Remaining in League 1

[MickyD]

The old adage, “Better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all” can be bastardised perfectly to fit this situation.

Nobody can be thankful we fucked up on Saturday just because we may have not been ready.

[paulhanley]

Just to be clear my original post was not trying to say I'm glad we didn't go up. Nor was it really about trying to identify silver linings. It was more about putting a historical BWFC context around these things and pointing out that in the longer run sometimes these disasters  end up sending us via a path that leads us to good things in the end. 

I wish we'd gone up on Saturday like everybody else and if we'd struggled next year I'd have snatched your hand off for 4th bottom in the knowledge that this time when finishing there we'd be with a safe board and not Mr Anderson.

The one parallel from history I didn't draw was with the last time we had an ex central defender of a manager who loved pretty football. He had one fabulous season and then two that were affected by bad luck and us often being bullied. Colin Todd's sacking led to the arrival of one Mr S Allardyce, the rest was history. 

 

[Wanderlust]

I’d have loved to have had a crack at the Championship and imo we’d only have needed two or three signings to have a decent chance at survival.
But we have to move on.

Next season will be different.

 

 

[batton carrier]

I would rather have championship problems than league 1 problems.

[ianofcleveleys]

On 22/05/2024 at 00:16, Lostock Whites said:

The Barnsley first leg to me is a blueprint. Mixing it up, being unpredictable and doing what it takes to win ugly. You cannot get promoted otherwise. 

That's my frustration, that game showed that Evatt and this set of players could adapt and do things differently, and it could work. They did it well that night. Even if it wasn't the approach every week but deployed selectively, most of those 10 games Iles set out in an article the other day would have had different outcomes and we'd have sailed up. 

[marple whites]

At least we should win more than we lose……..