Quote from: ciggiesnbeer on March 30, 2016, 08:57:34 PMDavid Bernstein :QuoteI know that if things don't work out this season - and we still hope they will - the journey back is always very, very exciting.I have been involved in that before and as you improve and start to get that success, it's a fantastic journey which the fans will enjoy enormouslyThis line stuck me when he said it and was also mentioned by some esteemed posters here. So maybe a thread to anticipate then relish next season as we stroll through the Championship is worth while?Despite the negatives there are some facts. We will be the biggest club in the Championship, we will have the best balance sheet (according to Hollis) , we will have a new manager who will be getting players all approved of and found by our new footballing board which has real pro's on it.Wwe have several players already who are a class above anything else in the Championship even before new additions plus some of our overpaid garbage is out of contract and will bugger off in May.We can have our regular winning match post mortems talking about how we can improve and which players do not fit our new dynamic play rather than the usual.So I am coming around to actually looking forward to next season, maybe we will be the bullies of the league coming back up fitter, leaner with a real sense of how we want our team to play. Anyone other optimists looking forward to the fantastic journey back?Sorry ciggie but;Biggest club in the Championship?Best balance sheet?Several players already who are a class above anything else in the Championship ? Even before new additions?Plus some of our overpaid garbage is out of contract and will bugger off in May?Can I ask what the f*** you have been smoking?Other stuff debatable but first line is spot on we will be 100% the biggest club in the championship
David Bernstein :QuoteI know that if things don't work out this season - and we still hope they will - the journey back is always very, very exciting.I have been involved in that before and as you improve and start to get that success, it's a fantastic journey which the fans will enjoy enormouslyThis line stuck me when he said it and was also mentioned by some esteemed posters here. So maybe a thread to anticipate then relish next season as we stroll through the Championship is worth while?Despite the negatives there are some facts. We will be the biggest club in the Championship, we will have the best balance sheet (according to Hollis) , we will have a new manager who will be getting players all approved of and found by our new footballing board which has real pro's on it.Wwe have several players already who are a class above anything else in the Championship even before new additions plus some of our overpaid garbage is out of contract and will bugger off in May.We can have our regular winning match post mortems talking about how we can improve and which players do not fit our new dynamic play rather than the usual.So I am coming around to actually looking forward to next season, maybe we will be the bullies of the league coming back up fitter, leaner with a real sense of how we want our team to play. Anyone other optimists looking forward to the fantastic journey back?
I know that if things don't work out this season - and we still hope they will - the journey back is always very, very exciting.I have been involved in that before and as you improve and start to get that success, it's a fantastic journey which the fans will enjoy enormously
ultimately, you have to ask, what is more important to you, being in the premier league and scratching around at the bottom of the league, praying for Chelsea or United to stuff Bournemouth and ruin their goal difference OR getting to 2pm on a saturday, walking to the ground actually looking forward to the game and then hitting 5.15pm, cheering the final whistle, maybe another pint on the way back to celebrate, checking the top of the league table and reading a positive post match thread on the train home, beers and takeaway, watch MOTD and actually enjoy it, then being one of the first couple of games on the championship programme after. Absolute no brainer for me.Make no bones about it, the next 2-3 months will decide on whether the second scenario comes to fruition but this relegation is exactly what this club and its fans need. Lets worry about the premier league another time
Quote from: mattjpa on March 31, 2016, 01:23:06 PMultimately, you have to ask, what is more important to you, being in the premier league and scratching around at the bottom of the league, praying for Chelsea or United to stuff Bournemouth and ruin their goal difference OR getting to 2pm on a saturday, walking to the ground actually looking forward to the game and then hitting 5.15pm, cheering the final whistle, maybe another pint on the way back to celebrate, checking the top of the league table and reading a positive post match thread on the train home, beers and takeaway, watch MOTD and actually enjoy it, then being one of the first couple of games on the championship programme after. Absolute no brainer for me.Make no bones about it, the next 2-3 months will decide on whether the second scenario comes to fruition but this relegation is exactly what this club and its fans need. Lets worry about the premier league another timeThis
Quote from: Steve kirk on March 31, 2016, 08:46:07 PMQuote from: mattjpa on March 31, 2016, 01:23:06 PMultimately, you have to ask, what is more important to you, being in the premier league and scratching around at the bottom of the league, praying for Chelsea or United to stuff Bournemouth and ruin their goal difference OR getting to 2pm on a saturday, walking to the ground actually looking forward to the game and then hitting 5.15pm, cheering the final whistle, maybe another pint on the way back to celebrate, checking the top of the league table and reading a positive post match thread on the train home, beers and takeaway, watch MOTD and actually enjoy it, then being one of the first couple of games on the championship programme after. Absolute no brainer for me.Make no bones about it, the next 2-3 months will decide on whether the second scenario comes to fruition but this relegation is exactly what this club and its fans need. Lets worry about the premier league another timeThisOnly issue with this is we'll be on the C5 car crash before MOTD.
I recall that goal like it was yesterday. I was sat in the Upper Trinity North Stand end in line with the six yard box. As that cross came in we all saw Platt just dart into the open space. Brilliant cross, timed run and goal. Such an important win. Can't remember the attendance but it was quite good I think.
Remember this? How did we all get out alive?