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    Would you care if we got relegated?

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    Football clubs are businesses. Saints has been run very poorly for the past few years. We have an owner who is not investing into the club so these mistakes will without a doubt cost us dearly. We can't spend our way out of our current situation. We will get relegated - whether it be this season, next season, or the season after. We can't sell the garbage that we've got for the price we bought it for. We're screwed. I think the best thing that can happen to us is that we get relegated, get rid of the garbage and then rebuild. The alternative is to scrape by staying in the Prem for the next few seasons until it inevitably happens.

     

     

    As an aside, for me I've never enjoyed supporting saints more than when we were in League 1 fighting our way back up. Just disappointing that all the work that Markus did for our club is now in vain.

     

    Alternatively you could argue we have been run very well in recent years. Minimum outlay and staying up means the money keeps rolling in!

     

    As long as we stay up, I am sure that is all that matters. I said once before if our owner was offered a guaranteed 17th for the next 10 years with little financial risk, the deal would be made.

     

    It is is risky, but our ambition is to stay up, nothing more and nothing less.

    Surely the owner is the main problem?

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    Goa has basically followed the same strategy as Kat (we’re also no longer net spend champions which was a cert under Kat). The difference is that Kat lucked out -first in having a bumper crop of academy players to sell and second in enjoying a brief spell of fantastic recruitment that many foolishly felt could be repeated ad infinitum.

     

    These were always shaky foundations on which to sustain long-term growth, leaving very little margin for error. Some regression to the mean was inevitable. A few transfer duds (that at best couldn’t be recycled for a profit and at worst became a drag on the wage bill) and there would be pressure on the owner to dip into their pocket to ensure sufficient quality on the pitch.

     

    Kat knew it and that’s why she got out, preferring to let someone else take on the risk in the name of taking us to the next level. The idea that she somehow stipulated that Goa spend x amount on the playing squad, on the other hand, is for the birds.

     

    You are correct, but then it is easy to say with hindsight. You weren't saying it 4 or 5 years ago and were only to pleased to condemn me when I predicted exactly our present predicament for the reasons above.

    Would you care if we got relegated?

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    We got lucky as **** with Markus wanting to buy the club.

     

    We did indeed. But the real problem came when we were still on a high. The complacency and arrogance was breathtaking, something that I commented on more than one occasion. People even believed we could never get relegated. I and Alpine were lambasted for even suggesting that if things didn't change we would be fighting relegation.

     

    On top of this we were sold to an owner who had no intention of investing. We continued to sell our best assets and because we would not pay the current wage rates a could not attract the best players. As our star began to fade the problem was only exacerbated.

     

    I am not worried about playing in the Championship, but I am concerned that we do not have the money to survive the drop and an owner who is likely to let us wither in the wind.

    Saints 1 Chelsea 4 Post match meltdown

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    We have been set up as a team with an ambition to finish between 15th and 17th and this plan started taking place some years ago.

     

    It is risky and can alienate the fans but has so far been successful with the cash coming in with the minimum outlay. A good business model.

     

    The model also worked on the principle of the promotion of at least two weaker teams. Villa and Sheffield might confound this and we have to hope that their place is taken by Norwich, Watford and Newcastle.

    Saints vs Chelsea - Match Thread

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    We have been set up as a team with an ambition to finish between 15th and 17th and this plan started taking place some years ago.

     

    It is risky and can alienate the fans but has so far been successful with the cash coming in with the minimum outlay. A good business model.

     

    The model also worked on the principle of the promotion of at least two weaker teams. Villa and Sheffield might confound this and we have to hope that their place is taken by Norwich, Watford and Newcastle.

    Spurs 2-1 Saints - Reaction

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    At least Brighton, Norwich, Villa, Newcastle and Watford are all worse than us. Hopefully three of those teams keep us up, rather than us being actually any good for the third season running.

     

    Before the season started I predicted 15th. I stand by my prediction.

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