Poor support

[Pot noodles for everyone]

..but don't deserve to be there, based on the size of the club.

...I'm not saying they haven't earnt/deserved it, ....But the size of the actual clubs isn't befitting of the top flight...I'm not saying fanbase/size of club should determine league standings, nothing of the sort because that is complete twaddle...

The only thing that's complete twaddle appears to be your thought process. How many times have you contradicted yourself in those two quotes?

 

[Napper]

Tell me you are joking? They're a bankrolled second tier club as stated above. The population of Blackburn is 100k. The population of Brighton and Hove alone is 250k, not to mention the rest of Sussex. Our potential (yes that wonderful word 'potential') outstrips theirs by a country mile.

No joke, I stated they are a bigger club which doesnt include potential.

Bigger crowds, bigger stadium, 3 league titles, 1 runner up , 6 F.A Cup wins, 2 FA cup runners up , 1 league cup win amongst various other honours.

True we may have better away support for some games

No brainer

 

[Napper]

You clearly haven't got a clue what you're talking about. Maybe you should research what their grievances are all about before mouthing off with this sort of ill-informed bollocks.

Success and history, yes. Size of fanbase, definitely not.

Not sure how you work this out. They have averaged bigger crowds than our 5 months at the Amex for years, probably near on 20 years

 

[Billy the Fish]

No joke, I stated they are a bigger club which doesnt include potential.

Bigger crowds, bigger stadium, 3 league titles, 1 runner up , 6 F.A Cup wins, 2 FA cup runners up , 1 league cup win amongst various other honours.

True we may have better away support for some games

No brainer

Agree, of course Blackburn are a bigger club.

There's much bigger interest in sport up north, you can't compare it to rural sussex and say we have more potential because there's hardly any clubs near us. Had the people of sussex been a bit more interested in football over the last 100 years we might have sustained genuinely big club in the area and have a few more of our towns represented in the league, like Lancashire and Yorkshire do.

 

[Simster]

Not sure how you work this out. They have averaged bigger crowds than our 5 months at the Amex for years, probably near on 20 years

They average around 24,000 and often struggle for gates of 21-22,000 in the Premiership.

Given their circumstances in this day and age - a ground holding 30,000, won the title in the past two decades and been out of the top flight for just one season in that time - I'd be surprised if our gates dipped as low as theirs.

 

[pauldcpfc]

I think you'll find I corrected myself later on. I heard that you only took 144 to Barnsley. Is that correct?

Incorrect.

228. Not many more i'll admit. It was the one away game I couldn't justify. 2 days unpaid leave, ridiculous train costs. And i've been before. It's the price we paid for beating Southampton.

And I give huge respect to every single one that travelled. Like I do to all fans that go to games home or away. Brighton fan or Palace fan, you're better than the Premiership fans that sit on their arses and don't bother.

 

[sten]

Incorrect.

228. Not many more i'll admit. It was the one away game I couldn't justify. 2 days unpaid leave, ridiculous train costs. And i've been before. It's the price we paid for beating Southampton.

And I give huge respect to every single one that travelled. Like I do to all fans that go to games home or away. Brighton fan or Palace fan, you're better than the Premiership fans that sit on their arses and don't bother.

Bang on,and there are plenty of those goons sat in most sky viewing pubs all over the place

 

[Cheeky Monkey]

No joke, I stated they are a bigger club which doesnt include potential.

Bigger crowds, bigger stadium, 3 league titles, 1 runner up , 6 F.A Cup wins, 2 FA cup runners up , 1 league cup win amongst various other honours.

True we may have better away support for some games

No brainer

They don't get bigger crowds though do they? They're lucky to get 20k+ through the door in the Premiership. We get that in the Championship. The Amex will be bigger than Ewood Park with the extra seats and in the Premiership we'd be hitting sell outs for all of the high profile fixtures, if not the lesser ones - not something that can be said about Blackburn by any stretch of the imagination.

 

[Pot noodles for everyone]

They don't get bigger crowds though do they? They're lucky to get 20k+ through the door in the Premiership. We get that in the Championship. The Amex will be bigger than Ewood Park with the extra seats and in the Premiership we'd be hitting sell outs for all of the high profile fixtures, if not the lesser ones - not something that can be said about Blackburn by any stretch of the imagination.

You have a compelling case in everything except the real world. We aren't in the premiership, we haven't won the league, we haven't established ourselves over 15-20 years in the top flight, we don't have a 30,000+ stadium and we don't get 30,000+ home attendances. So your argument is pure speculation.

 

[Cheeky Monkey]

You have a compelling case in everything except the real world. We aren't in the premiership, we haven't won the league, we haven't established ourselves over 15-20 years in the top flight, we don't have a 30,000+ stadium and we don't get 30,000+ home attendances. So your argument is pure speculation.

So the fact that our crowds in the second tier are almost on a par with Blackburn's in the Premiership is speculation eh? You learn something new every day.

 

[Pot noodles for everyone]

So the fact that our crowds in the second tier are almost on a par with Blackburn's in the Premiership is speculation eh? You learn something new every day.

Is any of what I have said a fact then? You know - us having bigger crowds, better history, more success?

 

[Napper]

They don't get bigger crowds though do they? They're lucky to get 20k+ through the door in the Premiership. We get that in the Championship. The Amex will be bigger than Ewood Park with the extra seats and in the Premiership we'd be hitting sell outs for all of the high profile fixtures, if not the lesser ones - not something that can be said about Blackburn by any stretch of the imagination.

Do some research mate. You are way off on this discussion on BRFC

 

[brakespear]

What a complete load of cobblers. It's this type of thinking that brought about the threat of a closed PL1 and PL2 with no relegation - all right for those in it and tough shit to those "small" clubs outside.

this.

 

[Cheeky Monkey]

Do some research mate. You are way off on this discussion on BRFC

For me a 'big club' is a club with a big fanbase, nothing else. Blackburn don't fit this criteria for me I'm afraid. If they were back in the second tier they would be getting somewhere between 13k-17k at Ewood Park I should imagine.

 

[Ninja Elephant]

The only thing that's complete twaddle appears to be your thought process. How many times have you contradicted yourself in those two quotes?

Not once, maybe you need to improve your ability to read and understand what you've read. Rather than just trying to be argumentative.

 

[Pot noodles for everyone]

Not once, maybe you need to improve your ability to read and understand what you've read. Rather than just trying to be argumentative.

Okay, educate me then. How is

..but don't deserve to be there, based on the size of the club.

a corollary of

..I'm not saying they haven't earnt/deserved it

and how does

....But the size of the actual clubs isn't befitting of the top flight

not contradict

...I'm not saying fanbase/size of club should determine league standings


Seriously. Sit down and give your mouth a chance to speak, sunshine.

 

[Goldstone Rapper]

Okay, educate me then. How is

..but don't deserve to be there, based on the size of the club.

a corollary of

..I'm not saying they haven't earnt/deserved it

and how does

....But the size of the actual clubs isn't befitting of the top flight

not contradict

...I'm not saying fanbase/size of club should determine league standings


Seriously. Sit down and give your mouth a chance to speak, sunshine.

I completely agree.

 

[Ninja Elephant]

Take a day off you miserable individual.

 

[Pot noodles for everyone]

Take a day off you miserable individual.

NSC's gain is Oxford Union Debating Society's loss.

 

[Ninja Elephant]

NSC's gain is Oxford Union Debating Society's loss.

There's more to life.