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Fingers crossed Wigan And Blackburn go down
I want Wigan to stay up. They've managed several years in the Premiership when everyone thought they would go down first season.
Yes but I work with pie eaters and I'm sick of them beating us all the time (Bolton)
Bad luck Blackpool - good try
My team: DOWN.
It is typical of us. We have our greatest day ever beating Arsenal at Wembley and then throw it all away and get relegated. 
We'll not come back any time soon- there are serious financial problems ahead. We'll be in League One at the end of next season.
serious financial problems? Birmingham??
i thought they had that mega rich Carston Yeung fella?
anyway, sorry your teams down TB
Quote: lofthouse @ May 22 2011, 6:04 PM BSTserious financial problems? Birmingham??
i thought they had that mega rich Carston Yeung fella?
anyway, sorry your teams down TB
Yeah, Carson Yeung owns the club, but he bought us with borrowed money and lumbered us with at least £28m of debt.
We are in big trouble.
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Plus being in Europe next season won't help - all those extra games.
You don't want midweek trips to Bulgaria when your trying to get promoted!
Exactly! We've got to go through the qualifying stages beforehand! Back in training in mid-June.
I have a feeling McLeish will resign and go to West Ham. If so, I'll have Big Sam, please.
Birmingham & Blackpool have qualified for the Europa League!!!!
Big Sam would do an excellent job
We (Bolton) were going nowhere and he did an incredible job for us
Sam pretty much guarantees promotion and staying up.
Quote: lofthouse @ May 22 2011, 6:55 PM BSTBig Sam would do an excellent job
We (Bolton) were going nowhere and he did an incredible job for us
I always find it odd when supporters say this when mid-table in the Prem. 19 years ago you were 13th in the third tier and have reclaimed a decent level of success with cup semi-finals and an extended run in the top flight.
With the best will in the world Bolton are never going to make the Champions League so the best the can hope for is a good cup run or a Europa League spot. Meanwhile my team have lost their league status - this is a team that really is going nowhere...
^Good points.
But in my case (Brum City) we are a big city club which (last season) wasa going places. It just stinks that we've thrown it all away and it'll take a good decade before we get back to the Premier League.
The cup win was great- it will be the only cup we win in my lifetime, though, I'm sure of it. Is relegation and financial ruin a fair price to pay?
It's a shame Giggs didn't play today. If anyone deserves to have his picture splashed all over the front pages with a trophy at his side, it's him.