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« Reply #60 on: Thursday, January 27, 2011, 19:18:32 » |
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I also remember you telling us all that our first season in League 2 would be a consolidation season Reg.
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« Reply #61 on: Thursday, January 27, 2011, 20:21:52 » |
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Well no bugger could have predicted what would have happened that season, and its direct aftermath....
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« Reply #62 on: Thursday, January 27, 2011, 20:57:54 » |
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Being in or around the relegation wasn't on anybody's agenda. The thing is, there's no magic formula for a successful football team aside from spending loads of money, which our board isn't prepared to do (and quite rightly so imo). I think they've spent enough getting us out of the situation we were in before they arrived.
The best you can do without spending the money is to try and make money that you can afford to spend (which they're doing) and employ the staff who you think can do the job (which they've done).
What have Brighton done (that we haven't) this season that have pushed them to the top of the pile? |
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« Reply #63 on: Thursday, January 27, 2011, 21:01:09 » |
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What have Brighton done (that we haven't) this season that have pushed them to the top of the pile?
Beating us here first match gave them a massive boost i should imagine. |
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« Reply #64 on: Thursday, January 27, 2011, 21:02:21 » |
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Beating us here first match gave them a massive boost i should imagine.
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« Reply #65 on: Thursday, January 27, 2011, 21:13:13 » |
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What have Brighton done (that we haven't) this season that have pushed them to the top of the pile?
That's exactly my point. What have they done?? They have a fair bit of cash, which helps, a new stadium always seems to go down well too. A decent manager as well and you have a good shot. We have a redeveloped stadium in the pipeline. Patience grasshopper. |
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« Reply #66 on: Thursday, January 27, 2011, 21:19:09 » |
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Brighton have been where we are now for the past 2 seasons and classed as under acheivers, bit of stability and the odd good signing here and there have paid off. Nothing to say it won't happen to us next year if we breathe deeply. The foundations are there as we know.
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« Reply #67 on: Thursday, January 27, 2011, 21:22:12 » |
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That's exactly my point. What have they done?? They have a fair bit of cash, which helps, a new stadium always seems to go down well too. A decent manager as well and you have a good shot.
We have a redeveloped stadium in the pipeline. Patience grasshopper.
Actually that should read....Glasshopper. |
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« Reply #68 on: Thursday, January 27, 2011, 21:25:33 » |
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Our season is almost the polar opposite of last season. With this league though I don't think it would take much of a turnaround to start beating teams week in week out, I just don't know what has changed so much to cause this decline. I know some people have said our defence is the weak link, and the fact we are missing an extra striker but for me the team just doesn't look a solid unit, players not playing in the correct position and the regular evaporation of our midfield. I think I have answered my own question |
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« Reply #69 on: Thursday, January 27, 2011, 22:03:10 » |
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What have Brighton done (that we haven't) this season that have pushed them to the top of the pile?
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« Reply #70 on: Thursday, January 27, 2011, 22:13:35 » |
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wasn't their form better before he started getting games?
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« Reply #71 on: Thursday, January 27, 2011, 22:33:19 » |
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There is only so long we can live off 'being stable'
At the end of the day, football is a sport and the point is to win.
The point I was making is more about fans abandoning Swindon when times have been far, far worse both on and off the pitch. I saw Swindon as a kid when we were great, I saw Swindon in the Prem but I was far too young to appreciate it. If following Swindon/football was simply about winning then I/we would have lost interest a long time ago. |
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« Reply #72 on: Thursday, January 27, 2011, 23:09:48 » |
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And holy fucksticks at least some money is going back into the team and not into the pockets of our Greek friend.
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« Reply #73 on: Thursday, January 27, 2011, 23:59:04 » |
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I have had a quick look over the League One tables on the FL website and it is interesting to see how well or not so well teams reaching the play offs do the following season. Since 2002/3, on average, only 1 team making the play offs either makes it to the play offs the next year or get's promoted. In fact 2 teams have been relegated (Hartlepool & Brentford).
In seven seasons only 4 of the previous seasons play off partcipants (21 teams when you take out the winners from 7 years of play offs) have gone on to win promotion the next year and of those only Millwall did that by the play offs. If you take out last season with Leeds and Millwall going up only QPR and Forest have done it.
It shows the transient nature of League One football (especially when you compare with the same teams hitting the top 6 in the Premier League. I think it shows how often that teams end up re-building and have to come back again. A heartening note is that Bristol City and Swansea after missing out came back 2 years later to win promotion.
It might just be boring stats but maybe a sense of perspective on our season?
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« Reply #74 on: Monday, January 31, 2011, 16:25:30 » |
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I have had a quick look over the League One tables on the FL website and it is interesting to see how well or not so well teams reaching the play offs do the following season. Since 2002/3, on average, only 1 team making the play offs either makes it to the play offs the next year or get's promoted. In fact 2 teams have been relegated (Hartlepool & Brentford).
In seven seasons only 4 of the previous seasons play off partcipants (21 teams when you take out the winners from 7 years of play offs) have gone on to win promotion the next year and of those only Millwall did that by the play offs. If you take out last season with Leeds and Millwall going up only QPR and Forest have done it.
It shows the transient nature of League One football (especially when you compare with the same teams hitting the top 6 in the Premier League. I think it shows how often that teams end up re-building and have to come back again. A heartening note is that Bristol City and Swansea after missing out came back 2 years later to win promotion.
It might just be boring stats but maybe a sense of perspective on our season?
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