Fyldelatic Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 Remembering Prenton Park used to be one of the biggest away ties for many years, and the games with plastic Scousers were always competitive, their demise after last season's relegation surprises me. Any particular reasons, such as money problem, change of ownership, or they just hit a bad patch and will pull away from the trap door? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankly Mr Shankly Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 I think once you get sucked in and detached at th bottom it's tremendously difficult to pull away from as history mostly proves. I have a little sympathy for them as it could have been us had we gone down at any point in the last few years. Looks like they've really cut back their cloth and the power struggle with owners hasn't helped, clearly. Could easily be another Stockport, sadly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewBlue Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 Free-fall after a disastrous chain of events from the looks of it. They were top of League 1 in the new year then went on a rotten run of form and spurned even the play-offs, that must have mentally carried into their relegation season, which was further rocked by the match-fixing allegations then dismissal of Ronnie Moore and a few of their players, then they appointed a new guy as manager for the current season, a total rookie who struggled badly and was sacked. Meanwhile they've had a change of ownership, Mark Palios the ex-FA CEO. Maybe that will give them a bit of stability. But for now it's all a bit calamitous at Prenton Park (yet they're still getting better crowds than us...). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oafc_lover Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 Hopefully we can take Broady back if they go down! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omar Don't Scare Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 What a shame, be delighted to see them go down, they aren't us and it isn't us so couldn't care less. Their fans are a joke, as for taking Broady back - piss off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy_Fent Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 How they've fallen does make me think that it could easily have been us. But all that said Prenton Park was becoming one of those grounds I was sick of the sight of. Plus they always got shocking refereeing decisions against us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peanuts Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 there but for the grace of god go ourselves as tommy fent says could so easily have been us but for the steady hand of mr Corney it could well have been Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simpo Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 Brian Talbot, February 19 2005: "In hindsight it would have been better for me personally if we had been relegated last year, because I wouldn't have got the blame and I would have had a season to rebuild." I wonder where we'd be now if we had got relegated 10 years ago! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fyldelatic Posted November 23, 2014 Author Share Posted November 23, 2014 Conference North? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
losesome Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 Brian Talbot, February 19 2005: "In hindsight it would have been better for me personally if we had been relegated last year, because I wouldn't have got the blame and I would have had a season to rebuild." I wonder where we'd be now if we had got relegated 10 years ago! Playing Stockport in the league !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OAFCM35 Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 let them rot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pukka Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 Couldn't care less about them. There have been the odd fan on here in the past "saying that going down wouldnt be that bad". It always would be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deyres42 Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 I'm no Tranny lover, would rather be playing them and Stockport twice a season than a Crawley or Colchester though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scapegoat Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 I think that if Latics had got relegated / did get relegated from League One it would be something we could take years to recover from (if at all). The difference between the bottom half of League One and League two is minimal. I think this is evidenced by the number of teams that come up and continue to do well, and the number of teams that get relegated and continue to struggle. I think there is a very strong argument to return to the regionalised North/South setup. Think that the quality would on balance be the same with the benefit of more local derbies / less travel costs / bigger crowds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scapegoat Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 I'm no Tranny lover...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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