sedgleyimp
Vital Champions League
Tbh I have always liked the scunny model. A pipeline of recruiting or producing younger strikers, getting some goals out of them, and selling them on for big £££. The strikers make you the big money, not the defenders and defensive midfielders I am sure they have had a percentage of misfits, but overall it has sustained them pretty well, considered their size.
We used to be very good at this also...........Harford/Hobson/Cunningham/Huckerby to name but a few. I would be delighted if we could produce our own gems or snap up one from the lower leagues but easier said than done.
For every Simon Yeo or Gary Taylor Fletcher there's a Rory May or Chris Fagan. Tricky game to get it right