GallowgatePigeon Posted 4 hours ago Share Posted 4 hours ago 33 minutes ago, Elric said: Next season they'll be fewming that they, a massive club, are getting less attention than newly-promoted Wrexham. What with Our Fans and generational talents and whatnot At what point do they stop being 'everybody's cup final' and just become another once famous name amongst a sea of dross? I think it probably happened somewhere between 2018-19 but I get the idea their fans still hold onto this notion. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilson Posted 3 hours ago Share Posted 3 hours ago 34 minutes ago, GallowgatePigeon said: At what point do they stop being 'everybody's cup final' and just become another once famous name amongst a sea of dross? I think it probably happened somewhere between 2018-19 but I get the idea their fans still hold onto this notion. Nonce famous more like. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_R Posted 3 hours ago Share Posted 3 hours ago They were everybody's cup final (Or at least a big game) for the first season in L2. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallsendmag Posted 3 hours ago Share Posted 3 hours ago 9 minutes ago, Chris_R said: They were everybody's cup final (Or at least a big game) for the first season in L2. Were they though? I just remember them being a much of a muchness team down there. Didn't really do anything of note and only eventually got out of it via the Play offs. They hardly swept the league away like Birmingham just have. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stal Posted 3 hours ago Share Posted 3 hours ago This "everyone's cup final" thing is a bit daft, cup finals are played at Wembley. They were more like "everyone's drawing a higher league team in a bigger stadium in a cup draw" for a bit until the novelty wore off. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted 3 hours ago Share Posted 3 hours ago 54 minutes ago, GallowgatePigeon said: At what point do they stop being 'everybody's cup final' and just become another once famous name amongst a sea of dross? I think it probably happened somewhere between 2018-19 but I get the idea their fans still hold onto this notion. It must be like when Arbroath would play Queen's Park at Hampden Park in a league game or something daft soon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groundhog63 Posted 3 hours ago Share Posted 3 hours ago All the "little" clubs in League 1 did look forward to watching their team play at the Stadium of Light, very much so. I mean who wouldn't? Train upto Newcastle or fly upto Newcastle. Stay in one of the many city centre hotels in Newcastle. Metro down to trampsville for the match. Nice easy draw Metro back to Newcastle to celebrate the away point in a vibrant, friendly city. What's not to like!? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbydazzla Posted 3 hours ago Share Posted 3 hours ago (edited) They turn the dial on their importance and size to suit their batshit mental narratives. The Maktracking usually goes like this: Start of game Club X only ever get a decent crowd in Stadium Y when Sunderland play there because we're a massive club and everyone wants to be there when we're in town and we're like a cup final to them and they want to see our world class generational talent End of game Look at all them pathetic Club X fans jumping about and celebrating in Stadium Y just because they've beaten little old Sunderland who were in League 1 a couple of seasons ago and most of our players are inexperienced young kids Edited 3 hours ago by bobbydazzla Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GallowgatePigeon Posted 2 hours ago Share Posted 2 hours ago 20 minutes ago, bobbydazzla said: They turn the dial on their importance and size to suit their batshit mental narratives. The Maktracking usually goes like this: Start of game Club X only ever get a decent crowd in Stadium Y when Sunderland play there because we're a massive club and everyone wants to be there when we're in town and we're like a cup final to them and they want to see our world class generational talent End of game Look at all them pathetic Club X fans jumping about and celebrating in Stadium Y just because they've beaten little old Sunderland who were in League 1 a couple of seasons ago and most of our players are inexperienced young kids The 'marrative' when we beat a big team e.g. PSG, Arsenal, Liverpool: "Team X are nothing special, we'd give them game" The 'marrative' when we beat run of the mill PL opponents: "The standard of PL is shocking, we're a much bigger club than Team X, we'd be comfortably midtable in this years PL" The 'marrative' when they lose to some pish team like Oxford, QPR or Stoke: "We're not good enough marra, sack the manager, sack the board, sell every player except O'9 for 20 million each" We couldn't have been blessed with better rivals. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry 209 Posted 2 hours ago Share Posted 2 hours ago "Marrative" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deejeck Posted 1 hour ago Share Posted 1 hour ago 1 hour ago, GallowgatePigeon said: The 'marrative' when we beat a big team e.g. PSG, Arsenal, Liverpool: "Team X are nothing special, we'd give them game" The 'marrative' when we beat run of the mill PL opponents: "The standard of PL is shocking, we're a much bigger club than Team X, we'd be comfortably midtable in this years PL" The 'marrative' when they lose to some pish team like Oxford, QPR or Stoke: "We're not good enough marra, sack the manager, sack the board, sell every player except O'9 for 20 million each" We couldn't have been blessed with better rivals. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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