Will relegation hurt you?

[From Despair To Where?]

Big meh from me. Been there before and I'm a bit too long in the tooth to get upset about it.

These things are cyclical.

[Royal_jimmy]

Anybody who cries needs to take a long hard look at themselves

oxf*rd off you prick you have no understanding of other fans

Just ignore Moron De Mong.

Who the hell are you? Or maybe you are made for Ian?

[Royal_jimmy]

Yeah probs the same for me. If we can avoid finishing in the bottom half of L1 on our 1st season down then I think that's decent enough and would hopefully give us a platform to work from

I think if you have a look at Derby, who were a much bigger basket case than us upon relegation, they're fighting for the playoffs this year. I'd be pretty happy with that.

Yep. Ipswich also a good example of getting some stability and building on it. Now in their 4th season down there. 3 seasons in the top half and now pushing for promotion

Far bigger club than us and not in our mess

[Royal_jimmy]

Oh pardon me for actually giving a toss about the club.

So many on here sound as fake as the owner.

[Orion1871]

oxf*rd off you prick you have no understanding of other fans

Just ignore Moron De Mong.

Who the hell are you? Or maybe you are made for Ian?

Just telling you to ignore him, Jimbo. He ain't worth it.

[tmesis]

Gutted.

Truly the end of the road and the final slap in the face to all those who built the club up so successfully in the Sir John era.

All that good work finally undone once and for all. Leaving us right back where we started.

The man who sold out twice to the first people that waved a cheque in front of him

He's not blameless in all this

You can't blame Madejski after what he did for us

I wonder if all the fans who wanted Madejski out are still happy. OK, he wasn't forced out by the fans, but the "where's the money gone?" brigade won't have helped.

It's odd. I thought I'd accepted going down, but today was the first day that it really hit me that it's really likely to happen. I've seen four relegations, and perhaps because they've all had a feeling of inevitablity about them on the day, it's never been that bad on the day.

My concern is more about the next few seasons. I can see so reason for optimism about next season in League One. We'll have to rebuild the squad, and we probably won't have much of a budget. I think there's more chance of us going down again than coming straight back up. Not too many managers are going to be tempted by the huge job they'll have to do, especially with our record of managerial sackings.

[From Despair To Where?]

Oh pardon me for actually giving a toss about the club.

So many on here sound as fake as the owner.

Fake?

A lot of people on here have seen us in Divsion 4, have watched us when we genuinely didn't have 2 Farthings to rub together and when the club was under genuine threat of being erased out of existence.

Easy with the melodrama.

[SouthDownsRoyal]

The man who sold out twice to the first people that waved a cheque in front of him

He's not blameless in all this

You can't blame Madejski after what he did for us

I wonder if all the fans who wanted Madejski out are still happy. OK, he wasn't forced out by the fans, but the "where's the money gone?" brigade won't have helped.

It's odd. I thought I'd accepted going down, but today was the first day that it really hit me that it's really likely to happen. I've seen four relegations, and perhaps because they've all had a feeling of inevitablity about them on the day, it's never been that bad on the day.

My concern is more about the next few seasons. I can see so reason for optimism about next season in League One. We'll have to rebuild the squad, and we probably won't have much of a budget. I think there's more chance of us going down again than coming straight back up. Not too many managers are going to be tempted by the huge job they'll have to do, especially with our record of managerial sackings.

This.

In isolation, L1 doesn’t bother me, I supported us last time we were in in it and it’s fine, sure not as good as the championship but if that’s our level then so be it.

As long as we rebuild, get an OK manager and our first season we bob around the top ten fine but my fear is as above languishing in L1 mediocrity for years as above

[SouthDownsRoyal]

Oh pardon me for actually giving a toss about the club.

So many on here sound as fake as the owner.

Fake?

A lot of people on here have seen us in Divsion 4, have watched us when we genuinely didn't have 2 Farthings to rub together and when the club was under genuine threat of being erased out of existence.

Easy with the melodrama.

Jimmy must be an alternate account for another nobber

[Royal_jimmy]

I get we've been awful for a number of years but proper fans who witnessed Madejski's legacy will understand

[Royal_jimmy]

The man who sold out twice to the first people that waved a cheque in front of him

He's not blameless in all this

You can't blame Madejski after what he did for us

I wonder if all the fans who wanted Madejski out are still happy. OK, he wasn't forced out by the fans, but the "where's the money gone?" brigade won't have helped.

It's odd. I thought I'd accepted going down, but today was the first day that it really hit me that it's really likely to happen. I've seen four relegations, and perhaps because they've all had a feeling of inevitablity about them on the day, it's never been that bad on the day.

My concern is more about the next few seasons. I can see so reason for optimism about next season in League One. We'll have to rebuild the squad, and we probably won't have much of a budget. I think there's more chance of us going down again than coming straight back up. Not too many managers are going to be tempted by the huge job they'll have to do, especially with our record of managerial sackings.

And our sino clueless owner

[Loafer]

Oh pardon me for actually giving a toss about the club.

So many on here sound as fake as the owner.

Fake?

A lot of people on here have seen us in Divsion 4, have watched us when we genuinely didn't have 2 Farthings to rub together and when the club was under genuine threat of being erased out of existence.

Easy with the melodrama.

Jimmy must be an alternate account for another nobber

Didn't Leon say it was Brogue?

Definitely not on this evidence

[Loafer]

I get we've been awful for a number of years but proper fans who witnessed Madejski's legacy will understand

"Proper fans"

It was like 15 years ago, we've all been there

[From Despair To Where?]

I don't get this whole "proper fans" business.

What constitutes a "proper fan"?

[SouthDownsRoyal]

Fake?

A lot of people on here have seen us in Divsion 4, have watched us when we genuinely didn't have 2 Farthings to rub together and when the club was under genuine threat of being erased out of existence.

Easy with the melodrama.

Jimmy must be an alternate account for another nobber

Didn't Leon say it was Brogue?

Definitely not on this evidence

It’s definitely someone

[Loafer]

I don't get this whole "proper fans" business.

What constitutes a "proper fan"?

Evidently somebody who shits their panties like Jimmy

[Notts Royal]

Charlton are a more similar-sized club to us than Derby & Ipswich, and they are now languishing in the bottom half.

New grounds would be fun initially, but we have a poor away following so beyond the first season, unless we’re right at the top, we’re going to be seeing 150-200 fans at a lot of far away grounds, which would be really shit.

Positive thing is I can’t see any of our younger players being snapped up…I think we’d easily keep Holmes, McIntyre, Azeez, Camara etc. and they could shine in the tier below

[TiagoIlori]

Yes, however it comes with opportunity. Whoever comes in has the chance to make the squad his own with plenty half decent academy players and a blank chequebook which will be very competitive in League One (even if we’re on a budget next season)

We need to get ourselves out quick though.

[Lower West]

I get we've been awful for a number of years but proper fans who witnessed Madejski's legacy will understand

No legacy left. Everything Sir JM built the club on has been bulldozed away. Successful lower league clubs are increasingly key components of the local community. Not everything revolves around Saturday afternoon. Ticket sales alone aren't going to support a decent wage playing budget.

[Snowflake Royal]

It's been coming for a long time, and I'd pretty much embraced the inevitable between the Preston result and Ince's sacking. Two or three games sooner and I think we'd have probably clung on for another season, but despite Hunt lifting things Burnley, Luton and Coventry was too much and we were always reliant on the other teams in the mix letting us off the hook. They haven't.

We were tier three for the majority of our League history. I've seen us relegated to tier three before. Football's cyclic. Half the Championship has been in L1 within the last 10 years or so. We're a much bigger club than we were before the mid-90s and I have every confidence that good decision making and a solid brick by brick approach will see us back far fitter for the Championship within a few years.

I've supported the club for almost 30 years, and the seasons fly by. A few in L1 won't hurt us. And it might show some of our fans a bit more humility, we've no divine right to the Championship. You keep your place by earning it. We haven't. Someone else's turn, and good luck to 'em.