January 18, 201511 yr No club our size can compete at the level, you can try, Southampton are having a pop this season. It can't be done long term. It's impossible. Your players get picked off by bigger clubs constantly, meaning you have to keep replenishing that stock. Southampton has done a great job keeping the conveyer belt running (helped by a really good youth set up), bit it's not going to last forever. Like the world, football will always be the haves and have nots.
January 18, 201511 yr No club our size can compete at the level, you can try, Southampton are having a pop this season. It can't be done long term. It's impossible.Agree with this. Short term gains are quite common across European football, but then the teams eventually get broken up and finished. Germany is a good example of this. Leverkusen and Dortmund spring to mind.
January 18, 201511 yr No club our size can compete at the level, you can try, Southampton are having a pop this season. It can't be done long term. It's impossible. Southampton arguably are bigger than us. They have a bigger catchment area for fans and young players. One fm the reasons their academy has produced so much. But even they won't last in that company long.
January 18, 201511 yr Most of the successful teams have rich benefactors. Chelsea and Man City were on a par with us. In city's case they were playing two leagues below us not that long ago. We won't make a mark in the premier league without a massive cash injection.
January 18, 201511 yr We made Europe more than once so why not have a pop? Be champions league but for gartside
January 18, 201511 yr This league is fucking miles better, can't wait to pay £50 to watch a game with a load of tourists. Bollocks. Will Anewman start watching matches again if we go up?
January 18, 201511 yr No club our size can compete at the level, you can try, Southampton are having a pop this season. It can't be done long term. It's impossible. Southampton arguably are bigger than us. They have a bigger catchment area for fans and young players. One fm the reasons their academy has produced so much. But even they won't last in that company long. Correct on both counts. Southampton are having a pop this season like we did a few years back. If they can get as long as we did, get to Europe twice they will have done very well. Good luck to them I say.
January 18, 201511 yr Author We made Europe more than once so why not have a pop? Be champions league but for gartside We never even qualified for Europe on merit but because the cup winners were in the Champions League.
January 18, 201511 yr Well be in Europe next season following our FA Cup win and in the Champions' League the following season if we win the Europa League. P)ossibly without being in the Premier League.
January 18, 201511 yr Southampton has done a great job keeping the conveyer belt running (helped by a really good youth set up), bit it's not going to last forever. Southampton had the added advantage of wiping out all their debts a few years ago. If they'd carried on trading, they'd have had to sell all their decent players and they'd probably still be in the third division or worse.
January 18, 201511 yr We made Europe more than once so why not have a pop? Be champions league but for gartside I'm sure we are trying to get back to premier league but it's more in hope than expectation the days when we had 10 years plus in the top league aren't coming round again unless someone willing to clear debt and invest 50-100 million every season, if you think otherwise your in for a lot of disappointment.
January 18, 201511 yr See that's what I don't get, you're all just happy to exist, I'm competitive and want to be amongst the best sparring with the best Aye, but you'll be the first complaining like fuck the when we aren't qualifying for Europe within a year
January 18, 201511 yr Has commons signed yet This thread has gone off piste I think he's only just got back to the hotel after playing back up in Scotland yesterday. Depending one which load of ITK bollocks you're prepared to believe A- it's a done deal and he'll be signing this week B- it was a done deal in December, and he's signing this week C- it's a done deal and he's signing on Tuesday D- he hasn't really been to the hotel, and nobody really knows when or if he's signing for us Edited January 18, 201511 yr by CWP
January 18, 201511 yr I think he's only just got back to the hotel after playing back up in Scotland yesterday. Depending one which load of ITK bollocks you're prepared to believe A- it's a done deal and he'll be signing this week B- it was a done deal in December, and he's signing this week C- it's a done deal and he's signing on Tuesday D- he hasn't really been to the hotel, and nobody really knows when or if he's signing for us Without sounding too cynical/pessimistic/realistic, I'll say 99% D, 1% C
January 18, 201511 yr I think he's only just got back to the hotel after playing back up in Scotland yesterday. Depending one which load of ITK bollocks you're prepared to believe A- it's a done deal and he'll be signing this week B- it was a done deal in December, and he's signing this week C- it's a done deal and he's signing on Tuesday D- he hasn't really been to the hotel, and nobody really knows when or if he's signing for us Do you think he'll sign before or after Gary Hooper?
January 18, 201511 yr I think he's only just got back to the hotel after playing back up in Scotland yesterday. Depending one which load of ITK bollocks you're prepared to believe A- it's a done deal and he'll be signing this week B- it was a done deal in December, and he's signing this week C- it's a done deal and he's signing on Tuesday D- he hasn't really been to the hotel, and nobody really knows when or if he's signing for us So if you were to be offered a job on the opposite side of the country, would you not go down there for discussions before returning home to assess the offer on the table?
January 18, 201511 yr I'm sure we are trying to get back to premier league but it's more in hope than expectation the days when we had 10 years plus in the top league aren't coming round again unless someone willing to clear debt and invest 50-100 million every season, if you think otherwise your in for a lot of disappointment. What debt? The assets alone balance that out
January 18, 201511 yr So if you were to be offered a job on the opposite side of the country, would you not go down there for discussions before returning home to assess the offer on the table? That's not the point I'm making. Some people reckon it's been a "done deal" since before Christmas, which it clearly wasn't. Others claim he was at the hotel last week ironing out a deal, which probably wasn't true either. The point is, nobody really knows what's going on, apart maybe from some nobbers on Twitter/Facebook who just pretend they know Edited January 18, 201511 yr by CWP
January 18, 201511 yr The other option is to sign a pre contract agreement and then go back to see the season out in Scotland.
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