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| Tweet Topic Started: May 23 2011, 03:38 PM (1,260 Views) | |
| Mallam | May 23 2011, 06:16 PM Post #26 |
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Yep, days out at Chesterfield, Bury, Wycombe should be fun..............not |
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| Boijie | May 23 2011, 07:24 PM Post #27 |
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Very sensible reflection; there won't be one game we would not consider winnable - or losable - unlike the prem where the top 6/7 are virtually unbeatable asnd the rest simply fight to stave off relegation. Throw in Europe and a good cup run - could be a great season. Let's hope there's less diving and cheating and less foreign players. |
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| Boijie | May 23 2011, 07:28 PM Post #28 |
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..unlike the thrill of Stoke. Bolton, Blackburn, Wigan, Fulham, QPR, Swansea(?), Sunderland. Let's not kid ourselves, like we did,they are simply making up the numbers for the money bags teams. |
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| Mallam | May 23 2011, 07:29 PM Post #29 |
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Top 6 or 7 unbeatable hey, how come wolves beat. Man Utd Chelsea Liverpool Man City then? |
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| Boijie | May 23 2011, 07:35 PM Post #30 |
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I did say virtually and yes, of course there'll be the odd upset. My point is that we are in the Championship, let's look at it postively - no amount of whining (see other boards) is going to change it. If we can keep the spine of the team together, it could be an entertsaining season. |
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| la furia azul | May 23 2011, 07:40 PM Post #31 |
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if you don't like foreigners - why do you want to be in Europe??? Nothing like a spot of casual racism to help dull the pain of relegation!!! :crying: |
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| Jim Jimmeney | May 23 2011, 07:41 PM Post #32 |
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I understand your argument but I loath being in the championship – I have aspirations of us winning more trophies and pushing on as a club that could eventually compete for champions league place. That looks further away with every relegation and I can see us staying down for a while this time. |
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| Holmsie | May 23 2011, 07:51 PM Post #33 |
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I admire your optimism mate and can understand your view of the Championship being a more honest and down-to-earth, less money-driven league. I prefer it for that yes. Although you've used Man United's stats as claiming the Prem isn't an "interesting league". I think we could all agree this season's Prem has probably been the most bizarre, exciting and unpredictable ever. And definitely one that Blues have been involved in. "In the Championship, anyone can win the league" - I disagree with that mate. Yes well supported bigger clubs (Leeds and Norwich for example) do stand a good chance of getting a second successive promotion, but I'm sure the likes of Doncaster, Scunthorpe and Crystal Palace didn't stand a chance of winning the league. Why? Money. Same as in the Prem. I agree that the Prem is a joke in terms of money being able to buy the league, and that it is far too concentrated on that aspect. But in our hey-day of the '50's and '70's - we were still a "mid-table mediocrity team" with the traditionally big clubs still dominating. It will probably always be that way too unless we get a sudden massive increase of transfer funds. But yeah, next season, more wins (hopefully), more goals and time for dominating teams rather than being dominated (oo-err). :blues: Bring on West Ham, Leeds, Cardiff etc and fingers crossed a promotion :lager: :dancer: |
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| maulley54 | May 23 2011, 08:17 PM Post #34 |
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now when i said that you all said i was mad and only saying it cause albion kept yo-yo-ing. i honestly prefer the championship, the premier dont want us. some very tough games in the championship. |
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| The_future_is_blue | May 23 2011, 09:45 PM Post #35 |
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Tough but winable, rather than tough but drawable! :D And congrats Mallam, you have opened the negative floodgates on yet another thread. |
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| ManicBlue36 | May 23 2011, 11:53 PM Post #36 |
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Hey, it was at Wycombe last time I went - we stumbled into a pub full of strippers **thumbup |
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| The_future_is_blue | May 24 2011, 02:50 PM Post #37 |
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Could be worse :dancer: |
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| blueboy75 | May 24 2011, 05:00 PM Post #38 |
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I am looking forward to it as with the last time we went down we can have a clear out and get rid of the rubbish... This time hopefully he will play the youth (mutch, readmond etc) and pick up a few good players from the teams around us and from the leagues below us... Phillips was interviewed on Talk Sport and he said apart from the younger players that have been involved in the 1st team the rest of not of a high standard so lets hope AM brings some others in.. Some of the better players in the prem league have come up from the championship (RJ, Dann, Charlie Adams, Jarvis etc) so lets hope we can uncover some more and go up in style |
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| Mr. Blue | May 24 2011, 05:15 PM Post #39 |
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I agree with him. I would like to see a lot more english players instead of foreigners. It would mean that our national team benefitted. |
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| darrenbjohn | May 24 2011, 05:35 PM Post #40 |
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Pretty positive thread! More games, more goals, more fun. The difference in quality between top half of the Champ and bottom of the Prem isn't that big anymore (Look how many team come up and are competitive recently - Hull, Burnley, us, Wolves, Albion, Blackpool etc.) Its not the end of the world being in the Championship and i too am looking forward to it. Don't get me wrong id rather be in the Prem but seeing us beat teams by 3 and 4 goals could be great. Watching some idiot on 200k a week throw himself to the ground to cheat us out of a point, not seeing super-refs give ridiculous decisions to the big 6, seeing Rooney elbow someone in the head and be allowed to play and score next week because the PL/FA dont want to upset him, going to games knowing we are going to lose because Man Utd are allowed to be 700m in debt to finance spending £30m on a player. They are things i can certainly live without. |
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| valleyblue | May 24 2011, 07:44 PM Post #41 |
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I knew there was something bugging me about this post and now I've found it. "seeing us beat teams by 3 and 4 goals could be great." Last time we won a league game by 3 or more goals? 11th May 2008 - Blues 4 - 1 Blackburn Murphy, Jerome (2), Muamba Since then the best we've managed is 2-0 on just 6 occasions. Plus a solitary 3-1 against Sheff Wed. Just for the record the last 4 goal win was 23.12.2006 away at Southend. Last time we got more than 3 at home was 21.01.2006 Blues 5 - 0 Portsmouth If you call that record over 3 years exciting don't, what ever you do, take up watching paint dry it'll be too much for you. :unsure: |
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| abblue | May 24 2011, 08:48 PM Post #42 |
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So how did Gardner cheat us out of a point then ? :unsure: |
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| murasame | May 24 2011, 10:21 PM Post #43 |
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Sorry guys, but personally I DON’T prefer life in the Championship. I was born in the mid-80s and therefore grew up never knowing what it was like to support a top-fight team. As a result even now watching Blues play in the Premier League feels special and I do feel a sense of pride at seeing our name on the fixture list alongside the likes of Man United, Liverpool, Arsenal etc. Plus the Premier League generally offers a better standard of football (although usually from the opposition not from Blues unfortunately), more prestige, more revenue, bigger crowds, more exposure for the club etc. I wouldn’t want to give that up on the assumption that we’re better off in a lower division because we may win more matches. If this club has any ambition to better itself then sooner or later we’ve got to establish ourselves in the top fight. And if that means we have to accept a few years of relegation battles and doing what it takes to survive in order that we may emerge stronger on the other side then so be it. After all it’s what Fulham and Bolton have done so there should be no reason why we can’t. Yo-yoing may mean life is never dull but it certainly does nothing to help the long-term stability of the club. Also, saying the Championship is more fun surely depends on the fortunes of the team while playing in it. We've been lucky that our last three seasons at that level have ended in promotion, so naturally we've got positive memories of our time there. But suppose we have a bad season or two and inadvertently 'establish' ourselves as a lower league club again. Would we be happy if we became the next Coventry and spent a decade in the second tier without ever really looking like achieving promotion? There's no denying it's a possibility, just look at the number of clubs who were relegated and never made it back (Southampton, Sheffield Wednesday, Charlton etc.) I would be heartbroken if Blues joined that list so I say to everyone who is happy we're in this division...BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR! |
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| The_future_is_blue | May 24 2011, 10:21 PM Post #44 |
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By getting sent off lol |
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| abblue | May 24 2011, 10:26 PM Post #45 |
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I'd just like to know ... How many of those on here that say they prefer The Championship, would have honestly put their hand on their heart and said that last Sunday at 4 pm. |
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| Papaulski | May 24 2011, 10:31 PM Post #46 |
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I wanted to stay up but its my first season in the Championship so im looking forward to it :D KRO!!!! |
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| bluenoseghag | May 24 2011, 10:31 PM Post #47 |
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Prem football is the dogs ****** Prem football would mean we could have a realistic go at the Europa League Prem football means we keep Foster, Dann, Johnson, Gardner, Zigic + more Prem football means Villa fans have the quietest summer yet Yeah Championship seems great. I'm looking forward to it, but no way do i prefer it |
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| la furia azul | May 24 2011, 10:32 PM Post #48 |
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England will do better cos Blues are in the championship? What are you talking about? :LMAO: |
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| .Jake | May 24 2011, 10:33 PM Post #49 |
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Part of me at certain points during the season has wanted to be in the championship however non benificial to the club it would be, we should get to see some young talent coming through from the club and in transfers, we should also be winning a lot more and scoring more. |
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| la furia azul | May 24 2011, 10:41 PM Post #50 |
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Joe Hart
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why not just go directly to the blue square, plenty wins and goals there too surely??? But will we keep Zigic?? Hic hic :lager: blooooooozuuuurrrrgghhhh |
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