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« Reply #75 on: Tuesday, November 29, 2011, 20:53:33 » |
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That's based on past success not "size"
Why the fuck are Franchise above us? Surely they mean Wimbledon. |
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« Reply #76 on: Tuesday, November 29, 2011, 21:37:49 » |
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Why the fuck are Franchise above us? Surely they mean Wimbledon.
Once a club stealer, always a club stealer I guess. Franchise shouldn't even be on there at all. |
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« Reply #77 on: Tuesday, November 29, 2011, 22:41:29 » |
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I did a bit of analysis a while back, after a discussion with a Swansea supporting chum of mine, where I suggested a three category separation of clubs into large, medium and small....the analysis was based on looking back at random year league tables and seeing how relatively little has changed. Of course there are changes around the edges and these categories aren't set in stone, but I think the argument holds up.
So essentially STFC are a small club like any number of others we currently compete with and have competed with down the years...occasionally small clubs can gain a bit of forward momentum, maybe make the Championship or above, but always resort to small club status. It's very difficult to go from small to medium....I would offer Reading as a club that has achieved it.
Brighton and Swansea may achieve it, but it is too early to tell, they may be just in a small club blip.
The Championship and lower end of the Prem are stacked with medium sized clubs....it's very difficult to go from medium to large, but not impossible, but it needs millions of £'s to be pissed up against the wall for it to happen. As to rankings within the small club category it is largely futile as the rankings tend to be sorted by league table and seasonal fluctuations within....but essentially we haven't ended up in Div 4 because we're a big club.
As much as I dislike the old cunt, he's pretty damn accurat when it comes to this sort of shit. We are, traditionally, a reasonably sized trout in a relatively small sized pond. |
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« Reply #78 on: Wednesday, November 30, 2011, 12:16:39 » |
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Complete bollocks. Bury bigger than us? Notts County bigger than Southampton? Oxford bigger than Cheltenham?
That's a joke, to suggest that we're not bigger than Cheltenham, right? |
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« Reply #79 on: Wednesday, November 30, 2011, 12:39:32 » |
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That's a joke, to suggest that we're not bigger than Cheltenham, right?
Oh O_F, I expected better from you. |
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« Reply #80 on: Wednesday, November 30, 2011, 12:41:00 » |
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O_F looks like the face he may have pulled when he read it.
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Is your cat making too much noise all the time?
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« Reply #81 on: Wednesday, November 30, 2011, 13:35:37 » |
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That's a joke, to suggest that we're not bigger than Cheltenham, right?
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« Reply #82 on: Wednesday, November 30, 2011, 14:54:12 » |
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I took a nibble on that bait, that's all.
Cheltenham are one of the most non-league clubs I can think of.
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Bob's Orange
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« Reply #83 on: Wednesday, November 30, 2011, 15:20:33 » |
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I took a nibble on that bait, that's all.
Cheltenham are one of the most non-league clubs I can think of.
Along with yourselves of course? |
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we've been to Aberdeen, we hate the Hibs, they make us spew up, so make some noise,
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« Reply #84 on: Wednesday, November 30, 2011, 16:18:02 » |
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Crawley, Burton, Accrington, Stevenage, Yeovil, Wycombe, Morecambe, Dagenham, Barnet, Accrington, Macclesfield, would be on my list.
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« Reply #85 on: Wednesday, November 30, 2011, 16:20:15 » |
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I would add Hereford, probably.
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« Reply #86 on: Wednesday, November 30, 2011, 17:01:38 » |
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Doncaster, weren't they non league for a while?
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we've been to Aberdeen, we hate the Hibs, they make us spew up, so make some noise,
the gorgie boys, for Hearts in Europe.
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« Reply #87 on: Wednesday, November 30, 2011, 17:27:38 » |
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Crawley, Burton, Accrington, Stevenage, Yeovil, Wycombe, Morecambe, Dagenham, Barnet, Accrington, Macclesfield, would be on my list.
All got 4 sides to their ground. |
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« Reply #88 on: Wednesday, November 30, 2011, 17:42:27 » |
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Colchester.
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« Reply #89 on: Wednesday, November 30, 2011, 19:18:08 » |
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Some clubs have a bigger fan base and history than others but we need to give these clubs and their fans the respect they deserve because they did it where it matters - on the pitch. At the moment Stevenage are a bigger club than us because of their position, we are in danger of adapting the very attitude that we accused Leeds fans of when they were in Div1 with us.
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