A spell in the Championship

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A spell in the Championship

Post by Steve1956 » Sat Mar 16, 2019 9:02 pm

Wouldn't do us any harm, we have an aging squad,it would be a good base to start again and get rid of the dead wood, and winning 30 in a season would be a welcome relief from scraping 10 wins,I'm not really arsed if we get relegated this season,if it's not this season it will be next with our recruitment policy.
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Re: A spell in the Championship

Post by jollyjack » Sat Mar 16, 2019 9:07 pm

Careful what you wish for. How can it be easier to regroup and rebuild from the Championship? No guarantee of getting back up....ever....
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Re: A spell in the Championship

Post by Steve1956 » Sat Mar 16, 2019 9:09 pm

I'm not wishing for anything just trying to find a solution to a shite situation

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Re: A spell in the Championship

Post by jdrobbo » Sat Mar 16, 2019 9:09 pm

It’s a bloody brilliant division, BUT I don’t want to be a part of it!

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Re: A spell in the Championship

Post by Inchy » Sat Mar 16, 2019 9:10 pm

Steve1956 wrote:I'm not wishing for anything just trying to find a solution to a shite situation

The solution certainly isn’t to post absolute drivel of the highest order
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Re: A spell in the Championship

Post by Steve1956 » Sat Mar 16, 2019 9:11 pm

jdrobbo wrote:It’s a bloody brilliant division, BUT I don’t want to be a part of it!
All that the Premier league gives us is money and we get to watch a few show ponies pouncing around feigning injury or diving for penalties .

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Re: A spell in the Championship

Post by Steve1956 » Sat Mar 16, 2019 9:12 pm

Inchy wrote:The solution certainly isn’t to post absolute drivel of the highest order
I apologise whole heartedly

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Re: A spell in the Championship

Post by Inchy » Sat Mar 16, 2019 9:12 pm

Steve1956 wrote:I apologise whole heartedly

Good.

Next time just think on

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Re: A spell in the Championship

Post by Aclaret » Sat Mar 16, 2019 9:12 pm

No way do i want to go to shitty ewood on a shitty bus.
I want to go to Spurs new ground next season
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Re: A spell in the Championship

Post by dushanbe » Sat Mar 16, 2019 9:14 pm

What a bunch of nappy wetters this board has.
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Re: A spell in the Championship

Post by Inchy » Sat Mar 16, 2019 9:14 pm

Aclaret wrote:No way do i want to go to shitty ewood on a shitty bus.
I want to go to Spurs new ground next season

Good luck with that it’s flooded. It won’t be ready for when we return to the prem In 2050

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Re: A spell in the Championship

Post by Steve1956 » Sat Mar 16, 2019 9:14 pm

Aclaret wrote:No way do i want to go to shitty ewood on a shitty bus.
I want to go to Spurs new ground next season
A plastic bowl that has no atmosphere ?.with lots of plastic fans... :lol:

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Re: A spell in the Championship

Post by boatshed bill » Sat Mar 16, 2019 9:14 pm

Being crap most of the time can be a bit waring.

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Re: A spell in the Championship

Post by jrgbfc » Sat Mar 16, 2019 9:14 pm

I don't think relegation would be the end of the world. Can anyone honestly say it's enjoyable getting tubbed most weeks and simply aiming to scrape enough points to finish 17th?

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Re: A spell in the Championship

Post by Steve1956 » Sat Mar 16, 2019 9:15 pm

Inchy wrote:Good.

Next time just think on
:lol: yes boss!

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Re: A spell in the Championship

Post by tarkys_ears » Sat Mar 16, 2019 9:16 pm

Steve1956 wrote:A plastic bowl that has no atmosphere ?.with lots of plastic fans... :lol:
We're hardly one to call out other teams atmosphere...

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Re: A spell in the Championship

Post by SGr » Sat Mar 16, 2019 9:16 pm

Of course it would do us harm ffs. We rely on Premier League TV revenue. Can get rid of the dead wood at any level, more so in the Prem. Championship just makes it more likely that the likes of Cork retain their spots.

Let’s not start this nonsense. Staying up is imperative. One season would be ok as long as we use the TV revenue to smash that division. The standard has dropped.
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Re: A spell in the Championship

Post by Inchy » Sat Mar 16, 2019 9:17 pm

jrgbfc wrote:I don't think relegation would be the end of the world. Can anyone honestly say it's enjoyable getting tubbed most weeks and simply aiming to scrape enough points to finish 17th?

Aye a spell in the championship isn’t bad. I’d quite enjoy it. What I wouldn’t enjoy is going down again and then having to sit through meetings with disgruntled fans and board members, whist the word “sleeping giant” gets banded about.

I remember those days and I don’t want to go back to them

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Re: A spell in the Championship

Post by Royboyclaret » Sat Mar 16, 2019 9:18 pm

Steve1956 wrote:A plastic bowl that has no atmosphere ?.with lots of plastic fans... :lol:
Hang on there, Steve.

You'll be on the beach, in Scotland.

We'll still be watching the Clarets.

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Re: A spell in the Championship

Post by Steve1956 » Sat Mar 16, 2019 9:19 pm

tarkys_ears wrote:We're hardly one to call out other teams atmosphere...
To be far mate I watched the Leeds V Sheffield Utd game it was a cracking atmosphere even watching on the tele,then I watched our game and the atmosphere ..well there wasn't one, the Championship pisses all over the Premier league for everything bar the money....Greed.
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Re: A spell in the Championship

Post by boatshed bill » Sat Mar 16, 2019 9:20 pm

One thing which would benefit a season or two in the championship would be youth development, assuming we can get it right.
I seriously believe one of our major problems (one which is costing us shedloads) is the cost of our backup players, those who rarely contribute but who draw big wages.
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Re: A spell in the Championship

Post by Aclaret » Sat Mar 16, 2019 9:20 pm

Steve1956 wrote:A plastic bowl that has no atmosphere ?.with lots of plastic fans... :lol:
It didnt look plastic to me last time i went past it.
If it's anywhere near as good as emirates stadium it will be a good stadium. Old Trafford, Etihad and Wembley not a patch.
But, if you are happy going down to ewood on the cattle trucks that's fair enough.

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Re: A spell in the Championship

Post by Steve1956 » Sat Mar 16, 2019 9:22 pm

Royboyclaret wrote:Hang on there, Steve.

You'll be on the beach, in Scotland.

We'll still be watching the Clarets.
I'm venturing out of the utopia that is Scotland for the Cardiff game mate at great expense, probably to witness a performance like today,don't pull me up for not watching my club,I actually went when we was shite to the likes of Aldershot and Torquay

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Re: A spell in the Championship

Post by Steve1956 » Sat Mar 16, 2019 9:24 pm

Aclaret wrote:It didnt look plastic to me last time i went past it.
If it's anywhere near as good as emirates stadium it will be a good stadium. Old Trafford, Etihad and Wembley not a patch.
But, if you are happy going down to ewood on the cattle trucks that's fair enough.
The ******* roof leaks

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Re: A spell in the Championship

Post by Royboyclaret » Sat Mar 16, 2019 9:25 pm

Steve1956 wrote:I'm venturing out of the utopia that is Scotland for the Cardiff game mate at great expense, probably to witness a performance like today,don't pull me up for not watching my club,I actually went when we was shite to the likes of Aldershot and Torquay
Only joshing,mate. I'm still smarting badly after today.

Will treat you to a twix if I see you at the Cardiff game.

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Re: A spell in the Championship

Post by warksclaret » Sat Mar 16, 2019 9:25 pm

I would not be confident about coming back up. We would have two make some shrewd signings and we know how good we are at in this area

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Re: A spell in the Championship

Post by Vino blanco » Sat Mar 16, 2019 9:26 pm

If we do get relegated, and I have said all season it is a possibility following our qualification for Europe and total lack of interest in signing enough decent players to meet the challenge, I think we will be well placed to bounce back, since at the moment Dyche is doing a decent job with a squad of above average championship, and lower PL players.

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Re: A spell in the Championship

Post by ElectroClaret » Sat Mar 16, 2019 9:26 pm

Actually, the Championship can go f**k itself.

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Re: A spell in the Championship

Post by Aclaret » Sat Mar 16, 2019 9:29 pm

Steve1956 wrote:The ******* roof leaks
Well why can't they put a bucket under it then.

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Re: A spell in the Championship

Post by Steve1956 » Sat Mar 16, 2019 9:30 pm

warksclaret wrote:I would not be confident about coming back up. We would have two make some shrewd signings and we know how good we are at in this area
Andre Gray ? :D

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Re: A spell in the Championship

Post by boatshed bill » Sat Mar 16, 2019 9:31 pm

Imagine being a cruiserweight boxer, constantly getting in the ring with super-heavyweights: it can't last forever.
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Re: A spell in the Championship

Post by CombatClaret » Sat Mar 16, 2019 9:32 pm

I'm sure some Stoke, Swansea & Villa fans said they same thing but would now give anything to in the position we're in.

Your right though, we will go down eventually. Some here can't accept that and will blame anyone and everyone for the inevitable finally happening.

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Re: A spell in the Championship

Post by dougcollins » Sat Mar 16, 2019 9:34 pm

We'd lose in the playoffs cos Dyche is no good in a knockout competition.

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Re: A spell in the Championship

Post by ksrclaret » Sat Mar 16, 2019 9:36 pm

The championship is an exciting competition, and if we end up back there this season so be it.

I just hope it we are to succumb to a relegation, that we get rid of this most painful of managers, and employ someone who can get us playing football on the deck. I'd happily see us hang around in mid-table for a couple of years developing an attractive style, than see us rugby our way to another promotion, as we did in 2016.

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Re: A spell in the Championship

Post by Bin Ont Turf » Sat Mar 16, 2019 9:44 pm

If you could guarantee it being like the last two times we've been in there, then I'd be all for it.

We've been spoilt lately though.

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Re: A spell in the Championship

Post by Foulthrow » Sat Mar 16, 2019 9:51 pm

So much easier to stay in the PL than it is to get promoted from the Championship. I think we’re seriously kidding ourselves if we think we’re going to “smash” the division next year. There was still a lot of positive feeling around the club when we got relegated in 2015. That won’t be the case this time. Football is all about momentum and it’s hard to get it back when you have lost it.
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Re: A spell in the Championship

Post by ElectroClaret » Sat Mar 16, 2019 10:05 pm

Stay up at all costs.
We'll spiral down like Stoke if we drop.

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Re: A spell in the Championship

Post by boatshed bill » Sat Mar 16, 2019 10:06 pm

The parachute money is decent too!

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Re: A spell in the Championship

Post by LoveCurryPies » Sat Mar 16, 2019 10:10 pm

If we are relegated, the major clubs (including the newly promoted clubs) will come in for McNeill, Heaton, Pope, Tarks, Barnes and a couple more of our better players.

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Re: A spell in the Championship

Post by boatshed bill » Sat Mar 16, 2019 10:15 pm

LoveCurryPies wrote:If we are relegated, the major clubs (including the newly promoted clubs) will come in for McNeill, Heaton, Pope, Tarks, Barnes and a couple more of our better players.
With respect,
If we manage to stay up will these players be less targeted? Or are you suggesting they will push for moves?
I've seen them, can't see much market here! :D

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Re: A spell in the Championship

Post by Billy Balfour » Sat Mar 16, 2019 10:17 pm

I dread relegation. We might not bounce back. A couple of seasons in the Championship would see us having to cut costs, both on and off the pitch.

Anyway, we're not down and we are certainly not out - it's all still to play for!

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Re: A spell in the Championship

Post by Vino blanco » Sat Mar 16, 2019 10:21 pm

Yeh, but don't forget we have a new Director of Football, or whatever his title is: that will solve everything.

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Re: A spell in the Championship

Post by Dark Cloud » Sat Mar 16, 2019 10:24 pm

A drop into the Championship isn't the answer. Hopefully we can cling on in the PL this season by hook or by crook and then clear plenty out in the summer as too many aren't good enough.

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Re: A spell in the Championship

Post by boatshed bill » Sat Mar 16, 2019 10:25 pm

Dark Cloud wrote:A drop into the Championship isn't the answer. Hopefully we can cling on in the PL this season by hook or by crook and then clear plenty out in the summer as too many aren't good enough.
Whist agreeing, I'm not sure we can afford much better.

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Re: A spell in the Championship

Post by tarkys_ears » Sat Mar 16, 2019 10:25 pm

Vino blanco wrote:If we do get relegated, and I have said all season it is a possibility following our qualification for Europe and total lack of interest in signing enough decent players to meet the challenge, I think we will be well placed to bounce back, since at the moment Dyche is doing a decent job with a squad of above average championship, and lower PL players.
Eh?

Above average championship? Last I saw most of them finished 7th in the PL last season... What the **** are you talking about you lowly peasant?

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Re: A spell in the Championship

Post by Steve1956 » Sat Mar 16, 2019 10:29 pm

Billy Balfour wrote:I dread relegation. We might not bounce back. A couple of seasons in the Championship would see us having to cut costs, both on and off the pitch.

Anyway, we're not down and we are certainly not out - it's all still to play for!
What does the Premier League actually give us.....
Pluses ....Money........can you think of anything else I can't

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Re: A spell in the Championship

Post by boatshed bill » Sat Mar 16, 2019 10:31 pm

Steve1956 wrote:What does the Premier League actually give us.....
Pluses ....Money........can you think of anything else I can't
Not much of that, £24m over 3 years?

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Re: A spell in the Championship

Post by Dark Cloud » Sat Mar 16, 2019 10:32 pm

boatshed bill wrote:Whist agreeing, I'm not sure we can afford much better.
I do agree/wonder about how much we can afford to splash gutting and rebuilding the squad, but if we stay in the PL and don't push the boat out seriously this summer we are clearly simply postponing the inevitable. We're far too average and for every exceptional performance like Spurs or Man U away, there's 4/5 very poor ones which underlines how many of this team aren't up to it in the PL. Plus, if we are still a PL team at least we can attract better. If we're down then we inevitably lower our sights considerably and join the massed ranks of the "also rans".
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Re: A spell in the Championship

Post by Steve1956 » Sat Mar 16, 2019 10:36 pm

boatshed bill wrote:Not much of that, £24m over 3 years?
Yea good point .....Fuuckall then. :lol:

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Re: A spell in the Championship

Post by boatshed bill » Sat Mar 16, 2019 10:38 pm

Steve1956 wrote:Yea good point .....Fuuckall then. :lol:
We'd earn more than that by developing one player like Dwight McNeil per season. Lots more.

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