Why we will always be a "selling club"

[Jim_Cannon]

They're just better than we are, apart from city and Chelsea who were fortunate enough to get a sugar daddy before psr, but if you want to spend what the big clubs spend then generate the money they generate.

Its why I don’t really understand the hate for spurs as a club. They're about the best run club in the world, have rarely won anything over the last 50 years, have managed to become one of the richest clubs in the world, live within their means, fortunate to be a London club but still bang in the middle of Arsenal and West ham. I think they're a great example of how poor teams from south have been run because atleast one of us should have a similar size fanbase to them.

There is one, Woolwich Arsenal !!

 

[Elwissthebest]

With the system as it is being a selling club merely mirrors our success. The system more or less demands we sell our best players. The Clubs demand it , the players demand it, the agents demand it. Us punters think it’s a crap situation, unless we are pulling Readings trousers down to get an Olise.

As soon as we won the F.A. cup, the Manager and half the players decided we weren't good enough for them.

 

[Teddy Eagle]

As soon as we won the F.A. cup, the Manager and half the players decided we weren't good enough for them.

About the same as a promoted club deciding the players that got them there aren't good enough for the Premier League.

 

[Elwissthebest]

About the same as a promoted club deciding the players that got them there aren't good enough for the Premier League.

Indeed. Wolves manager Bill McGarry once told his promoted team: 'and don't worry about what next season will bring, because we're about to sign some good players'...

 

[Teddy Eagle]

Indeed. Wolves manager Bill McGarry once told his promoted team: 'and don't worry about what next season will bring, because we're about to sign some good players'...

And they're still waiting.

 

[Glazier#1]

Nothing wrong with being a selling club if you continue to find gems at a decent price. Given our current predicament re PSR having spent big in January I hope we’ve learned our lesson and go back to finding talent under £29 million to develop. That’s our model surely.

My feeling is that bigger clubs are now searching for untapped, young players and that market is more fierce than it's ever been.

 

[Stirlingsays]

As soon as we won the F.A. cup, the Manager and half the players decided we weren't good enough for them.

Happens every time unless you're one of the few clubs expected to compete for those titles.

 

[Badger11]

Until the system is changed so that other clubs can break through the glass ceiling we will always be a selling club like the rest of the league.

Financial Fair play was supposed to be about stopping clubs spending money they didn't have to win trophies e.g. Portsmouth.

Instead it has been used by the top clubs to pull the ladder up. I believe that Parish voted against the new rules for that reason.