The Premier League?

[Teddy Eagle]

I'm not sure where I'm going with this. With all the concern around our potential league survival...is it really worth worrying about? After a decade in the self-styled Best League in the World we're no further ahead and have little chance of finishing any higher than mid-table.
Most of us have experienced relegation (often several times) and apart from the misery of a bad season it's disappointing but really not the end of the world. Of course we wouldn't make as much money but for club like ours it's a case of running as fast as we can to stay in the same place and we're usually only a couple of injuries away from trouble.
I know this looks like, and probably is, defeatism, or maybe just sour grapes, but the wonderland of the PL is largely a triumph of marketing and creative accountancy which will likely be exposed when the big boys get their wish and disappear off into some form of European super league.
Of course if CPFC were to be bought by some mega rich conglomerate who boosted us to a Man City level of preeminence things would be different.

 

[Eaglehamster]

Forgive my ignorance, but are we any better off than were were a decade ago? I'm lead to believe we are permanently on the breadline.

 

[park the bus]

It's not that we are here, or there, or this or that, it's do with the perception of how bent the game has become, with referees consistently awarding the "big" teams with key decisions at moments in games.
I was naïve to think that VAR would clarify all dubious decision making, instead it's become another string to their bow...

 

[ASCPFC]

The commercialism has gone off the scale. Sitting with a load of tourists in the Arthur at my last game was a real put off.

 

[Badger11]

It's not that we are here, or there, or this or that, it's do with the perception of how bent the game has become, with referees consistently awarding the "big" teams with key decisions at moments in games.
I was naïve to think that VAR would clarify all dubious decision making, instead it's become another string to their bow...

It may have been someone on here who coined the phrase "Badge check" when the referee asked VAR for a decision. 😀

 

[PalazioVecchio]

in terms of quality of football....the Premier League wins.

in terms of quality of entertainment......its The Championship, every time , for me.

- not destroyed by money and ego's
- no super big money-gap between the top and bottom of the table

- lots of goals
- proper fans

- unpredictable outcomes
- players who speak English....mostly

- us no longer having the smallest stadium in the league
- Locally grown talent on the pitch

- an affordable price, per matchday.
- the excitement of a promotion run.

The English Number Two league is better than the number One league of most European countries. And all the players are of a decent standard.

 

[Teddy Eagle]

It may have been someone on here who coined the phrase "Badge check" when the referee asked VAR for a decision. 😀

Now to be known as a Badger check.

 

[Teddy Eagle]

in terms of quality of football....the Premier League wins.

in terms of quality of entertainment......its The Championship, every time , for me.

- not destroyed by money and ego's
- no super big money-gap between the top and bottom of the table

- lots of goals
- proper fans

- unpredictable outcomes
- players who speak English....mostly

- us no longer having the smallest stadium in the league
- Locally grown talent on the pitch

- an affordable price, per matchday.
- the excitement of a promotion run.

The English Number Two league is better than the number One league of most European countries. And all the players are of a decent standard.

Typical. We get out of the relegation places just when the prospect looks more enticing.

 

[palace_in_frogland]

Typical. We get out of the relegation places just when the prospect looks more enticing.

As we are back in again, you may consider yourself re-enticed.

 

[Teddy Eagle]

As we are back in again, you may consider yourself re-enticed.

It takes some of the sting out of the prospect anyway. No straw is too frail to grasp.

 

[ASCPFC]

Turn up on the day, get a ticket.
Cup runs with no trepidation.
No tourists.
Same facilities.
Play offs.
What we're used to basically.

 

[BromleyMonkey]

I think us olduns have had many a great time supporting the team when we’ve been miles away from being a top flight club teddy. Yes we all want to be in the premier league, but I think for proper supporters who want to see palace and not who they’re playing against, it’s not the be all and end all. I can’t lose really, if we stay up great, if we go down I know come August I’ll be looking forward to the new season, maybe more so with its fresh start and all that
Now I know some will say we’ve got no gaurentee of coming back up, look at Luton’s struggles and teams like blunderland, Ipswich and Derby who’ve gone down again to the 3rd tier, well my reply to that is so what? Been there done that as well

 

[Teddy Eagle]

I think us olduns have had many a great time supporting the team when we’ve been miles away from being a top flight club teddy. Yes we all want to be in the premier league, but I think for proper supporters who want to see palace and not who they’re playing against, it’s not the be all and end all. I can’t lose really, if we stay up great, if we go down I know come August I’ll be looking forward to the new season, maybe more so with its fresh start and all that
Now I know some will say we’ve got no gaurentee of coming back up, look at Luton’s struggles and teams like blunderland, Ipswich and Derby who’ve gone down again to the 3rd tier, well my reply to that is so what? Been there done that as well

Yep. The Third Division used to be quite enjoyable in its own way with some aging players on the way out and younger players trying to make a name for themselves - neither of which really apply now the PL buys in players from all over the world and the ones who play there make enough to retire earlier.
And we had Peter Taylor.