by Snowflake Royal »
18 Apr 2023 08:35
Hound Snowflake Royal YorkshireRoyal99
There's my point about us though, why can't we compete? It's not like it's something we've not been doing for years, we've been poor but we've managed to be better than other sides. It's not great to see the team lose, but it's better to see us in a better division than a lower one where there is no guarantee we will get out in a timeframe that will satisfy the fans. We should want to be playing at the best level we can, for as long as we can.
I'm not talking about competing to not be relegated, I mean top half.
We've finished top half twice in 10 years. We aren't competing. We have a culture of losing and failure. We're badly run, struggling to be financially competitive.
Take Ipswich, they now have a culture of winning from years of competingfor promotion. They've sorted themselves out, there's a feel good factor about the place.
The last ten years at Reading have been increasingly rancid.
I know you think it's better to be losing in a higher division than winning in a lower one. You know I don't agree.
Guess you could balance an Ipswich out with someone like Charlton who have been pretty mediocre since relegation. Portsmouth as well to an extent
For me it depends a lot on what we did if we did go down. If we fill the team with upper div1 journeyman in an attempt to bounce back then no thanks. If we did genuinely invest in the youth and started the season with some guarantees to the likes of Abrefa, Camara, Ehib, Craig, Clarke(s), CBC that would be get plenty of game time if they play well then I could get on board with it
I think the Ipwichs outnumber the Charltons a fair amount... think I checked it out a while back.
Just think of the team we could have had if we'd gone down in Stam’s first season rather than finished 3rd.
No Dai ruining the club finances, wage bill roughly where it was last season with players to sell off. And a youth team potentially including Cooper, Dickie, Hyam, Stacey, Fosu and Kelly with Richards, Holmes, McIntyre and Rino coming through behind.