by Dirk Gently »
08 Jan 2009 12:42
Deathy Dirk Gently AlexY25 Birmingham set to sign Lee Bowyer.
Kris Boyd having medical at Brum tomorrow.
Loan deal lined up for Bouazza.
Already signed Scott Sinclair.
Good signings for them.
If they don't go up administration beckons - they're betting the house on this season.
They will take second. Or they should. I know we have many a blinkered Reading fan on here, but they're squad is so much stronger than hours.
But we've proved before that you don't necessarily need the best squad to get promoted, but more often than not, you do.
If only they could be certain of that! All it takes is our "inferior squad" to over-perform, them to have a run of injuries or supsension, a few bad decisions or a dressing-room fall-out from all these unahppy players fighting for places.
Nothing is certain in football, but the point is that the risk of not suceeding that they're opening themselves up to potentially administration (plus points deductions of 10 and maybe 25 points) is a massive one.
For us the impact of coming 3rd in a 3 horse race (and then failing in the play-offs) is losing afew players and trying again. For them it may be the whole existance of the club under their ownership, and almost certain relegation, too.