To a large extent I can see Nigel's problem with managing the books, but what I can see ahead is that when his policy of waiting for his youngsters to mature, two or three years will slip by. After those year have gone, and if those players become of great value as he hopes, their contracts will have expired. They will then fall prey to all those clubs that have seen them grow and we try and start all over again with the same policy of grooming the youngsters. So the bottom line is that we never get out of the Championship, and that's if we have managed to stay in it while these youngsters mature.
Clough's logic is there but the reality is we'll end up losing our better youngsters as the years roll by. [Post edited 1 Jan 1970 1:00]
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