Why? How many reasons would you like my friend.
Financial we don’t seem to ever compete in Div one.
Then we sack the manager and the cycle starts again and so on.
I hope you understand where I am coming from with this.
Speaking to some Exeter fans on Saturday they now feel ready and stable with there club in the right place to go up and enjoy Div one. We are nowhere ready for the step up now in my opinion on or off the pitch currently.
Anyway back to the summer transfer window
You've got to take your opportunities when they arise. It might be years, if ever, before we have the finances to start competing at the top end of league 1, but we've done it a couple of times in the the last 30 odd years. 87/88 we finished 6th, 97/98 4th. Admittedly, both times, we fell away the following season or 2 but I doubt our finances were a lot better than the teams we finished above, or our ground. We can only strive to "compete" in league 1 if we're in it and if we can hang on in there for a few seasons, our financial situation may improve, if off the field shenanigans can be sorted and any "developments", local or Asian come to any sort of fruition.
I know some of the teams I'd rather have the opportunity of playing next season and they don't include; Sutton, Harrogate, Salford,
Crawley, Stevenage etc, no offence.