Anyone else very excited at the prospect of us relegating Spurs?

[wearethefamousefc]

I'm not excited at the prospect of Richy having to experience it after what he did for us, TBH.

Poor Richy went from a relegation scrap with watford, to one with us and now one with spurs

 

[Tommy Chong]

I'm not excited at the prospect of Richy having to experience it after what he did for us, TBH.

Bring a blue home, FFS!

 

[Tipp blue]

Poor Richy went from a relegation scrap with watford, to one with us and now one with spurs

Maybe he's the cause?

 

[John from Bootle]

As I said earlier, I'm a bit torn, but I wouldn't feel sorry for them if we sent them down. If they go down, it won't be because we won 1 out of 2 games against them

 

[wearethefamousefc]

I've had a feeling for a while that the headline of the day will be west Ham getting beat at home by Leeds but moyes keeps his old club up by beating Spurs

 

[Swartzy]

It's definitely a thing. I wouldn't necessarily go as far as saying I know people who like being relegated, but there are fairly obviously different levels to these things and some clubs see seasons in the PL as a bit of a bonus where they're fully aware they'll eventually run out of road and go down, it's a different attitude to that of clubs like Everton and Spurs where fans are still hoping for a return to the top table and relegation is almost unthinkable. It also makes a difference if you have a monolithic neighbour who are doing trophy winning parades past your house while you're crying into your cornflakes.

The only way I can possibly get my head around it is if you are just a fan of the occasion, and your local club offers that.
It doesn't matter what league you are in, if you support the club, you want to see progress not regress..

Supporting the club or the occasion

 

[Vaughan]

it would be very funny

 

[HalfTimeSayers]

“Sean Dyche, Ryan Mason and Harry Redknapp are among the names mentioned as possible replacements.”

That’s an incredible sentence given the predicament they are in.

 

[John from Bootle]

The only way I can possibly get my head around it is if you are just a fan of the occasion, and your local club offers that.
It doesn't matter what league you are in, if you support the club, you want to see progress not regress..

Supporting the club or the occasion

I can see why some smaller clubs might prefer playing in the championship, but find it mad fans of a club the size of Leeds would have that view.

If you're coming in to the prem and winning like 4/5 games in a whole season it can't be a nice experience.Championship games are also about £20 odd for a ticket, and clubs who get mullered in the PL can actually win the Championship or get to Wembley.

 

[Ed_Winchester]

I used to work with a lad who was a Sheff Utd fan - back in ‘98 he wanted Everton relegated because ‘it would be someone different’.

And that’s the crux of it - novelty value when a club like us or Spurs are down there. Leeds and West Ham have been up and down a few times in my life time.

Do I want Spurs relegated? I don’t care. I just want Everton to turn up and do their job every week and win.
It was the same as the Martinez Man City game where people were wanting Everton to lose in order to stop the RS title chances.

 

[PrekisCrossBarlow!]

I don't really get this 'I wouldn't wish relegation on anyone' stuff. It's not life and death. It's not serious health issues. Also, as others have said, that football club literally tried to bin off the English top flight to start their own no-relegation super league. Nah, F them, man.

90+14 sickener in off the crossbar and both posts to win it for us and send Spurs down please!!

 

[Swartzy]

I can see why some smaller clubs might prefer playing in the championship, but find it mad fans of a club the size of Leeds would have that view.

If you're coming in to the prem and winning like 4/5 games in a whole season it can't be a nice experience.Championship games are also about £20 odd for a ticket, and clubs who get mullered in the PL can actually win the Championship or get to Wembley.

Yeah but that's if you're just looking between 2 different leagues, the Championship doesn't carry the VAR tack which is killing everything. but say you start pushing for playoffs/title, what happens. do you start panicking and hope you lose..

Or do you go into the season with the dream of winning the league, but leaving it there. you've achieved a great goal but you don't fancy the next step.

I can't find logic other than a fan of the occasion.

Maybe you need to look at clubs like Blackpool, Wigan, Swansea, Luton, Pompey, and see what there fans think, as they have tasted it and fallen away..

I can happily go and watch another game with mates, and just enjoy the occasion. But that's because there is no emotional attachment to the clubs.

 

[John from Bootle]

Yeah but that's if you're just looking between 2 different leagues, the Championship doesn't carry the VAR tack which is killing everything. but say you start pushing for playoffs/title, what happens. do you start panicking and hope you lose..

Or do you go into the season with the dream of winning the league, but leaving it there. you've achieved a great goal but you don't fancy the next step.

I can't find logic other than a fan of the occasion.

Maybe you need to look at clubs like Blackpool, Wigan, Swansea, Luton, Pompey, and see what there fans think, as they have tasted it and fallen away..

I can happily go and watch another game with mates, and just enjoy the occasion. But that's because there is no emotional attachment to the clubs.

I think they probably come up with a bit of optimism and then get utterly sick of wining only a handful of games all season.

I'm not speaking from a position of experience, so maybe that's just a bit of bravado and putting a brave face on it when they know they're doomed.

 

[witchdoc187]

They say that to make themselves feel better about the fact that they can't survive in the PL. Its like a fella getting the knock back from a bird in town and going full on denial and saying "yeah well I didn't fancy her anyway!". Go ask any team that's been stuck down in the championship for an extended time if they prefer being there and would be disappointed to leave via promotion.

She was a lesbian tbf. She must have been

 

[Swartzy]

I think they probably come up with a bit of optimism and then get utterly sick of wining only a handful of games all season.

I'm not speaking from a position of experience, so maybe that's just a bit of bravado and putting a brave face on it when they know they're doomed.

We need a thread and get every clubs fanbase to get involved.

What about Brighton, Brentford, Bournemouth. spent there years in the lower divisions, Is the premier league a step that fans now regret.