Quote Originally Posted by upthemaggies View Post
When the current owners tenure ends, will their peak position be closer to the peaks that have been achieved this century at non-glamour clubs such as Reading, Wigan, Bournemouth, Charlton, Luton, Hull, Huddersfield, Brentford, Swansea, Burnley, Barnsley, Fulham, QPR, Bolton, Watford, Millwall, Blackburn, Cardiff, Rotherham, Peterborough, even Burton, Yeovil, Stockport, Wycombe, Oxford...... the sort of positions Pavis and Dunnett reached or bettered (from a starting point of 91st in Dunnet's case), or will their peak be in the same ball park as the heights reached by Trew, Hardy, the Trust and Scardino?

As we are, and based on the last 6 years, I'd say the latter looks the more likely.
Fortune plays a significant part, but there's no reason why the current approach couldn't ultimately be as successful as Brentford's or Brighton's, because the model is similar.

I think with the current owners, when their tenure ends, we'll be far less likely to be in financial meltdown, which was the case with a lot (if not all!) of the previous owners you mention, even including Pavis (albeit thanks to Scardino mainly) and Dunnett (remember Barry Noble's Astoria!). Maybe that's optimistic, but I think the brothers are being very careful not to bite off more than they can chew financially.