13-02-2018, 10:45
Very disheartening but realistically, unless there is a miracle on the scale of the feeding of the five thousand and with a seven point gap, we will be watching Championship football next season.
For a small club in a small Midlands town we’ve had a good run of eight consecutive seasons in the top flight and enjoyed some remarkable times but now we must accept our fate and be prepared for the dreaded drop.
We all know where the blame for our demise lies but we must not dwell on that but look forward and prepare for probable life in the lower league and be very careful that we do not do a Dingles or as appears likely, a Sunderland and end up fighting against a double drop.
It’s inevitable the team will be broken up and rebuilding begun to hopefully maintain a challenge, first for Championship survival, followed by promotion back to the Premier League. I recall exciting times in the Championship with good entertaining football so things might not be so black as they appear now. The worst aspect is that it looks likely that the only two West Midlands clubs in the Premiership will be replaced by The Dingles and The Seals, one of whom will be able to claim to be ‘Pride of the Midlands’ - perish the thought!
For a small club in a small Midlands town we’ve had a good run of eight consecutive seasons in the top flight and enjoyed some remarkable times but now we must accept our fate and be prepared for the dreaded drop.
We all know where the blame for our demise lies but we must not dwell on that but look forward and prepare for probable life in the lower league and be very careful that we do not do a Dingles or as appears likely, a Sunderland and end up fighting against a double drop.
It’s inevitable the team will be broken up and rebuilding begun to hopefully maintain a challenge, first for Championship survival, followed by promotion back to the Premier League. I recall exciting times in the Championship with good entertaining football so things might not be so black as they appear now. The worst aspect is that it looks likely that the only two West Midlands clubs in the Premiership will be replaced by The Dingles and The Seals, one of whom will be able to claim to be ‘Pride of the Midlands’ - perish the thought!