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« Reply #30 on: Sunday, August 29, 2010, 11:21:19 »

Well I don't agree with all this talking the club down

For a start we used to get in the high teens in '69 in the same league we are in now.

Irrelevant, then why go back to the Premiership days and compare the first season to now?

Lets looks at facts:

Milwall, newly promoted, good start, 11,000 for Coventry City.  Big eh?  What would we have got for that fixture had Charlie not got a bobble and the lads had stuck the penalties away?

Chelsea?  about five times more yesterday than our lwoest home league gate of the season.  OK they ARE bigger than us.

God help us if Fitton had the same outlook as some of you - we've had some bloody lean years but show some belief, pride and hope.

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« Reply #31 on: Sunday, August 29, 2010, 11:24:22 »

Well said Red Rag, watched a documentary about us in the late 60s 0r early 70s and the crowds we pulled were incredible, but I guess people didn't have the same distractions we do these days.
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« Reply #32 on: Sunday, August 29, 2010, 11:57:58 »

Well said Red Rag, watched a documentary about us in the late 60s 0r early 70s and the crowds we pulled were incredible, but I guess people didn't have the same distractions we do these days.


they were different times, still a bit of a railway town, less distractions and less people new to the town supporting other teams and less armchair fans. 

My point is that Milwall are not obviously bigger than us (a load of cockney day trippers at their "home" game at Wembley slightly outnumbering us and an average crowd in excess of 10,000 last year compared to our's of 8,000 or so) and that with some vision and investment and a little success we (like other clubs) could become a very distinctive Championship club again.

As you say if we could only tap into the Cotswolds and Savernake Forest hinterlands, we could become a real powerhouse of the game - move over geordies and scousers.

We are very lucky to have a local star like Charlie and I hope he can go on and make a name for himself at a bigger club but there's some work to do here first and Milwall isn't that club - they wouldn't have the money and I didn't hear Morrison was being offered as a makeweight.
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« Reply #33 on: Sunday, August 29, 2010, 12:04:44 »

Yep, RedRag, it would be a crying shame if he left, really fear for us languishing in obscurity for a great many years, but things change very quickly. Guess I was spoilt by our second tier lofty achievements.
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« Reply #34 on: Sunday, August 29, 2010, 12:31:40 »

our history means fuck all on this.it is about the here and now.
sideways move my arse.
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« Reply #35 on: Sunday, August 29, 2010, 13:07:46 »

I agree our history is irrelevant.

When Charlie does leave I would rather he left for somewhere a little more big time than Milwall - even to resume with Billy Paynter for example or perhaps better still go somewhere like Southampton or Norwich.

Batch's fear that Milwall's bid might flush out some more attractive bids is on the money for me.  Time as ever will tell.

I haven't given up on a fairytale return to Wembley and Charlie taking a new contract when we are promoted, sad I know, but there you are.
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« Reply #36 on: Sunday, August 29, 2010, 14:05:57 »

our history means fuck all on this.it is about the here and now.
sideways move my arse.

If you forget your history your bound to repeat yourself, or something like that Arriba 
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« Reply #37 on: Sunday, August 29, 2010, 14:18:46 »

yeah right.gobbledegook more like
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« Reply #38 on: Sunday, August 29, 2010, 14:58:28 »

thanks for all the goals Charlie.
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« Reply #39 on: Sunday, August 29, 2010, 15:18:45 »

thanks for all the goals Charlie.

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« Reply #41 on: Sunday, August 29, 2010, 15:22:38 »

Look how far he's gone

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« Reply #42 on: Sunday, August 29, 2010, 15:24:16 »

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« Reply #43 on: Sunday, August 29, 2010, 16:05:35 »

Reckon shady has been on the sauce again
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« Reply #44 on: Sunday, August 29, 2010, 16:17:57 »

You're right, tucking in to my second bottle of Tescos cider
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