by ferrarilover » 27 May 2014, 19:32
That's just it, Dave. Fleetwood, on Rochdale's budget would have been relegated by February and Rochdale on Fleetwood's budget would have amassed 130 points.
Have a look at the relegation places. That we finished just 5 points behind Rovers represents a catastrophic failure on their part.
Rather than celebrating going up via the playoffs, Fleetwood should be slinking quietly off to undertake a full assessment of what went so catastrophically wrong. The paper has been neatly applied to the cracks by a dreadful error from the Burton keeper.
It's like Man City a couple of years ago, it was a disastrous season when you look at the money they spent, but two goals in added time against a QPR side who were desperate to give them all the help in the world saw them over the line.
Success is relative to a number of things, budget being one of them. Clubs like QPR and Fleetwood represent dismal failure masked by the success of the playoffs. While that's better than a poke in the eye with a pointy stick and it's considerably better than the likes of Portsmouth, Northants and Rovers, it's a long way south of what they should be achieving given all their circumstances.
Matt.
That's just it, Dave. Fleetwood, on Rochdale's budget would have been relegated by February and Rochdale on Fleetwood's budget would have amassed 130 points.
Have a look at the relegation places. That we finished just 5 points behind Rovers represents a catastrophic failure on their part.
Rather than celebrating going up via the playoffs, Fleetwood should be slinking quietly off to undertake a full assessment of what went so catastrophically wrong. The paper has been neatly applied to the cracks by a dreadful error from the Burton keeper.
It's like Man City a couple of years ago, it was a disastrous season when you look at the money they spent, but two goals in added time against a QPR side who were desperate to give them all the help in the world saw them over the line.
Success is relative to a number of things, budget being one of them. Clubs like QPR and Fleetwood represent dismal failure masked by the success of the playoffs. While that's better than a poke in the eye with a pointy stick and it's considerably better than the likes of Portsmouth, Northants and Rovers, it's a long way south of what they should be achieving given all their circumstances.
Matt.
