You were very unlucky but don’t be too downbeat (15 Viewers)

[Skyblueabo1111]

I get that and in the long term this season should take us up a level but it’s a painful process. We had a team we loved - players we’d seen grow and develop, bond and achieve something really special. Most of them have now left or are way down the pecking order, replaced by talented footballers with no affinity to the club who will be leaving as soon as a promoted premier league club comes knocking in the summer. Most of the money will have gone on inflated salaries, agent fees and transfers. Our ground has a big upgrade that was long overdue but yours doesn’t need it.

Lampard has done an incredible job but you are so far off the level you need to be at (I don’t mean that to sound offensive) that I honestly think you’d struggle to get into double digit points next season even if the owners, like ours did, spent £100m in the summer.

Brilliant posts. Good luck for next season

 

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[Super Frank]

Im ready to start the season now.

 

[Irish Sky Blue]

Honestly think it’s becoming a real problem for the premier league that fans specifically are finding it less appealing due to VAR and dominance of the elite clubs. When the European super league came about I was affronted. Now looking back I actually think it would be best if those top teams did leave, so we can have a cheaper, probably poor quality, but no less entertaining EPL and premier league.

I think the problem with the Super League idea was that they had no intention of clearing off. I may be wrong, but my understanding was they would play Super League but retain a team in their domestic leagues as well. Probably two different teams for the same club most of the time but with the money they would make from both competitions that would have been no problem.

I would have been happy to see them depart with the proviso that if they ever wanted to return to the English Leagues they would have to start at the very bottom. Seeing Chelsea et al in the Isthmian League division two or equivalent would have been fun, particularly having to rely on home gates for the bulk of their money.

The only bad thing with this scenario is that it would probably be more fun watching them play non-league than sterile dead rubbers in the Super League. Too much fun for entitled fans.