trev Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 Ok, not trying to get ahead of myself, but I had this niggly thought last season in the Play-Off final. Do you think that WHEN we get promoted and once the initial hysteria and excitement has died down, that it will all be worth it, as fans? I mean, we all desperately want us to go up, back in the Prem, but once there do you think it will be a case of a huge anti-climax? Do you think the fans of Middlesborough as an example are enjoying it as much as they thought they would? What would we, as fans, be happy with next season if we went up? Would we all be grumbling and moaning if we for example had a season like Boro? Barely scoring/winning playing defensively? I dunno, I just have this bad feeling that once there, it wont be all its cracked up to be. Oh, HAPPY EASTER Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANDY Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 IF we go up, i will be happy with mid table mediocrity for a few seasons don't want to run before we can walk. build on the momentum, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gingernuts Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 Are you a motivational speaker by any chance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trev Posted April 16, 2017 Author Share Posted April 16, 2017 Are you a motivational speaker by any chance? Sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcmigo Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 I get the sentiment of the op, ultimately football is enjoyed most when you win games. Hence why I enjoyed the two league 1 promotion seasons ahead of all of the prem seasons after 93/94. I loved the laws season when we finished 9th after a terrible start and enjoyed it way more than say 9899 under Wilson when we finished lower mid table in the prem. when we go up it will be no different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sultan_Pepper Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 Going up can be painful as fans I'm sure but the financial reward for the club coupled with the exposure to an international fan base make it a no brainer. I think we could make a go of it, we have a more than capable strike force and keeper. With strengthening we could compete away from the bottom end. Watford is more our style than borough i think. The gap between the premier and championship has narrowed in recent seasons, i think the gap between championship and league 1 has grown. Our neighbours may have more to worry about than us, time will tell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soldierboyblue Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 Ok, not trying to get ahead of myself, but I had this niggly thought last season in the Play-Off final. Do you think that WHEN we get promoted and once the initial hysteria and excitement has died down, that it will all be worth it, as fans? I mean, we all desperately want us to go up, back in the Prem, but once there do you think it will be a case of a huge anti-climax? Do you think the fans of Middlesborough as an example are enjoying it as much as they thought they would? What would we, as fans, be happy with next season if we went up? Would we all be grumbling and moaning if we for example had a season like Boro? Barely scoring/winning playing defensively? I dunno, I just have this bad feeling that once there, it wont be all its cracked up to be. Oh, HAPPY EASTER I'm in Middlesbrough for the weekend and the Boro fans are realists and enjoying the ride their only gripe was Karanka's lack of adventure and stifling tactics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holmowl Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 Next season's opening fixtures:- Wolves bolton Sheffield United burton Derby ipswich or Southampton newcastle Manchester United west ham Liverpool West Brom Yes. I also think that under DC our trajectory would be up. Yes of course we may have a relegation battle first season, but I think we would become a reasonable force in the Prem with a generous, pragmatic and long-term strategy from our terrific owner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doubleo Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 It's all about the MONEY, Honey ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pgmetcalf Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 I look at it like this. For me the championship is the best league, it's more like the football I remember as a kid back in the 70s. That's before the Money Men got involved in football and hyped everything up, although that's beginning to happen in the championship too now. I see glory seekers allover the world supporting the same 5 or 6 teams, you know, Man U, Arsenal, Liverpool etc. Doubt some of them have ever been to a game and it detracts from it. That said, the prem gets beamed all over so naturally people know the players.The trickle down effect from TV doesn't work either, never has and never will. When the Money Men began to get involved people were told it would benefit everyone, probably to try and make it sociably acceptable, but it doesn't work like that. They keep the money for themselves and keep themselves artificially at the top of the league and sod everyone else. The tickets are too expensive for me as it is, god knows what they'd be if we did get promoted. They be out of most Sheffielders' reach because the wages around here are so poor. Heard it said, that the prem could allow fans to watch for free but that won't happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dontCallMeOwlCallYou Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 Promotion should secure a financially stable future tho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueOwl Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 (edited) I bet Watford fans are loving life. I'm not bothered about staying up so much as I just want the club to be financially secure without our fans bearing an increasingly heavy disproportionate burden. Edited April 16, 2017 by TrueOwl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owl999 Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 I'm in Middlesbrough for the weekend and the Boro fans are realists and enjoying the ride their only gripe was Karanka's lack of adventure and stifling tactics. That sounds familiar . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owl999 Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 The parachute payments alone are worth promotion just to remain competitive if we drop back to the Championship after a season, things are going to be more and more difficult if we don't go up this year, that's the reality . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
31Dec1966 Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 Promotion would mean the club is financially secure (as long as we are sensible). Thats the most imporatnt thing these days. The ground would be improved and, I'm confident, would be full every week. And we wouldn't have to play tinpot teams like Burton, Sheffield United and , possilbly, Fleetwood Town ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greengrass Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 Mid table in prem for me please, bit of a cup run, 30k plus every home match ..ta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southie_Owl Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 If we ever get promoted under Chansiri then he will be splashing a considerabal amount of cash. He can't do it so much in this league due to FFP. It would be very exciting times in that first summer/transfer window Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pazowl55 Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 We have not been there for so long that we have forgotten what it is like to be in the premier league. And being in the premier league now is a lot different to back then. Teams like Reading who were there a few seasons back and know it would be a struggle in the top division again are happy to just go up and yoyo back down again spending as little as possible and investing the rest of it in their adjacent property development. but I think Chansiri really has ambition to kick us on to be a really big club again and will do whatever it takes to make us a reasonable force in the premier league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue and white Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 I'd be delighted if we followed the path that Stoke and WBA have taken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southie_Owl Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 I'd be delighted if we followed the path that Stoke and WBA have taken. Or Southampton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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