The heavy price of success.

[theonesmith]

I support the Albion, they're the team I want to watch, not the opposition.

Exactly, simple enough. For me, the enhancement of going up leagues is the overall quality of football on show, not the opposition. I would be delighted if the top four/five went off to form a European league. And it would improve the quality of English players too, no doubt.

 

[Simon Morgan]

I can totally understand what he is saying and whilst it may end in their relegation, who's to say the other approach wouldn't have done the same? Blackpool were seen to be the whipping boys at the start of last season, and whilst they maybe wanted to do better than just avoiding relegation, there is surely no way that they thought they were going to get promoted. This season is essentially a bonus for them, it was so recently that they were in the 3rd division that I can't imagine their fans would think any different. If they were a WBA or another such club with a bigger fanbase which strives to be in the Premiership then they may have prepared for the possibility of promotion. To totally change your wage structure and transfer policy on the back of one (outstanding) season of success is not the cleverest thing to do, as shown by other aforementioned ex-Prem clubs.