Professor Posted 30 April, 2009 Share Posted 30 April, 2009 Last time Saints were in the third level - the old Third Division - so were York City. Saw an advert today for an upcoming game: Lewes v York City in the Blue Square premier. And York are 17th in that league! If SFC even survives the next few weeks it could still be that the new owners are underfunded and with the points deduction there could be another relegation next year and then...... Of course it won't happen. Will it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toadhall Saint Posted 30 April, 2009 Share Posted 30 April, 2009 Thanks Prof Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jawillwill Posted 30 April, 2009 Share Posted 30 April, 2009 Last time we were in the 3rd tier, so were QPR - now they're one of the richest teams in the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SFC Forever Posted 30 April, 2009 Share Posted 30 April, 2009 Last time we were in the 3rd division I was young enough not to really care. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St Will Posted 30 April, 2009 Share Posted 30 April, 2009 Man City were in the 3rd tier not so many years ago. Now I dread to think how many world class players they'll have next season. Onwards and upwards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole Posted 30 April, 2009 Share Posted 30 April, 2009 "It may get better but it could get worse...." I can see why you're a professor now - i would never have thought of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SW5 SAINT Posted 30 April, 2009 Share Posted 30 April, 2009 Last time we were in the 3rd tier, so were QPR - now they're one of the richest teams in the world. Everybody talks about QPR being one of the richest teams in the world, I don't see it. Just because a club have rich owners does not make the club rich, unless those owners intend to splash the cash like Man City's. On this scale of measurement Cheltenham Town would be one of the richest in league 1 - just relegated to Lg 2!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypochondriac Posted 30 April, 2009 Share Posted 30 April, 2009 Our fan base means we will have enough finance to compete at a certain level. Even if there are temporary setbacks we will rise again eventually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smerlinare Posted 30 April, 2009 Share Posted 30 April, 2009 If Lowe is the chairman next year I dread to think of how bad it could be!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DT Posted 30 April, 2009 Share Posted 30 April, 2009 "It may get better but it could get worse...." I can see why you're a professor now - i would never have thought of that. Heh heh. Good one. Always thought someone who called himself that can't be too bright. Do we know which 'uni'? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jawillwill Posted 30 April, 2009 Share Posted 30 April, 2009 Everybody talks about QPR being one of the richest teams in the world, I don't see it. Just because a club have rich owners does not make the club rich, unless those owners intend to splash the cash like Man City's. On this scale of measurement Cheltenham Town would be one of the richest in league 1 - just relegated to Lg 2!! You can be rich without spending much. IF Bill Gates never spent much money, would that make him poor? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brightspark Posted 1 May, 2009 Share Posted 1 May, 2009 Heh heh. Good one. Always thought someone who called himself that can't be too bright. That rule doesn't always apply. If we get -25 I see us struggling to stay up. Hopefully we'll avoid that and we'll have enough time to get back up the league and have a somewhat enjoyable season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chocco boxo Posted 1 May, 2009 Share Posted 1 May, 2009 SFC is dying a slow death at the moment so it can only get better IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole Posted 1 May, 2009 Share Posted 1 May, 2009 Heh heh. Good one. Always thought someone who called himself that can't be too bright. Do we know which 'uni'? Probably some second rate polytechnic like Southampton Institute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John B Posted 1 May, 2009 Share Posted 1 May, 2009 SFC is dying a slow death at the moment so it can only get better IMO. If it is dying surely it wont get better? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Professor Posted 1 May, 2009 Author Share Posted 1 May, 2009 "It may get better but it could get worse...." I can see why you're a professor now - i would never have thought of that. I suppose this could be a mild insult, or just an admission of being a bit slow on the uptake. I'll take it as the former and just feel sad as to how divisive some saints fans have become. Probably one of the contributory reasons to why we are where we are. As to the point, each of the potential futures for the club has a range of possible outcomes. Optimistically, people have been saying we can get promotion - one comment was the usual "we can walk.....". On this side of the card there is the somewhat forlorn hope of a wealthy group putting millions into team building and Saints being the next QPR/Leicester/Man City. The pessimistic options run through to another relegation, caused by the points deduction, after which for any club in Div 2 the Blue Square is the next trapdoor. Is that inconceivable? This thread was a reminder that people should focus on the potentially bad outcomes as well as the good ones. If a fall comes it will be very painfull. There is a third possible outcome, which is that things stay much as they are. We may stay in Div 1 for a few seasons, might even get back to the CCC at some point, but the Prem may become a distant memory. But for fans brought up on seeing the club playing the top sides, even this 'middle way' carries its own share of pain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ottery st mary Posted 1 May, 2009 Share Posted 1 May, 2009 So many hidden messages in your post prof....Education is so good for us. Whatever you think...Believe.Most Saints fans do.. we can come back again with the right leadership. COYR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aintforever Posted 1 May, 2009 Share Posted 1 May, 2009 I suppose this could be a mild insult, or just an admission of being a bit slow on the uptake. I'll take it as the former and just feel sad as to how divisive some saints fans have become. Probably one of the contributory reasons to why we are where we are. As to the point, each of the potential futures for the club has a range of possible outcomes. Optimistically, people have been saying we can get promotion - one comment was the usual "we can walk.....". On this side of the card there is the somewhat forlorn hope of a wealthy group putting millions into team building and Saints being the next QPR/Leicester/Man City. The pessimistic options run through to another relegation, caused by the points deduction, after which for any club in Div 2 the Blue Square is the next trapdoor. Is that inconceivable? This thread was a reminder that people should focus on the potentially bad outcomes as well as the good ones. If a fall comes it will be very painfull. There is a third possible outcome, which is that things stay much as they are. We may stay in Div 1 for a few seasons, might even get back to the CCC at some point, but the Prem may become a distant memory. But for fans brought up on seeing the club playing the top sides, even this 'middle way' carries its own share of pain. So basically, we could go up, could go down, or stay in League 1. Genius! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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