City - I hope the club put Premiership survival before football 'austerity..

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Originally Posted by the other bob wilson

The impression being given by the local media is that we won't have much of a budget and I think there is a feeling among some that the "miracle" which worked when we signed one of the division's best keepers for nothing on what I presume are low wages, signed a winger for nothing on similar wages who started and ended the season playing very well in a promotion team, signed an injured Scottish full back for nothing who ended up as our top league goalscorer and a French midfielder for nothing on the lowest wages for a senior player at the club, yet provided good cover and, occasionally, excellent performances, can be repeated.

I don't think it can and if we are going to only have the reported £20 million for transfers, then we are going to need there to be some really ropey teams in the Premier League if we are to stay up. £30 million doesn't buy you a great deal in the modern Premier League, while a £40 million budget is seen as quite modest. We can't say too much if Vincent Tan has decided that he wants to pocket all of the promotion money, because the man has kept the club afloat virtually single handedly throughout virtually all of this decade, but, if as I suspect, he's not going to do that, then I see no reason why we can't spend somewhere between those two figures to give us a reasonable chance of surviving - there'll still be more than £40 million left and that's before we even start thinking about parachute payments.

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I agree Bob :thumbup:

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Originally Posted by dml1954

Some people have very short memories. To advocate spending most of the tv money we are going to get is crazy. We spent over £40m last time just on transfers and saddled ourselves with massive salaries and useless players that we couldn't get rid of. There was no team spirit or fight and that led to relegation, Slade, Trollope, etc etc.

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Originally Posted by Heisenberg

That's interesting. If we do spend loads this season, does that mean you will be critical of the manager and the board?

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If Smithies and Bobby Reid sign for their rumoured prices, that's approximately £30m already, with over a month left of the transfer window (and without the January window). How do you feel about that, dml?

dml?