[Albion] Relegation. Will history repeat itself?

[Flash Walker]

I'm sure some other older fans are aware of the similarity between our progress then and now.

1978-83 League Position
1978 2nd Tier 4th (Top 3 promoted. Missed out on GD)
1979 2nd Tier 2nd (P)
1980 1st Tier 16/22
1981 1st Tier 19/22
1982 1st Tier 13/22
1983 1st Tier 22/22 (R )

2016-21 League Position
2016 2nd Tier 3rd (Top 2 promoted. Missed out on GD)
2017 2nd Tier 2nd (P)
2018 1st Tier 15/20
2019 1st Tier 17/20
2020 1st Tier 15/20
2021 1st Tier ??/20

 

[zefarelly]

I sincerely hope not, and I don't honestly believe it will repeat.

despite the naff kit

 

[Uh_huh_him]

Yeah it hasn't passed me by.

Coincidence only and absolutely nothing to worry about.

But why copy the ****ing kit!!
That's just asking for trouble.

 

[Arthritic Toe]

Yeah it hasn't passed me by.

Coincidence only and absolutely nothing to worry about.

But why copy the ****ing kit!!
That's just asking for trouble.

I know - if we have an FA cup run and change the manager for one with white shoes, I'm off.

 

[Grizz]

Well that's cheered me up no end! Having not experienced the 80s relegation I can't compare, but we seem to be making steady long term progress, the whole infrastructure of the club is geared towards it now, the academy is producing, so hopefully we'll break the trend.

 

[GT49er]

We've got the kit for it.

 

[blue-shifted]

On history, we're doomed this season.

On form, we have no chance of being near the drop zone.

I know which I'm going by

 

[British Bulldog]

If we manage to lose 0-5 twice and 0-4 in the first 6 games of this season like we did in the 82-83 season then you might have a point?

 

[studio150]

If we manage to lose 0-5 twice and 0-4 in the first 6 games of this season like we did in the 82-83 season then you might have a point?

That paints too rosy a picture, it was the first 3 away games 0-5, 0-4, 0-5 two of which were successive games in the same week.

One away win all season

 

[Bold Seagull]

FA Cup Final here we come!!!

 

[studio150]

FA Cup Final here we come!!!

Trust this doesn't mean we are going to sack Potter mid season and replace him with a clueless clown,

 

[zefarelly]

Rumours of 3 lorry loads of matchsticks being delivered to the North stand upper tier are totally untrue.

 

[Swansman]

I know - if we have an FA cup run and change the manager for one with white shoes, I'm off.

+1 .

 

[Bold Seagull]

Trust this doesn't mean we are going to sack Potter mid season and replace him with a clueless clown,

All bets are still on the table with this season of now inevitable outcomes.

 

[Justice]

With another 30 years of March must score

 

[Insel affe]

FA Cup Final here we come!!!

Wouldn't that be our freckin luck......

Played behind closed doors, pubs and the rest of Britain on total lockdown, only on sky at a cost of stupid money....

Something we could totally achieve

 

[Moshe Gariani]

That paints too rosy a picture, it was the first 3 away games 0-5, 0-4, 0-5 two of which were successive games in the same week.

One away win all season

I didn’t go to any of those games. Who were the oppo? Arsenal probably one of them...?

 

[Shropshire Seagull]

Similarities of outcomes, yeah maybe.

But, it's the input components that dictate outcomes and BHA is a VERY different beast now then what it was back then. Particularly the staff [players, manager, board, etc.]

Nothing to worry about ....

 

[Shuggie]

Speaking on behalf of the currently absent fat black and white fish, this sort of thinking was debunked by Sir Karl Popper in his seminal 1957 work "The Poverty of Historicism"

 

[British Bulldog]

That paints too rosy a picture, it was the first 3 away games 0-5, 0-4, 0-5 two of which were successive games in the same week.

One away win all season

At least we have got the away win done and dusted, just need to bring Peter Ward out of retirement for Saturday and this thread could be on to something?