sandwichsaint Posted 15 August, 2012 Share Posted 15 August, 2012 Danbert, I think you'll find Atkins used to manage Sc=nthorpe. How much was West Ham last year? 36 quid? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badgerx16 Posted 16 August, 2012 Share Posted 16 August, 2012 (edited) I would be temporarily upset if we got relegated, but would get over it . Sh!t happens, 3 teams must go down, and every season the newly promoted sides tend to be favourites to go straight back to the NPC. At least this time we would be much better suited structurally and financially to cope. Let's face it, we don't support Saints for the glory, the trophies, and the annual European campaigns - leave that to the plastic Mancs and Chelski. A Preston fan I work with said 3 years ago that the Premier League would be a nice place to visit but he wouldn't want to stay there, knowing that survival was the pre-season priority, and that a finish in the top 10 would be a fluke. The PL is SKY's whore, how many games will we play this season that kick off at 3:00pm on a Saturday ? 72 of the 92 teams in the English professional leagues do not play in the top flight, and every week probably more fans watch the NPC, L1, and L2 than the EPL - how many did we get into SMS at our lowest ebb ? ( Would have 'packed the park' at the lower end of the M27 ). As for our owners, the Leibherrs and the Don are business people, not sheikhs with more oil than sense. They expect the football business to run on sustainable grounds, and until/if SMS is expanded means we have a limit to what we can spend on the first team squad based on maximum attendances of 32K. Approach the new season with anticipation, tinged with optimism, and lightly sprinkled with reality - we won't be as bad as the worst of us fear, we won't be as good as the most optimistic think; we will lose matches we should have won, we will get points in games we will be expected to lose. We will finish where we deserve, based on our cumulative performances, if that's above the drop line great, if that's above 12th it will exceed my expectations. COYS. Edited 16 August, 2012 by badgerx16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The9 Posted 16 August, 2012 Share Posted 16 August, 2012 i'm sure all the staff at sms will love getting relegated again, i believe around 50 lost their jobs after the last pl relegation. so would you be happy with that just so you can see a few more wins? Why, have we just employed 50 more on going up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thedelldays Posted 16 August, 2012 Share Posted 16 August, 2012 Why, have we just employed 50 more on going up? What's got into you.? Nervous for te start of te season. Constantly posting snide remarks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The9 Posted 16 August, 2012 Share Posted 16 August, 2012 Just for the record (approx) 125m Prem attendees last season, 91m in the Championship (where there are many more matches), 35m L1 and about 17m in L2. So slightly more watching non-Prem than Prem, if you ignore the global worldwide tv audience, and the fact that there are more than 3 times as many matches and that your team wouldn't play in the same division as about 2/3 of those matches anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The9 Posted 16 August, 2012 Share Posted 16 August, 2012 What's got into you.? Nervous for te start of te season. Constantly posting snide remarks Just pointing out that because we had 50 staff laid off last time doesn't mean there are 50 people whose livelihoods depend on us staying up this time, I don't think that's an unreasonable post. People just seem to have made a habit of posting preposterous, incorrect and misleading unsubstantiated cobblers recently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thedelldays Posted 16 August, 2012 Share Posted 16 August, 2012 Just pointing out that because we had 50 staff laid off last time doesn't mean there are 50 people whose livelihoods depend on us staying up this time, I don't think that's an unreasonable post. People just seem to have made a habit of posting preposterous, incorrect and misleading unsubstantiated cobblers recently. P When relegation happens, it is generally the lower paid part of the club that is released first. Then again, you are an expert on everything so I guess I am wrong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bucks Saint Posted 16 August, 2012 Share Posted 16 August, 2012 Yep hate those long queues in the toilets. Bog off glory hunters, I need a quicker **** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The9 Posted 16 August, 2012 Share Posted 16 August, 2012 P When relegation happens, it is generally the lower paid part of the club that is released first. Then again, you are an expert on everything so I guess I am wrong But that assumes that we haven't just spent 3 years running staff at League One levels and have actually increased staff by those kind of numbers on reaching the Prem in the first place. The reason we had to cut so many staff the last time was because the club had got bloated (on and off the pitch). Building from scratch and starting again in 2009 would have made the organisation relatively lean and efficient. I don't know everything, I just bother to actually read information that others don't look at. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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