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We are the third worst team in the Premier League. We are better than Norwich and we are also significantly better than either Swansea or Reading (whichever is promoted).
But its bad news for us that Blackpool went down (even ignoring the affection many of us feel for Olly). Because it also shows that for all Blackpool's heroics you can't actually do premiership survial on the cheap: so much for "the Blackpool model".
If we are to match Warno's ambition of finishing 17th then we have to build a better squad than the clubs that just avoided relegation. Man for man they both have better squads than us at the moment. We for instance have been linked with Jason Roberts - well he is only a bit part player for them and they still only just stayed up.
Nothing to panic about at this very early stage - just saying it raises the bar for us just a little bit further.
But its bad news for us that Blackpool went down (even ignoring the affection many of us feel for Olly). Because it also shows that for all Blackpool's heroics you can't actually do premiership survial on the cheap: so much for "the Blackpool model".
If we are to match Warno's ambition of finishing 17th then we have to build a better squad than the clubs that just avoided relegation. Man for man they both have better squads than us at the moment. We for instance have been linked with Jason Roberts - well he is only a bit part player for them and they still only just stayed up.
Nothing to panic about at this very early stage - just saying it raises the bar for us just a little bit further.
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