Are we just jealous?

[upthemaggies]

It's not so long ago that we were playing the likes of Brentford, Brighton and Bournemouth.

^The obvious three that spring to mind, though perhaps surprisingly Wolves and Sheffield United are among the three most recent sides we've met in a league fixture that have gone on to play in the PL since, together with Brentford in 2013/14, 9 years ago. Southampton wasn't so long before either.
Granted Brentford, Brighton and Bournemouth are a more realistic comparison, with all three playing against us in tier 4., two of those squaring up against us in the basement division during the Trust-Munto period.

There are pro's and cons to being in the PL for sure, but if we actually got there and somebody then bumped this thread, I guarantee we'd be stunned at how deluded we were, no less embarrassed about what has been written than if you bumped threads from days after Trew or Hardy took over convincing ourselves that "we're in safe hands now", "we've got our clubs back", "it's being run professionally at last".

Definitely something to be said for preferring tier 2 to tier 1, especially if the lack of VAR is still in the equation and Fword and Derby were back in it, but tier 5 to tier 1, no - I'm sorry but it's the equivalent of that meme with the dog with his house on fire sipping a cup of tie telling himself "this is fine".

[OP67]

It's not so long ago that we were playing the likes of Brentford, Brighton and Bournemouth in the lower leagues.

Bournemouth went up with us from L2 during the Munto 5 years to the Premiership plan...They made the Premiership in 5 years

I can't see any reason not to set our sights as high as the Premiership after all we've played in the top flight a few times before. Although it's a different ball game now and the parachute payments are quite attractive

[Old_pie]

Bournemouth went up with us from L2 during the Munto 5 years to the Premiership plan...They made the Premiership in 5 years

I can't see any reason not to set our sights as high as the Premiership after all we've played in the top flight a few times before. Although it's a different ball game now and the parachute payments are quite attractive

A few? Like twice in living memory and one of those was a straight up and down and the other for all of an astonishing 3 seasons.

Bournmouth minus Howe are dead men walking. Punching way above their weight though encouraging that it can be done and Brighton, who we famously beat at Wembley seemingly cementing their place.

Let's get to our naturall 3rd tier level, League 1 (3rd division) before getting ambitious.

[Proactive not Reactive]

Let’s be honest if we get back into League 2 … it would be like we were in the Premier League

[kill_the_drum]

There’s certainly a few clubs in the prem with plastic fans but on the flip side, I watch Villa 2-3 times a season and the atmosphere is fantastic. They are proper fans.
Whenever I go I imagine Meadow Lane packed every week and think how great it would be.
I’m a believer that the journey is always better than the destination when it comes to football. So yes, I would love to see us in the prem but only because it would have meant we’ve experienced some of the greatest seasons in our history to get there.
What I would dislike immensely is rarely playing on a Saturday at 3pm.

[slack_pie]

I’m a believer that the journey is always better than the destination when it comes to football. So yes, I would love to see us in the prem but only because it would have meant we’ve experienced some of the greatest seasons in our history to get there.
What I would dislike immensely is rarely playing on a Saturday at 3pm.

This perfectly sums it up. Getting there would be amazing, but I'm not so sure about being there.

[nw6pie]

There's wall-to-wall coverage of the Premier League here in Israel, so I do see a lot of games and enjoy the product - but that's exactly how it's sold: as a product from "The Best League in the World." I doubt I'll watch as much when I move back to the UK and have to pay a lot more for the privilege of watching from my sofa, but I'm enjoying it for now as long as I pick and choose my matches.

If Notts didn't have a game one Saturday, I can imagine myself going along to a Premier League game at a "proper" club like Villa, Wolves, Leeds, Newcastle or Everton for the experience - assuming I could get a ticket, that is.

Strangely enough, the most entertaining (non-Notts) games I've seen this season have been in the Europa League, where there's been a refreshing commitment to attacking football (like the Arsenal game at Sporting last week) - far more enjoyable than the Champions League, which really seems to have gone stale.

Still, talk of us in the Premier League is definitely fanciful. Let's get back into the EFL first, at least.