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rouseytastic
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'Train in a field' which is not far from where we were a few years ago. Recently we have been slumming it at the uni amongst other places and we still managed to win Lge 1 and reach the play offs in style months later. So, we were doing ok......yes
Suddenly TB proposes a new training ground. Great, how much? £20 million quid matey. Why? Why do we need to spend £20 million on a training facility when we had been overachieving with nowhere near that?!?! Surely if you wanted to get rid of cash so quickly then build one half as good (still infinitely better than the current set up), invest half of what you have left in the squad to play in your lovely new ground and bank the rest for rainy days or suddenly available star players.Lancing just smacks of expanding the property portfolio and looking to generate future income by training, coaching and nurturing young talent to sell them for a large profit, because let's be honest, with the lack of investment in THE FIRST TEAM SQUAD we will be in the Rymans selling kids to the prem.
Just doesn't sit right with me
TSB
Captain Hindsight
Yeah. Course. Beard.
Calm down. They have been and have returned like Palace, our turn will come one day just like the other yo yo clubs but no need for name calling. If you can't debate a topic then don't bother replying.
BUTTERBALL
East Stand Brighton Boyz
Thought Bloom sounded very serious on the radio tonight, much more so than usual.
TSB
Captain Hindsight
'Train in a field' which is not far from where we were a few years ago. Recently we have been slumming it at the uni amongst other places and we still managed to win Lge 1 and reach the play offs in style months later. So, we were doing ok......yes
Lancing just smacks of expanding the property portfolio and looking to generate future income by training, coaching and nurturing young talent to sell them for a large profit, because let's be honest, with the lack of investment in THE FIRST TEAM SQUAD we will be in the Rymans selling kids to the prem.
Just doesn't sit right with me
First thing first: There is no Rymans league any more.
Secondly: The training facility does not count towards FFP. Buying TEN MILLION pounds worth of player does.
We had injury crisis after injury crisis last year. We needed better facilities. And now we have the best in the country.
Look at where having an academy of stature has taken Southampton.
seagullsovergrimsby
#cpfctinpotclub
The best case scenario is we would have to accept being a club like Stoke or West Brom , always looking over our shoulders. The Premier League is basically 3 mini leagues within one division and we would yoyo between the bottom two mini leagues.
neilbard
Hedging up
- Oct 8, 2013
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At last someone who knows what there talking about! I salute you sir!'Train in a field' which is not far from where we were a few years ago. Recently we have been slumming it at the uni amongst other places and we still managed to win Lge 1 and reach the play offs in style months later. So, we were doing ok......yes
Lancing just smacks of expanding the property portfolio and looking to generate future income by training, coaching and nurturing young talent to sell them for a large profit, because let's be honest, with the lack of investment in THE FIRST TEAM SQUAD we will be in the Rymans selling kids to the prem.
Just doesn't sit right with me
rouseytastic
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rouseytastic
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Good man! I'm not alone!
RexCathedra
Aurea Mediocritas
That is the best case scenario.
Once or twice a decade, a run-out in That Other European Cup.
Once or twice in a lifetime, an increasingly meaningless FA Cup final appearence.
The rest of the time mud-wrestling with Stoke and Villa, and watching famous people beat us silly.
It's not dead, but it's sure not heaven.
Prince Monolulu
Everything in Moderation
I wish there were no machines, and everyone led a pastoral existence, trees and flowers don't deliberately cool you out and go beep in your ear.
The Camel
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This is an excellent point and genuinely why football is shit nowadays.
When I was a kid teams like Norwich, QPR, Nottingham Forest, Blackburn, Derby, Ipswich and Aston Villa all had seasons genuinely challenging for the title. (some succeeded!)
Sure, the big clubs were there or thereabouts most of the time, but smaller clubs had a realistic chance.
Last season Southampton had an outstanding season, playing terrific football. If that squad had been kept together, with maybe one or two additions, they might genuinely have competed for a top 4 spot.
But no, their squad has been pillaged of their star players and they will struggle to stay up probably.
Face facts, football is shit now.
Unless you support one of about 5 teams you will never win anything.
seagullsovergrimsby
#cpfctinpotclub
I am realistic in how high we can go because the top 8 clubs in the Prem are effectively a closed shop and you can thank Sky for that.
The Camel
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Even if they had stayed together, Southampton would still be 200/1+ to win the EPL
Football is crap. The playing field is not level.
Football is crap. The playing field is not level.