Quote Originally Posted by SithHappens View Post
Of course it would have been better to go.up in my opinion, but I do feel as you suggest we would have needed to spend a fair bit though I don't feel we would have started with the disadvantage we had last time.

I don't actually think it was then that started the run of events though, that to me started years before with some ludicrous signings like anya, malone and so on.

In fairness the 2 signings most people do say are butterfield and Johnson but I do agree with Mel on those that what else could he do, we lost bryson and Hughes so something had to be done , its just a gamble that didn't work.
It all went wrong on 24 May 2014..... ever since its been a battle against the odds leading us to where we are now. Even if we'd come straight back down we'd have had parachute money to become a yoyo club. in reality we were always on an uphill treadmill from that fatal day - despite a year when 3 premier class loan signings landed on our doormat thanks to a celebrity manager who was never going to stick around.