The Football Thread - 17/18 Season

[Wyrdness]

Ka-pi96 said:

Wyrdness said:

They need to get to the final first and the topic was about some fan saying they'd rather win and get relegated because they're used to dropping and getting promoted but as Sunderland have shown that is no longer the case for teams, relegation battles are far more taxing than being in any other part of the said league.

Have you played any sport at highly competitive level? Going all out can hurt your performance else where we see it every season especially from teams in Europe, Tottenham are a recent example where they burnt themselves out before going into the clash against Juventus. This is a late season relegation battle if they lose or draw one game they're likely done.

And what of Newcastle the year before? They came straight back up, one example of a team performing terribly and possibly getting relegated again doesn't discount all of those that go down but can dominate that league and come straight back up. It's not easy and it certainly won't always happen, but it's certainly a stronger possibility than back to back relegations still.

They literally just lost one and they aren't done yet. Will probably lose another one on Saturday too, and that probably won't be the end of them then either. One loss or draw isn't the end of the world just yet.

Except the are more than just one example the are many, Bolton, Portsmouth, Birmingham, Wigan, Blackburn, Charlton etc... Yeah they just lost one which is why one more is problematic especially if other results go against them.