What's the point in Reading FC getting promoted ?

[Norfolk Royal]

Surely the point of Reading FC is that it gives people in the surrounding area the chance to go and watch a football match.

If you love football, that's it really.

[brendywendy]

But it's like waiting around at a party when you're the spotty geeky ugly kid in the corner that no girl wants to touch. And you're spending money buying them drinks hoping you'll swerve one of them, when in reality your best hope is that all the other blokes in the room suddenly get struck down by swine flu and then maybe, just maybe, the girl might actually suck you off.

thats my life



and LOL at fans of the big four forgetting that football is cyclical
and twenty years ago leeds and forest were massive massive clubs

Yes, they did, pre Sky and pre money dictating things as much as it does now. There is a greater monopoly in the EPL than in the SPL. FACT

It won't change either, not massively unless money doesn't dictate in the way it does now. Which will happen when you get sucked off.

genius postings
(though i got sucked off last night)


but i dont think the big 4 are as secure as they think, since its all built on mountains of debt

[TheMaraudingDog]

Chelsea will be most at risk, the others will be fine.

[Thaumagurist*]

Chelsea will be most at risk, the others will be fine.

Don't Man Utd have mountains of debt?

[TheMaraudingDog]

Let's not get off the subject of the thread Spacey.

[Dirk Gently]

Chelsea will be most at risk, the others will be fine.

That depends.

The debt of Man Utd is commerical debt, already being traded around financial institutions in trouble at discounts rates, and some of that is ending up being owned by operators who might not be particularly tolerant if the Glazers need financial breathing space at any time. In particular much of the £152 M owed to hedge funds is being traded cheaply, so it's this, rather than the £514 M £666m owed to other financial institutions that is the real danger.

Chelsea's debt is all owed to one man, so it's all a question of what happens to him or how he feels in the future. The debt is interest free, although it is repayable at 18 months' notice. Manchester United's debt, in contract, attracts interest of £81M per year.

For the record, in October 2008 the debts of the Big 4 were Manchester United £764M, Chelsea £716M, Liverpool £368M, Arsenal £352M.

[TheMaraudingDog]

Back on topic, the general consensus is that the point of Reading getting promoted is an achievement in tiself, and you hope one day to consolidate in the PL before going back down.

Does this justify spending 100's if not 1000's on watching your team each year ?

[brendywendy]

TMD has created a winner of a thread here

4 pages in an afternoon



BLOLOCKBUSTER

[Dirk Gently]

Back on topic, the general consensus is that the point of Reading getting promoted is an achievement in tiself, and you hope one day to consolidate in the PL before going back down.

Does this justify spending 100's if not 1000's on watching your team each year ?

Of course not, But a football team isn't like a job, a car or a woman. You get one for life, regardless of what happens to it or what league its in.

[TheMaraudingDog]

Back on topic, the general consensus is that the point of Reading getting promoted is an achievement in tiself, and you hope one day to consolidate in the PL before going back down.

Does this justify spending 100's if not 1000's on watching your team each year ?

Of course not, But a football team isn't like a job, a car or a woman. You get one for life, regardless of what happens to it or what league its in.

So you have to stick it out just because "it's what you do" ?

It's like staying with a wife when you have no future, just because you said "till death us do part". You keep funding her lavish lifestyle and all the time she's just mugging you off bleeding you dry.

But as you said "till death us do part" it's what you do.

[RobRoyal]

Realistically, you'll only get relegated again and if not in the first season, then definitely in the next couple. You won't see anything you haven't seen already. You won't achieve anything better than you achieved before. You're just waiting to get relegated and hopefully then go back up again ?

Football, mate. It's fun. Believe it or not, that's true whether you're the best team in Europe or... one of the others. Enjoying being football fan, contrary to the opinion of MUFC fans, is not about getting your d*ck out in an attempt to prove that you're the biggest.

Really poor attempt by the way, makes you look a right fool.

You won't see anything you haven't seen already. ou won't achieve anything better than you achieved before.

By that logic, you might as well wind up Man Utd right now. So maybe you're got a point afterall.

[TheMaraudingDog]

Realistically, you'll only get relegated again and if not in the first season, then definitely in the next couple. You won't see anything you haven't seen already. You won't achieve anything better than you achieved before. You're just waiting to get relegated and hopefully then go back up again ?

Football, mate. It's fun. Believe it or not, that's true whether you're the best team in Europe or... one of the others. Enjoying being football fan, contrary to the opinion of MUFC fans, is not about getting your d*ck out in an attempt to prove that you're the biggest.

Really poor attempt by the way, makes you look a right fool.

7 homes games without a win with the players not giving a shit doesn't sound like much fun to me. Nor does the fact that there is a dead end to what you can achieve

[ellpryjon]

Back on topic, the general consensus is that the point of Reading getting promoted is an achievement in tiself, and you hope one day to consolidate in the PL before going back down.

Does this justify spending 100's if not 1000's on watching your team each year ?

PLOLastic

[Dirk Gently]

Back on topic, the general consensus is that the point of Reading getting promoted is an achievement in tiself, and you hope one day to consolidate in the PL before going back down.

Does this justify spending 100's if not 1000's on watching your team each year ?

Of course not, But a football team isn't like a job, a car or a woman. You get one for life, regardless of what happens to it or what league its in.

So you have to stick it out just because "it's what you do" ?

It's like staying with a wife when you have no future, just because you said "till death us do part". You keep funding her lavish lifestyle and all the time she's just mugging you off bleeding you dry.

But as you said "till death us do part" it's what you do.

That's where the metaphor breaks down - I did say a football team isn't like a woman. You can easily change a woman, or have several at the same time (as long as they don't know about each other!).

But you can't support several football teams, or suddenly leave one and go and start supporting another. All you can really do is leave the team completely once they bleed you too dry, or support one which is "your club" but in a more fan-friendly way.

[TheMaraudingDog]

I'm not saying find another club. But what's the point in being bled dry by one that doesn't have a prosperus future just because "it's what you do"

[tink]

7 homes games without a win with the players not giving a shit doesn't sound like much fun to me. Nor does the fact that there is a dead end to what you can achieve

But what makes it fun is the fact that now, with one game left, there is a chance that something massive could happen for this club. You can appreicate the good times so much more when you've had to put up with sh*t for so long.

Having never supported a team that wins week in week out i do have to question how much fun it really is.

I think the atmosphere at the pompey - cardiff fa cup final went a long way towards illustrating how unpassionate the supporters of the top 4 really are, simply because they generally make a wembley appearance once, if not twice, a season.

What's the point in supporting man utd if you're simply going to win every game? It's the age old debate that's been done to death...

[TheMaraudingDog]

7 homes games without a win with the players not giving a shit doesn't sound like much fun to me. Nor does the fact that there is a dead end to what you can achieve

But what makes it fun is the fact that now, with one game left, there is a chance that something massive could happen for this club. You can appreicate the good times so much more when you've had to put up with sh*t for so long.

Having never supported a team that wins week in week out i do have to question how much fun it really is.

I think the atmosphere at the pompey - cardiff fa cup final went a long way towards illustrating how unpassionate the supporters of the top 4 really are, simply because they generally make a wembley appearance once, if not twice, a season.

What's the point in supporting man utd if you're simply going to win every game? It's the age old debate that's been done to death...

Massive like winning promotion ? Been there seen it done it, and it was much better than this time around.

It's like going back to an old girlfriend just to get a shag. The reality is you're desperate as there's no other alternative, the spark has gone but she'll make you cum.

[Dirk Gently]

I'm not saying find another club. But what's the point in being bled dry by one that doesn't have a prosperus future just because "it's what you do"

Surely that applies to all supporters at all clubs - if it was simply an economic decision no-one would go and watch football these days.

[TheMaraudingDog]

I'm not saying find another club. But what's the point in being bled dry by one that doesn't have a prosperus future just because "it's what you do"

Surely that applies to all supporters at all clubs - if it was simply an economic decision no-one would go and watch football these days.

I wouldn't say all. Some clubs can achieve something that the majority of supporters will never have witnessed. Swansea are on the cusp of Prem football, but ultimately, they'll flirt with it, then become just another yo yo club.

Back to reading, i really dont see the point.

[rg6royal]

Tbh I wouldn't mind staying in the Championship. But if we do go up then I'm not exactly going to complain!