KFS Posted 12 August 2017 Posted 12 August 2017 How would you feel if Burnley went on to win the Prem this year? I'd personally be supportive given the amount of money being sloshed about. But would it take away from our unique and special achievement?
deejdeej Posted 12 August 2017 Posted 12 August 2017 I'd love it. Sick of the big 6/7 And all they stand for.
egg_fried_rice Posted 12 August 2017 Posted 12 August 2017 The success of others does not diminish your own. I'd be very happy for them, knowing the elation I felt when we did it.
Milo Posted 12 August 2017 Posted 12 August 2017 Wouldn't be too bothered either way, tbh. Don't really get too excited about anyone elses team...although it would quite nice to see the myth that is Pep and curmudgeonly old Jose crash and burn.
foxy boxing Posted 12 August 2017 Posted 12 August 2017 i'd be really pleased for them but we were the first and the original and no one can take that away from us!
TheUltimateWinner Posted 12 August 2017 Posted 12 August 2017 I'd love it For an underdog to win it would be a massive middle finger up to everything I hate about modern football
Jonezy Posted 12 August 2017 Posted 12 August 2017 Everyone cheered for Leicester in that season because we broke the big club dominance; and I would frickin love it, if someone else could do it. But there was a reason for the 5000-1 odds and I really can't imagine another 'Leicester'.
Suzie the Fox Posted 12 August 2017 Posted 12 August 2017 I would be very happy for a club outside the top 7 to win - i think it really shakes things up and just shows, like we did that money isnt everything. Think its highly unlikely but hey 2015/16 .. 5000-1 .. who knows
Matt Posted 12 August 2017 Posted 12 August 2017 I'd love it. I never really got that annoyed with the 'big team' bias and media rimming of them, because it was the norm and I hadn't known any difference, but we won the league and whilst a majority of the country celebrated and we did get credit from certain media outlets it's been quickly forgotten by them, swept under the carpet if you like. We get the odd passing comment but the onus is back on the 'big' teams, the gap between the 'big' and the 'small' teams is closer than ever yet the 'small' clubs still simply get discounted. 'Our' year wasn't celebrated as a victory for the game or the 'small' club, it was treated as an embarrassment to the 'big' clubs, the authorities, the media and not to be spoke about. I said it a few weeks ago, I don't think i'd ever turn my back on the club or football but my love for the game is fading when you listen to the media, the money in the game, it makes me sick. It's boring.
bovril Posted 12 August 2017 Posted 12 August 2017 8 minutes ago, foxy boxing said: i'd be really pleased for them but we were the first and the original and no one can take that away from us! We weren't the first underdog to win the English leage. Probably the most impressive, given the money that is spend these days, but certainly not the original. I'd love it happen again but I doubt it will any time soon.
Chico1958 Posted 12 August 2017 Posted 12 August 2017 I would be over the moon............. not sure if Everton do it this season though But anyone below them last year it would be great
ithuriel Posted 12 August 2017 Posted 12 August 2017 I'd find it quite amusing, seeing the flabbergasted looks on the faces of the big managers would be worth seeing Burnley or Watford winning the thing or better yet, Huddersfield or Brighton
The Doctor Posted 12 August 2017 Posted 12 August 2017 Depends which one, plenty of underdogs I don't like (imagine that boring arse Pulis winning it, or Sean Dyche bleating about market leaders), but generally yes.
Dan Posted 12 August 2017 Posted 12 August 2017 Personally delighted. I find the top clubs deplorable and it's very rare I root for any of them.
Suzie the Fox Posted 12 August 2017 Posted 12 August 2017 Watford beating Liverpool 1-0 right now .. gotta love it
boots60 Posted 12 August 2017 Posted 12 August 2017 Brighton, Bournemouth & Huddersfield fighting it out for second place behind us. Man Utd, Chelsea & Spurs to go down. Now that's a proper dream.
Webbo Posted 12 August 2017 Posted 12 August 2017 Wouldn't like it at all. I could just about stomach Liverpool or Everton winning it, if they count as underdogs these days, nothing below them.
pSinatra Posted 12 August 2017 Posted 12 August 2017 I wouldn't be very happy. I can't stand Arsenal It wasn't just the fact that we won the league. We were bottom of the league & looked doomed for the majority of the previous season
rn9013 Posted 12 August 2017 Posted 12 August 2017 I'd absolutely love it. the bias from the media towards the top 6 is unreal. I almost get the impression that the likes of Sky wish the rest would just go away. Even in last nights game, Watch the highlights and you can actively hear the difference in tone of commentary when Arsenal score to when we score. I love football, and it would take something major for me to stop attending the king power, but year after year there is a little less love for modern football. There's just too much money involved now and it's just too corporate. So if Burnley or Huddersfield went and won the league.....I would be right behind them!
Matt Posted 12 August 2017 Posted 12 August 2017 5 minutes ago, rn9013 said: I'd absolutely love it. the bias from the media towards the top 6 is unreal. I almost get the impression that the likes of Sky wish the rest would just go away. Even in last nights game, Watch the highlights and you can actively hear the difference in tone of commentary when Arsenal score to when we score. I love football, and it would take something major for me to stop attending the king power, but year after year there is a little less love for modern football. There's just too much money involved now and it's just too corporate. So if Burnley or Huddersfield went and won the league.....I would be right behind them! Was just about to add this to my post. I picked it up watching the Watford v Liverpool game, the commentator about had an orgasm when Liverpool scored compared to Watford scoring, you could understand if it was an amazing goal but it was a pretty standard goal really.
DatfoxesKid23 Posted 12 August 2017 Posted 12 August 2017 with what happened with us against arsenal and watford currently winning 2-1 against Liverpool I hope this shows this season will have fight
Kitchandro Posted 12 August 2017 Posted 12 August 2017 Oh come on, not Burnley. Burnley can fvck off. The worst thing would be the media trying to compare us with Burnley, as if we were a similar sized club or something. And then they'd try and compare styles of play which would probably annoy me as well, because I'm pretty sure the pundits still don't understand why we were so good and they certainly underappreciate how entertaining we were (and are still, when we play like last night). TBH, of all the things that make me smile when I think of us winning the title, us being massive underdogs is the one I'm least bothered about. It wasn't really about that for me. So another underdog winning it wouldn't diminish our victory. BUT I would be annoyed, because I'd be asking why it wasn't us. What would we have done wrong to finish below Burnley? Now we've finally won a title I'm certainly less annoyed at smaller clubs' success. When Wigan won the FA cup I was thinking well, our crowds are about double what their's are, we've had a consistent history, many more years in the top flight, and teams like Wigan have won bigger trophies than us. Not to mention Burnley of course, Blackburn, Blackpool, Coventry, Wimbledon etc.
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