The Ipswich/Bradford Success Plan

There's always a chance but generally you need very big backers as football has become the playground of the ridiculously wealthy. Even Ryan Reynolds has admitted he'll need serious financial backing if he gets to the championship.

 

Its a pity the European league dident take off Mrs O, that would of got rid of a few of em, still im convinced it will raise its head again in the near future

 

That’s what we should have done and no doubt we would be a div 1 club now at least but Rupp and Spark bashed about sustainability nonsense(some fell for the bullshit) but in other words they didn’t want to spend heavy.

Now we have a shite squad who can’t even challenge for the top.

Meanwhile Wycombe a smaller club than us really have been brought by a billionaire.

 

What do I and many others say , without massive investment subsidising horrendous losses it is so so difficult .

Ipswich’s losses and near collapse was due to £80nm debt spent trying to buy their way into the Prem when owned by Marcus Evans .The equity the US owners have invested is well over £100m .

 

It's a dream a lot chase but few ever find. Even now Ipswich will find most of not all of that £120+ million gold at the end of the rainbow just gets eaten up by player and agent salaries. Probably have to spend a fair bit on the ground just like Huddersfield did too. Trick is to try and budget for next year and being back in the championship the season after.

 

Absolutely spot on .

 

That’s what Norwich and Southampton do. One or two seasons of Sky Prem riches subsidise two seasons trying to get promoted back up to get a repeat pay off and so the cycle and gravy train continues !.

 

Well let's hope one of them get back again this year. Lol

 

Correct . If the cycle breaks the debt increases when the prem money runs out until a) Thry get into trouble or b) Delia has to dip into her pile and sell more books as an example .
She pops it and bang!

 

Yeah I really think we've missed out now.

We have spent too long in the doldrums and short of a ridiculously rich owner, our chance to become established as a meaningful Championship club has likely gone.

 

As stated Wycombe have just been brought by a billionaire.

However, billionaire’s like to see assets and at this moment we own nothing. No training ground, no stadium and with FFP rules about generating income to spend then we are not helping ourselves.

As a club we are going backwards and that’s down to Rupp & Sparks. End of,

 

Do Wycombe own their ground and training ground or do they still lease it from the Trust set up to make sure it was never sold off?

 

They recently bought Readings training ground

 

The problem is that a £20m/£30m gamble each season at having a go at getting to the PL is not that much to a lot of rich Championship onwers, most have them will have several other successful businesses that plug that gap easily to fund their hobby.

 

no they didnt as they wouldn’t have been allowed to train there