arthur
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Like a few other miserabilist souls, I'm slightly relieved we're not going up this year as I'm not sure we would enjoy League 1 very much at the moment. But I'm not so miserablist as to believe that we never could, and I dream of the time when we are an established League 1 club - i.e. we finish in the top half of the table more often than not, we flirt with promotion one year in three and we have decent and exciting runs in both cups.
But the there are opinions like this:
Which got me thinking - 2010/11 was a brilliant season and then it all went nipples aloft the next year. Were we relegated for the reasons cited above - i.e. was it inevitable that 2010/11 was the exception rather than the rule? What could/should have been done to build on the successes of 10/11? Were there solutions that obviated the need for "bigger gates and more commercial support"? And if bigger gates and more commercial support are essential, what do we need to do to get them?
But the there are opinions like this:
..which seem to suggest that mine is an impossible dream.Well, end of another season..... and having followed City for over 50 years....we’ve gone from being a bang average League 2 team...and at times a poor one.... to a slightly better than average League 2 team. Much improved ground and great academy....but real progress on the pitch remains painfully slow. Same old problem....we have to sell our best players to pay the bills. The rise of the Chiefs... credit to them....hasn't helped either. Without bigger gates and more commercial support we will not make real sustainable progress and be able to reach L1 and be good enough to become established at that higher level.
Which got me thinking - 2010/11 was a brilliant season and then it all went nipples aloft the next year. Were we relegated for the reasons cited above - i.e. was it inevitable that 2010/11 was the exception rather than the rule? What could/should have been done to build on the successes of 10/11? Were there solutions that obviated the need for "bigger gates and more commercial support"? And if bigger gates and more commercial support are essential, what do we need to do to get them?