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This year will be a welcome break.
But hand on heart I think we deserve to be in the premier league with the way the club goes about its business and some of the quality of football we have produced over the past 8 years.
So while a welcome break it is I do want to be back to where we belong riding that fat daddy cash cow.
You sound like a Geordie/West Ham/A.N. Other FC there Salford going on that they deserve to be in the top flight coz of crowds, history etc..
Latics deserve to be in the Championship at present – nowt more ;)[/quote]
Not the point I was making but you have obviously completely missed that as you were so eager to nitpick at anything you can find as per usual.[/quote]
If you’re going to be so touchy then I suggest picking your words more carefully coz there are only so many ways that you can read “we deserve to be in the premier league” & to get “back where we belong” ;)
As it happens I agree with the what (I think) was the sentiment at the end of your original post that I’m going to enjoy this break from the eternal struggle of the premier league but that ultimately I want to see Latics back in there & to stay there – if for nowt else than I need my hours worth of highlights on Football First to watch every weekend rather than 2 minutes on the Beebs’s Football league Show. Or stop reffing & go to watch more gamesThis year will be a welcome break.
But hand on heart I think we deserve to be in the premier league with the way the club goes about its business and some of the quality of football we have produced over the past 8 years.
So while a welcome break it is I do want to be back to where we belong riding that fat daddy cash cow.
You sound like a Geordie/West Ham/A.N. Other FC there Salford going on that they deserve to be in the top flight coz of crowds, history etc..
Latics deserve to be in the Championship at present – nowt more ;)[/quote]
Not the point I was making but you have obviously completely missed that as you were so eager to nitpick at anything you can find as per usual.[/quote]
If you’re going to be so touchy then I suggest picking your words more carefully coz there are only so many ways that you can read “we deserve to be in the premier league” & to get “back where we belong” ;)
As it happens I agree with the what (I think) was the sentiment at the end of your original post that I’m going to enjoy this break from the eternal struggle of the premier league but that ultimately I want to see Latics back in there & to stay there – if for nowt else than I need my hours worth of highlights on Football First to watch every weekend rather than 2 minutes on the Beebs’s Football league Show. Or stop reffing & go to watch more games[/quote]Cutting quotes to suit your nitpicking is all good and well but I shall clarify my point to hopefully ease your pedantic stance.
I think over an 8 year period we proved to ourselves and everyone else this club can operate at the top level.
While we may never have the clout to compete with the big boys we showed the world that with a sensible business plan and a more inventive scouting system you can hold your own.
I think our biggest strength was always our business plan in place by Whelan etc.
When it came to the end of the season while not being able to flirt millions on overpriced flops we were always able to strengthen.
When a new manager came in we were always in a position to offer him a reasonable transfer budget to mold the team to their style of play within reason.
All of this good management of the club has led to a position where we have dropped out the PL but have been in a position to take our pick of players available to this level of football within reason.
Despite your pedantic quaffs when I previously suggested we were the most attractive club in the championship to play for minus any QPR silly money deals I would say our activity in the transfer market backs up the above and my previous statement.
We are in a great position to return to the PL at first time of asking and would keep our squad over the likes of QPR and Reading although with the amount of dodgy incomings at Watford they could become our biggest competitor.
All in all it doesn’t take Plato to tell you we deserved to be relegated last season on the amount of points we achieved over the season but the point I am making is there is nothing to stop us going back up and staying there for another 8 years.
I think we are a cut above everyone in this league bar QPR, Reading and maybe Watford if they gel which also goes to show the gap widening between the Premier League season on season and why we want to get back on that cash cow ASAP.
Cutting quotes to suit your nitpicking is all good and well but I shall clarify my point to hopefully ease your pedantic stance.I think over an 8 year period we proved to ourselves and everyone else this club can operate at the top level.
While we may never have the clout to compete with the big boys we showed the world that with a sensible business plan and a more inventive scouting system you can hold your own.
I think our biggest strength was always our business plan in place by Whelan etc.
When it came to the end of the season while not being able to flirt millions on overpriced flops we were always able to strengthen.
When a new manager came in we were always in a position to offer him a reasonable transfer budget to mold the team to their style of play within reason.
All of this good management of the club has led to a position where we have dropped out the PL but have been in a position to take our pick of players available to this level of football within reason.
Despite your pedantic quaffs when I previously suggested we were the most attractive club in the championship to play for minus any QPR silly money deals I would say our activity in the transfer market backs up the above and my previous statement.
We are in a great position to return to the PL at first time of asking and would keep our squad over the likes of QPR and Reading although with the amount of dodgy incomings at Watford they could become our biggest competitor.
All in all it doesn’t take Plato to tell you we deserved to be relegated last season on the amount of points we achieved over the season but the point I am making is there is nothing to stop us going back up and staying there for another 8 years.
I think we are a cut above everyone in this league bar QPR, Reading and maybe Watford if they gel which also goes to show the gap widening between the Premier League season on season and why we want to get back on that cash cow ASAP.
That’s better ;)
I can’t disagree with any of that – even the bit where you reminded me about your comments about Latics attractiveness as a Championship club this season which I strongly disagreed with (not agreeing with someone doesn’t make you pedantic though!!). My doomsday scenario was well wide of the mark even if it remains to be seen how this season’s squad will perform, as (with a couple of notable exceptions) those brought in look impressive on paperReturning to my pedantic roots if you like though, that post read completely differently to your original. It’s a pet hate of mine football fans saying their club deserves or belongs to be somewhere they’re not – probably as a result of having to listen to an endless stream of City & Bolton fans where I lived & worked ovr the years prattling on about where their teams “belonged” when they were both a lot worse off than they are now. You can add PNE & (presently) Liverpool to that list too.
Just never thought I’d hear it from a Latics fan so thank you for correcting your original statement to clarify your position – my faith in latics fans is restored ;) :PI can’t disagree with any of that – even the bit where you reminded me about your comments about Latics attractiveness as a Championship club this season which I strongly disagreed withThanks for admitting you were wrong.
And that you are in agreement with the point I was making in the first place.
I will be happy to clear up any future posts that you may struggle to understand ;)
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