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[grafikhaus]

Agreed. The Triple Assualt season was just one of those that will live in the memory forever.

Anyway, back to Laws. As someone who grew up during the 60s, 70s and 80s when the pigs thought they were as good as Real Madrid, anything that causes them discomfort is OK with me.

However.........I'm not sure if I want them to go down!

In this division, they're going nowhere fast and will continue to struggle for the forseeable future. If they go down, they would be reinvigorated as a 'big fish in a little pond', similar to Leeds (another team with delusions of grandeur based firmly in the past). Their crowds would rise with the momentum of winning more than they lose, Radio Sheffield and The Stir would have souvenir editions whenever they beat somebody like Yeovil, they might get to the playoff final at Wembley, take 150,000 fans (according to the Stir) and get a fiddled penalty (like they did at Cardiff).

Also, their demotion could come as part of a disgraceful administration which will enable them to clear their debt. Surely, after Leicester and Leeds did this, the authorities wouldn't allow it again?n

 

[SheepdipBlade]

I had a quick read at some of the posts on their forum - (it took me a while to remember that it's not actually called Porktalk, or Fowltalk - couldn't for the life of me remember the real name!!)

I actually found it all quite sad - and came away feeling quite sorry for them. I'd forgotten that there are actually people out there who are genuinely committed to the Piggies.

Part of me loves to see them struggle in the mire they've created for themselves largely through their arrogance and their over inflated sense of self importance - but another part doesn't want to see footy fans (even deluded Piggy fans) go through the dross they are having to put up with.

Sad to see Clubs fail their fans - and if it was (almost!) any other club, they'd have my unquestioned sympathy. Just find it really difficult to leave aside the rivalry and feel too much compassion for them.

 

[JohnDenver]

Part of me loves to see them struggle in the mire they've created for themselves largely through their arrogance and their over inflated sense of self importance - but another part doesn't want to see footy fans (even deluded Piggy fans) go through the dross they are having to put up with.

What they're experiencing now is simply what Reg Brealey, Paul Woolhouse and Mike McDonald inflicted on us at various points. Financial struggle/stupidity means struggle on the pitch. And that correlation is tighter than it used to be 20 years ago.

If Wendy weren't struggling at the bottom, then someone else would take their place. There's one thing guaranteed each season - somebody will have to be in the bottom three after 46 games, and whoever it is will have their own sob story.

 

[Grecian2000]

I actually found it all quite sad - and came away feeling quite sorry for them. I'd forgotten that there are actually people out there who are genuinely committed to the Piggies.

Part of me loves to see them struggle in the mire they've created for themselves largely through their arrogance and their over inflated sense of self importance - but another part doesn't want to see footy fans (even deluded Piggy fans) go through the dross they are having to put up with.

You weren't there on Boxing Day '79 I presume or that "other part" would have long gone.
Just tune in when they play the Geordies this Dec 26th and I've no doubt they'll be parading the bunch of twats that played in that game 30 years ago with C**t Curran being the guest of honour.
Try feeling sorry for the deluded scum after that!

I will watch their demise with sheer glee. Every single moment of distress will be like another Michael Brown volley for me.

All together now:

"No pig fans in town, no Hillsbru to sadden my eye . . . . . "

 

[oldblade]

What they're experiencing now is simply what Reg Brealey, Paul Woolhouse and Mike McDonald inflicted on us at various points. Financial struggle/stupidity means struggle on the pitch. And that correlation is tighter than it used to be 20 years ago.

I think the seeds of our spectacular demise in the late seventies and turn of the eighties was more down to the building of the South Stand, which crippled us financially.

But we were in something of a catch 22 position. We only had a three sided ground. We really needed to close the pavilion side off, and it was bound to cost a lot of money.

At first things didn't look too bad. I think building work started during our best season in recent times - 1974-5 when we finished 5th. Unfortunately the playing side went pear shaped the following season and we found ourselves going down the leagues with diminishing attendances at a time when we needed to keep the attendances up in order to pay the interest on the money we'd borrowed to pay for the stand. Most of our subsequent problems on and off the pitch stemmed from that time.

To a large extent at the start of his stewardship Brealey was wrestling with problems that weren't of his making and he certainly turned our playing fortunes around somewhat.