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The Championship better than the Premier League (1 Viewer)

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Major Tom

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  • Tuesday at 6:41 PM
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With just three days to go until the season starts.. Is the Championship now the league to watch and better than the Premier League in terms of value, competitiveness, excitement and atmosphere.
 
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Sky Blue Wozza

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  • Tuesday at 6:43 PM
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Definitely better on all 4 counts.

But unfortunately it’s not where the £ is. And most of the teams in it don’t want to be there.
 
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SeaSeeEffCee

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  • Tuesday at 6:45 PM
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I get the sentiment to a degree but there has been very little competitiveness at the top of the league for 5 years now and some of the football on show can be really dire.
 
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Evo1883

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  • Tuesday at 6:50 PM
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Only because we are in it .

Id always rather be in the premier league
 
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Balli001

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  • Tuesday at 6:53 PM
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Evo1883 said:
Only because we are in it .

Id always rather be in the premier league
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Apart from the money I genuinely have no interest in being in the premier league
 
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procdoc

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  • Tuesday at 6:58 PM
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Evo1883 said:
Only because we are in it .

Id always rather be in the premier league
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Would be great to be an established top flight club again.
 
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torchomatic

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  • Tuesday at 7:00 PM
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Balli001 said:
Apart from the money I genuinely have no interest in being in the premier league
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Same here.
 

Covkid1968#

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  • Tuesday at 7:01 PM
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Balli001 said:
Apart from the money I genuinely have no interest in being in the premier league
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Where I’m at…very happy challenging each year
 
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jto123

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  • Tuesday at 7:07 PM
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Major Tom said:
With just three days to go until the season starts.. Is the Championship now the league to watch and better than the Premier League in terms of value, competitiveness, excitement and atmosphere.
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I think you could argue this is league 1 now. The parachute payments have damaged the competitive quality of the championship.
 
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Evo1883

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  • Tuesday at 7:14 PM
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Balli001 said:
Apart from the money I genuinely have no interest in being in the premier league
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What's it all for then
 
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SBT

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  • Tuesday at 7:18 PM
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Obviously promotion to the PL is the dream, but it does feel like the Championship is kind of the sweet spot of football fandom in terms of affordability, competitiveness, atmosphere, closeness to the team etc.

There’s not much I dislike about being a fan of a Championship team, whereas there’s all kinds of stuff about the modern Premier League which are just generally repellent.
 
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Sky_Blue_Dreamer

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  • Tuesday at 7:21 PM
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Only way PL could compete in terms of excitement is if the talent was more evenly distributed. That ain't gonna happen.
 

Balli001

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  • Tuesday at 7:25 PM
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Evo1883 said:
What's it all for then
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If you are in favour then fair play but I'll guarantee within 3 months of being in it you would change your mind. VAR, constant beatings, no atmosphere. If thats your thing then fill your boots
 
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dadgad

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  • Tuesday at 7:28 PM
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Definitely.
 
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SBT

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  • Tuesday at 7:29 PM
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Evo1883 said:
What's it all for then
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The friends we make along the way…
 
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SAJ

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  • Tuesday at 7:30 PM
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Major Tom said:
With just three days to go until the season starts.. Is the Championship now the league to watch and better than the Premier League in terms of value, competitiveness, excitement and atmosphere.
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As much as I want to go back to the top league I don’t want to travel to Newcastle on a Monday night get stuffed 5or 6 then travel home for 4 hours to get up for work a few hours later.
I really enjoy the Championship and whilst there is an unfair advantage with the parachute payments I like going to matches knowing on most occasions either team could win. For me the Championship is exciting and other than the money is the place to be. Yes it would be nice to compete in the Premiership but I really can’t see it unless some billionaire buys us.
 
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Evo1883

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  • Tuesday at 7:48 PM
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Balli001 said:
If you are in favour then fair play but I'll guarantee within 3 months of being in it you would change your mind. VAR, constant beatings, no atmosphere. If thats your thing then fill your boots
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I just think that we enter every season to try and get promotion and then once promoted the objective would be to stay there , I assumed fans shared this view .
 
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wingy

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  • Tuesday at 8:02 PM
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Off at a tangent but I think I've seen Wolves after a couple of £12M signings recently, expect to see them back here soon!
 

Hobo

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  • Tuesday at 9:24 PM
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I have really enjoyed it since we got back in the Championship. I am really looking forward to this season as I think we can challenge for the play offs again.

i rarely watch Premier League games. I enjoy the competitiveness of the Championship and don’t hanker after Premier League status. I will worry about the Premier League when we get there. If people think parachute payments are bad, wait until you get into the Priemier League and the real wealth disparity will open up.
 
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Razzle Dazzle Dean Gordon

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  • Tuesday at 9:35 PM
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Evo1883 said:
I just think that we enter every season to try and get promotion and then once promoted the objective would be to stay there , I assumed fans shared this view .
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You're right but i think the change for me is im not that disappointed when we dont go up, i see plenty that i enjoy supporting a club at this level. Don't get me wrong, Wembley hurt like a bastard but i felt over it pretty quickly.

Top flight football doesnt look as much fun as it did when we were last there (which may well just be nostalgia on my part i guess).
 
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Houchens Head

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  • Tuesday at 9:41 PM
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Having watched the City firstly
get promotion to the old First Division, back in the 60's and then spent 34 years watching them in the top league, often struggling but always escaping relegation by the skin of their teeth, I can honestly say that I would dearly love to see them back in the Premier League, if even only for a season or two. I could then kick the bucket a happy bunny!
 
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rob9872

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  • Tuesday at 9:43 PM
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Championship is better, but could improve still if everyone wasn't chasing the golden ticket and clubs looked after thir fans with ticket prices, shirts etc.
 

JulianDarbyFTW

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  • Tuesday at 9:45 PM
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The Premier League might have all the money and the hype, but it’s lost all of the unpredictability that made football exciting. It's just a product now, not a competition. I want to get promoted, but I just know I'll have all of my footballing enjoyment sucked away. Sad indictment of the modern game, I suppose.
 
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fernandopartridge

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  • Tuesday at 10:01 PM
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SeaSeeEffCee said:
I get the sentiment to a degree but there has been very little competitiveness at the top of the league for 5 years now and some of the football on show can be really dire.
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Teams like Ipswich, Luton and even to be fair Sunderland promoted in that time quite soon after promotion from L1
 

blunted

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  • Tuesday at 10:12 PM
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Covkid1968# said:
Where I’m at…very happy challenging each year
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Unfortunately, losing 6 to 7 million a year is unsustainable.
We either get promoted or sell our best players. Sell your best players and you fall down the league, if you don't replace properly.
 

Covkid1968#

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  • Tuesday at 10:16 PM
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blunted said:
Unfortunately, losing 6 to 7 million a year is unsustainable.
We either get promoted or sell our best players. Sell your best players and you fall down the league, if you don't replace properly.
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That’s the problem isn’t it… which is why you see so many go for the shit or bust approach.
 

rob9872

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  • Tuesday at 10:22 PM
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Covkid1968# said:
That’s the problem isn’t it… which is why you see so many go for the shit or bust approach.
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Which do you think is the better outcome, shit or bust?
 
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bigfatronssba

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  • Tuesday at 10:25 PM
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The main thing I want to be in the PL for is the coverage.
Being a name in the words media for the cup semi final and play off semi final was special.
The global coverage of the PL has changed so much since we were there
 

fernandopartridge

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  • Tuesday at 10:28 PM
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bigfatronssba said:
The main thing I want to be in the PL for is the coverage.
Being a name in the words media for the cup semi final and play off semi final was special.
The global coverage of the PL has changed so much since we were there
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Yeah great, nothing better than getting a load of clueless morons who have never been to a match suddenly replying to the club's twitter posts
 
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Covkid1968#

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  • Tuesday at 10:40 PM
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rob9872 said:
Which do you think is the better outcome, shit or bust?
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I’m more of a bust man
 
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SeaSeeEffCee

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  • Tuesday at 10:42 PM
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fernandopartridge said:
Teams like Ipswich, Luton and even to be fair Sunderland promoted in that time quite soon after promotion from L1
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9/10 of the last 10 automatically promoted clubs were in their first or second year after coming down tbf.
 

Lamps

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  • Tuesday at 10:55 PM
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It's very simple. The Championship is a more even division where anyone can beat anyone. We all have the same aim of reaching the Prem where the big money is. But the gap has become so massive that if we do reach the Prem we would become the whipping boys in most games. This isn't fun.

Championship for fun and excitement. Reach your aim for a season of devastation but much richer.
 
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Balli001

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  • Wednesday at 7:07 AM
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Evo1883 said:
I just think that we enter every season to try and get promotion and then once promoted the objective would be to stay there , I assumed fans shared this view .
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I've seen is in the top flight. I realise a lot of younger fans haven't and that's understandable but I genuinely have little interest in any part of the top flight. Fans think it's bad that we sell our best players now. It's worse in the premier. Big clubs won't allow smaller trams to have nice things.Last season Leeds fans were loving life. Ask them all now and I bet not many are looking forward to the kick off.
 
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thekidfromstrettoncamp

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  • Wednesday at 7:47 AM
  • #34
Balli001 said:
Last season Leeds fans were loving life. Ask them all now and I bet not many are looking forward to the kick off.
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My thoughts Leeds fans just like us all those years ago will be very much looking forward to playing the top teams again.I also think they will make a good fist of staying up.
 

AOM

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  • Wednesday at 7:55 AM
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fernandopartridge said:
Yeah great, nothing better than getting a load of clueless morons who have never been to a match suddenly replying to the club's twitter posts
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There was definitely an increase of this the moment we drew Man Utd in the semi-final.

The Twitter/Facebook admin already puts up with enough mental stuff from our own fans
 
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