| The Prem Promised Land 22:56 - Nov 5 with 2972 views | sotd78 |
Well, the Prem is not really that wonderful, is it?
It's great for the top clubs. Loads of games, Europe, lots of interesting competitions. So many that they can whinge about having to play so often. That annoying little League Cup getting in the way. Meanwhile we sit twiddling our thumbs without really enough games. The lower Prem really is a poor place to be. It's almost boring. |  |
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| The Prem Promised Land on 12:57 - Nov 6 with 2664 views | withyblue |
Yep that's why we need to qualify for Europe and have a League Cup run. |  | | |
| The Prem Promised Land on 13:07 - Nov 6 with 2634 views | Schmoke |
The whole thing is toxic as hell.
I'm torn between wanting us to do well and missing the Championship as it's more 'real'. It's a very odd feeling. |  | | |
| The Prem Promised Land on 13:12 - Nov 6 with 2582 views | ElephantintheRoom |
Those with long memories and their toys still in their prams will recall the franchise chose not to bother competing in this season’s league cup
Town have been in the top division before… Teri last two stays were three years and two years - a geometric progression that has long suggested this one will be one year - even before the manager tried to jump ship and the club thumbed through the championship team of the year for a job lot of mercenaries that may or may not be any better than what was already under McKenna’s nose. | |
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| The Prem Promised Land on 13:34 - Nov 6 with 2480 views | FrimleyBlue |
If we were midtable, it would be fine, people would see these breaks in games as time for players to recover and go again |  |
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| The Prem Promised Land on 13:40 - Nov 6 with 2446 views | Churchman |
| The Prem Promised Land on 13:12 - Nov 6 by ElephantintheRoom |
Those with long memories and their toys still in their prams will recall the franchise chose not to bother competing in this season’s league cup
Town have been in the top division before… Teri last two stays were three years and two years - a geometric progression that has long suggested this one will be one year - even before the manager tried to jump ship and the club thumbed through the championship team of the year for a job lot of mercenaries that may or may not be any better than what was already under McKenna’s nose. |
Norwich’s was a short stay last time too. I hope you are not too upset about their miserable defeat last night.
On the ball city! |  | | |
| The Prem Promised Land on 13:41 - Nov 6 with 2441 views | tractorboy1978 |
A lot better than sitting predominantly mid-lower end of the Championship for over a decade. Or outside the play offs in L1. [Post edited 6 Nov 2024 13:42]
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| The Prem Promised Land on 13:47 - Nov 6 with 2390 views | Dubtractor |
| The Prem Promised Land on 13:34 - Nov 6 by FrimleyBlue |
If we were midtable, it would be fine, people would see these breaks in games as time for players to recover and go again |
Correct.
We're not enjoying it so far, and lots of factors have contributed to that, but turn a couple of the draws into wins and we'd all be beaming about how well we'd made the step up. |  |
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| The Prem Promised Land on 13:52 - Nov 6 with 2373 views | TheBoyBlue |
I'd rather be here than back where we were. Years of nothingness, mind-numbing nothingness. No chance of promotion, part of me almost welcomed relegation to League 1 for something different and an actual promotion push until it became obvious that we weren't even capable of that.
Yes, the Prem is loaded towards the bigger teams in terms of coverage and there have been dubious refereeing decisions as we know, but there have always been those because officials at all levels are human.
But we are in a battle of real jeopardy and we're far from out of it at this stage, not playing the way we are. Full-houses, great atmospheres, loads of coverage of all things ITFC. Bring it on! | |
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| The Prem Promised Land on 13:55 - Nov 6 with 2361 views | Churchman |
| The Prem Promised Land on 13:41 - Nov 6 by tractorboy1978 |
A lot better than sitting predominantly mid-lower end of the Championship for over a decade. Or outside the play offs in L1. [Post edited 6 Nov 2024 13:42]
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Two years ago on 12 November we drew 1-1 at home with Cheltenham having blown up at Charlton 4-4 in the previous match.
Yep, even scratching about in the PL is a lot better than that or the Championship when it comes to it. Especially now I’m over last Saturdays disgraceful travesty.
You have to strive to be the best you can be and that’s taken us here. If we fall back to the Championship, my hope is we will have enough to come back stronger.
The mouldering slow death under Evans with McCarthy trying to assemble a team on crumbs, inept Hurst, windbag Lambert and under the bus Cook? We are in a different place and despite my intense dislike of many aspects of the PL, I’ll take that.
Edit: I nearly forgot hapless Jewell and mad boilerman Keane. Happy days - not [Post edited 6 Nov 2024 13:59]
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| The Prem Promised Land on 15:45 - Nov 6 with 2141 views | rickw |
| The Prem Promised Land on 13:34 - Nov 6 by FrimleyBlue |
If we were midtable, it would be fine, people would see these breaks in games as time for players to recover and go again |
I don't think it's that, it's just we've been so used to 2 games a week in the EFL and in the PL it's just been 1.
It didn't help that we lost in the league cup in our first match. We've played 11 matches this season, Championship teams who lost in the league cup round 2 like us would have played 16 - that's 5 more weeks we'd have had a 2nd match.
To me it just seems like PL clubs who aren't in Europe have to put up with less matches so those who are don't have too many |  |
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| The Prem Promised Land on 16:16 - Nov 6 with 2090 views | bobbyramsey |
I expect KM, the coaching staff et al welcome the chance to rest players etc. They were moaning in the league below about not enough "down-time"..... |  | | |
| The Prem Promised Land on 20:13 - Nov 6 with 1897 views | quirkie |
Bournemouth, Brentford, Brighton, Fulham, Palace etc seem to be coping with life in the Premier league over the last few years, and each of these clubs were in the Championship and below for long spells, Brighton and Bournemouth were utter basket cases 10/15 years ago before they got their investment.
I'd say we are on paper a bigger club than those 5 for a start, so it is just going to be a case of having some patience.
The double promotion means were are a bit ahead of ourselves, I expect it was initially though the Premier league promise land would take 4 or 5 years, we got there in half that time.
OK, painful at the moment, but we'll be fine. |  |
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| The Prem Promised Land on 09:04 - Nov 7 with 1578 views | backwaywhen |
| The Prem Promised Land on 13:40 - Nov 6 by Churchman |
Norwich’s was a short stay last time too. I hope you are not too upset about their miserable defeat last night.
On the ball city! |
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| The Prem Promised Land on 10:53 - Nov 7 with 1453 views | Churchman |
| The Prem Promised Land on 09:04 - Nov 7 by backwaywhen |
Binner |
I’m always amused by their use of the term ‘binner’. It’s derived from an episode of Lovejoy called Bin Diving and a character to the plot called Brian Nun played by the sadly departed Warren Clarke.
He’s in charge of a dustcart, wealthy from ‘scratching’ stuff that people throw out, wears an ITFC baseball cap and he and his crew finish the episode capturing the two idiot thieves with Ian McShane. | | | |
| The Prem Promised Land on 14:07 - Nov 7 with 1366 views | ElephantintheRoom |
| The Prem Promised Land on 20:13 - Nov 6 by quirkie |
Bournemouth, Brentford, Brighton, Fulham, Palace etc seem to be coping with life in the Premier league over the last few years, and each of these clubs were in the Championship and below for long spells, Brighton and Bournemouth were utter basket cases 10/15 years ago before they got their investment.
I'd say we are on paper a bigger club than those 5 for a start, so it is just going to be a case of having some patience.
The double promotion means were are a bit ahead of ourselves, I expect it was initially though the Premier league promise land would take 4 or 5 years, we got there in half that time.
OK, painful at the moment, but we'll be fine. |
Looking at the Prem now and thinking it’s always been that way and is going to stay that way is a bit like being a Guardian reader thinking the world has always enjoyed an average temperature. If you look at the championship only Plymouth and Preston haven’t been in the top division in recent times so that’s 20 clubs who probably think they belong in the Prem too
Give it five years and at least four of those clubs currently much admired will be destitute - including quite possibly Ipswich. | |
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| The Prem Promised Land on 14:20 - Nov 7 with 1333 views | hype313 |
| The Prem Promised Land on 14:07 - Nov 7 by ElephantintheRoom |
Looking at the Prem now and thinking it’s always been that way and is going to stay that way is a bit like being a Guardian reader thinking the world has always enjoyed an average temperature. If you look at the championship only Plymouth and Preston haven’t been in the top division in recent times so that’s 20 clubs who probably think they belong in the Prem too
Give it five years and at least four of those clubs currently much admired will be destitute - including quite possibly Ipswich. |
You really are quite the beacon of joy. |  |
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