Expensive business chasing dreams.....

[buctootim]

You either mis read my post or I wrote it badly.

 

My guess is we are not a million miles away from being self sustaining, but we do still need Markus money at the moment and certainly if we are going to go all out for promotion. The difference is (Compared to most clubs) is that any cash thrown at the squad is covered in assets, so it's not really a gamble. When clubs borrow or leverage assets in the hope of a return, then that is something very different.

 

Fair enough. We agree.

[Leslie Charteris]

My guess is we are not a million miles away from being self sustaining...

 

...and the signs so far suggest NC means to keep it that way, so onwards and upwards to the promised land.

[Deanovski]

Christ. The point about it not being common is that it is not a need in the way some are making out. Instead of trawling the internet for players who have cost CCC clubs £4m or more (funnily enough, no one has found a six million player which was my bloody point) have a look at teams who have got promoted without spending £6 (or indeed £4m) on single players - from Norwich to Blackpool to Burley to Derby to whoever.

 

If you seriously think we are going to start acting like Real frigging Madrid then you need to grow up a bit.

 

I don't think derby,burnley,norwich and blackpool were facing the sort of sides west ham, leicester and birmingham are putting out.

[CB Fry]

I don't think derby,burnley,norwich and blackpool were facing the sort of sides west ham, leicester and birmingham are putting out.

 

 

Yes, dear. The championship this year is the hardest league of all time.

 

Burnley went up the season Sheff United lobbed £4m at James Beattie which plenty on this thread have mentioned. Blackpool went up with Newcastle and West Brom (obviously scrimped together teams with players on five hundred quid a week) and very strong and expensive Forest and Cardiff squads. Derby went up the season we spent £7m in the summer, and everyone at the time complained about how much our competition were spending in January when we didn't spend any more. Norwich went up with QPR who spent a fortune, and Cardiff with Craig flipping Bellamy in the squad.

 

But no, nothing compares to this season. Of course not.

[aintforever]

If we've got the money, and a settled squad that doesn't need too many additions, it makes perfect sense to spend big on 1 or 2 players.

 

Money sat in the bank wont get us promoted.

[david in sweden]

There you go - six years ago. Not that common, and definitely not a need. We need a striker, but we don't need to spend six million. Spending six million on a single player could create as many problems as it solves.

 

Can you imagine the venom on here if the poor bugger goes five without scoring....?!

 

you're right there CB, but if we do invest that sort of money ..on someone who later on is a success in the Prem....it will look like a steal - don't you think ?