12-09-2015, 00:10
For some clubs, being in the Championship will invariably be all about survival rather than anything else and when you look at articles like the one below you can see why!! 100m quid spent on transfers by Championship teams and that probably doesn't include wages, loan fees and signing on bonuses!!!
http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/34207761
If Hoyle is looking to recoup his money then selling your best players is likely to be the only future you have, and obviously surviving in the championship for a few seasons. Clubs with smaller incomes, like yourselves, either need to have a rich owner (in reality to get promoted this is a must for just about any Championship club as well), or a management team who can spot talent that can be bought cheaply and sold for good profit or have an academy that produces quality youngsters that can be developed and sold. You have the first of these in Dean Hoyle but it sounds like he is not prepared to put too much more in the club just to take you from 18th to 14th for example, because there is no financial reward in that, and he certainly doesn't seem prepared to splash millions on the team to maybe push for a shot at the prem, because you would fall foul of FFP and your revenue would not dramatically increase even if you were challenging for the playoffs. From what you have said also there appears to be nothing coming through the academy that can help the income streams of the club, so if the first two parts of this are correct the only option open to Hoyle is to sell your better players for a decent profit and either use that money to pay off some debt and/or put all/some of it back into the team to try to stave off relegation back to League One!
The saving grace is you will always be one of a group of around 6-8 teams who are in this position most seasons, so perform better than them and you will be Ok, but at some point things will go against you and relegation will be a real possibility. And before anyone says anything, prior to this season we were in exactly the same situation under Mandaric, albeit with slightly higher revenues than you, but now we have an owner who is rich and does seem to be prepared to spend some money as well, so while our start hasn't been anything to shout about, for now we are a buying club rather than a selling one!!
http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/34207761
If Hoyle is looking to recoup his money then selling your best players is likely to be the only future you have, and obviously surviving in the championship for a few seasons. Clubs with smaller incomes, like yourselves, either need to have a rich owner (in reality to get promoted this is a must for just about any Championship club as well), or a management team who can spot talent that can be bought cheaply and sold for good profit or have an academy that produces quality youngsters that can be developed and sold. You have the first of these in Dean Hoyle but it sounds like he is not prepared to put too much more in the club just to take you from 18th to 14th for example, because there is no financial reward in that, and he certainly doesn't seem prepared to splash millions on the team to maybe push for a shot at the prem, because you would fall foul of FFP and your revenue would not dramatically increase even if you were challenging for the playoffs. From what you have said also there appears to be nothing coming through the academy that can help the income streams of the club, so if the first two parts of this are correct the only option open to Hoyle is to sell your better players for a decent profit and either use that money to pay off some debt and/or put all/some of it back into the team to try to stave off relegation back to League One!
The saving grace is you will always be one of a group of around 6-8 teams who are in this position most seasons, so perform better than them and you will be Ok, but at some point things will go against you and relegation will be a real possibility. And before anyone says anything, prior to this season we were in exactly the same situation under Mandaric, albeit with slightly higher revenues than you, but now we have an owner who is rich and does seem to be prepared to spend some money as well, so while our start hasn't been anything to shout about, for now we are a buying club rather than a selling one!!