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All depends what you consider to be 'the next level'?
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My summer wishlist
Right back - Clyne - Best full back outside PL, good both defensively and going forward.
Right winger - N'Zogbia - Plays his best football when played as a right winger, not happy at Villa and could be available.
Centre midfielder - Huddlestone - I don't see him being a regular at Spurs next season and would give us that physical presence we need.
Attacking midfielder - Hoilett - I think we will be in for him but so will about another 10 clubs. Unlikely.
Forward - Fletcher - Good at holding the ball and bringing others into the play whilst also having a very decent starts to goals ratio.
We turned over £79 million whilst spending £110 million, we cant rely on selling a Henderson every year to make up some of the shortfall
Thats sort of gap in turnover and spending just simply cant continue
Of course we can afford to go to the next level. We just have to be more creative with how we pay players. You can still attract quality players without maxing out your wage bill. Win, goal and clean sheet bonuses will be a lot more enticing.
If we don't go to the next level, top 7, in the next 2-3 year, we've stagnated and that will be more unhealthy than 4-5 players on wages that don't match their ability.
The players to get us to that next level wont be interested in things like that man
We simply wont go to that next level because we cant afford it, where is the incentive for Ellis Short to bank roll us to 7th place. Whats does 7th get you?
We are spending to much now and we are only midtable, to get into that top 7 will take a massive leap money wise. A leap we simply cant afford.
People need to get us to it
What's happened with Jagielka? Has he been injured? Thought he would have started ahead of Heitinga. He's a very good defender, would love him here.
That's just poppycock.
That's just poppycock.
Its a amount of money we cant afford to gamble with, where do people think this money comes from? On trees or something ffs
Better players command big transfer fees with better wages, how the fuck can we afford it when we are already losing money hand over fist.
Have we learned fuck all from Portsmouth, Rangers, Leeds who have tried to build a impossible dream with money there dont have or can afford to spend
We are not dealing with Monopoly money here
Exactly. We're 2 points off 7th as things stand - that's next to nothing. The Premier League is, as Mike Ingham said on 5Live this week, levelling down if anything. We're not that far off but we do need to show a degree of realism in our signings - one or two experienced players plus one or two younger players is likely. We also need to sell one or two from areas we're overly strong in (central midfield, central defence) and strengthen other areas (the flanks, strikers).
redandwhiterob said:Its a amount of money we cant afford to gamble with, where do people think this money comes from? On trees or something ffs
Better players command big transfer fees with better wages, how the fuck can we afford it when we are already losing money hand over fist.
Have we learned fuck all from Portsmouth, Rangers, Leeds who have tried to build a impossible dream with money there dont have or can afford to spend
We are not dealing with Monopoly money here
NickLad said:Seydou Doumbia!
Jarvis could be canny for the wing.
need a CB, a LB and a RB.
And what does 7th get you money wise, a extra couple of million
To get us there and keep us there will tale more than a extra couple of million a season, Villa, Everton and failed to maintain top 6-7 places because they cant afford it. Why would Sunderland be any different?
We are going to be making a minimum of £20m from the sale of Gyan and Sessegnon alone, this is where this summers spending money will be coming from.
We are going to be making a minimum of £20m from the sale of Gyan and Sessegnon alone, this is where this summers spending money will be coming from.
Its a amount of money we cant afford to gamble with, where do people think this money comes from? On trees or something ffs
Better players command big transfer fees with better wages, how the fuck can we afford it when we are already losing money hand over fist.
Have we learned fuck all from Portsmouth, Rangers, Leeds who have tried to build a impossible dream with money there dont have or can afford to spend
We are not dealing with Monopoly money here
Seaham Towny said:Is Sess off like?
Where?
The situation at those clubs are totally different...they all went crazy for a two to three year period. I mean Portsmouth were paying £9 million plus transfer fees for Defoe, Crouch, etc on a turnover of about 55% of ours.
Huddersfield in League one get nearly the same crowds as Portsmouth did in the prem, whilst winning the FA cup, FFS.