Staying in L1 is our ambition. The next few seasons it will probably get harder, as those players in our squad who are on L2 wages will disappear or expect significant increases. Just to finish mid-table is therefore going to cost us more each season. Without obvious new income streams it’s going to increasingly become more difficult.6 months into L1 and the talk is being a Championship team! I’m all for ambition, but lets come back down to earth and be slightly realistic. Maintaining ourselves as a L1 club for 4/5 years should be the aim here. Yes, it’s frustrating we are selling out and ‘losing’ out on additional funds, but the next step is a HUGE step that liked mentioned on here (Bristol City example). Established Championship teams are falling quicker than ever, just look at how many are sat in our League and even in L2, even some ex Prem sides from years gone by.
Let’s continue this ‘golden period’ and embrace it, like others have mentioned, we’ve never reached Championship status in our 120 year history, lets just all slow down a bit. UTC
The championship is a pipe dream.