What does this phrase mean?
It's usually prefixed by "We're not..." and then, maybe, suffixed by "...so I don't want us to go up".
I ask because the only sensible interpretation I can attach to it is that there is a belief that "we" (and it doesn't have to be talking about the Albion) do not have a team/squad that is capable of competing in the Premier League.
If that's the case, then I simply ask: who has been ready?
The gulf between the Championship and the Premier League is so great that the only hope any promoted team has of "being ready" and vaguely competitive is to splash some of that incoming cash to strengthen where they see fit.
Has any Championship team ever truly "been ready" for promotion?
It's usually prefixed by "We're not..." and then, maybe, suffixed by "...so I don't want us to go up".
I ask because the only sensible interpretation I can attach to it is that there is a belief that "we" (and it doesn't have to be talking about the Albion) do not have a team/squad that is capable of competing in the Premier League.
If that's the case, then I simply ask: who has been ready?
The gulf between the Championship and the Premier League is so great that the only hope any promoted team has of "being ready" and vaguely competitive is to splash some of that incoming cash to strengthen where they see fit.
Has any Championship team ever truly "been ready" for promotion?