brendywendySchards#2Royal Rother As I have said repeatedly, it is no foregone conclusion that we will sell Doyle and Hunt in January because for that to happen someone needs to be in a position to splash some cash and their won't be much of that flying around for a while; but anyway, top-team Birmingham are more likely to need to sell players than Reading in January.
Some of this is guesswork but I guess most would agree:
> Their ground is significantly larger than ours and, although their average attendance is marginally higher in numbers, it is much smaller than ours in percentage of capacity (66% to our 80%). This will presumably mean they are generating less net income from matches.
> They had a much higher net outflow of funds in transfers both last season and this pre-season and are therefore likley to be carrying higher short-term debt.
> They have a higher wage bill.
> They have no-one of any note coming through to the 1st team from their Academy.
> They have owners who are far more disenchanted with owning a football club than we have.
So anyway, regarding the issue of selling best players in January, at the moment I would suggest that Birmingham are more likely than Reading to go down that route, and even if we do, in Coppell we have a manager who knows exactly what is required to build a promotion winning team on a budget. Birmingham don't have that and Wolves, well, Wolves have Mick McCarthy. (Actually, I do rate him but not in Coppell's league.)
How does this sit with what Reading did close season and what Birmingham did close season - a period which, some might argue, might provide an indication of what may happen in January?
that depends- how are the players we sold doing in the prem?
and are the players brum kept hold of, thet everyone was talking about leaving doing any good in the championship?
In what way is either of your questions relevent to whether we sell Doyle, Hunt or anyone else in January or not?
