ZAKKY
Vital Football Hero
Sorry if that upsets you Zakky, but I was asked for my opinion and gave it.
I seriously doubt that the likes of Lang, Pearce, Evans, Joseph, etc will stick around if we are relegated. All of them are capable of playing regularly in L1 or above and will have to consider whether a season or two in L2 will affect their careers. A lot will depend on how the new owners want to proceed and what their wage structure is. Will they want to be paying Championship wages to keep people on the books or will they simply let players go and hope to recruit L1 or L2 standard players at the equivalent rate for the division.
There is also the problem that a wage cap will cause if and when the EFL persuade the PFA to accept one. It could happen next season and then it may not, however in my opinion it will happen some time.
As I say it will be down to how the new owners decide to go with the cash they want to splash out. They have spoken about making the club sustainable, which again, in my opinion, suggests they are not going to splash out large sums on contracts to buy their way out of the division. Once again, in my opinion, the only way that the players I have mentioned will stay at the club should we be in L2 is with improved contracts and I don't see that happening.
I think if anyone is thinking that we will spend our way out of L2 they need to think again, I don't see any indication from the new owners that they are looking for an immediate return to the higher divisions and will look to get that return by using our academy and youth set ups, not by making marquee signings and paying high wages.
I would be interested to hear your opinion as you also seem to believe that most of the squad will disappear at the end of this season, as does Spingy.
that's your view and you have such low expectations thats fine. If your assuming we are going down then yes I would expect Lang to stay assuming he is still under contract, why not? the lad has done well in a very poor team but don't get carried away he's a long way to go yet to be a top EFL striker.
I would expect 95% of the team we have now to be replaced by the owners, not replaced by like for like journeymen either. I'm sure we won't do a Whelan spend but I do expect us to bring in some quality players otherwise we will be in trouble again and make no progress.
After tomorrow you need to forget this Administration and were skint mentality its a clean slate with new owners who can afford to run us properly and I'm sure they will have ambitious plans, not to be bring in Journeymen.