| What grounds will be missed the.... 12:29 - May 30 with 4509 views | centrestandswan |
most for away games in the Prem' now we have the Championship to look forward to? |  |
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| What grounds will be missed the.... on 12:32 - May 30 with 3537 views | wobbly |
Fulham. |  | | |
| What grounds will be missed the.... on 12:34 - May 30 with 3526 views | pencoedjack |
| What grounds will be missed the.... on 12:32 - May 30 by wobbly |
Fulham. |
Beat me to it |  | | |
| What grounds will be missed the.... on 12:54 - May 30 with 3477 views | BenJ94 |
If I'm being honest, none of them. It was great to go to your Old Trafford's and Stamford Bridge's, but they were boring after 2 seasons or so, and never really felt an atmosphere in a premier league ground than you did when in the lower leagues. I'm hoping a season or 2 in the championship regenerate's the atmosphere down the lib aswell. Nothing worse than trying to scream, shout and sing your team to earn a point. |  | | |
| What grounds will be missed the.... on 13:13 - May 30 with 3442 views | Private_Partz |
All of them. |  |
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| What grounds will be missed the.... on 15:39 - May 30 with 3333 views | AlfieMooresSon |
West Brom away is a good trip, at least they are down. |  | | |
| What grounds will be missed the.... on 16:47 - May 30 with 3254 views | awayjack |
| What grounds will be missed the.... on 12:54 - May 30 by BenJ94 |
If I'm being honest, none of them. It was great to go to your Old Trafford's and Stamford Bridge's, but they were boring after 2 seasons or so, and never really felt an atmosphere in a premier league ground than you did when in the lower leagues. I'm hoping a season or 2 in the championship regenerate's the atmosphere down the lib aswell. Nothing worse than trying to scream, shout and sing your team to earn a point. |
I'm with you on this. The so called top grounds had poor atmosphere after novelty wore off, so I won't miss libraries like Arsenal, Chelsea, Utd and City. I preferred older grounds like Palace and WBA. |  | | |
| What grounds will be missed the.... on 16:55 - May 30 with 3237 views | E20Jack |
As someone who lived in London for the majority of our PL stint, I was predominantly going to away games and not a single ground I will miss.
In fact, the only one in recent memory I have fond memories from is Aston Villa. The likes of Man City, Spurs, West Ham et al are hardly the bastions of footballing experience. |  |
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| What grounds will be missed the.... on 16:58 - May 30 with 3219 views | pencoedjack |
I would of done a trip Spurs new ground | | | |
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| What grounds will be missed the.... on 17:14 - May 30 with 3186 views | turkontour |
| What grounds will be missed the.... on 16:58 - May 30 by pencoedjack |
I would of done a trip Spurs new ground |
Burnley - proper old school | | | |
| What grounds will be missed the.... on 17:14 - May 30 with 3186 views | thornabyswan |
| What grounds will be missed the.... on 16:58 - May 30 by pencoedjack |
I would of done a trip Spurs new ground |
Prefer a trip to Rotherham myself. | |
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| What grounds will be missed the.... on 17:15 - May 30 with 3186 views | MrSwerve |
| What grounds will be missed the.... on 12:54 - May 30 by BenJ94 |
If I'm being honest, none of them. It was great to go to your Old Trafford's and Stamford Bridge's, but they were boring after 2 seasons or so, and never really felt an atmosphere in a premier league ground than you did when in the lower leagues. I'm hoping a season or 2 in the championship regenerate's the atmosphere down the lib aswell. Nothing worse than trying to scream, shout and sing your team to earn a point. |
Spot on. It was a dream to do Old Trafford etc and one day I hope that we can do it again...but you really feel like you're watching the PL 'brand' rather than a football match. Like I said though, a dream to see us at that level. The best atmospheres though were always against the 'smaller' bottom half teams...teams that tend to yo yo between the Championship and the PL.
I'm gutted we got relegated but as I've said before, the only positive I can find is the excitement about going to some proper grounds again. [Post edited 30 May 2018 17:16]
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| What grounds will be missed the.... on 18:06 - May 30 with 3125 views | BillyChong |
It didn’t help that once less of our fans went away (understandably after already being to the same grounds a few times) the away ends at the ‘bigger’ clubs were getting filled with home fans and neutrals. | | | |
| What grounds will be missed the.... on 18:13 - May 30 with 3110 views | E20Jack |
The whole experience became stale. Nobody can really say these past few years have been fun.
It’s fun if you have being innovative and having a real go, but after 7 years at that level the squad had weakened to such a point and our finances spiralled to such a point where our only option was to hang in there for as long as possible. We are a small club with very little income outside the TV rights money, it is amazing we managed to stay there for so long and have the success we did.
We now need to hit the reset button and find our way again, so anyone who will miss aspects of the PL may find that they have been missing them for the past few years maybe without realising it. All that was fun about it stopped years ago. | |
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| What grounds will be missed the.... on 18:40 - May 30 with 3066 views | Private_Partz |
| What grounds will be missed the.... on 18:13 - May 30 by E20Jack |
The whole experience became stale. Nobody can really say these past few years have been fun.
It’s fun if you have being innovative and having a real go, but after 7 years at that level the squad had weakened to such a point and our finances spiralled to such a point where our only option was to hang in there for as long as possible. We are a small club with very little income outside the TV rights money, it is amazing we managed to stay there for so long and have the success we did.
We now need to hit the reset button and find our way again, so anyone who will miss aspects of the PL may find that they have been missing them for the past few years maybe without realising it. All that was fun about it stopped years ago. |
Al the fun stopped when ego, incompetence and greed kicked in. If lack of fun = lack of success. The last three years were not inevitable. We had to work hard to get it this bad. | |
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| What grounds will be missed the.... on 18:53 - May 30 with 3056 views | Neath_Jack |
None of them.
Only one ground i'll ever miss, and that's the Vetch.
All other stadiums are just some other teams place, a complete irrelevance to me. |  |
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| What grounds will be missed the.... on 19:07 - May 30 with 3021 views | E20Jack |
| What grounds will be missed the.... on 18:40 - May 30 by Private_Partz |
Al the fun stopped when ego, incompetence and greed kicked in. If lack of fun = lack of success. The last three years were not inevitable. We had to work hard to get it this bad. |
It really was inevitable.
Why is it you think the only ever presents in the PL are the massive clubs?
No matter how well you are run and no matter how many correct decisions you make, eventually if you do not have the income to support staying there you will regress. Costs go up every single year you stay there.
In our most successful years, we still had much of the squad on Championship, lower end PL wages. We had a strong core meaning we only had to add one or two to freshen up.
As soon as that core got old and past it we could no longer slowly drip feed signings in as they were no longer protected by what was around them.
It is not a coincidence that should we have stayed up this year at Southampton’s expense, we would have been only bettered by Man City, Man United, Liverpool, Chelsea, Arsenal, Spurs and Everton in terms of continuous length at that level currently in the league. Everyone else succumbed to the same fate, and inevitably so did we. | |
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| What grounds will be missed the.... on 19:11 - May 30 with 3008 views | E20Jack |
| What grounds will be missed the.... on 18:53 - May 30 by Neath_Jack |
None of them.
Only one ground i'll ever miss, and that's the Vetch.
All other stadiums are just some other teams place, a complete irrelevance to me. |
X100.
The greatest stadium of them all. | |
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| What grounds will be missed the.... on 19:13 - May 30 with 3004 views | LeonWasGod |
| What grounds will be missed the.... on 12:54 - May 30 by BenJ94 |
If I'm being honest, none of them. It was great to go to your Old Trafford's and Stamford Bridge's, but they were boring after 2 seasons or so, and never really felt an atmosphere in a premier league ground than you did when in the lower leagues. I'm hoping a season or 2 in the championship regenerate's the atmosphere down the lib aswell. Nothing worse than trying to scream, shout and sing your team to earn a point. |
You’re in for a shock. Seen a fair bit Championship footie since we’ve been in the PL and the atmospheres tend to be pretty shite in half-filled grounds. |  | | |
| What grounds will be missed the.... on 23:30 - May 30 with 2833 views | Kilkennyjack |
| What grounds will be missed the.... on 19:07 - May 30 by E20Jack |
It really was inevitable.
Why is it you think the only ever presents in the PL are the massive clubs?
No matter how well you are run and no matter how many correct decisions you make, eventually if you do not have the income to support staying there you will regress. Costs go up every single year you stay there.
In our most successful years, we still had much of the squad on Championship, lower end PL wages. We had a strong core meaning we only had to add one or two to freshen up.
As soon as that core got old and past it we could no longer slowly drip feed signings in as they were no longer protected by what was around them.
It is not a coincidence that should we have stayed up this year at Southampton’s expense, we would have been only bettered by Man City, Man United, Liverpool, Chelsea, Arsenal, Spurs and Everton in terms of continuous length at that level currently in the league. Everyone else succumbed to the same fate, and inevitably so did we. |
Alternatively ....its quite hard to spend circa £700m and end up with a worse squad then you started with. Thats our new reality. Huw ? |  |
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| What grounds will be missed the.... on 23:35 - May 30 with 2823 views | E20Jack |
| What grounds will be missed the.... on 23:30 - May 30 by Kilkennyjack |
Alternatively ....its quite hard to spend circa £700m and end up with a worse squad then you started with. Thats our new reality. Huw ? |
It wasn’t a 700m net spend though was it.
If my house is worth 700k and I sell it, the chances are 7 years down the line when the market moves I will end up with a worse house. But I was forced to sell the house initially as it was a year or two from being valued at zero.
This principle is why it is almost impossible for longevity in the PL for a club that has to sell to spend, which is why none of them stay there. Why people think we would be different is beyond me. | |
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| What grounds will be missed the.... on 01:34 - May 31 with 2758 views | Townhill_Hilton |
| What grounds will be missed the.... on 19:07 - May 30 by E20Jack |
It really was inevitable.
Why is it you think the only ever presents in the PL are the massive clubs?
No matter how well you are run and no matter how many correct decisions you make, eventually if you do not have the income to support staying there you will regress. Costs go up every single year you stay there.
In our most successful years, we still had much of the squad on Championship, lower end PL wages. We had a strong core meaning we only had to add one or two to freshen up.
As soon as that core got old and past it we could no longer slowly drip feed signings in as they were no longer protected by what was around them.
It is not a coincidence that should we have stayed up this year at Southampton’s expense, we would have been only bettered by Man City, Man United, Liverpool, Chelsea, Arsenal, Spurs and Everton in terms of continuous length at that level currently in the league. Everyone else succumbed to the same fate, and inevitably so did we. |
Best post I have seen on our plight. Agree totally. |  | | |
| What grounds will be missed the.... on 09:30 - May 31 with 2640 views | moonie |
Sadly, we did he hard work in the first three seasons and by now should have been the reason we went down was because we simply replaced quality players with unadulterated garbage .
Not so much the amount of income but how it was spent.
Burnley ,by contrast, stand alone in fiscal prudence .
I ll miss all the historic clubs | | | |
| What grounds will be missed the.... on 10:54 - May 31 with 2604 views | E20Jack |
| What grounds will be missed the.... on 09:30 - May 31 by moonie |
Sadly, we did he hard work in the first three seasons and by now should have been the reason we went down was because we simply replaced quality players with unadulterated garbage .
Not so much the amount of income but how it was spent.
Burnley ,by contrast, stand alone in fiscal prudence .
I ll miss all the historic clubs |
They will also sink back to the Championship soon enough. Nobody is immune. | |
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| What grounds will be missed the.... on 10:58 - May 31 with 2600 views | Nookiejack |
| What grounds will be missed the.... on 19:07 - May 30 by E20Jack |
It really was inevitable.
Why is it you think the only ever presents in the PL are the massive clubs?
No matter how well you are run and no matter how many correct decisions you make, eventually if you do not have the income to support staying there you will regress. Costs go up every single year you stay there.
In our most successful years, we still had much of the squad on Championship, lower end PL wages. We had a strong core meaning we only had to add one or two to freshen up.
As soon as that core got old and past it we could no longer slowly drip feed signings in as they were no longer protected by what was around them.
It is not a coincidence that should we have stayed up this year at Southampton’s expense, we would have been only bettered by Man City, Man United, Liverpool, Chelsea, Arsenal, Spurs and Everton in terms of continuous length at that level currently in the league. Everyone else succumbed to the same fate, and inevitably so did we. |
Yes too right and The Trust Board didn't see it, they thought we would stay in the PL forever.
Apparently 49 clubs have now played in the PL.
Yes 49 clubs.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Premier_League_clubs | | | |
| What grounds will be missed the.... on 11:11 - May 31 with 2586 views | pencoedjack |
| What grounds will be missed the.... on 23:35 - May 30 by E20Jack |
It wasn’t a 700m net spend though was it.
If my house is worth 700k and I sell it, the chances are 7 years down the line when the market moves I will end up with a worse house. But I was forced to sell the house initially as it was a year or two from being valued at zero.
This principle is why it is almost impossible for longevity in the PL for a club that has to sell to spend, which is why none of them stay there. Why people think we would be different is beyond me. |
On the other hand if I sold my house at the right time I could make a huge profit & if I continued to reinvest it correctly I would build up a decent nest egg
Also if I rent & looked after the house I would basically making that house more valuable to the owner.
Unfortunately in footballing terms ( as an example & there are many) we made around a 25 million pound profit on our star man last summer & reinvested with garbage
We loaned Sanchez & Abraham didn’t look after them & there value is now probably less than when we rented them. | | | |
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