Sleeping Giants

[Brownstuff]

I would put Brighton into this category
We have potentially a massive fanbase but we have generally done jack over the years although I believe we are now not far off ready to explode
Bristol City is a team that has also under-achieved and they do already have a large fanbase
What other teams have the potential to be a major force in the future?

 

[Hastings woody]

I would put Brighton into this category
We have potentially a massive fanbase but we have generally done jack over the years although I believe we are now not far off ready to explode
Bristol City is a team that has also under-achieved and they do already have a large fanbase
What other teams have the potential to be a major force in the future?

West ham utd

 

[Seagull27]

Southampton. Though they haven't been sleeping, more just a quick nap.

 

[Stat Brother]

I take the sleeping giants analogy to mean, were big and will be big again.

Which, with the best will in the world, ain't us.
We were bigger than many, Rochdale, Orient, et al.
But other than a fleeting moment (4 years in 100+) nearly 30 years ago, were currently at our level.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

I take the sleeping giants analogy to mean, were big and will be big again.

Which, with the best will in the world, ain't us.
We were bigger than many, Rochdale, Orient, et al.
But other than a fleeting moment (4 years in 100+) nearly 30 years ago, were currently at our level.

This.

To be a 'sleeping giant' you need to have first BEEN a giant.

Sheffield Wednesday
Leeds
etc.

 

[Brownstuff]

I take the sleeping giants analogy to mean, were big and will be big again.

Which, with the best will in the world, ain't us.
We were bigger than many, Rochdale, Orient, et al.
But other than a fleeting moment (4 years in 100+) nearly 30 years ago, were currently at our level.

Nah I mean have never been big before

 

[Biscuit]

I take the sleeping giants analogy to mean, were big and will be big again.

I see it differently. I see it as clubs that have the potential but have not yet shown it. I'd put us in that catagory.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

I see it differently. I see it as clubs that have the potential but have not yet shown it. I'd put us in that catagory.

Well you see it WRONG then. You mean POTENTIAL giant, not SLEEPING giant.

 

[whitelion]

Bradford City languishing in League 2

 

[Commander]

I am a sleeping giant.

 

[Biscuit]

Well you see it WRONG then. You mean POTENTIAL giant, not SLEEPING giant.

It must be a common misconception then. We've been called a sleeping giant for years.

 

[Icy Gull]

I think we are more like a baby giant waiting to grow

 

[hans kraay fan club]

It must be a common misconception then. We've been called a sleeping giant for years.

Only by people MISUSING the term.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

I think we are more like a baby giant waiting to grow

MUCH more appropriate

 

[BHseagull]

"Sleeping Giant: If you refer to someone or something as a sleeping giant, you mean that they are powerful but they have not yet shown the full extent of their power."

I think that sums it up, and I believe we can definitely be categorised in that way. Falmer will awaken us.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

"Sleeping Giant: If you refer to someone or something as a sleeping giant, you mean that they are powerful but they have not yet shown the full extent of their power."

I think that sums it up, and I believe we can definitely be categorised in that way. Falmer will awaken us.

Already powerful = NOT us

 

[Gully]

We are a lot of things, definitely a club on the up and one with potential, but only the most deluded would consider us a sleeping giant.

 

[algie]

It must be a common misconception then. We've been called a sleeping giant for years.

You are right. We are a sleeping giant. We have already proved we can hit gates of 30k in our history. The fan base is there.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

You are right. We are a sleeping giant. We have already proved we can hit gates of 30k in our history. The fan base is there.

So have half the clubs in the country. Are they ALL 'sleeping giants'?

 

[Biscuit]

"Sleeping Giant: If you refer to someone or something as a sleeping giant, you mean that they are powerful but they have not yet shown the full extent of their power."

I think that sums it up, and I believe we can definitely be categorised in that way. Falmer will awaken us.

I agree with this.

I think Hans Kraay is DELUDED.