What happens if we don't go up from here? (3 Viewers)

[Brighton Sky Blue]

Following CCFC has become such a beloved part of my life and central part of my routine, and I've made so many friendships I wish to keep, that I can't imagine not renewing my ST as long as I can afford to.

Not going up this season after the lead that we had at the top would be pretty fucking gutting and I'm under no illusions that there would be a mass exodus - definitely MVE, Rudoni, EMC and Wright but probably Lampard and possibly even King will all leave - but I'm there whatever form the club takes.

Certainly wouldn’t be doing it lightly to be clear. My wife has gone from not really following football to saying she loves the club. It’s been a big part of my life for about 25 years but Saddle is right above, once the hope isn’t there anymore it doesn’t feel worth going.

 

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[clint van damme]

Certainly wouldn’t be doing it lightly to be clear. My wife has gone from not really following football to saying she loves the club. It’s been a big part of my life for about 25 years but Saddle is right above, once the hope isn’t there anymore it doesn’t feel worth going.

There's always hope, even in days far darker than these, there was hope.

 

[Ccfc_Addy]

Certainly wouldn’t be doing it lightly to be clear. My wife has gone from not really following football to saying she loves the club. It’s been a big part of my life for about 25 years but Saddle is right above, once the hope isn’t there anymore it doesn’t feel worth going.

There's no judgement from me to you or anyone else and I apologise if my post came across that way; we all have but one life to live and the right to do what we want with our time and money, after all. Just giving my perspective

 

[Tommo1993]

The “hurt” people go on about from losing the play offs and the semis of the cup would pale far, far into insignificance. To the point they could finally watch the Luton and Man Utd highlights and smile.

 

[CCFCSteve]

I think for some with the ST it would just maybe be a case of 'whats the point' when seemingly especially after this season it seems we will never ever do it

Most fans (over the age of 30) have supported this club through plenty of shit but in recent years we’ve had some amazing times; couple of promotions, FA cup run, the run to the plays off final. Stuff fans of many clubs could only dream of. Unfortunately this seems to have bred an entitlement especially from those that haven’t gone through the bad times.

If fans want to give up after a season where we finished in the play offs, at a time when after years of shit ownership we are competitive, finally own the stadium again and there’s investment in the club, it would be strange but if they’ve got better things to do with their cash/time then that’s their call

 

[Macca]

That’s quite literally what he’s said the strategy is. If we don’t go up this year though we’ll have made 3/5 playoffs and not gone up so

This year

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

There's no judgement from me to you or anyone else and I apologise if my post came across that way; we all have but one life to live and the right to do what we want with our time and money, after all. Just giving my perspective

Oh I didn’t take what you wrote in that way at all buddy

 

[Grendel]

No not at all, everyone buys an ST in the hope that this is the year

-But when you lose on Penalties in a play off final
-Lose in the 123rd minute of a play off semi final
-Bottle the biggest lead ever seen in the championship and not go up
-slightly different but get cheated out of an FA Cup final

You probably start to think that maybe you're destined to never get the success deserved

Good job you weren’t born in Rochdale

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

There's always hope, even in days far darker than these, there was hope.

Just how I see it. We were there in League 2 and always had hope it would turn.

The difference is that this is the best chance the club will ever get. Blow it and it just never will happen.

 

[clint van damme]

Just how I see it. We were there in League 2 and always had hope it would turn.

The difference is that this is the best chance the club will ever get. Blow it and it just never will happen.

And a lot of the things we hoped for came to fruition, that can happen again.

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

And a lot of the things we hoped for came to fruition, that can happen again.

I don’t agree, which is why I’ve come to that decision if what looks likely to happen ends up happening.

‘It never happens for people like us’.

 

[SBT]

It takes a certain self-importance to confidently predict the club’s fate for the rest of time.

 

[Sky_Blue_Dreamer]

Ah yes, the same Le Bris who took Sunderland on a poor run of form after being top?
I’d look at Robbie Savage.

His win percentage is good but I think he's far too maverick for this level. Could see him losing the dressing room and randomly falling out with people, including the owner.

 

[LarryGrayson]

thank god the covid season got stopped

 

[fernandopartridge]

That’s quite literally what he’s said the strategy is. If we don’t go up this year though we’ll have made 3/5 playoffs and not gone up so

Didn't King state the 5 year plan in the summer after the 2023 play off?

 

[Saddlebrains]

Good job you weren’t born in Rochdale

Great away day just before covid that was

 

[clint van damme]

Great away day just before covid that was

Speak for yourself!

 

[Sick Boy]

His win percentage is good but I think he's far too maverick for this level. Could see him losing the dressing room and randomly falling out with people, including the owner.

Sounds great!

 

[Sick Boy]

Certainly wouldn’t be doing it lightly to be clear. My wife has gone from not really following football to saying she loves the club. It’s been a big part of my life for about 25 years but Saddle is right above, once the hope isn’t there anymore it doesn’t feel worth going.

The club is in the best shape it’s been in for 25 years.

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

The club is in the best shape it’s been in for 25 years.

I agree. And in that best shape, it took a 13 point lead at the top and pissed it away.

 

[clint van damme]

I don’t agree, which is why I’ve come to that decision if what looks likely to happen ends up happening.

‘It never happens for people like us’.

Fair enough.
Though if we can come back from L2, exiles, the shit owners, the hostile council and most of all, Russell Slade, we can come back from this, (if we fuck it up)

 

[LarryGrayson]

Fair enough.
Though if we can come back from L2, exiles, the shit owners, the hostile council and most of all, Russell Slade, we can come back from this, (if we fuck it up)

course we can were acshually building a club now and were still top anyway

 

[Sky Blue Harry H]

Nah. We keep buying them in the hope we see it being ‘our’ season. Blowing promotion like this would confirm in my mind that it never will be.

Think I'm a chunk older than you mate, so at least your odds of seeing it are considerably higher than mine! Hopefully we both get to see it, and I might try and stubbornly hang on until i'm about 105, so if it is in a few decades time, my then 93 year old wife can push me in a wheelchair to watch the celebrations!

 

[CCFCSteve]

I agree. And in that best shape, it took a 13 point lead at the top and pissed it away.

It’s gone. We’re level again. We started unbelievably well (far better than expected from team/squad), now other teams are having a purple patch. Thats football. Still all to play for.

 

[Grendel]

In answer to the question I’ll be buying my season ticket as usual

usual embarrassing responses I see. We must have some of the most self entitled professional victim fans on the planet.

 

[Viktor17]

No not at all, everyone buys an ST in the hope that this is the year

-But when you lose on Penalties in a play off final
-Lose in the 123rd minute of a play off semi final
-Bottle the biggest lead ever seen in the championship and not go up
-slightly different but get cheated out of an FA Cup final

You probably start to think that maybe you're destined to never get the success deserved

and that’s what makes the good times even better. Keep believing, if not now, then there will be another time.

of course this would be catastrophic in terms of likely be few years re building again, but it has been worse.

All is not lost yet. Keep believing - my kids are brilliant for that, they just say, fine win next week

 

[Cally Fedora]

What a lot of nonsense on here. Lampard walking, fans not renewing. All total garbage of course. Some need to get a grip.

 

[SkyblueTexan]

Ah yes, the same Le Bris who took Sunderland on a poor run of form after being top?
I’d look at Robbie Savage.

No, the Le Bris, who despite the wobble, led Sunderland to playoff success and has done very well in pretty much ensuring Premier League survival and is only 6 points off for a place in Europe.

 

[Gleneagles65]

Still favourites to be champions, we will be promoted.

 

[Colin Steins Smile]

I don’t believe FL would walk if we failed to get promoted. I would be surprised if he got offered a club of a higher or same level, so his options are limited to tv work or a lower level club.
As for ST sales, I will renew as it’s a social occasion meeting friends at the matches. Not just the match.

 

[Skyblueabo1111]

The club is in the best shape it’s been in for 25 years.

It is at the moment, we don't go up. It won't. I actually hate the thought of being in the premier. The alternative is worse.

 

[Skyblueabo1111]

I don’t believe FL would walk if we failed to get promoted. I would be surprised if he got offered a club of a higher or same level, so his options are limited to tv work or a lower level club.
As for ST sales, I will renew as it’s a social occasion meeting friends at the matches. Not just the match.

I think he would be sacked.He has a squad, he hasn't used, good players, in an other team. Hee is stubborn. Play offs last yr, not one minute for Simms.

 

[itsabuzzard]

Never seen the One Show .

You're not missing much.

 

[Old Warwickshire lad]

Been going for 65 years, don’t know how to break a habit like that!
Wont be long before I am taking one of those checked blankets, to keep my legs warm.

 

[alexccfc99]

I will be renewing early bird, like I have every season since I was 6 years old nothing will ever change that

But there would be a real sense of dejection over the summer without doubt, there has been a siege mentality in the build up to every season in the last few years where with the two play-off campaigns we have felt desperately unlucky to lose and with the FA Cup semi where we have felt genuinely wronged - This one would be all our own doing would take a real while to get over as I can't see a better chance of us making a tilt at the Top 2 at this level, as a non parachute payment receiving club in my lifetime

In addition to that, a complete squad rebuild and manager recruitment drive probably takes place - I just cannot see a scenario where Frank Lampard is managing us in the Championship next season, this would hurt him as much as it would hurt us and I think it would make him want to take some time away from management, maybe even jack it in all together and get a cushy job on the TV