It's also Crystal Palace's sixth straight year. Leicester's fifth straight year.

Charlton had 7 straight years. Wigan had 8 straight years and won the FA Cup. Bolton had 11 straight years and qualified for Europe. Swansea had 7 straight years and won the League Cup. Fulham had 13 straight years and reached the Europa League Final. Sunderland had 10 straight years: however miserable most of them admittedly were. West Brom had 8 straight years, after yo-yoing for the preceding 8 years.

What on Earth makes us think that under these owners, we've been as successful as any of the clubs I've mentioned? Even QPR - even laughable, kamikaze, shambolically run QPR, THE example of how not to do it - have spent just one year fewer than ourselves in the top division this decade.

What do we get out of doing it 'our way'? Nothing. Does it protect us? Given a grand total of zero football clubs have gone bust, despite all the constant scare stories, no it doesn't. Meanwhile, Southampton plunge into administration, are at death's door... and BOOM new ownership later, and up they go to the Prem, where they've remained.

Posted By: thebigfeller on September 2nd 2018 at 18:13:30

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The Guardian report absolutely nailed the reality for both clubs (NCFC) - Kev, Sep 2, 16:59:48
- Apart from, to an extent, 2006/7, the last time we were both this bad was (NCFC) - thebigfeller, Sep 2, 17:09:37
  - Serious question: can you name 1 medium sized club that has been consistently successful (NCFC) - Knitted Jesus, Sep 2, 17:27:16
    - Yes, there's a huge churn. Yes, clubs go up and down. (NCFC) - thebigfeller, Sep 2, 17:29:54
      - There are only a handful of owners wealthy enough to sustain anything (n/m) (NCFC) - CWC, Sep 2, 18:43:04
      - Sustaining. (NCFC) - APB, Sep 2, 17:56:49
        
        This is Watford's fourth straight season in the Prem. Bournemouth's too. (NCFC) - thebigfeller, Sep 2, 18:00:18
        
        If what you want from your team is to stay in the Prem, I'm not sure you'll ever be (NCFC) - Bravo win or die, Sep 2, 18:27:56
        
        Nope, sorry. No sense of 'entitlement' here whatever. (NCFC) - thebigfeller, Sep 2, 18:39:19
        
        Sounds good, wanting us to be the best we can be. (NCFC) - Bravo win or die, Sep 2, 18:57:27
        
        WBA and Stoke were there for a while, got relegated. (NCFC) - APB, Sep 2, 18:16:09
        
        "They'll go down in the end". So what? Our norm if we ever go up is to come straight down (NCFC) - thebigfeller, Sep 2, 18:20:25
        
        Self-aggrandising? Eh? Are you sure that’s the word you mean? (NCFC) - APB, Sep 2, 18:30:12
        
        So I assume you weren't part of the Chase Out protests then (NCFC) - thebigfeller, Sep 2, 18:35:14
        
        Yes I was. That was 1995/6, after he’d followed a selling policy for too long. (NCFC) - APB, Sep 2, 19:04:55
        
        Incidentally, were you? (n/m) (NCFC) - APB, Sep 2, 19:05:31
        
        It's also Crystal Palace's sixth straight year. Leicester's fifth straight year. (NCFC) - thebigfeller, Sep 2, 18:13:30
        
        What exactly is your point? (NCFC) - APB, Sep 2, 18:20:40
        
        MANY teams have done better than us. A lot better than us. (NCFC) - thebigfeller, Sep 2, 18:26:27
        
        Ok, go and get us some new owners please. (n/m) (NCFC) - APB, Sep 2, 18:31:46
        
        We could get Marcus Evans in... (n/m) (NCFC) - Ralf Scrampton, Sep 2, 18:43:17

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