Relegation battle now on.

[British Bulldog]

: Name me one better available manager?

Have Steve Cotterill and Ian Dowie got new clubs yet?

 

[Mendoza]

We are shit at football yes, relegation battle, most definatley not. 5 points from safety, but luckily there are a few teams WORSE than us

Chance of play offs, most definatley not, 13 point gap to make up from 29 games

 

[Simster]

What i'd like to see is the League1 table this time last year and see how many of the bottom 10 clubs stayed there & which ones were in a relegation battle at the end of the season....then compare it to todays table.

Oh dear.

30th Nov 2007:

1 Leeds United (5) 17 41
2 Swansea City (1) 17 31
3 Leyton Orient (14) 17 31
4 Nottingham Forest (2) 16 30
5 Carlisle United (4) 16 29
6 Doncaster Rovers (3) 17 26
7 Brighton & Hove Albion (7) 17 26
8 Southend United (6) 17 26
9 Tranmere Rovers (11) 17 24
10 Walsall (12) 17 24
11 Swindon Town (13) 16 23
12 Crewe Alexandra (20) 17 23
13 Huddersfield Town (10) 17 23
14 Luton Town (24) 17 22
15 Yeovil Town (18) 17 22
16 Hartlepool United (15) 17 21
17 Oldham Athletic (8) 16 19
18 Northampton Town (9) 17 19
19 Bristol Rovers (16) 17 19
20 Gillingham (22) 17 19
21 Millwall (17) 17 16
22 Cheltenham Town (19) 17 15
23 AFC Bournemouth (21) 17 13
24 Port Vale (23) 17 12

 

[Marc]

Oh dear.

30th Nov 2007:

1 Leeds United (5) 17 41
2 Swansea City (1) 17 31
3 Leyton Orient (14) 17 31
4 Nottingham Forest (2) 16 30
5 Carlisle United (4) 16 29
6 Doncaster Rovers (3) 17 26
7 Brighton & Hove Albion (7) 17 26
8 Southend United (6) 17 26
9 Tranmere Rovers (11) 17 24
10 Walsall (12) 17 24
11 Swindon Town (13) 16 23
12 Crewe Alexandra (20) 17 23
13 Huddersfield Town (10) 17 23
14 Luton Town (24) 17 22
15 Yeovil Town (18) 17 22
16 Hartlepool United (15) 17 21
17 Oldham Athletic (8) 16 19
18 Northampton Town (9) 17 19
19 Bristol Rovers (16) 17 19
20 Gillingham (22) 17 19
21 Millwall (17) 17 16
22 Cheltenham Town (19) 17 15
23 AFC Bournemouth (21) 17 13
24 Port Vale (23) 17 12

now how many of them stayed there until the end? I might suggest that most of them did but thats from memory...if they did then we are in a relegation battle from now on regardless of what players/manager we have.
The crappy old saying "too good to go down" means nothing...if you go down you were NOT good enough to stay up...simple FACT.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Why? Because you say so?

Personally I think we'd be having another season hovering around 6th or 7th place, with a settled side and players mostly playing in their correct positions and with a far smaller playing budget.

But I wouldn't be arrogant enough to suggest it was "a safe bet".

Fancy a bet then?

Proceeds to the REMF?