Reebok Trotter wrote:
On that basis, what manager or football team would deliberately jeopardize their chances of joining that gravy train by bottling it ?
The Premier League is the Golden Goose and it's where all the pro's want to play. End of.
Yeah, but a player knows whether he's good enough for the PL, especially if he's 30+ and past his best.
Let's take Ricketts as an example. If we'd gone up he'd most likely have lost his place and been put on the transfer list - best case scenario was Doncaster or Yeovil wanted him.
The PL may well be the place to be, but not if you're forced to turn out for the reserves in Leyland.