Do you miss the Premiership?

[Northern Git]

Mmmmm........
Miss the Premiership?

Bloody right I do.

Reading competing with, and taking points from, every team in Premiership over two seasons apart from The Gunners and Pompey
Top class opponents almost every week, with some of the finest players in the world on show.
Mad House full and noisy (both home and away fans)
See my club featured on TV regularly, both on satellite and terrestrial TV.
Great away days to some of the greatest stadiums in Europe (don’t included Pompey in that!)
A Reading player starting for England.
A Reading manager, being voted Manager of the season in the Premiership

Contrast above with a dull, drab, uninspiring Reading side and manager competing with another dull, drab uninspiring side at half empty stadiums, featuring players most people have never heard of (and never will)

Seems the reason most think the Championship is better is because ‘it’s a more even competitive league’ – yes agree with that – its uniformly second rate – rubbish playing rubbish tends to be pretty even (although we can’t even compete these days in an ‘even’ league)

Alternatively we have the ‘it costs less argument.’ Wow a shity burger and a coke at MucyDees costs less than a decent meal and a bottle of wine. I know which I would go for everyday of the week (and the restaurant does not have a plastic ‘M’ outside.)

And of course there is the ‘i would like to be playing in the second division’ crew. Just what are you on? Pathetic losers who only seem happy in a world of mediocrity. Hope you enjoy driving your 1997 Ford KA to the 99p shop for the Xmas shopping guys.

Premiership anyday of the week for me.

[winchester_royal]

Brilliant.

[Mid Sussex Royal]

Due to where I live now I never had a season ticket in prem so was only able to go to the less attractive games. There was a great atmosphere even at these games though and you were seeing household names every week - I'd hardly heard of any of the Scuntorpe players on Sat.

I also think what might have been - it looks a week league this term - look at Brum - 8th and level with Liverpool and still playing negative defensive football & grinding out 1-0's just like last season.