The Relegation Battle

[Chris O'Connor]

No mercy!

I felt sorry for them. They pulled off a minor miracle last year by staying up. I don't call them bottlers because they didn't really have the players to stay up this (or even last) season, so the fact that they've had 2 seasons up in the premier league was a good achievement relative to the years preceding their promotion.

I suspect that they also have a team that can fight their way out of the Championship, so may have transitioned from a championship club to a yo-yo club. That would be progress.

Not sure about getting out of the championship so quickly as better teams than them have gone down and struggled, but they'll have parachute payments and be reasonably financially well off by championship standards, it may take a few attempts though.

Perhaps they can follow Burnley's example, then a similar sized club, who didn't spend and were better prepared to bounce back, and not Derby County's who are still there ten years later.

 

[Yarrgh]

Not sure about getting out of the championship so quickly as better teams than them have gone down and struggled, but they'll have parachute payments and be reasonably financially well off by championship standards, it may take a few attempts though.

Perhaps they can follow Burnley's example, then a similar sized club, who didn't spend and were better prepared to bounce back, and not Derby County's who are still there ten years later.

True that. I just think that those players are championship players for the most part. But now they're championship players with 2 years of playing at a "higher technical" level. If they haven't lost their championship grit, I think they may be ok. Only time will tell.

 

[KaiserEFC]

Laters Fulham, you were an absolute joke.

 

[PITA]

I can’t remember two teams being relegated so early in the season.

 

[bol-uk]

Laters Fulham, you were an absolute joke.

100mil too

 

[roydo]

100mil too

And going from the comments from the owner earlier today, doubt they had relegation clauses in the contracts. Will make us look prudent.

 

[COYBL25]

I can’t remember two teams being relegated so early in the season.

Derby are the only team that have gone earlier.

 

[bol-uk]

And going from the comments from the owner earlier today, doubt they had relegation clauses in the contracts. Will make us look prudent.

Which takes some doing

 

[roydo]

Which takes some doing

Quite,

 

[Nymzee]

Fulham will always be a stick I can beat @Connor with.

 

[Connor]

Fulham will always be a stick I can beat @Connor with.

shut up please weebo

 

[Nymzee]

shut up please weebo

 

[MarkHollis]

If Cardiff can beat Brighton (who just lost 0-5 at home) they have a chance. It'll be one of them two.

 

[Blue 1]

Hope its Cardiff, because Colin, the utter mutant.

 

[goodisonopheliac]

Me too. I can't stand Colin.

Laters Fulham, you were an absolute joke.

Which makes it even more embarrassing that we lost to them.