32 years is a long time to have not been in top league....Moving to Amex for start of 2011 season gave everyone a boost...However getting close is not good enough.we should have made it by now...We need to halt our decline...the playing squad is a shadow of two seasons ago...I for one applaud the Bloom family who have put a huge amount of time and money into the club....But what can be done now.....Takeover by Trillionaire ?
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Is the Premiership dream achievable !!!
- Thread starter Diablo
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Prince Monolulu
Everything in Moderation
Is the Premiership like the Premier League in football?
BensGrandad
New member
It is whether or not it will be in the next 10 years I am not so sure and time is running out for me being 71 years old. I hope that I see it.
The Legend that IS Lawro
It's 'canard' Del
Patience is a virtue, and as Billy Bragg quoted 'A virtue never tested is no virtue at all'.
Shatner's Bassoon
The Puff Pastry Hangman
- Feb 12, 2012
- 860
Yeah, it was also the name of the league for more than half of its existence. An unforgivable error!
kevtherev
Well-known member
Of course it's achievable. We just need a new keeper, centre half, left back, probably a right back. Some width, a bit of creativity in the middle and a goalscorer( basically everything we have sold in the last 12 mths)..All in all about £12 million quids worth, or some big wage packets for out of contract quality.....So safe to say we won't be getting there any time soon, unless the transfer policy changes drastically.
Hungry Joe
SINNEN
The Championship is unrecognisable in terms of competitiveness compared to the old Div Two that we escaped in '79, and relatively we had a much better quality of first eleven back then than I can see us assembling anytime soon. For those reasons I think it will take a huge slice of luck for us to make it in the next ten years without further massive investment in the playing side of things. Having said that, staying in The Championship for that time would keep me happy enough as long as not every season is a struggle like this one.
Diego Napier
Well-known member
- Mar 27, 2010
- 4,416
Indeed, next he'll be insisting that we can't say Marathon instead of Snickers, Jif instead of Cif and Ceylon instead of Sri Lanka!
Don't even get me started on Londinium....
Don Quixote
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- Nov 4, 2008
- 8,355
Yes, of course it is. You never know what is going to happen one season to the next.
Of course it's achievable - but as others have said, it will require a significant investment on the playing side and I don't think Bloom's up for it. The danger is that we return to League 1 with the occasional foray into the Championship (i.e. right where we'd been for 100 years, give or take, before the Amex came along). I'm eternally grateful to Bloom for his massive infrastructure investment in the club but if he doesn't find a way of putting his hand in his pocket again to bring in a competitive Championship team then League 1 is where we're heading and the ground will become a massive white elephant. I think Bloom is at the crossroads - either he invests further or he sells out. Just my opinion, like.
Bombadier Botty
Complete Twaddle
- Jun 2, 2008
- 3,258
You absolute lump of crap Hamilton! I always had you down as a bit of a lightweight.
Do crystal palace have a basketball team? No relegation and endless scoring. That's what we all need.
seagullsovergrimsby
#cpfctinpotclub
Teams like Hull , Burnley , Palace and Reading have done it so YES it is achievable
Not Andy Naylor
Well-known member
Assuming we're talking about the Barclays Premier League and not some other competition, yes of course it's possible, and it doesn't depend solely on investment. Otherwise how could Blackpool and Burnley have been promoted? The right blend of hard-working players who believe in a good manager (or even Ian Holloway), luck with injuries, form and refereeing decisions - these things have proved in the past to be just as important as money spent on players.
Westdene Wonder
New member
Completely agree, I consider we can comfortably exist in the top half of the Championship and achieve 20,000/25,000 attendances at the Amex.
The Premiership is for the top clubs in the country, brilliant for the top ten teams, for the rest a dreary existence. The supporters of QPR, Leicester and Burnley will be content to find their level next season