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Hitch 22

Hitch 22

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I was pissed off yesterday having reet tantrums and talking shit on the match day thread .
Now let's look at it another way . Who wants to play Prem football in static ,anaesthetic stadiums against overpaid premadonnas and loose every week. Ok be good for the coffers but no way would we fill Deepdale ever week .We would have depressing threads on here every week "nil points...where's the next point coming from"etc .Season tickets will go up ,Hemmings won't spend more than 10k per week on players . Only plus I can think is I'll be able to watch every game via the witchcraft of illegal streaming service .Nah keep you're Prem league I'd rather play teams we can beat in traditional stadia .?

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Hitch 22 said:
I was pissed off yesterday having reet tantrums and talking shit on the match day thread .
Now let's look at it another way . Who wants to play Prem football in static ,anaesthetic stadiums against overpaid premadonnas and loose every week. Ok be good for the coffers but no way would we fill Deepdale ever week .We would have depressing threads on here every week "nil points...where's the next point coming from"etc .Season tickets will go up ,Hemmings won't spend more than 10k per week on players . Only plus I can think is I'll be able to watch every game via the witchcraft of illegal streaming service .Nah keep you're Prem league I'd rather play teams we can beat in traditional stadia .��

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Me, it’s only way to keep the club going. What happens after TH?
 
Joanpne said:
Me, it’s only way to keep the club going. What happens after TH?
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Other clubs don't have a rich benefactor Joan but I know what you mean .Only thing I can think is that Hemmings could sell club to someone who intends to put serious moolah in the Club if we got to promised land .

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Hitch 22 said:
I was pissed off yesterday having reet tantrums and talking shit on the match day thread .
Now let's look at it another way . Who wants to play Prem football in static ,anaesthetic stadiums against overpaid premadonnas and loose every week. Ok be good for the coffers but no way would we fill Deepdale ever week .We would have depressing threads on here every week "nil points...where's the next point coming from"etc .Season tickets will go up ,Hemmings won't spend more than 10k per week on players . Only plus I can think is I'll be able to watch every game via the witchcraft of illegal streaming service .Nah keep you're Prem league I'd rather play teams we can beat in traditional stadia .��

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I need us to be playing Premier League footy, cause I'm moving back to Australia in a week or two and the only way I'll get to see us is if we're in the Prem and I go to a sports bar at 2am!
 
Muzza said:
I need us to be playing Premier League footy, cause I'm moving back to Australia in a week or two and the only way I'll get to see us is if we're in the Prem and I go to a sports bar at 2am!
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Ha!, I thought it was you. Safe flight "home" cha!
 
Joanpne said:
Me, it’s only way to keep the club going. What happens after TH?
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Like I said on a different thread....we will do the same as we did for over 100 years without TH. We would seek different backers and cut our cloth accordingly.
 
Hitch 22 said:
I was pissed off yesterday having reet tantrums and talking shit on the match day thread .
Now let's look at it another way . Who wants to play Prem football in static ,anaesthetic stadiums against overpaid premadonnas and loose every week. Ok be good for the coffers but no way would we fill Deepdale ever week .We would have depressing threads on here every week "nil points...where's the next point coming from"etc .Season tickets will go up ,Hemmings won't spend more than 10k per week on players . Only plus I can think is I'll be able to watch every game via the witchcraft of illegal streaming service .Nah keep you're Prem league I'd rather play teams we can beat in traditional stadia .

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Hmm, most clubs in the Championship have soulless, identikit stadiums too, most are ex-Premier League clubs after all, even fecking Barnsley! I like our ground, but it's generally half empty. You say we couldn't fill our ground if we went up? I beg to differ. Think even Wigan managed that most weeks?

Even if we finished bottom, think we walk away with £100m or something for that outstanding achievement! Get on the gravy train, or be left behind.

This is the reality. Our fans somehow think we are not deserving of top-flight status, (Ooh we're only lickle Preston, whilst bowing and scraping to your Wolves and Derbys)whilst behemoths like Burnley, Bournemouth, Watford are comfortably mid-table Prem sides.

We have no right to expect top-flight football, and as the years pass, and the other Championship clubs get stronger with their parachute payments and huge resources, it gets less likely. But if we have no ambition to reach the top, then what is the fucking point!?
 
kellys eye said:
3 words --Burnley European football
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Neal Robhead said:
Hmm, most clubs in the Championship have soulless, identikit stadiums too, most are ex-Premier League clubs after all, even fecking Barnsley! I like our ground, but it's generally half empty. You say we couldn't fill our ground if we went up? I beg to differ. Think even Wigan managed that most weeks?

Even if we finished bottom, think we walk away with £100m or something for that outstanding achievement! Get on the gravy train, or be left behind.

This is the reality. Our fans somehow think we are not deserving of top-flight status, (Ooh we're only lickle Preston, whilst bowing and scraping to your Wolves and Derbys)whilst behemoths like Burnley, Bournemouth, Watford are comfortably mid-table Prem sides.

We have no right to expect top-flight football, and as the years pass, and the other Championship clubs get stronger with their parachute payments and huge resources, it gets less likely. But if we have no ambition to reach the top, then what is the fucking point!?
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Good post Neal and to some extent I agree .

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Honsetly? The point for me is definitely NOT money. Money has wrecked competetive football and the sooner it i plodes the better. I wouls tax the bejesus out of clubs to create a level playing field. No parachutte payments that arificially raise player prices/wages and fuck Sky right off.

Old fashioned, maybe, but the game’s become a rich man ‘s toy.
 
It would be nice to see some of the best players in the world play at Deepdale, win ,lose or draw plus it would be likely PNE would be able to afford some quality players. Wigan stayed in the Premier League for a long time with a similar club set up to ours ,would hope for something similar.
 
Madferret said:
Honsetly? The point for me is definitely NOT money. Money has wrecked competetive football and the sooner it i plodes the better. I wouls tax the bejesus out of clubs to create a level playing field. No parachutte payments that arificially raise player prices/wages and fuck Sky right off.

Old fashioned, maybe, but the game’s become a rich man ‘s toy.
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That would be superb, but it shows no sign of happening, as wages and transfer fees spiral out of control. The Neymar transfer fee has just made the problem 10 times worse, as it's had a knock-on effect.

As it stands, play the game or stand still, or worse, go backwards.

Not advocating going daft with spending stupid money, but the manager has to be given a chance. But speculate to accumulate. Consolidation for ever and a day will not appease the masses.

Much as I disagree with the obscene money at the top of the game, it would stand us in good stead if we ever got over the line, not that I can ever see it happening. I re-iterate, if we have no ambition to move forwards and upwards, then what is the point?
 
There were/are quite a few Burnley fans who think the same way as the OP about the Premier League.

They're wrong, too.

If you're not in it see your team play at the highest level possible, why bother?

Our first PL season ended up a disaster once Coyle went. Doesn't mean that first half of the season wasn't great though, and that we don't still talk about that win against Manchester United or being a dodgy offside decision away from beating Arsenal.
 
Neal Robhead said:
Hmm, most clubs in the Championship have soulless, identikit stadiums too, most are ex-Premier League clubs after all, even fecking Barnsley! I like our ground, but it's generally half empty. You say we couldn't fill our ground if we went up? I beg to differ. Think even Wigan managed that most weeks?

Even if we finished bottom, think we walk away with £100m or something for that outstanding achievement! Get on the gravy train, or be left behind.

This is the reality. Our fans somehow think we are not deserving of top-flight status, (Ooh we're only lickle Preston, whilst bowing and scraping to your Wolves and Derbys)whilst behemoths like Burnley, Bournemouth, Watford are comfortably mid-table Prem sides.

We have no right to expect top-flight football, and as the years pass, and the other Championship clubs get stronger with their parachute payments and huge resources, it gets less likely. But if we have no ambition to reach the top, then what is the fucking point!?
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That last line in a nutshell.

Hope you're well fella, need to have a pint pre or post match soon. Keep safe cha.
 
Dirty Harry said:
Like I said on a different thread....we will do the same as we did for over 100 years without TH. We would seek different backers and cut our cloth accordingly.
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Oh, how very exciting! No even more would lose interest and we would eventually be like Accrington Stanley, you know.....who. Just prior to folding altogether.
 
Neal Robhead said:
Hmm, most clubs in the Championship have soulless, identikit stadiums too, most are ex-Premier League clubs after all, even fecking Barnsley! I like our ground, but it's generally half empty. You say we couldn't fill our ground if we went up? I beg to differ. Think even Wigan managed that most weeks?

Even if we finished bottom, think we walk away with £100m or something for that outstanding achievement! Get on the gravy train, or be left behind.

This is the reality. Our fans somehow think we are not deserving of top-flight status, (Ooh we're only lickle Preston, whilst bowing and scraping to your Wolves and Derbys)whilst behemoths like Burnley, Bournemouth, Watford are comfortably mid-table Prem sides.

We have no right to expect top-flight football, and as the years pass, and the other Championship clubs get stronger with their parachute payments and huge resources, it gets less likely. But if we have no ambition to reach the top, then what is the fucking point!?
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Exactly this.
 
Hitch 22 said:
I was pissed off yesterday having reet tantrums and talking shit on the match day thread .
Now let's look at it another way . Who wants to play Prem football in static ,anaesthetic stadiums against overpaid premadonnas and loose every week. Ok be good for the coffers but no way would we fill Deepdale ever week .We would have depressing threads on here every week "nil points...where's the next point coming from"etc .Season tickets will go up ,Hemmings won't spend more than 10k per week on players . Only plus I can think is I'll be able to watch every game via the witchcraft of illegal streaming service .Nah keep you're Prem league I'd rather play teams we can beat in traditional stadia .?

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We may as well not bother and fold as a club then. What's the point on having no ambition to try to achieve the best you can. No point playing if you don't want to.
 
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