| Premiership v Championship 13:23 - Sep 20 with 910 views | Al_Bundy |
From a fan perspective on quality , match day experience and atmospheres which league offers the most in this regard?
Not advocating we will go down here but what are the plus points of being in each league? |  | | |  |
| Premiership v Championship on 13:29 - Sep 20 with 894 views | 34dfgdf54 |
The standard of the Championship from what I have seen so far on televised games is atrocious.
More games is always a plus point, cheaper prices, midweek games etc. Would much rather be in the Premier League though. |  | | |
| Premiership v Championship on 13:32 - Sep 20 with 885 views | monmouth |
That question doesn't really work, because the championship (for us) would be a totally different beast than it was after being in the premier league for 6 years. Like Cardiff, we'd be lucky to get 12K. Also the prize for success is to recover what you already had, which is never as exciting and not achieved that often. Once you've opened the pandora's box of the premier league you can't close it without a severe shock if you are a club our size. Even Newcastle, if they don't make it this time, will suffer massively starting again next year.
There are no advantages to us at all to drop down. We won't even get to play Cardiff next year. |  |
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| Premiership v Championship on 13:34 - Sep 20 with 873 views | pencoedjack |
| Premiership v Championship on 13:32 - Sep 20 by monmouth |
That question doesn't really work, because the championship (for us) would be a totally different beast than it was after being in the premier league for 6 years. Like Cardiff, we'd be lucky to get 12K. Also the prize for success is to recover what you already had, which is never as exciting and not achieved that often. Once you've opened the pandora's box of the premier league you can't close it without a severe shock if you are a club our size. Even Newcastle, if they don't make it this time, will suffer massively starting again next year.
There are no advantages to us at all to drop down. We won't even get to play Cardiff next year. |
You think our crowds would drop to 12k ? You think we have 6000 odd plastics ? |  | | |
| Premiership v Championship on 13:36 - Sep 20 with 865 views | Uxbridge |
It's not one or other, it's a whole host of factors. Enjoyment, entertainment, style of play, engagement with the club etc. |  |
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| Premiership v Championship on 13:36 - Sep 20 with 856 views | A_Fans_Dad |
Personally i don't see that much difference in the quality between the bottom half of the Prem and the Championship, this tends to be backed up by cup games.
But then I only watch on TV, maybe the atmosphere is better?
What you don't see in the Championship is the big name players, except of course for JJS.  | | | |
| Premiership v Championship on 13:44 - Sep 20 with 825 views | yescomeon |
Living away from Swansea, I would really miss streaming the home games. On the plus side, most of the teams in the championship are within about a 3 hour radius of me so would get to most away games. |  |
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| Premiership v Championship on 13:59 - Sep 20 with 805 views | monmouth |
| Premiership v Championship on 13:34 - Sep 20 by pencoedjack |
You think our crowds would drop to 12k ? You think we have 6000 odd plastics ? |
Oh yes, if we weren't right up there. | |
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| Premiership v Championship on 13:59 - Sep 20 with 804 views | plasjack |
Prem-More money US owners.
Champ-Less money New owners. |  | | |
| Premiership v Championship on 14:14 - Sep 20 with 776 views | JackFish |
| Premiership v Championship on 13:59 - Sep 20 by monmouth |
Oh yes, if we weren't right up there. |
We sell season tickets in December though, so unless we're absolutely cut adrift with no hope of recovery, we'll still likely shift 15k.
That's about what we averaged last time we were in the Championship too when we were flirting with automatic promotion for the whole season, so after the first season then yeah absolutely we'd be down to 12k if we weren't at least pushing for the top six. |  | | |
| Premiership v Championship on 14:21 - Sep 20 with 749 views | monmouth |
| Premiership v Championship on 14:14 - Sep 20 by JackFish |
We sell season tickets in December though, so unless we're absolutely cut adrift with no hope of recovery, we'll still likely shift 15k.
That's about what we averaged last time we were in the Championship too when we were flirting with automatic promotion for the whole season, so after the first season then yeah absolutely we'd be down to 12k if we weren't at least pushing for the top six. |
Oh yeah, how could I forget. We'll be selling them in late October this year!
Maybe I'm being too pessimistic, but the crowds on the way up were when we aspired to the PL, I think it would be less on a downward trajectory.
Let's bloody well hope we never have to find out anyway. | |
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| Premiership v Championship on 14:21 - Sep 20 with 749 views | Private_Partz |
Premiership for me every time. Despite detesting the money side of things there is no doubt it brings massive prestige, marketing and investment to the whole Swansea Bay Region. Probably further afield as well. Without it we would be an even bigger backwater than we are as WAG will give us diddly squat. It is not just the club and supporters that benefit. |  |
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| Premiership v Championship on 14:41 - Sep 20 with 705 views | perchrockjack |
How about league 2 . It could be we ll go back there. We ve done it before .
It wasn't nice | |
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| Premiership v Championship on 16:30 - Sep 20 with 600 views | Elward |
Always find it strange why people get called plastic by saying they won't renew their season ticket and get told they should be behind the team. Could it just simply be the case of they don't fancy spending £400 plus a year to watch sh!t boring football? | | | |
| Premiership v Championship on 16:35 - Sep 20 with 584 views | monmouth |
| Premiership v Championship on 16:30 - Sep 20 by Elward |
Always find it strange why people get called plastic by saying they won't renew their season ticket and get told they should be behind the team. Could it just simply be the case of they don't fancy spending £400 plus a year to watch sh!t boring football? |
It's because football used to be a religion for fan(atic)s, and a welcome tribal diversion from real life. Now it's customers and takes itself much too seriously. The West Ham link sums it up pretty well I think. You're right though, when we're all customers the product had better be worth the price.
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/sep/17/football-fans-stadium-gentrific | |
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| Premiership v Championship on 17:41 - Sep 20 with 520 views | SwaneeRiver |
Premiership - playing top sides in front of 20k plus crowds
Championship - playing quite a few average or poor teams in front of circa 8k (unless we are going for promotion back to the Premiership). Unless we are at top, atmosphere inside stadium a third full on wet Tuesdays in the winter will be awful.
No contest | | | |
| Premiership v Championship on 17:43 - Sep 20 with 511 views | SwaneeRiver |
| Premiership v Championship on 14:14 - Sep 20 by JackFish |
We sell season tickets in December though, so unless we're absolutely cut adrift with no hope of recovery, we'll still likely shift 15k.
That's about what we averaged last time we were in the Championship too when we were flirting with automatic promotion for the whole season, so after the first season then yeah absolutely we'd be down to 12k if we weren't at least pushing for the top six. |
If we get relegated you'll see thousands for sale cheap that have been bought in advance. | | | |
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