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Post by cj on Jan 31, 2018 20:35:42 GMT
That may be a stupid question to some on here but do you think Wael and his family think we are not ready for championship football?
Think about it and be honest with yourself, if somehow, we won promotion this season, is our team good enough to survive at that level? I don't think so. The signings we would need to survive will cost us millions, which I cannot see us spending. Unless we can manage like Burton of course! Also, the stadium and training ground would become more urgent too.
Of course I would rather see us playing in the championship where we should get the Bristol derby back and will play against better quality teams in some fantastic stadiums. But would you want this and pretty much be in a relegation dogfight all season or stay in league 1 next season and have a great season and continue to build on and off the pitch to make us ready for the championship?
Everything about our club on and off the pitch is not ready for that level yet. Apart from us fans of course. We deserve that level.
Do you think maybe Wael and his family are thinking the same?
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Post by yategasman on Jan 31, 2018 20:36:54 GMT
Yeah it is a stupid question!😜
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Post by singupgas on Jan 31, 2018 20:37:10 GMT
We are nowhere near ready. We would sell out every game, but rather we were watching championship football in a good to very good stadium.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2018 20:37:30 GMT
70% don't want to even discuss it let alone dream it.
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Post by paulpirate on Jan 31, 2018 20:38:05 GMT
That may be a stupid question to some on here but do you think Wael and his family think we are not ready for championship football? Think about it and be honest with yourself, if somehow, we won promotion this season, is our team good enough to survive at that level? I don't think so. The signings we would need to survive will cost us millions, which I cannot see us spending. Unless we can manage like Burton of course! Also, the stadium and training ground would become more urgent too. Of course I would rather see us playing in the championship where we should get the Bristol derby back and will play against better quality teams in some fantastic stadiums. But would you want this and pretty much be in a relegation dogfight all season or stay in league 1 next season and have a great season and continue to build on and off the pitch to make us ready for the championship? Everything about our club on and off the pitch is not ready for that level yet. Apart from us fans of course. We deserve that level. Do you think maybe Wael and his family are thinking the same? maybe it would make them get there fingers out their arses |
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Post by mjhgas on Jan 31, 2018 20:38:29 GMT
We are a million miles from the Championship.
Keep dreaming!
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Post by Topper Gas on Jan 31, 2018 20:38:46 GMT
We're a millions miles away from challenging for a top 6 spot let along going up, if nobody comes in now we'll struggle to match last season's finish and lose a player or two and we could get dragged back into a relegation fight #whatevolution?
I wonder if Shrewsbury's owners have got the same worries!!
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Post by toddy1953 on Jan 31, 2018 20:39:15 GMT
No we are not ready. Didn't DC set us a 3 year target last season? The stadium collapse put paid to that ambition
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Post by xplosivgas on Jan 31, 2018 20:40:26 GMT
We're ready for it; it's Wael and co. that aren't. They showed that with the stadium and they are showing it again today.
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Post by cj on Jan 31, 2018 20:42:42 GMT
We are a million miles from the Championship. Keep dreaming! Who is dreaming? |
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Post by singupgas on Jan 31, 2018 20:47:04 GMT
The fact that it seems a lot of fans have accepted the board slowly lowering expectations and going back on statements made when they first stepped in frustrates me. The evolution line is bollocks..think it will be realised when DC leaves.
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Post by jkgas15 on Jan 31, 2018 20:48:16 GMT
No, All this "we should be going for a play off push, we should be signing high profile players"....
No we shouldnt, if we went up we would get so many new assholes torn that our new assholes would have new assholes.
We're inconsistent, we don't have the squad or the money to compete, we cannot compete with wages against L2 clubs currently, so we won't compete with established championship teams, our ground is pitiful - and simply not big enough, the list goes on.
We have to improve dramatically off the pitch before we even dream of championship football.
If we can't generate the income now for wages with an 80/85% full stadium for this league how will we cope up there?
A full stadium would generate an extra £4k a week on the wage bill... That'll buy us a nice ball boy.
Yeovil went up, and plummeted back down to the bottom of L2. Burton are surviving by the skin of their teeth season after season - we don't want that.
3 and a half years ago we were playing Alfreton away - now everyone's fed up because we won't make the play offs to the championship...
I know it's frustrating, and we can do better, but equally in the real world outside of gaschat, we are not ready.
I mean, why pump money into the team if there's no structure behind it, because it will just collapse...
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Post by Hugo the Elder on Jan 31, 2018 20:49:35 GMT
Lolz
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Post by aghast on Jan 31, 2018 20:49:38 GMT
Win our game in hand, and we're six points off a playoff place with 17 games to go.
So no way are we a million miles away.
But I agree we're not ready at all with our players, facilities, stadium and owners.
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Post by Gashead73 on Jan 31, 2018 20:50:34 GMT
Nowhere near ready and lightyears away from that club that shall not be named, this was my Rovers 38 years ago and remains the same!
(apart from 1990)
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Post by cj on Jan 31, 2018 21:00:04 GMT
I mean, why pump money into the team if there's no structure behind it, because it will just collapse... This is exactly my point behind this thread. Lack of signings. Is this Waels way of making sure we stay in league 1 as we are not ready for the championship? Wael will be delighted if we won promotion but then he will be thinking how much is this going to cost him. Millions for new signings. Urgency for stadium and training ground. And without all this, it will cost us relegation back to league 1 and probably in a worse financial state. If a lot of us on here can understand we are not ready for the championship, would we be upset with Wael if he thinks the same? |
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Post by Nortongashead on Jan 31, 2018 21:00:49 GMT
No, All this "we should be going for a play off push, we should be signing high profile players".... No we shouldnt, if we went up we would get so many new assholes torn that our new assholes would have new assholes. We're inconsistent, we don't have the squad or the money to compete, we cannot compete with wages against L2 clubs currently, so we won't compete with established championship teams, our ground is pitiful - and simply not big enough, the list goes on. We have to improve dramatically off the pitch before we even dream of championship football. If we can't generate the income now for wages with an 80/85% full stadium for this league how will we cope up there? A full stadium would generate an extra £4k a week on the wage bill... That'll buy us a nice ball boy. Yeovil went up, and plummeted back down to the bottom of L2. Burton are surviving by the skin of their teeth season after season - we don't want that. 3 and a half years ago we were playing Alfreton away - now everyone's fed up because we won't make the play offs to the championship... I know it's frustrating, and we can do better, but equally in the real world outside of gaschat, we are not ready. I mean, why pump money into the team if there's no structure behind it, because it will just collapse... Is that you Wael? |
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Post by jkgas15 on Jan 31, 2018 21:04:29 GMT
I mean, why pump money into the team if there's no structure behind it, because it will just collapse... This is exactly my point behind this thread. Lack of signings. Is this Waels way of making sure we stay in league 1 as we are not ready for the championship? Wael will be delighted if we won promotion but then he will be thinking how much is this going to cost him. Millions for new signings. Urgency for stadium and training ground. And without all this, it will cost us relegation back to league 1 and probably in a worse financial state. If a lot of us on here can understand we are not ready for the championship, would we be upset with Wael if he thinks the same? In my opinion, its not financially viable currently. I think a slight lack of progression on the pitch wouldn't matter quite as much if there was evident action going on off the pitch, but currently we just have a lack of everything everywhere, yet are still mid table in a tough division, its not all doom and gloom but we really need to see some real progression off the pitch |
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Post by Somersetgas on Jan 31, 2018 21:04:45 GMT
No, All this "we should be going for a play off push, we should be signing high profile players".... No we shouldnt, if we went up we would get so many new assholes torn that our new assholes would have new assholes. We're inconsistent, we don't have the squad or the money to compete, we cannot compete with wages against L2 clubs currently, so we won't compete with established championship teams, our ground is pitiful - and simply not big enough, the list goes on. We have to improve dramatically off the pitch before we even dream of championship football. If we can't generate the income now for wages with an 80/85% full stadium for this league how will we cope up there? A full stadium would generate an extra £4k a week on the wage bill... That'll buy us a nice ball boy. Yeovil went up, and plummeted back down to the bottom of L2. Burton are surviving by the skin of their teeth season after season - we don't want that. 3 and a half years ago we were playing Alfreton away - now everyone's fed up because we won't make the play offs to the championship... I know it's frustrating, and we can do better, but equally in the real world outside of gaschat, we are not ready. I mean, why pump money into the team if there's no structure behind it, because it will just collapse... Is that you Wael? It can’t be Wael as he has lost his voice for the last two months, perhaps it’s smokescreen Hamer?? |
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Post by jkgas15 on Jan 31, 2018 21:05:35 GMT
No, All this "we should be going for a play off push, we should be signing high profile players".... No we shouldnt, if we went up we would get so many new assholes torn that our new assholes would have new assholes. We're inconsistent, we don't have the squad or the money to compete, we cannot compete with wages against L2 clubs currently, so we won't compete with established championship teams, our ground is pitiful - and simply not big enough, the list goes on. We have to improve dramatically off the pitch before we even dream of championship football. If we can't generate the income now for wages with an 80/85% full stadium for this league how will we cope up there? A full stadium would generate an extra £4k a week on the wage bill... That'll buy us a nice ball boy. Yeovil went up, and plummeted back down to the bottom of L2. Burton are surviving by the skin of their teeth season after season - we don't want that. 3 and a half years ago we were playing Alfreton away - now everyone's fed up because we won't make the play offs to the championship... I know it's frustrating, and we can do better, but equally in the real world outside of gaschat, we are not ready. I mean, why pump money into the team if there's no structure behind it, because it will just collapse... Is that you Wael? Don't blow my cover please 🤫 |
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