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I did see this on the Sunderland site. https://rokerreport.sbnation.com/201...ollow-tomorrow
I don't know if I'd go to that extreme, though on a one off basis, I might give it a try.
The thought did cross my mind.
Too many clubs drop like a stone when they fall out of the PL. I don't know how the US owners will play it, but fair do's to Tan he's stuck with you. I'm not so optimistic about our lot. The seven year stay in the PL has helped keep the season ticket sales at the same level as last year, but what will be the take up next year is anyone's guess.
We shall see.
I think the ones that have plummeted had issues that your lot can avoid if you manage parachute payments sensibly. There are teams like Derby and Brum who have bet the house on getting out of the Championship without this coverage that will suffer more and more whilst other teams around them have them. Clubs like Norwich and Hull have ticking time bombs.
You seem to be financially stable but I think your biggest risk as you alluded to is your own reaction to the drop rather than the actions of the teams around you. We had our last season of payments this year and while it never felt like the last roll of the dice I would dread to think what the budget we would have needed to work in next year if we had failed. Detached owners, the distrust of or the the influence from the "sell outs", big contracts for poor, fragile or aged performers could still send you down the Mackem Way!