[Quote Originally Posted by kill_the_drum]
The owners business model isn?t making promotion the priority. It?s making promotion a byproduct of buying quality players for cheap, getting the best out of them and selling them for a fee [/quote]

Quote Originally Posted by SmiffyPie View Post
I find that so depressing (I don't doubt it, just the ramifications of it).
I'd rephrase what KTD says. Unless you're prepared to risk megabucks you cannot guarantee buying promotion. But you can put in place a process where the club's footballing ability steadily improves and one day the cream will rise to the top. We have paid for players and not bought them on the cheap eg Bass. When we sell, and we haven't always (eg Rodrigues) it has been where the value for money has meant we have some freedom in replacing.

However, I'm starting a thread on Team v Squad, because there are other risks in this approach.