Who was right ?

[blueheeler1]

Agreed matelot , but there will have been instances the opposite way as well where it could have gone against us.
Next season that can’t happen anyway can it ?
Well never get decisions because they don’t want us in this league we are a small club with realistic ambitions, really not what the premier league wants, it will only get harder as well because the teams who are coming up are generally cities and are more likely to spend the dosh than us.

Based on all comments really looking forward to next season

[The Bedlington Terrier]

The Moaners are akin to the Remainers in my honest opinion. All the evidence suggests they are wrong, but they still want to have their own way.

We finished fif****th in a League that has provided all four finalists in the top two European club competitions.

I'm pretty certain a few of our current squad will be leaving (Wardy has already packed his bags and been despatched by Terrier Taxis) and a few are coming in. One thing is for certain there will be no major, seminal sea-changes to the current squad, if it ain't broke, don't try and fix it, is not a bad old motto is it?



sgC

[The Bedlington Terrier]

I was right.

I always am.

I'm sure you will change your tune once Farage has ravaged the Lib Dems in the European Elections and rams the "Bollox to Brexit" slogan right up your yellow bellied "let's do away with democracy" arses?

[The Bedlington Terrier]

No not all,..We are apparently Closing in on Crouch, for another season
We are chasing Cahill for free, with £50 Million coming in for Tarky. could be a maybe ??
Think we are in for another fecking keeper,...at age 33 from Derby??

All the Money is going, in having meetings, and doing nowt!!

Lennon, Defour and Bardsley are all definitely staying for another year, contracts extended and signed. Crouchy will also be staying for another year. Great news or what?

[sinkov]

Lennon, Defour and Bardsley are all definitely staying for another year, contracts extended and signed. Crouchy will also be staying for another year. Great news or what?

I'm shocked at this news BT, I assumed we'd by shipping out the older end, in order to give opportunities to all those bright young things rolling off the production line at our brand new state of the art £20 million white elephant. But it seems not, is McNeill, as I suspected, a one off ?

[1959_60]

I'm sure you will change your tune once Farage has ravaged the Lib Dems in the European Elections and rams the "Bollox to Brexit" slogan right up your yellow bellied "let's do away with democracy" arses?

Oi!

I'm on your side here.

No wonder Labour are imploding

[sinkov]

The Moaners are akin to the Remainers in my honest opinion. All the evidence suggests they are wrong, but they still want to have their own way.
We finished fif****th in a League that has provided all four finalists in the top two European club competitions.
if it ain't broke, don't try and fix it, is not a bad old motto is it?

Sometimes BT, you have a conveniently short memory.

We did finish 15th, that is not in dispute, but last season we finished 7th in the very same league. There was the hope last summer, even expectation, that we could consolidate at least in the top ten, some optimistic souls were even talking about a push for the top six,
but it was pointed out by a few, that as we had not strengthened the team at all, that we were standing still, the outcome would not be top six, or even consolidation, but a drop down the league so drastic that even our survival in it would be called into question.

Which is precisely what happened, 7th down to 15th, on the fringe of the relegation battle all season, 54 points down to 40 points. Moaners 1 Happy Clappers 0.

As for if it ain't broke don't fix it, if we pull the same standing still stunt again this summer you can order the Guide to Championship Grounds for your Christmas Stocking, it will get even more use than a pair of socks or a box of handkerchiefs.

[1959_60]

On the other hand...

Fulham spent a Kings ransom and were relegated.

Spurs have not made a single signing since January 2018 and finished third and are in the Champs League final.

Without doubt being in the Europa thing cost us dearly but we have been great since Christmas.

We will kick off in August with a belting team.

Mark my words - I am NEVER wrong

[The Bedlington Terrier]

Sometimes BT, you have a conveniently short memory.

We did finish 15th, that is not in dispute, but last season we finished 7th in the very same league. There was the hope last summer, even expectation, that we could consolidate at least in the top ten, some optimistic souls were even talking about a push for the top six,
but it was pointed out by a few, that as we had not strengthened the team at all, that we were standing still, the outcome would not be top six, or even consolidation, but a drop down the league so drastic that even our survival in it would be called into question.

Which is precisely what happened, 7th down to 15th, on the fringe of the relegation battle all season, 54 points down to 40 points. Moaners 1 Happy Clappers 0.

As for if it ain't broke don't fix it, if we pull the same standing still stunt again this summer you can order the Guide to Championship Grounds for your Christmas Stocking, it will get even more use than a pair of socks or a box of handkerchiefs.

We simply did not have the experience or resources to enter those early manic Europa League rounds. That experience almost killed us, but it didn't and we have emerged stronger from the experience. We will finish in the EPL Top Ten next season - no problem!

[sinkov]

"Fulham spent a Kings ransom and were relegated."

Indeed 59, but there is one significant difference between us and Fulham, we have Sean Dyche as manager, they don't. I don't think you're seriously suggesting that if our board gave Sean Dyche a King's ransom we'd be relegated are you ? No of course you're not, nor am I suggesting we should give him a King's ransom, what I am suggesting is that we should trust him a little more. In Dyche we have a massive asset, sensible businesses utilise their major assets to the full, invest in them, squeeze every bit of value out of them, but not us with our major asset. We starve him of funds, we peer timidly over the balance sheets, we cower behind the accountants and expect him to perform miracles with an understrength team. A shame really, he/we could achieve so much more for not much greater outlay, certainly nowhere near to risking the financial future of the club, but the timorous beasties in the board room continue to waste the greatest asset this club has ever had, and probably ever will have.

Ah well, never mind.