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I was sat behind a couple who were moaning about my pint glass dripping on them when I was standing up to sing abide with me, they were moaning at me standing up and singing behind them, they didn't even stand up for any of the tries! I had to remind them they were at a cup final. I would suggest that if you are offended by atmosphere you should get back to the club wembley seats were you can enjoy your prawn butties in peace.
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Look I realise you love Stoke but don't deride HTFC.
Thrice champions. Stoke will never do that. Never. THAT is non-plausable. They'll be doing cartwheels in the street if they just stay up. Best home attendance of 67k+. Will Stoke be getting anywhere near that in the near future? I would wager not. Will Stoke be winning any trophies this season? Naaa.
Stoke are just passengers, also rans in a league of 4 teams. In 3 years they could be where Norwich, Charlton or Leeds Utd are. Or maybe even down with Bradford in the bottom tier. So enjoy it while it lasts. It wont last forever, I'd stake my last quid on it.
Nice squad value there. You'd have to be a Stoke fan to believe that!
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Look I realise you love Stoke but don't deride HTFC.
Thrice champions. Stoke will never do that. Never. THAT is non-plausable. They'll be doing cartwheels in the street if they just stay up. Best home attendance of 67k+. Will Stoke be getting anywhere near that in the near future? I would wager not. Will Stoke be winning any trophies this season? Naaa.
Stoke are just passengers, also rans in a league of 4 teams. In 3 years they could be where Norwich, Charlton or Leeds Utd are. Or maybe even down with Bradford in the bottom tier. So enjoy it while it lasts. It wont last forever, I'd stake my last quid on it.
Nice squad value there. You'd have to be a Stoke fan to believe that!
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Now, now fellas lets leave the football talk/comparisons off this forum, I'm sure there are plenty of soccer forums for this to be debated.
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Now, now fellas lets leave the football talk/comparisons off this forum, I'm sure there are plenty of soccer forums for this to be debated.
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Have to disagree somewhat
I'm not deriding Huddersfield Town but they are at their natural level now. history suggests that.
as for the rest of your post well, we did cartwheels when we stayed up last year, thats true. but we have the infastructure in place to now kick on and become a truly established top flight team. we do not pay stupid money on wages, we have a home support like no other in England. thats a fact.
as for going back to the dim and distant well if that gives you comfort then so be it. the 3 times in a row was a phenomenal achievement and the whole town should be proud of that.(the current interest in the team suggests otherwise) as for the attendence, lets look at season averages for HTFC through the years and not at one large cup tie v nal, most teams can point to one game when everyone turned up. I do believe they had 50,000 at Vale Park once.
the way the game is heading it is vital that any club in the lower leagues with visions of becoming a premier league club does so now as the difference between the leagues is now a chasm. Hudds Town need to act NOW !
when Stoke missed out on promotion in 1996/7 to Leicester it cost us 3 million pounds. now the cost of missing out is at least 50 million including parachute payments. thats the cost of the far east tv deal signed a few years ago.
in 3 years we have become a club bought for 7 million into one worth around 100 million, as we have no debt and lots of tangible assets. all brought about by SKY. now if all that money finishes lots of teams would be in lumber as they pay stupid wages out every week. well we dont do that. remember benite carbone at bradford !!
5 years ago i would almost agree that Hudds and Stoke were almost on a level playing field. Now however its a different statosphere........ |
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Have to disagree somewhat
I'm not deriding Huddersfield Town but they are at their natural level now. history suggests that.
as for the rest of your post well, we did cartwheels when we stayed up last year, thats true. but we have the infastructure in place to now kick on and become a truly established top flight team. we do not pay stupid money on wages, we have a home support like no other in England. thats a fact.
as for going back to the dim and distant well if that gives you comfort then so be it. the 3 times in a row was a phenomenal achievement and the whole town should be proud of that.(the current interest in the team suggests otherwise) as for the attendence, lets look at season averages for HTFC through the years and not at one large cup tie v nal, most teams can point to one game when everyone turned up. I do believe they had 50,000 at Vale Park once.
the way the game is heading it is vital that any club in the lower leagues with visions of becoming a premier league club does so now as the difference between the leagues is now a chasm. Hudds Town need to act NOW !
when Stoke missed out on promotion in 1996/7 to Leicester it cost us 3 million pounds. now the cost of missing out is at least 50 million including parachute payments. thats the cost of the far east tv deal signed a few years ago.
in 3 years we have become a club bought for 7 million into one worth around 100 million, as we have no debt and lots of tangible assets. all brought about by SKY. now if all that money finishes lots of teams would be in lumber as they pay stupid wages out every week. well we dont do that. remember benite carbone at bradford !!
5 years ago i would almost agree that Hudds and Stoke were almost on a level playing field. Now however its a different statosphere........ | |
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Quote ="Birkbygiant"Now, now fellas lets leave the football talk/comparisons off this forum, I'm sure there are plenty of soccer forums for this to be debated.
Giants please
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sorry BG was typing the last post when you put yours on.............
so the general worry is that we will never get bigger support from the town in order to maintain a superleague club if/when KD steps down ??? |
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Quote ="Birkbygiant"Now, now fellas lets leave the football talk/comparisons off this forum, I'm sure there are plenty of soccer forums for this to be debated.
Giants please
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sorry BG was typing the last post when you put yours on.............
so the general worry is that we will never get bigger support from the town in order to maintain a superleague club if/when KD steps down ??? | |
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This thread started badly and then deteriorated. Time to lock it and get on with supporting the Giants.
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This thread started badly and then deteriorated. Time to lock it and get on with supporting the Giants.
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