace this season.
The best is probably scraping CL football.
Hopefully Munn coming in and this supposed 'inquest' means that they are at least trying to understand how to make better calls.