5. Bournemouth.....36.......61
6. MK Dons...........37.......61
7. Orient.............33.......53
8. Hartlepool.........36.......50
9. Exeter.............36.......49
10. Carlisle...........35.......48
11. Charlton..........34.......48
I apologise for my patronising view of the clubs involved, but i can marginally accept we are struggling to keep a pace with Brighton and Huddersfield, two clubs on the up who have steadily rebuilt properly, Southampton with thier big support and decent financial backing, and Peterborough with an owner who has put in, and have excellent strikers.
But seeing us losing pace with clubs with such tiny budget and tiny support is for me the single most depressing thought of where we are at this point in time. Orient and Hartlepool both get 2-3,000 home fans, our player budget must be at least 5 times theirs, while Carlisle and Exeter are not just low payers, but have the additional problem of trying to attract players their because of their location. Bournemouth lost their manager, and just 2 years ago we looking at this point to be falling into non-league, and MK Dons aren't even a proper club.
So depressing.
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We are in free-fall, have been for a while and there is no knowing when it will end.
But just as booing ex-players only makes it more likely they will score against us; I can't help but feeling that looking down our noses at other teams in the league means they will win against us.
It would be nice to know how much money there is to spend in the summer it would make me feel a little better renewing my ST knowing we had money to sign some quality better than what we have at the moment.
I've noticed teams in lesser stature around us in recent times have a much more collective spirit and togetherness about them and gameplan, suppose it doesn't help that we have 30 new players coming and going every summer. Which will probably happen again this season.
End of discussion.
Sorry to say I think we may sink a bit lower yet before it gets better - lets hope the remainder of this season is the last of the real gut wrenchingly terrible stuff and things genuinely start to improve next year.
I'm getting the hang of this place...
Opinions are like religion, and your penis;
Don't raise it in public, and don't force it down someone-elses throat!
When we went down to the Championship we were supposed to re-group and get back to the Premiership in a stronger position.
When we went down to League One we were 'clearly the best side in the league' and would bounce straight back.
There is simply no way of knowing when the down slope will end and that affects how far we can then pull ourselves up again.
So you think we're going to be league 1 or worse forever then? Ofcourse there are no gaurantees and God know how long it's going to take, but as a club we are in a better position overall than most around us and do have advantages.
How would that help?
Unless of course they don't.
Hard to get my head round the idea that Orient could be in a higher league than us next year.
Good signing for anyone in this league.
Lets hope not, Orient's about the only away game to look forward to next year !
I clearly didn't say that. I said how far back up we go depends on how far down we fall.
And I implied that we, as fans, need to get over the idea that we are bigger and better than those around us simply because we once were.
We do, of course, have advantages over some clubs around us. We also have disadvantages, higher wages costs and higher expectations not the least of these.
So true. Last season I used to look to at the sides we were playing and think how awful they were and how awful the standard of football in this division is. Now we are one of those sides and the sooner we all realise that the better.
SINK!