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Do you think we can spend more seasons in the Premier League than we did in the Northern Premier League (10)?
If we continue to be as well financially managed as we are now then I can see a better run than Middlesborough (11)…..when we settle we will be great. Patience is a virtue……it takes a generation to bring the crowds.
We will prevail.
I hope so as it is the league we need to be in to take the club to the next step and I love putting one over on the media, PL bigwigs and even my rugby following mates.
If we continue to be as well financially managed as we are now then I can see a better run than Middlesborough (11)…..when we settle we will be great. Patience is a virtue……it takes a generation to bring the crowds.We will prevail.
I wish I could share your optimism. You’re right in the fact that it takes a generation to bring the crowds but next season’s our last in the Prem so the crowds will dwindle anyway.
Sad truth is three worse teams kept us up this season and the fact we beat three of the top four is not an indication of how far we’ve come. It’s nothing more than anomaly. We’re in decline not ascent.
The calibre of teams coming up is far better than last time around and we’re going to struggle big time. It was purgatory this season.
Ain’t it great starting a season with your highest hope being you finish 16th or thereabouts?
I wish I could share your optimism. You’re right in the fact that it takes a generation to bring the crowds but next season’s our last in the Prem so the crowds will dwindle anyway.Sad truth is three worse teams kept us up this season and the fact we beat three of the top four is not an indication of how far we’ve come. It’s nothing more than anomaly. We’re in decline not ascent.
The calibre of teams coming up is far better than last time around and we’re going to struggle big time. It was purgatory this season.
Ain’t it great starting a season with your highest hope being you finish 16th or thereabouts?
Tad harsh seeing as we haven’t even bought anyone yet.
I wouldn’t say Leicester, Blackpool or Cardiff were a higher calibre than us, then you have Brum and Wolves who will struggle, Stoke, West Ham, Bolton. We’ll be reet.
If we continue to be as well financially managed as we are now then I can see a better run than Middlesborough (11)…..when we settle we will be great. Patience is a virtue……it takes a generation to bring the crowds.
We will prevail.
I wish I could share your optimism. You’re right in the fact that it takes a generation to bring the crowds but next season’s our last in the Prem so the crowds will dwindle anyway.
Sad truth is three worse teams kept us up this season and the fact we beat three of the top four is not an indication of how far we’ve come. It’s nothing more than anomaly. We’re in decline not ascent.
The calibre of teams coming up is far better than last time around and we’re going to struggle big time. It was purgatory this season.
Ain’t it great starting a season with your highest hope being you finish 16th or thereabouts?[/quote]
If we continue to be as well financially managed as we are now then I can see a better run than Middlesborough (11)…..when we settle we will be great. Patience is a virtue……it takes a generation to bring the crowds.
We will prevail.
I wish I could share your optimism. You’re right in the fact that it takes a generation to bring the crowds but next season’s our last in the Prem so the crowds will dwindle anyway.
Sad truth is three worse teams kept us up this season and the fact we beat three of the top four is not an indication of how far we’ve come. It’s nothing more than anomaly. We’re in decline not ascent.
The calibre of teams coming up is far better than last time around and we’re going to struggle big time. It was purgatory this season.
Ain’t it great starting a season with your highest hope being you finish 16th or thereabouts?[/quote]
your correct in what you sayIf we continue to be as well financially managed as we are now then I can see a better run than Middlesborough (11)…..when we settle we will be great. Patience is a virtue……it takes a generation to bring the crowds.
We will prevail.
I wish I could share your optimism. You’re right in the fact that it takes a generation to bring the crowds but next season’s our last in the Prem so the crowds will dwindle anyway.
Sad truth is three worse teams kept us up this season and the fact we beat three of the top four is not an indication of how far we’ve come. It’s nothing more than anomaly. We’re in decline not ascent.
The calibre of teams coming up is far better than last time around and we’re going to struggle big time. It was purgatory this season.
Ain’t it great starting a season with your highest hope being you finish 16th or thereabouts?[/quote]
Well to be honest I’m thankful that I don’t share your pessimism (I’m a glass half full chap)……I also do not believe that this is our last season in the top flight – there are indeed teams around us of similar calibre – and yes although there will be the odd ‘mauling’ next time around – I feel that we have enough in us to be ahead of those teams in what has become the ‘Premiership mini-league’………I predict a finish between 10th and 12th (more than satisfactory for me and something to build on as we go into our 7th consecutive season in the premiership).
This is the talk we need………………lets get behind our team. These negative thoughts, words and actions sometimes transfer onto the pitch. Some ‘so called fans’ have even been known to boo our players (pranucks!!).
I say again…………….we will prevail.
Pessimism and realism are two different things. I think I’m being realistic when I say what I say. I don’t think the clubs achievements can be and haven’t been bigged up nearly enough, it’s an amazing story, but nothing lasts forever.
I sincerely hope we stay in the top league but I still don’t see us as being the sort of club who can attract players who can get us to being a regular mid-table team.
Fortunately for me, my life doesn’t begin and end with WAFC so whatever happens, I won’t be losing that much sleep. Maybe that’s why I can be an eternal realist rather than an eternal optimist.
Pessimism and realism are two different things. I think I’m being realistic when I say what I say. I don’t think the clubs achievements can be and haven’t been bigged up nearly enough, it’s an amazing story, but nothing lasts forever.I sincerely hope we stay in the top league but I still don’t see us as being the sort of club who can attract players who can get us to being a regular mid-table team.
Fortunately for me, my life doesn’t begin and end with WAFC so whatever happens, I won’t be losing that much sleep. Maybe that’s why I can be an eternal realist rather than an eternal optimist.
You’re right…….pessimism and realism are indeed two different things. I pity the gloomy distrustfull cynics of this world for they shall have a short life (one filled with stress and angst) and although I admire the ‘realist’ approach it would depend upon who’s real world one lives (the Mittyesque character in James Thurbers short story is testament to this – I do not, for an instance, compare you to this character). On this I feel we have to agree to disagree.
For me too, there are more important things in my life other than WAFC, however, when talking, thinking, going to see my team I will remain that eternal optimist ( and hopefully live a long and happy (ier) life).
Long may our success and presence in the premier league continue.
M
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