Hypothetical Relegation Scenario .

[Divine Wright]

So.

Would you take relegation if it brought about the following -

- Vincent Tan sells up .... leaves ..... whatever , he's gone.

- The club is taken over by a bunch of comparatively rich but sensible locals who are also supporters or at least have a minimal understanding of the culture of CCFC.

- The new board would mostly invest in the academy, spending enough on the first team to keep it relatively buoyant in League One.

- We'd be there for a 5 seasons before ultimately gaining promotion back to the Championship



Personally , I'd take something like that.

[Hilts]

Re: Hypothetical Relegation Scenario .

No.

5 years in L1 🤣🤣🤣

Hardly tempting that scenario

[ninian opinian]

Re: Hypothetical Relegation Scenario .

So.

Would you take relegation if it brought about the following -

- Vincent Tan sells up .... leaves ..... whatever , he's gone.

- The club is taken over by a bunch of comparatively rich but sensible locals who are also supporters or at least have a minimal understanding of the culture of CCFC.

- The new board would mostly invest in the academy, spending enough on the first team to keep it relatively buoyant in League One.

- We'd be there for a 5 seasons before ultimately gaining promotion back to the Championship



Personally , I'd take something like that.

Absolutely not.

[Rjk]

Re: Hypothetical Relegation Scenario .

So are you asking if I would accept a relegation now + 5 years in league one to get rid of Vincent Tan?

No, not for me.
Not judging you if it is for you, but I'd be happy to see Tan successful here - especially if he gets his way and we have an attacking team packed with youth etc.

Also the guy's in his 70s already anyway- presumably at some point he'll sell up.

That said, if the scenario you described did happen it wouldn't change much for me.

[Hilts]

Re: Hypothetical Relegation Scenario .

I think we could achieve this with Tan.

[Eric the Half a Bee]

Re: Hypothetical Relegation Scenario .

I'd be happy to see Tan successful here - especially if he gets his way and we have an attacking team packed with youth etc.

Also the guy's in his 70s already anyway- presumably at some point he'll sell up.

That said, if the scenario you described did happen it wouldn't change much for me.

I think that if Tan's wish was to have an attacking team packed with youth he'd have done it by now. Instead we've generally had managers who have preferred experience over giving youth a chance during the time he's owned the club.

I also reckon virtually all City fans would be happy if Tan was successful here. Unfortunately it looks like the opposite is happening, hence lots of concern.

[Rjk]

Re: Hypothetical Relegation Scenario .

I think that if Tan's wish was to have an attacking team packed with youth he'd have done it by now. Instead we've generally had managers who have preferred experience over giving youth a chance during the time he's owned the club.

I also reckon virtually all City fans would be happy if Tan was successful here. Unfortunately it looks like the opposite is happening, hence lots of concern.

Given the levels of woe on here during the start to the season, I would dread to think what this place would be like after 5 years of mid table league one football.

[Divine Wright]

Re: Hypothetical Relegation Scenario .

Given the levels of woe on here during the start to the season, I would dread to think what this place would be like after 5 years of mid table league one football.

Personally, I feel frustrated because the people in charge keep on making the same mistakes over and over again.

They have no plan on the footballing side, and have no respect for the supporters.

Tan is wasting everyone's time trying to make a success of this project. Meanwhile, people sit and hope that the board will bungle its' way to a manager who can repeat what McKay and Warnock did, only this time on a much smaller budget.

People sit in hope that he'll hire someone with footballing knowledge to run the club.

In the meantime another decade will have passed and we'll have made little to no progress. At least, I don't see any shoots of hope for the future.

I'd muuuch prefer to be back in the same league in a few years time with a coherent plan instead of being in the championship in five years time with the same people running things, making the same short term decisions.

[Divine Wright]

Re: Hypothetical Relegation Scenario .

No.

5 years in L1 ������

Hardly tempting that scenario

Repeating the last 5 is more tempting ??

[2b2bdoo]

Re: Hypothetical Relegation Scenario .

Of course not and it’s massively naive.

We already know no matter how much investment Man City etc will pick up the best.

[Hilts]

Re: Hypothetical Relegation Scenario .

Repeating the last 5 is more tempting ??

5 years in the Championship or 5 years In L1. Yes.

[JamesWales]

Re: Hypothetical Relegation Scenario .

I wouldn't take five years in league one, but I think there are a few examples of bigger clubs getting relegated and using it as a reset and in some cases clearing out the higher earners, rebuilding the fan base etc. It doesn't have to be a disaster.

But then you have clubs like Charlton who seem stuck there.

[the other bob wilson]

Re: Hypothetical Relegation Scenario .

I wouldn't take five years in league one, but I think there are a few examples of bigger clubs getting relegated and using it as a reset and in some cases clearing out the higher earners, rebuilding the fan base etc. It doesn't have to be a disaster.

But then you have clubs like Charlton who seem stuck there.

I’d agree with that. We’ve been relegated to the equivalent of the Third Division three times since I started watching the club in 1963 and each time our stay in the third tier lasted just one season. In 75/76 and 82/83 we were promoted straight back and in 85/86 we suffered a second consecutive relegation. That goes to the heart of my belief that relegation doesn’t have to be a disaster and to why I’d accept the scenario outlined in the OP apart from the bit about it taking us five years to return.

[Father Dougal]

Re: Hypothetical Relegation Scenario .

I’d agree with that. We’ve been relegated to the equivalent of the Third Division three times since I started watching the club in 1963 and each time our stay in the third tier lasted just one season. In 75/76 and 82/83 we were promoted straight back and in 85/86 we suffered a second consecutive relegation. That goes to the heart of my belief that relegation doesn’t have to be a disaster and to why I’d accept the scenario outlined in the OP apart from the bit about it taking us five years to return.

Of course relegation doesnt have to be a disaster and we can all dream of a team with likes of the 2 colwills in midfield, tanner, davies. Etete, bagan being too good for league 1 us having a great season scoring loads of goals and coming back up with a young hungry and local side. It could happen.

However it could also be happen we could either be stuck there or go down again.

A quick look at league 1 with birmingham bolton huddersfield barnsley reading charlton wigan certainly suggests in terms of recent history and realistic size of clubs we would fit in pretty well amongst those.

[Crisp White Lines]

Re: Hypothetical Relegation Scenario .

A quick look at league 1 with birmingham bolton huddersfield barnsley reading charlton wigan certainly suggests in terms of recent history and realistic size of clubs we would fit in pretty well amongst those.

Absolutely!
That is the concern for me in a relegation scenario: we would have no certainty of a swift return, and could easily become a Charlton.

Look further down the pyramid and you see Notts County, Oldham…a similar falling from grace is a distinct possibility for us under the current ownership.