There are many people on here, expecting to walk or do better then we currently are at this level, but unfortunately that's extremely unrealistic. Why? because it's not the same league as it was 6 years ago, it's not the same league where you can get James Beattie for £4 million. Its changed. It's now the league where it's an extension of the premier league, where teams (including us) have champions league winners (Jamal Blackman) where teams that get relegated from the Premier league aren't at risk of administration due to the TV rights and parachute payments from the Premier league, finally it's now a league where people would rather play for wolves, than Porto.
We have to get realistic, the owners can't invest money into the club for transfers due to the financial FairPlay rules, you can only spend want you gain through revenue, investment from the owners is a gift and not seen as revenue, while parachute payments are seen as revenue.
So what are we? Honestly, we are still of top league one standards, the step up is massive, with teams spending up to £80million on players, we can't expect to compete with them. There is a few on here who say the club isn't meeting Wilder's ambitions, that might be true, but realistically, even with the money through Walker's and Maguire's transfer, we can't expect to buy or attract enough or good enough players to make this team a challenging team for top half of the table. Also, it is very likely that revenue from the two transfers was absorbed straight into the club and has already been spent.
I'm not saying we're destined for relegation, but this league won't be easy, and we can't boss our way around it like we did in league one. Just stay hopefully.
UTB!!!
Have a good one.
We have to get realistic, the owners can't invest money into the club for transfers due to the financial FairPlay rules, you can only spend want you gain through revenue, investment from the owners is a gift and not seen as revenue, while parachute payments are seen as revenue.
So what are we? Honestly, we are still of top league one standards, the step up is massive, with teams spending up to £80million on players, we can't expect to compete with them. There is a few on here who say the club isn't meeting Wilder's ambitions, that might be true, but realistically, even with the money through Walker's and Maguire's transfer, we can't expect to buy or attract enough or good enough players to make this team a challenging team for top half of the table. Also, it is very likely that revenue from the two transfers was absorbed straight into the club and has already been spent.
I'm not saying we're destined for relegation, but this league won't be easy, and we can't boss our way around it like we did in league one. Just stay hopefully.
UTB!!!
Have a good one.
