[St Charles Owl]

Wakey, I understand your pain and to some degree down here in Sheffield some of our fans are saying the same thing. So far we have also adhered to the FFP rules, keeping our losses within the rules they set forth and it too has got us basically nowhere. Now this season we find ourselves in 10th place as I type, not far off the playoffs yet our managers says in the January window we will probably only be looking at loan players to bolster the squad!! The mindset of a lot of fans is why would our chairman not splash some cash and chase the playoffs in probably the one season when this league is fairly even?? You never know, we might make it if we did this and then we reach the promised land and all the riches it guarantees for the next 5 years at least.

On the other hand, last season the same was said when we were in your position, spend more money to get us to mid table, but as one poster on here said, why would the owner pump a further 4m into the club to finish 15th rather than 20th?? He actually gets a zero return on that 4m in that scenario, except for the obvious - the threat of relegation was removed!! I think Dean is thinking you have the squad to survive and pumping in extra money to finish a few places higher is simply not worth it, but is it a risk worth taking?? Sooner or later the FFP rules will catch up with Bournemouth and Brentford, unless of course they manage to get to the prem and so far this season the risk they are taking is paying off, but unless they get promoted it is not sustainable for them to keep spending as they are.