I doubt it is 'stomach, bank account or willingness'. We have no idea of what went on behind closed doors; we do know we missed out on Pritchard despite offering a measly £7m Cant see much lack of stomach there..
One thing I think a lot of NSCers ignore is that pay policy is essential, You cant...
Based on gut feeling or detailed research? Here is position of last 5 Championship winners:
Burnley joint 1st in goals scored, 1st in goals conceded;
Bournemouth 1st & 1st;
Leicester 2nd & 2nd;
Cardiff 2nd & 2nd
Reading 5th & 2nd
So basically you have to score more than pretty much everyone...