05-05-2015, 17:28
Ritchie,
Although we might not know which league we will be playing in next season Alan Stubbs has probably identified some players he thinks are capable of taking a step up into the Premiership and these players will be lost to us if we don`t get them signed up. If we are unfortunate and fail in the playoffs we could have the foundations laid for a team good enough to win the Championship next season.
Taking it that we wait, as you suggest, we will have nothing and therefore Stubbs will have to start all over again.
I think we have 4 or 5 players that can progress no matter which league we are in but they will all be worried about their future so may not perform to their best.
My view is that the board/Rod are quite happy to be in the Championship because they know that it involves paying lower wages (even although they charge us Premiership prices) and the club can survive on home crowds of 9,000.
I really don`t expect us to get promotion through the playoffs and because of the inactivity surrounding resigning players we could be in for a long stay in the Championship.
Although we might not know which league we will be playing in next season Alan Stubbs has probably identified some players he thinks are capable of taking a step up into the Premiership and these players will be lost to us if we don`t get them signed up. If we are unfortunate and fail in the playoffs we could have the foundations laid for a team good enough to win the Championship next season.
Taking it that we wait, as you suggest, we will have nothing and therefore Stubbs will have to start all over again.
I think we have 4 or 5 players that can progress no matter which league we are in but they will all be worried about their future so may not perform to their best.
My view is that the board/Rod are quite happy to be in the Championship because they know that it involves paying lower wages (even although they charge us Premiership prices) and the club can survive on home crowds of 9,000.
I really don`t expect us to get promotion through the playoffs and because of the inactivity surrounding resigning players we could be in for a long stay in the Championship.