Tinpot Club
Star Player
Since the formation of the PL 42 clubs have been relegated. I will discount ourselves and Newcastle as they have always gone straight back up and we haven’t had the opportunity to yet but still might.And when we need to slash next season's wage budget by £20 million to account for the reduced payments and another £15-20m the season after leaving us with one of the smallest budgets in the league, with each season a struggle to stay up?
I don't get this belief that we'll somehow maintain the status quo of being competitive if we don't go up. We'll have the battle we had in the PL, only near the foot of this division.
Of the remaining 40 clubs, 26 have gone down to L1 or lower. Of the clubs that haven’t yet gone into L1 include Stoke, Boro, Birmingham, Huddersfield and Cardiff who wouldn’t be a massive shock to drop out of the trap door.
My point is it’s very difficult for any club to establish themselves in The Championship. Either you get back up or drop further. If it has happened to Leicester, Forest and Wolves it is almost inevitable to happen to us.
And that’s not just me being defeatist. If Palace, Brighton or Burnley got relegated, unless they got back quickly, I believe it’s likely they’d eventually drop to L1 too.