Would you rather them sneaking up via the playoffs to play them - and hopefully pummelling them - twice on a much bigger stage or stay down?

I would, of course, have picked the latter at any point in the last 47 years of supporting Burnley but part of me would like to me back up there next term with our main rivals in a dog fight with us.

I'd be interested to hear your views and hopefully not piles of abuse for ruminating a scenario with those idiots as a PL club!

Stay down. Next question.

Stay down - Id rather not see them on a bigger stage

The longer they stay down, the bigger their financial woes will become.

Not sure why anyone would want to see them promoted...

Easy to answer

I’d hate for them to go up.

The longer they stay where they are the bigger the gap between us becomes.

Down
Then down another 1

Stay down without a doubt.

Although seeing them promoted and then the Venkys taking the money and running would be funny.

GodIsADeeJay81 wrote: ↑

Sat Jan 21, 2023 3:54 pm

The longer they stay down, the bigger their financial woes will become.

Not sure why anyone would want to see them promoted...

I wouldn't want to see them go bust though, as much as we have a rivalry, football means just as much to someone supporting them as it does to you or me supporting Burnley.

Football League mediocrity will do.

what claptrappers said

I'm still hopeful they will be drawn into the relegation battle; and lose it.

Down Down deeper and Down

Claret Toni wrote: ↑

Sat Jan 21, 2023 4:09 pm

I'm still hopeful they will be drawn into the relegation battle; and lose it.

They're winning at Bristol City

Stay down. Don’t want them anywhere near Premier League money for a good while yet. The way they lorded their money over us for 20 years they can suffer for another decade yet!

No question - down. Ideally Rovers would be in League Two, narrowly avoiding relegation every season with just enough hope for the next season until their dreams of rising out of the bottom tier are crushed again by Christmas as they realise it'll be another toil in the bottom league. There are buckets for donations before and after every home game - which is played at Darwen's ground. Ewood is now a carpark and finally at full capacity.

As much as it's good to stuff them again.

The bad points are

If they got promoted their owners have far more money than us if they wanted to have a real go at it.
We have been picking up the casual fans in the mixed towns for the last few years. That could change.
With a better academy and premier league football we wouldn't be able to compete with them at all on attracting youth.

They need to stay down.

Brereton-Diaz leaving on a free, what will next season hold with such a poor squad and no real goalscorer?

Definitely go up. If I’m answering the question directly.


For me, there is no point in a rivalry if you never play them. Derby days are the best. The build up, the anticipation, the atmosphere and then when you wallop the b’tards it’s the best feeling.

So long as we always win and finish above them, I’d always favour being in the same division.

Down Rovers! Down!

Indifferent really not bothered either way what they do as long as it's doesn't impact us to any detriment I don't give a monkeys about them.

OakSmokedClaret wrote: ↑

Sat Jan 21, 2023 4:26 pm

Definitely go up. If I’m answering the question directly.


For me, there is no point in a rivalry if you never play them. Derby days are the best. The build up, the anticipation, the atmosphere and then when you wallop the b’tards it’s the best feeling.

So long as we always win and finish above them, I’d always favour being in the same division.

I have a different take on this. Derby's are much more feisty if there's been a long period of separation.

I wouldn't want to play them twice every season. It's better when it's year's apart. Otherwise it just feels like a yearly process.

Fans from Manchester, London and Liverpool don't get that.

Get relegated. 1-1 and Ayala sent off

Interesting answers - cheers all !

Stay down and get relegated out of the league would be absolutely hilarious

Horse fiddler's to lose in play off final to a last minute penalty in extra time.....how sweet would that be

League 2 not low enough for that shower of sh1te

Down with Accy.

On the slide again.

This might help.

Go bust.

There was one of them at Stevenage v Orient today. I told him his shirt offended me and he needed to get out and not come back! Good hearted banter of course although he muttered something about Dingles as I walked away!

Definitely stay down, and better still I really hope we can confirm promotion at Ewood!

aclaretinstevenage wrote: ↑

Sat Jan 21, 2023 6:09 pm

There was one of them at Stevenage v Orient today. I told him his shirt offended me and he needed to get out and not come back! Good hearted banter of course although he muttered something about Dingles as I walked away!

Had he spotted your six fingers?

Stay down and ideally go down.

NRC wrote: ↑

Sat Jan 21, 2023 6:13 pm

Had he spotted your six fingers?

I think I got away with that, or he was too thick to notice!!

Down.
Then down again to the 4th tier until a fateful day on 9th May 2027. The scenario is such that they have to beat Orient at home on the last day to stay up or face oblivion whist Darwen Utd take over.

And they bloody lose. 2-1

Is this even a question, let them rot in Championship mediocrity for a good few years yet.

Transpennine wrote: ↑

Sat Jan 21, 2023 6:41 pm

Down.
Then down again to the 4th tier until a fateful day on 9th May 2027. The scenario is such that they have to beat Orient at home on the last day to stay up or face oblivion whist Darwen Utd take over.

And they bloody lose. 2-1

Dare to Dream.