by Enzo » 05 Mar 2012, 11:19
ferrarilover wrote:
Fans - Unanswerable, we all have our monsters
Ground - Are you really, REALLY suggesting that pound for pound, their sh*t hole is even comparable to, clean, neat, tidy, matching Plainmoor? Really?
Quality of football - Have you seen some of the rubbish they've been churning out recently? They have scored fewer goals than anyone else in the Football League and it is common knowledge that the top few in L2 are better than the bottom half of L1. Can you really see Swindon or Cheltenham or even us at above average having any real trouble sticking 2 or 3 past them?
Away following - Assessed in the only fair way, as a percentage of average home support, we piss all over them.
L1 football - Is feck all fun if you're getting stuffed every week.
If someone who knew nothing about football was offered the statistics on paper, he'd pick the filth, but since none of us falls into that category, we all know that given the choice, especially long term, we are the better bet.
Matt.
Fair enough FL. I have not seen anything of City this season, but should Martin Ling complete the miracle this season and get us up, the scenario currently facing City is what we would be up against. Would we be able to do any better? They are currently achieving something that we have not been able to do in my supporting lifetime (some 30 years) - ie get up and survive at League One level. They are currently doing something that only in our best case case scenario we could achieve. To mock them and point out some highly dubious factors which may make us appear a more favourable option to a player is slightly blinkered in my opinion. I'd trade places with them like a shot when it comes to prospects for League One football this year, fan base, training facilities, away support (whatever the percentage - quite simply they have more fans than us - forget your percentage, no player is going to be on the verge of signing for a club and then pull out as they only take 12 percent of their home following to an away game!). We have a great percentage of fans who travel, primarily because our home support is dreadful at present. I'd rather like Plainmoor to have two stands of the standard of the Big Bank and the Cow shed, although I agree the away end is probably the worst in the entire football league.
I agree, it is no fun to lose games week in week out, but that is the challenge of pitting yourself against higher opposition. When I think back to our season up under Leroy, sure there were some games that we were outclassed, but I have very fond memories of us competing at the likes of Sgeffield Wednesday and Bristol City. Had that awful day at Colchester not occurred, it would have been up there with the best season in my supporting lifetime even though we got dicked more often than we won.
Anyway, I digree from the main point of the thread and apologise - I doubt very much Mark Ellis will sign for Exeter.
[quote="ferrarilover"]
Fans - Unanswerable, we all have our monsters
Ground - Are you really, REALLY suggesting that pound for pound, their sh*t hole is even comparable to, clean, neat, tidy, matching Plainmoor? Really?
Quality of football - Have you seen some of the rubbish they've been churning out recently? They have scored fewer goals than anyone else in the Football League and it is common knowledge that the top few in L2 are better than the bottom half of L1. Can you really see Swindon or Cheltenham or even us at above average having any real trouble sticking 2 or 3 past them?
Away following - Assessed in the only fair way, as a percentage of average home support, we piss all over them.
L1 football - Is feck all fun if you're getting stuffed every week.
If someone who knew nothing about football was offered the statistics on paper, he'd pick the filth, but since none of us falls into that category, we all know that given the choice, especially long term, we are the better bet.
Matt.[/quote]
Fair enough FL. I have not seen anything of City this season, but should Martin Ling complete the miracle this season and get us up, the scenario currently facing City is what we would be up against. Would we be able to do any better? They are currently achieving something that we have not been able to do in my supporting lifetime (some 30 years) - ie get up and survive at League One level. They are currently doing something that only in our best case case scenario we could achieve. To mock them and point out some highly dubious factors which may make us appear a more favourable option to a player is slightly blinkered in my opinion. I'd trade places with them like a shot when it comes to prospects for League One football this year, fan base, training facilities, away support (whatever the percentage - quite simply they have more fans than us - forget your percentage, no player is going to be on the verge of signing for a club and then pull out as they only take 12 percent of their home following to an away game!). We have a great percentage of fans who travel, primarily because our home support is dreadful at present. I'd rather like Plainmoor to have two stands of the standard of the Big Bank and the Cow shed, although I agree the away end is probably the worst in the entire football league.
I agree, it is no fun to lose games week in week out, but that is the challenge of pitting yourself against higher opposition. When I think back to our season up under Leroy, sure there were some games that we were outclassed, but I have very fond memories of us competing at the likes of Sgeffield Wednesday and Bristol City. Had that awful day at Colchester not occurred, it would have been up there with the best season in my supporting lifetime even though we got dicked more often than we won.
Anyway, I digree from the main point of the thread and apologise - I doubt very much Mark Ellis will sign for Exeter.
