This is a win-win situation for fans!

[kitch]

Think about it for a minute! Two scenarios:

 

Scenario 1: The club continues to fall down the PL table (well, one more place). MP2 takes us down, we're back to 2011 again and lots of the good players leave. All the fans can rejoice in pointing the finger at the board, calling them a bunch of stupid s**t-c**ts, feel more validated that their opinions over the course of this season were proven to be correct and look forward to playing Brentford twice next season. The fans were right, the board was wrong - a victory for the fans.

 

Scenario 2: MP2 suddenly gets his biscuits in order. We hit a purple patch, climb away to safety, and are clear enough by the end of the season that we can be allowed to blood in some youngsters in non-crucial games (the 'pathway'), who prove to be vital next season in our European push. The board are proven correct in their decision to not succumb to fan pressure by sticking with the seemingly hopeless manager who gets his s**t together and actually comes good, along with their decision to not reinforce the team over the January transfer window. The board have worked wonders in the past few years, but this would be their greatest victory (putting aside the fact we got this bad in the first place), and would prove that in future the fans need to have faith and pipe down when they get upset. The board was right, fans were wrong, but the board being spot-on would still be a victory for the fans, as it means the club is in very good hands.

 

 

 

See? There's no bad outcome here, not if you look for the positives! Sure, relegation is normally considered a bad thing, but brush aside that little detail (and all the players who force their way out, having played at 1/3 capacity all season), and it's really a good thing that a team who were aiming for European football end up getting relegated the same season that they've twice broken their transfer record.

 

 

[Miltonaggro]

Think about it for a minute! Two scenarios:

 

Scenario 1: The club continues to fall down the PL table (well, one more place). MP2 takes us down, we're back to 2011 again and lots of the good players leave. All the fans can rejoice in pointing the finger at the board, calling them a bunch of stupid s**t-c**ts, feel more validated that their opinions over the course of this season were proven to be correct and look forward to playing Brentford twice next season. The fans were right, the board was wrong - a victory for the fans.

 

Scenario 2: MP2 suddenly gets his biscuits in order. We hit a purple patch, climb away to safety, and are clear enough by the end of the season that we can be allowed to blood in some youngsters in non-crucial games (the 'pathway'), who prove to be vital next season in our European push. The board are proven correct in their decision to not succumb to fan pressure by sticking with the seemingly hopeless manager who gets his s**t together and actually comes good, along with their decision to not reinforce the team over the January transfer window. The board have worked wonders in the past few years, but this would be their greatest victory (putting aside the fact we got this bad in the first place), and would prove that in future the fans need to have faith and pipe down when they get upset. The board was right, fans were wrong, but the board being spot-on would still be a victory for the fans, as it means the club is in very good hands.

 

 

 

See? There's no bad outcome here, not if you look for the positives! Sure, relegation is normally considered a bad thing, but brush aside that little detail (and all the players who force their way out, having played at 1/3 capacity all season), and it's really a good thing that a team who were aiming for European football end up getting relegated the same season that they've twice broken their transfer record.

 

 

 

Give it up Ralph!

[OttawaSaint]

Playing Brentford in the champ is not winning.

 

The only people with a win-win are the players. They will be able to move to other clubs and still make piles of money, regardless of how good or **** they've been.