Feelings about being relegated from different divisions

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Originally Posted by The Lone Gunman

That’s a worst case scenario. It’s not necessarily how things would work out. Look at Birmingham City for evidence of that.

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Indeed.

From what I read on here, lots of fans seem convinced we'd end up back in the bottom tier and spend years down there again. There's absolutely no reason for thinking that, other than paranoia.

I'm at the point where the thought of relegation has to be weighed up against the thought of survival. What happens if relegated? I don't know. What happens with survival? Now that, I think I have more ideas on. I'd suggest more of the same. Pitiful management, underwhelming players, poor results and embarrassing stewardship of the club from the top. That existance became boring a long time ago for me. I'd rather take the uncertainty of relegation with the chance of the owner cutting his losses. The dream that we could then have a fresh start and get some football people through the door. I know that it would not be a fairytale. It would be tough and probably take years but the experience of having this awful period of purgatory over the last few years means I'd take any odds of change over the probability of it continuing.

Having said that... if we somehow manage to stay up... I'd celebrate it and force optimism on myself during the summer, convincing myself that the waifs and strays that get signed up to represent my football club will deliver us back to the top table... because that's what being a football fan is... being an idiot 😅

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Originally Posted by Super Nintendo Chalmers

I'm at the point where the thought of relegation has to be weighed up against the thought of survival. What happens if relegated? I don't know. What happens with survival? Now that, I think I have more ideas on. I'd suggest more of the same. Pitiful management, underwhelming players, poor results and embarrassing stewardship of the club from the top. That existance became boring a long time ago for me. I'd rather take the uncertainty of relegation with the chance of the owner cutting his losses. The dream that we could then have a fresh start and get some football people through the door. I know that it would not be a fairytale. It would be tough and probably take years but the experience of having this awful period of purgatory over the last few years means I'd take any odds of change over the probability of it continuing.

Having said that... if we somehow manage to stay up... I'd celebrate it and force optimism on myself during the summer, convincing myself that the waifs and strays that get signed up to represent my football club will deliver us back to the top table... because that's what being a football fan is... being an idiot ��

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A possible difference is that, say, four of our younger players establish themselves as first team regulars and turn out to be as good as we think they may be. I was fairly confident of that watching our under 21s playing in the first half of the season, but not as confident of it after watching them through the first three months of this year.

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Originally Posted by The Lone Gunman

That’s a worst case scenario. It’s not necessarily how things would work out. Look at Birmingham City for evidence of that.

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What about Cardiff's recent history makes you think there could be a positive outcome from relegation?

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Originally Posted by Eric the Half a Bee

Indeed.

From what I read on here, lots of fans seem convinced we'd end up back in the bottom tier and spend years down there again. There's absolutely no reason for thinking that, other than paranoia.

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Paranoia? I don't really understand how that enters the equation. I am basing my thoughts on what has happened since we got relegated from the Premier League six years ago. We've become worse and worse. With the same people doing the same things, why should we get any better?