Caporegime
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- 18 Oct 2002
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Fans really should realise that, going up into the prem for a year, having players on a "you get more in the prem but less again if we get relegated" contract can basically mean a huge cash windfall for the team. If you "Leeds/past Newcastle" it then being relegated is a problem and you'd have been making a loss in the EPL anyway. A cheap team promoted can make a ruddy killing in the prem, even more with parachute payments even if they get relegated, and be in a much much stronger position post relegation than pre promotion.
He's done well, the team is doing well, the team has actually had a result like that coming for a while, bar the 6-1 they've been unlucky not to win a few. While the defence is a joke, they've had several chances to outscore the opposition and have been in winning positions against good teams. not convinced they are too crap to go down if they can keep scoring.
But even if they should, they should stick with the manager, realise the club could and should profit from it, be in a stronger position for another promotion run, and have more money in the bank, more experience and more confidence the next time they get promoted.
Relegation isn't failure for a team that just got promotion or a team struggling in the bottom 6 the year before, it would be failure for Utd/Arsenal/Spurs/etc to get relegated but so it should be with teams spending up to what, 5 times the wages.
It's mostly ( I assume) a media thing anyway, but enough media pressure and daft fans jump on the "he's gotta go" bandwagon and playing to a stadium chanting against you and with no belief and support, well, players will just play even worse, start putting in bad performances under pressure and it becomes a self forfilling prophecy as the manager loses control and should then go for the sake of the team.
Fans have a lot of power, most fans are stupid, this isn't a good mix
EDIT:- has anyone seen any numbers, I was under the impression that was it Hull and Blackpool, maybe Wolves as well were spending very little in wages, spent very little in strengthening after promotion and were part of the generation of teams that realised relegation clauses and not paying out stupid fee's in the championship was the right idea. Blackpool made a huge profit in the EPL didn't they, maybe a couple others did.
Done correctly, there isn't really a reason you can't get promoted make an absolute killing, before going back to being a strong championship side. Its the teams who get promoted, buy exactly the wrong players(Viduka/Owen/Geremi types for big money when they aren't performing and the team can't afford it) to stay up without proper relegation clauses and get into massive debt.
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