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johnny the eagle wivenhoe 11 Mar 23 4.28pm
Lack of investment, you can't just sit back when you finally reach this league. A good example recently is, Norwich City, if you don't invest you either yo-yo or, stand still. Bigger clubs than us have found that out. Hate to say this but even br1-3on have managed to overtake us, we are lagging behind, and for me the alarm bells are deafening. Edited by johnny the eagle (11 Mar 2023 4.29pm) South London born and bred red and blue till im dead.
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Lack of investment, you can't just sit back when you finally reach this league. A good example recently is, Norwich City, if you don't invest you either yo-yo or, stand still. Bigger clubs than us have found that out. Hate to say this but even br1-3on have managed to overtake us, we are lagging behind, and for me the alarm bells are deafening.

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Terry Ven 13 Mar 23 11.02am
Originally posted by Hrolf The Ganger Jordan is correct. The club has had a great 10 years and we should all be grateful to Parish for his contribution. That said, the harsh reality is that we will go backwards unless there is sufficient funds to continue improvement of the squad and the stadium because the Premier League does not stand still. Edited by Hrolf The Ganger (11 Mar 2023 2.57pm) I agree with this comment; I think the club has stagnated and is on the verge of going backwards. We've had 10 years in the PL to get the ground up to modern standards and acceptable capacity to signify our direction of travel. But here we are stuck in limbo on and off the pitch
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13 Mar 23 11.02am

Originally posted by Hrolf The Ganger

Jordan is correct.

The club has had a great 10 years and we should all be grateful to Parish for his contribution.
That said, the harsh reality is that we will go backwards unless there is sufficient funds to continue improvement of the squad and the stadium because the Premier League does not stand still.

Edited by Hrolf The Ganger (11 Mar 2023 2.57pm)

I agree with this comment; I think the club has stagnated and is on the verge of going backwards. We've had 10 years in the PL to get the ground up to modern standards and acceptable capacity to signify our direction of travel. But here we are stuck in limbo on and off the pitch

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ASCPFC Pro-Cathedral/caravan park 13 Mar 23 11.14am
Alex Best was alright but I've seen better. Red and Blue Army!
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Pro-Cathedral/caravan park 13 Mar 23 11.14am

Alex Best was alright but I've seen better.

Red and Blue Army!

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ambrose7 Croydon 13 Mar 23 11.23am
Originally posted by Terry Ven I agree with this comment; I think the club has stagnated and is on the verge of going backwards. We've had 10 years in the PL to get the ground up to modern standards and acceptable capacity to signify our direction of travel. But here we are stuck in limbo on and off the pitch Yup. Gutting as well that we've never sneaked a European place in all that time Leicester, West Ham, Wolves, Burnley, Everton, Southampton, Hull, Swansea and Wigan have all had a European season in the time we've been in the PL. Stoke, Fulham, Birmingham and Villa in the couple of seasons before. Newcastle, Brentford and Brighton all in the mix this year. Staying up is a great achievement but if all we get out of it is a new academy which, to be clear is looking short on great prospects, then it does feel like we've blown it. That 2019 U15s team that won the Floodlit cup and was lauded: Goodman, Lewis-Brown, Adaromola, Jobson, Bartley, Sheridan, Raymond, Wells, Akinwale (Adebomi 77), Mooney, Atta. Subs: Rodney, Cowler, Cadman, Ling, Vigor, Bishop. All 18/19 years old now. Let's see how the next year or two goes, but ultimately the Academy's job is to produce first team players and there's not a lot there - just a few U18 trophies. 26th January 2010 - Enter Administration 2nd May 2010 - D-Day 1 - Survival at Hillsborough 1st June 2010 - D-Day 2 - Survival at Lloyds 7th June 2010 - CPFC2010 exchange contracts.
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Croydon 13 Mar 23 11.23am

Originally posted by Terry Ven

Yup. Gutting as well that we've never sneaked a European place in all that time Leicester, West Ham, Wolves, Burnley, Everton, Southampton, Hull, Swansea and Wigan have all had a European season in the time we've been in the PL. Stoke, Fulham, Birmingham and Villa in the couple of seasons before. Newcastle, Brentford and Brighton all in the mix this year.

Staying up is a great achievement but if all we get out of it is a new academy which, to be clear is looking short on great prospects, then it does feel like we've blown it.

That 2019 U15s team that won the Floodlit cup and was lauded:

Goodman, Lewis-Brown, Adaromola, Jobson, Bartley, Sheridan, Raymond, Wells, Akinwale (Adebomi 77), Mooney, Atta.
Subs: Rodney, Cowler, Cadman, Ling, Vigor, Bishop.

All 18/19 years old now. Let's see how the next year or two goes, but ultimately the Academy's job is to produce first team players and there's not a lot there - just a few U18 trophies.

26th January 2010 - Enter Administration
2nd May 2010 - D-Day 1 - Survival at Hillsborough
1st June 2010 - D-Day 2 - Survival at Lloyds
7th June 2010 - CPFC2010 exchange contracts.

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