Would relegation be that bad?

[Gutter Boy]

- Cheaper and more plentiful tickets
- Less subscriptions to pay to legitimately watch games on tv
- Drop in value of club would stir interest of potential buyers, so more chance that Connie and Fredo will bugger off
- Chance for a deep structural clean and refresh - it seemed to do Villa good long term
- New brochure of exotic away trips

I could get on board with this i think

Any more upsides?

 

[Bullet]

BAD BAD BAD. TERRIBLE.

 

[ledley's knee injections]

Yes.

 

[Mikey10]

- Cheaper and more plentiful tickets
- Less subscriptions to pay to legitimately watch games on tv
- Drop in value of club would stir interest of potential buyers, so more chance that Connie and Fredo will bugger off
- Chance for a deep structural clean and refresh - it seemed to do Villa good long term
- New brochure of exotic away trips

I could get on board with this i think

Any more upsides?

Nope. It would be a disaster. Too easy to find ourselves as a Sheffield Wednesday, Birmingham, Huddersfield or Bolton, sentenced to years in the wilderness.

Not for me, Jeff.

 

[parklane1]

YES.
Been there, done that, got the t/shirt and do not want to do it again.

 

[Gutter Boy]

YES.
Been there, done that, got the t/shirt and do not want to do it again.

People say that about left wing governments too. But us millennials have never had the chance to experience either first hand

 

[Mr Gogolak]

Come on, come clean and admit you're just missing Sheffield United

 

[metalgear]

depends if the owners see thfc as a football club with hotels, or the other way around

 

[ledley's knee injections]

Gutterboy clearly channeling the spirit of 'SERIOUS RELEGATION FEARS'

 

[Gutter Boy]

depends if the owners see thfc as a football club with hotels, or the other way around

Well, we've just spent £30m this transfer window on the Printworks student flats

 

[glasgowspur]

People say that about left wing governments too. But us millennials have never had the chance to experience either first hand

You're a millennial, that explains so, so much.

 

[braineclipse]

Yes.

 

[Gutter Boy]

You're a millennial, that explains so, so much.

Under 45. Yes.

 

[clownfoot]

Every week hearing fans shout ‘your shiiitttt aaaahhhhh’ whenever a goal kick is taken? No thanks

 

[mjc23]

Only benefit would be no VAR. Apart from that, would be dreadful

 

[Surfless]

football is a money pyramid, so no it would be really terrible to not be at the top table for even one season.

Leeds, Sheffield Wednesday, Coventry, Blackburn, Villa, Sunderland, Portsmouth, Southampton, are all clubs (selected because they have won major honours) who have had their destiny remapped by being relegated. Not to mention Bradford, Swindon and Luton who have all dropped further and further.

We'd be unlikely to go any lower, but it would be very Spurs-y to double drop and end up with the modern day equivalent of Sean Goater up front for us in front of 10,000 fans in our coliseum of a stadium.

In summary. No fooking way.

 

[glorygloryeze]

It would be terrible. I also think they owners would likely stay and become even more 'frugal' (football-wise) than what we currently think they are...and we'd face a five-year stint outside the PL: every team would LOVE to come to our shiny gaff and beat us (even more than normal!)

 

[billyiddo]

Speak to any of our match going supporters from the last time we were in the second tier and they'll likely tell you it was one of their favourite seasons - one of my Dads mates recently released a book about it as it happens. Different times now though

 

[Kandi1977]

It would be embarrassing and terrible!

 

[lurker of old]

Upsides: all the moaning feckers might feck off and away tix might be easier to get, at the bigger grounds anyway.....