The same West Ham who have been paying ridiculous wages to people like Robbie Keane and Wayne Bridge during the second half of the season in a failed attempt to ensure their survival, who have the football writer's player of the year (Scott Parker) turning out for them as well as England internationals such as Carlton Cole, Matthew Upson and Robert Green?
Wigan have been building their squad over the last few years whilst in the Premiership and have outlayed way more than us on players. I wouldn't agree they have a weaker squad than us and would imagine their fans would be highly critical if they were. Maybe even more so than people on this list?! Blackpool are a given and have done unbelievably well with the squad they have. Fantastic start to the season and may just manage to hang on, although if the season were a few games longer they'd probably be doomed given their form over the second half of the season. Newcastle shed very few players when they went down to the Championship where they went the entire season unbeaten at home. The squad they went down with/came back up with was/is, in my opinion, stronger than ours and I'd hazard a guess was assembled with more of an outlay than ours. Albion have done very well with the squad they've got, which is probably about on a par with ours. Odemwingye has to be one of the bargains of the season. Their success has been built on the 'slowly slowly' approach being questioned earlier - they've never over committed financially and have been prepared to accept relegations as part of a longer term plan to progress. Seems to be working. ________________________________ From: nswolves@googlegroups.com [mailto:nswolves@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Marcus Chantry Sent: Thursday, 19 May 2011 2:16 PM To: nswolves@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: [NSWolves] League Position My personal opinion is that we currently have a better squad than, and therefore should be ahead of, the following teams: * West Ham * Wigan * Blackpool * Newcastle * West Brom From: nswolves@googlegroups.com [mailto:nswolves@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of LEESE Matthew Sent: Thursday, 19 May 2011 2:09 PM To: nswolves@googlegroups.com Subject: [NSWolves] League Position Marcus You say that 'With the squad we have we should be in the Premier League 3rd quadrant'. I'm curious to know who you think should be in the 4th quadrant on account of having weaker squads than us? I'm struggling to think of 5. Matt Before printing, please consider the environment. IMPORTANT NOTICE: This e-mail and any attachment to it are intended only to be read or used by the named addressee. It is confidential and may contain legally privileged information. No confidentiality or privilege is waived or lost by any mistaken transmission to you. The RTA is not responsible for any unauthorised alterations to this e-mail or attachment to it. Views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, and are not necessarily the views of the RTA. If you receive this e-mail in error, please immediately delete it from your system and notify the sender. You must not disclose, copy or use any part of this e-mail if you are not the intended recipient. -- Q: If you could change one thing about Wolves history, what would it be? A That Peter Knowles was on the bog when the door was knocked. The information contained in this email is confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, you may not disclose or use the information in this email in any way and should destroy any copies. Macquarie does not guarantee the integrity of any emails or attached files. The views or opinions expressed are the author's own and may not reflect the views or opinions of Macquarie. -- Q: If you could change one thing about Wolves history, what would it be? A That Peter Knowles was on the bog when the door was knocked. Before printing, please consider the environment. IMPORTANT NOTICE: This e-mail and any attachment to it are intended only to be read or used by the named addressee. It is confidential and may contain legally privileged information. No confidentiality or privilege is waived or lost by any mistaken transmission to you. The RTA is not responsible for any unauthorised alterations to this e-mail or attachment to it. Views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, and are not necessarily the views of the RTA. If you receive this e-mail in error, please immediately delete it from your system and notify the sender. You must not disclose, copy or use any part of this e-mail if you are not the intended recipient. -- Q: If you could change one thing about Wolves history, what would it be? A That Peter Knowles was on the bog when the door was knocked.
