Quote Originally Posted by mickd1961 View Post
A lot of fans come out with this stuff about loving the Championship but then they moan when we look like we’re going to miss out on the play offs.

It’s the same guff that gets said when a team drops into League One…..”Looking forwards to all them new away grounds blah, blah, blah”.

For me personally, those days from around 2010 when we were very competitive in the Prem for a few seasons were the most enjoyable seasons I’ve had since the early 80’s.

We were a very decent side with Foster, Reid, Olssen, G Mac, Morrison, Brunt, Gera, Odemwingie, Yacob, Scharner, Mulumbu and others.

Give me them players and beating Liverpool 3-0 on the opening day of the season ahead of the relative rubbish played in the Champ every day of the week.

Every Prem match felt like an event, Champ matches just don’t have the same kudos and feel.
I agree with you but with the proviso that we recruit the standard of players that you mention. However, my perception is that the World has moved on from those days and it would be far more difficult to build such a team nowadays; money and player expectations are more unrealistic for clubs like ours. I want to be able to go to matches and see us win more than we lose; I would rather see a Championship standard 1-0 win than a Premier quality 3-4 defeat.