Championship is more exciting but PL is where everyone wants to ultimately be. Look at Stoke now, West Brom, Swansea, even Bolton at one time.
and what have any of the names you mention really achieved? indeed what will they ever achieve? ok stoke and bolton have had european adventures by default, however, when they were playing in europe, they were comparatively poorly supported and they tended to field second rate below strength teams, much as for the league cup. for the majority of premiership clubs, they are simply playing for nothing except to stay as an illegally trading entity propped up by sky subscriptions. if, as bolton, wolves, bradford, barnsley, portsmouth, leeds, etc, etc, or indeed hull city for that matter, drop out of that unsustainable financial mess, they are then doomed unless some other irrational 'investment' stoops to prop up their fortunes for no sensible reason.
What about all the premier league fans, who turn up just to see the opposition? Those 2 seasons in the premier league saw every wannabee manc, scouser, cockney turn up to see their actual club, but they turned their back on the club the minute we went down. At least they stay away when we're in the championship. Best thing is to keep them far away from City.
I can't follow your logic. What have Championship club's achieved by comparison? What about Sunday League teams, were many have a comfort zone and the step- up is Himalayan? It's not football, it's sport, it's about competing, facing challenges, not just against the opposition, but against your own demons and limitations. The money is a totally different matter and a bit of a refuge for bottlers, because the money supports club's in their attempt to improve by promotion; it has nothing to do with survival, as Glasgow Rangers and Luton have proven. I can understand someone having a principled dislike of the money, but it is hypocritical when you can watch amateur football FOC and Super League with no relegation.
That's simply a case of under-capacity, although anyone who wanted a ticket, except for the rare exceptions, could get one. The under-capacity can be overcome by expansion via funds from new supporters. The ones who come to see 'their' big teams, are simply opposition fans who live in or close to Hull; their problem not ours. Many of the ticket disappointments came from away games and the history allocation (or lack of it) fed this, not the demand. I wonder how many 'true' supporters who suddenly started travelling still do.
Without the potential of promotion to the Premier League, we wouldn't be competitive in the Championship either. The only reason our owner is prepared to fund losses of £7-8m a year in the Championship, to put together the quality squad we have, is because he's doing so to get to the Premier League, so he can get at least part of that investment back. Without the Premier League money(or potential of getting the Premier League money), we'd never have the squad we have now, we'd never have the potential to build decent training and academy facilities, competing to stay in the Premier League, has to be better than competing to stay in the Championship. It really is a no-brainer.
Surely the ambition of every club is to maximise their potential and play at the highest level possible? For Hull City, a realistic aim is to become an established premier league club like Wigan & West Brom to name a couple. If we become a "yo-yo club" then we will get the best of both worlds.
What ever sport you play you have to strive to be and play the best, Also its a great feeling to go out of the city and know you have a premiership team, i bet more sports fans through out the world know more of us now because of our days in the premiership. Of course its great to be near the top of this league and hoping and trying to go up but once up its equally great to play against the best and trying to fight to stay up, Its a constant battle but once you make it up there and know your an established premier team it must be great, i bet there isn't many Stoke fans who would swap the Premiership for the Championship
So we are talking about excitement, then; but how are you measuring that? Was the home win against Blackburn more exciting than the away wins against ManU, Newcastle, Fulham, WBA and THS; if those were not exciting enough for you, what about the 4-3 defeat at ManU? Of course we are a little spoilt because we have a manager setting up for attacking football, but surely that pales against the scintilating football we played uner the charisma bypass of Pearson. Top games of football - how many championship games rank? Are you sure about this exciting stuff?
For the entertainment and excitement it has to be the Championship any day of the week normally,,, But for the Money and Worldwide exposure it has to be the Premier League without question.
It ruins my week when we lose. The weeks I am most pissed off being when all my teams lose. I like the Champ in that we win more than we lose. The PL is where it is at obviously but man did I walk around pissed off almost the entire 2 years we were up. Granted there were real highs of being the only City fan in a bar of arsenal fans watching us win. Clearly we all want us to go up but it isnt the league where I will have the best week and week out enjoyment of being a City fan.
Whoops, so did they! Meant Arsenal and was already thinking of the ManU defeat as being disappointing but a hell of a climax (and it's not often I use that word )
I hope you Championship slaves give up your tickets for the BIG games so more PL supporters can tip up!
