Well pleased with how we have gone so far in div1. Not sure if we are anywhere near ready to take the leap to the Champ, with the players we have at the club. From a distance here, i would say at most maybe four or five players could make the step up, Bentley, Lenny,Cocker,Payne maybe, im struggling from there. The problem for me is, could PB build a side that could survive in the Champ, with the finance we have. Wages would be a problem right from the start, with players wanting second tier money. Of course i would be overjoyed, if we gained an unlikely promotion, but also deeply worried.
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Who could step up
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RobM
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When you consider Prem' clubs collect £millions for going down to the Champ' and League 1 clubs get about 4p for getting promoted, it increases the gulf.
Feathers
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Agreed the jump from League 1 to Championship is the largest in terms of quality and finance and is growing all the time. Bristol City are a well financed club that won League 1 last year by a country mile and have been around the relegation zone all season.
Towards the top good teams like Ipswich and Derby cannot gain promotion. That is what we would be up against.
Is it just teams with finance like Southend, just hit the buffers in league 1 and can go no further, unless we bring quality through our youths and are able to hang on to them, or a Sugardaddy turns up.
wakes123
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I think Thompson could make the step up, apart from the one's you've mentioned above no one else.
MK Shrimper
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With a very rich and dubious Russian owner.
shrimpled
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With a billionaire backer. They've done it the right way and I'm delighted to see them doing so well, but the scenarios are incomparable.
I have no idea what they forked out to get them established in the Champ, but i fairly sure unless Southend were extremely lucky in the transfer market, it would take a few million to be anyway near what they achieved.
MK Shrimper
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Here you go: £48M spent in 15/16. £10M on Afobe alone.
http://www.transferleague.co.uk/bournemouth/english-football-teams/bournemouth-transfers
Hardly fairytale Roy of The Rovers stuff now is it? - and they're dangerously close to the relegation zone.
http://www.transferleague.co.uk/bournemouth/english-football-teams/bournemouth-transfers
Hardly fairytale Roy of The Rovers stuff now is it? - and they're dangerously close to the relegation zone.
united we stand
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Who would have predicted that Simon Francis would be captain of a premiership team?
If we look back a year I think a lot of people were saying that only a few of our players were good enough for league 1.
Its entirely possible that more of our players would step up the the challenge- it would be great to find out :smile:
Tampa Blue
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This doesn't include wages, signing-on fees etc. This alone will price many clubs out of what appear to be great 'free transfers'.
No the 13-14 and the 14-15 figures are not that over the top, but have we got even that type money in Rons moneybox, mm.
Tommy2holes
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Bentley
Coker
Lenny
Payne
Hunt
Barnett I'd we sign him.
That's about it I think.
Coker
Lenny
Payne
Hunt
Barnett I'd we sign him.
That's about it I think.
I hope your right, would like to see it. You see the players week in and week out, so maybe more could make the Champ grade than i think. I still think Martin would have to dig deep, if we did the very unlikely promotion trip, plus the players we have now, would more than likely be looking for a in crease in wages.
Agreed, though Hunt, I think is past it now, he's to injury prone for me.
Feathers
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Hunt was released by Ipswich as he had become their 5th choice striker.
On or two of our players may make the grade but how many would get in say the Derby or Nottingham Forest team? And if they did how many would be key players?
After buying their way into the Prem by breaking FPP regulations. Fine has yet to be decided by the Football League.
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