There is more than one way to skin the proverbial cat, but you need a bit of luck... our competitor pays 10 mil and he flops, we pay 500k for an untried and he smashes it. That's where a good scouting system pays off.
I remember reading some stat about the average IQ of criminals. It turns out it had been taken from the prison population. i.e those who had been caught. :)
Agreed. But mirroring the media, people do love a stat and we would only fair marginally better if we used 7th as the measure. As you say though... statistics; pah!
What is everyone arguing about? 34 years in the top flight and an Cup win (considering the size of the club/resources, etc) is excellent.
15 years of struggle in Champ/L1 (considering the size of the club/resources, etc) is poor.
Close thread.
I too am proud of our history and certainly would not swap places with anyone. We are just overdue a little excitement or even a flirtation with a top half is all.
Why does everything have to be so fucking black & white on here? Yes it was great that we stayed in the top flight for all those years. No it's not good that we haven't had a top 6 finish in 45 years. Simple really.
Of course not, he is quite right to admire our spell in the top flight. But you might mention that we are a bit jealous of any promotion they have enjoyed.