Slippery slope

[fox58]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/8050784.stm

Interesting that of the 14 teams that have taken the slippery slope from the prem to league 1 only one has made the journey back to the promised land

 

[Profondo Rosso]

I wonder how many times throughout the season we're going to hear/see the godawful phrase "the promised land"?

 

[fox58]

I wonder how many times throughout the season we're going to hear/see the godawful phrase "the promised land"?

thats twice in this thread alone:icon_wink

 

[Profondo Rosso]

Championship play-off final day you hear it well into double figures :icon_bigg

 

[The Old Fox]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/8050784.stm

Interesting that of the 14 teams that have taken the slippery slope from the prem to league 1 only one has made the journey back to the promised land

So, although not quite unique, we'll be in rarefied company.

 

[jb5000]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/8050784.stm

Interesting that of the 14 teams that have taken the slippery slope from the prem to league 1 only one has made the journey back to the promised land

Because, of course, football history started in 1992 with the Premiership. There are plenty of teams who went up and down and back again before then, particularly hilariously with Wolves and Northampton.

 

[Isopen]

in the same way, it is rare for a side relegated to League One to be promoted back to the Championship the following year

... but 2 teams managed it last season

 

[alex]

Play offs at a minimum are a real possibility for this season IMO, I will be happy with consolidation next season too mind...ish.

 

[Profondo Rosso]

Northampton were in the top division?! When the **** did that happen?

 

[martinkop1]

slopes are very slippery , more slippy when it snows.

 

[jb5000]

Northampton were in the top division?! When the **** did that happen?

1965-6, following three successive promotions and to be immediately followed by three successive relegations.

 

[olip6]

i rekon, unless we spend big and wisely, we won't get anywhere near the play-offs or the "promise land" this season.....probably end up around 16th, which will be pretty poor.
Milan, get that ****ing cheque book out for the lads!

 

[Mike - True Blue Tinter]

I know it went pear-shaped after a few months but Hull held their own with the big boys on a 'paupers' budget for that division. I think it is more to do with getting good players playing as a brilliant team. Chelsea have had hundreds of millions over the last few years to buy players and an astronomical salary bill. Spending £50million on a player and giving them a £5million a year salary does not automatically mean you are going to win everything or even anything.

I am sure I saw one these Opta stats things that placed the Prem teams in order of position relative to costs and the highest spending were not at the top!

 

[Steven]

I am sure I saw one these Opta stats things that placed the Prem teams in order of position relative to costs and the highest spending were not at the top!

So ? The truth of the matter is that those did spend are near the top.

 

[Joe_Fox]

slopes are very slippery , more slippy when it snows.

depends on the depth of the snow.

 

[martinkop1]

depends on the depth of the snow.

more so when the snow turns to ice

 

[Profondo Rosso]

Not necessarily, because if the snow is too deep, it wouldnt be that slippy at all, id say it depends on how icy the snow is.

 

[martinkop1]

it also depends on how steep the slope is , but if if it was too steep, it wouldnt be called a slope ,it would be called a hill, or a cliff.

 

[H T B]

i rekon, unless we spend big and wisely, we won't get anywhere near the play-offs or the "promise land" this season.....probably end up around 16th, which will be pretty poor.
Milan, get that ****ing cheque book out for the lads!

Why the obsession with spending big. It doesn't guarantee you anything.
What it can bring is changing room unrest.
Spend wisely, yes, but big, not really.

 

[Blue Maniac]

it also depends on how steep the slope is , but if if it was too steep, it wouldnt be called a slope ,it would be called a hill, or a cliff.

A slope isn't called something different just because of its steepness. A slope is a slope. If it's a hill over 2000ft, it's a mountain. If it's a small amount of displaced earth on your lawn, it's a molehill. If it's a moustachioed Canadian snooker player, it's a cliff.