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So. Promotion. We do really want it , don't we.

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Stupid question thats been discussed before i know but as each game passes it gets closer .

We do really want to go up dont we .

Well, yes we need the money ( money being the main problem with football in my humble opion but thats another thread )

Yes, you can argue you want to play at the highest level you can so the Prem''s the place to do it.

errr i''m trying to think of other reasons here.

To fill the  ground ?

Done and doing that.

To watch the best football ?

We''ll i dont know about you lot but i''ve had a cracking season so far , watching some fantastic games as well.

To watch Rooney and those other two timing , over paid and jumped up players ?

Sod them. Give me a player running his heart out for Preston or Burnley any day.

I can go one but , for me , apart from the money i''ve loved this season and would have it again in a heartbeat.

And besides, with no Ip*wich how will we up our goal difference ??????????

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Apart from the money, i''m looking forward to not having to stay awake until the early hours to watch the highlights

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As an exile, just the fact that most games will be streamed live on the internet rather than having to mainly rely on the radio is one very good reason to get to the Prem IMO. Bring it on !!!

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[quote user="Cambridge yellow"]So. Promotion. We do really want it , don''t we.[/quote][IMG]http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd347/barclayendchoir/AYFS.jpg[/IMG]

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Yes! Clear our debts, build a solid squad (using what we have as a good start), develop the ground, keep Lambert for another year, secure the parachute payments for FOUR years...yes we do!

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Of course we do, even if we were to go up and finish 20th with just a few points the 4 years of parachute payments on top of the additional money we''d have for the 1 season gives us such an advantage over other Championship clubs.

Each of the first 2 years of parachute payments are greater than our entire revenue for a year.

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The reason why the Championship is so exciting and unpredictable is that every team is desperate to get in the Premiership!

We''ll only grow as a club by getting promoted and re establishing ourselves as a top flight club, something I think is capable under Paul Lambert!

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No of course we don''t want promotion. I want to stay in this league so we can become the new Coventry, Preston e.t.c. I think maybe we could get into the UEFA Champions League of second tiers by finishing in the playoffs without getting promoted. THAT would be exciting.It is such a dumb questin to ask wether we want promotion or not. Ask a Blackpudlian, ask a citizen of Wolverhampton. Ask a fan of Stoke City. Ask them if they dread the thought of relegation or if that is  the real aim to get relegated to the Championship. Why would this season be exciting if promotion is not the aim? Then we would boo  the players after winning Derby 3-2 to take the destiny out of our hands of staying in the Championship. All Cardiff need to do is lose all their games and we then have to go up.

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I see what you are saying, I''d watch City whatever league they are in and frankly prefer beating Walsall to losing to Man U. Savour the present cause it doesn''t often get much better as a City fan than this. But - you can never stand still. To keep the best people at the club (players and management) you have to progress and believe we can rise higher and higher.

PS - worst thing about the Prem is less games.

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[quote user="Harry"][quote user="Cambridge yellow"]So. Promotion. We do really want it , don''t we.[/quote][IMG]http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd347/barclayendchoir/AYFS.jpg[/IMG][/quote]What he said.

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[quote user="Suffolk exile"]

I see what you are saying, I''d watch City whatever league they are in and frankly prefer beating Walsall to losing to Man U. Savour the present cause it doesn''t often get much better as a City fan than this. But - you can never stand still. To keep the best people at the club (players and management) you have to progress and believe we can rise higher and higher.

PS - worst thing about the Prem is less games.

[/quote]Wont being in the Prem lead to possibility of more games.Being in the Prem leads in most cases to stronger teams, who are more likely to go far in the cups, and get to play in Europe.It is always tough to lose but you cant deny that beating Walsall 20-0 would never come close to beating Man U 2-1. Beating Walsall is what every fan of a normal football club should expect, but beating Man U is beating the best. And that is something I know we will do next season. PL King God did it with Borussia Dortmund. He won the Champo League with Borussia Dortmund. I think he will show some surprising connections to European transfer market this summer, because he has huge ties to Germany.I think we will surprise many people next season (if we get promoted) and do a Stoke, but with pretty football.I also hope that in the next weeks Wigan will be relegated because I hate to see 8000 turn up for a Prem game.

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[quote user="Suffolk exile"]

I see what you are saying, I''d watch City whatever league they are in and frankly prefer beating Walsall to losing to Man U. Savour the present cause it doesn''t often get much better as a City fan than this. But - you can never stand still. To keep the best people at the club (players and management) you have to progress and believe we can rise higher and higher.

PS - worst thing about the Prem is less games.

[/quote]I''ve followed City since theyre last foray into the top league. I''ve followed them on this rollercoster down and up again. But I would like to be able to watch them every weekend rather than occasionally and have to rely on 30 second glimpses on The Football League Show. I''d rather watch them 90 minutes lose 1-0 against Manu, Arsenal and co. than win Walsall 5-0 and only get to see the goals. And I want to see them be able to not only be where they are supposed to be, but punch above their weight like Leeds did a few years ago. Like Schalke are doing.

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I''ll not admit to knowing all the facts but how many clubs have gone pete tong since going up and then coming down again ?

Us, Palace , Boro , Southampton , i could go on if i looked a bit harder at the facts.

Most of the above quote money which is of course a huge reason.

Take the money aspect away and can we really say we''ll have a better season of football at CR ?

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[quote user="Cambridge yellow"]

I''ll not admit to knowing all the facts but how many clubs have gone pete tong since going up and then coming down again ?

Us, Palace , Boro , Southampton , i could go on if i looked a bit harder at the facts.

Most of the above quote money which is of course a huge reason.

Take the money aspect away and can we really say we''ll have a better season of football at CR ?

[/quote]Oldham, Oxford, Luton, Coventry. But most of all WIMBLEDON. But they got relegateed a LONG time ago. But Newcastle, WHam, Birmingham, Blackburn, WBrom have not gone PETE TONG or John Man.

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Trouble is the last foray into the Prem pretty much ended in August, the tragedy and indeed irony was despite Doomcaster and all the other old cobblers we very  nearly saved our season. 

 

With the passing of Geoffrey Watling and the cancellation of his debt that in part facilitated the signing of Dean Ashton we went to Craven Cottage with a chance of survival…………

 

Of course the older members will remember well enough when top flight football was the norm.  Lets consider this, such has been the rate of progress and achievement in our club over the last twenty months if we were to get promoted I genuinely believe Lambo is good enough not just to keep us up but to get us into the Europa League and who could want for more than a trip to eastern Europe on a Thursday night?

 

Hell I’m already on my way to Norwich Airport, he really could couldn’t he.

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