Anyone else quite happy if we stay in the championship for a few seasons?

[Goring Gull]

It's a great competitive division, loads of decent towns cities, pubs to visit. A good few biggish teams to play and also the chance of a win in most games. I would love us to get to the Premier league but can we have a few more years at this level first and enjoy the ride, as i for one once the novelty has worn of dont much fancy a stuffing week in week out and paying £45 - £50 a match for the privilege.

 

[HawkTheSeagull]

Rather like the Championship - good post and I agree with that.

Enjoying the journey I am, give us another season in the league before promotion. Get to visit some nice places and we also get to feel how lucky we are by having the Amex by visiting places like Selhurst and Hillsborough.

 

[stss30]

I like the league but with the squad we have we need to be targeting the Prem in the next 1/2 seasons to make the club more financially sustainable.

 

[terryberry1]

We need to go up this season if we really want to keep bridge, bridcutt and Buckley. They will not want to be in the championship for another year. I do think we will fall short again though.

 

[The Modfather]

Would not concern me in the slightest if we stayed in the championship for a couple of seasons

 

[Acker79]

Depends on performances. Bolton, Cardiff, Arsenal, Barnsley type performances and I don't care what division we're in.

 

[Ernest]

Tony Bloom won't be happy and that is the main thing as he wants the Premiership to recoup his outlays

 

[TheMajor]

Depends on performances. Bolton, Cardiff, Arsenal, Barnsley type performances and I don't care what division we're in.

Cardiff at home ? one of the poorer matches this season - do you mean Sheff Wed?

 

[Weststander]

Wonder what the OT thought last August?

The beginning of the resigning to Championship mental process.

Interesting to see if TB is just as patient, after now having to sink in multi £m's on the playing side (as well as capital projects side).

 

[BUTTERBALL]

I'd rather be competitive in the Championship than watch us lose every week in the prem.

 

[Weststander]

Tony Bloom won't be happy and that is the main thing as he wants the Premiership to recoup his outlays

Dead right. In an interview he gave before the Anfield game last Feb, he revealed he was impatient for the PL then, and not a 5 year plan.

 

[dejavuatbtn]

Yep, I'm OK with this level of football. This being my 50th year supporting the Albion, I'm used to divs 3 and 4 for most of my supporting life!

 

[bomber130]

I actually love the championship its more competative than the Prem and to be honest £20.00 pound a game as a STH is great VFM. Got a mate who supports Southampton and he wants them to come back down to the championship not only due to the losing most weeks but the overall cost.

 

[CorgiRegisteredFriend]

I am happy to stay where we are for a couple more seasons. Having said that the atmosphere in town and at the ground when we played Arsenal was very different to other games we have played so far. Guessing/hoping it would be like this for all premiership games against the bigger teams. So looking forward to eventually getting there.

 

[Billy the Fish]

Pretty much how I feel.

I don't really get the attitude that some people on here have that you MUST be challenging for promotion every season, and even less so that some seem to think this squad, compared to others, is guarenteed a top 6 finish. It isn't.

Obviously I want us to go up, but I do worry that the premier league isn't all it's cracked up to be in terms of enjoyment for the supporter. In fact, I know this is the case because my Charlton mates soon got bored of paying too much and losing all the time in the prem.

I go to footy for my own enjoyment, and I'm enjoying watching this team play in this stadium more than at any point since I started going in '93. As long as we win more than we lose and play decent football I'm happy.

 

[Kalimantan Gull]

ITs so exciting to get to the prem..but I agree it will then soon become dull as we can't win it and will lose most weeks,

 

[Billy the Fish]

I like the way everyone is using the term "a couple of seasons"

What makes any of you think it won't be 10? or 20?

There are bigger clubs with far bigger budgets who haven't got out of this league in a couple of years.

 

[Father Jack]

I like the Championship BUT I have concerns over our sustainability. Not as a club but our squad and more specifically it's average age. In all honesty we need to get promotion next season otherwise or we will genuinely be faced with rebuilding a large proportion of it whilst still in the championship. This can go one of two ways if it takes a long time to gel you can get off to a bad start, and in this league that could be fatal.

This summer is key as the deadwood from the promotion squad is out of contract. We must bring in some younger players too, who can grow on the pitch. To make the play offs this year would help us financially in order to achieve that.

 

[Jimmy Grimble]

I don't mind staying in the Championship too much.




As long as we finish above Palace.

 

[CorgiRegisteredFriend]

Some dull teams in the premiership too. Cant say that Stoke, Wigan, Sunderland etc fill me with any enthusiasm.