Quote Originally Posted by M0ufMk3 View Post
And this is sort of the point.

I don't want Jatta to go either (let's get out there early). But...

As I interpret the strategy, it is not to get promotion but it is to get sustainable promotion where, once we go up we have the funds to bring our squad up to the standard required to stay up. The experts within the club will have a clearer idea than us who can make the step up and who will need to be replaced, and how much it will cost. And it won't necessarily be our most effective players who are most able to take the step up. I'd say that Jatta will be able to make the step up but the point/strategy is not about Jatta, it is about the funds he will generate on sale to grow the team and the finances. "And so it goes" as Billy Pilgrim would say

I'd watch and support Notts whether we're at Wembley or Ebbsfleet, but on the whole I'd rather be doing a Brentford.
The bros are bit like value investors but in football rather than the stock market. They see a player whose market value seems to be below their actual value for whatever reason, give them a platform to shine, and then sell them on for their actual value, or even at a premium. Buy low, sell high, repeat. In the process, the club benefits from quality players coming and going and hopefully climbs up the pyramid slowly but surely.

Every decision is about extracting maximum value, whether that's recruitment or tactics.