Just had a quick look at how many teams a 12 point deduction would condemn to relegation based on the last few seasons (cba looking at how GD would impact it):
22/23: 11th place
21/22: 13th place
20/21: 17th place (Christ, I forgot how bad the...
My parameters were very clear. Stability is what we need but with no signs of progression we'd have to look elsewhere.
Maybe there would be caveats if the club was still being ran like a circus and we'd faced more points deductions but in a...
Yeah, but still, now we have comically little money so there is very little wiggle room for us.
Ideally, we'll be a bit more liquid in a couple of years but even then I would hope the policy is still buy low, buy potential, smart free signings...
Assuming 1 happens, for me if he gets us stable and in to the top half in that time, he'll deserve a few windows were he can actually spend.
Interestingly though, in his post match interview after Bournemouth last season, he explicitly said...
I guess it depends on whether you see the wingers main job being protecting the fullback as something we default do or something we do because our right backs are poo.
On the left, McNeil will go inside a lot and seemingly be more comfortable...