Blades in the Premier League

[Fiery Blade]

Imagine - last seasons playoff final was a bad dream - we actually won three nil and got promoted instead of Burnley
Where would we finish in this years Premier League. Could we compete with the likes of Bolton, Portsmouth, Fulham, Stoke, Hull, Birmingham, Wolves (looks pretty ordinary to me!) How would we approach the games against the big boys and would we have sold Naughton and Walker?

 

[mall]

Imagine - last seasons playoff final was a bad dream - we actually won three nil and got promoted instead of Burnley
Where would we finish in this years Premier League. Could we compete with the likes of Bolton, Portsmouth, Fulham, Stoke, Hull, Birmingham, Wolves (looks pretty ordinary to me!) How would we approach the games against the big boys and would we have sold Naughton and Walker?

No, I don't think we would have sold Naughton and Walker.
We would compete with Hull, Birmingham, Wolves only if McCabes promised re-profiling was not a headline catcher but a promise.
It would still be tight though.

 

[Paulus]

If we had been given the same opening fixtures as Burnley I expect we would have been propping up the League at the moment with zero points. We would have lost 1-0 at Stoke on the opening day then we would have played 451 and tried to contain Man Utd and Everton at home and failed on both counts. The official site would be full of what plucky chaps we were and how pleased Blackwell was about the effort the guys had put in to have pushed these great teams so close.:thumbdown:

 

[GRUMPY BLADE]

If we had been given the same opening fixtures as Burnley I expect we would have been propping up the League at the moment with zero points. We would have lost 1-0 at Stoke on the opening day then we would have played 451 and tried to contain Man Utd and Everton at home and failed on both counts. The official site would be full of what plucky chaps we were and how pleased Blackwell was about the effort the guys had put in to have pushed these great teams so close.:thumbdown:

That sums it up nicely.

The wage bill would have taken the sky money, no major signings and Bob the Builder would have had all his money back this season instead of over two years.

 

[BexleyBlade]

Doesn't matter we lost 1-0.