Might we have to accept relegation this season if it's a consequence of Pearson's longer 3 year rebuild?

[Top Robin]

Hope not! 

[pillred]

It's getting boring though, why should we have to? don't you think we have suffered enough? depending how old you are it's starting to feel like Deja vu,

[Johnny Musicworks]

I would imagine that the whole point of NP addressing the spine of the team first is to avoid just that scenario. Consolidation maybe but relegation is not a way to progress.

[steveybadger]

If the price of a full Pearson rebuild is relegation then absolutely no way!

[Bristol Oil Services]

I would get two more quotes from two more builders before going ahead with this.

[Pezo]

Nope, relegation is not acceptable. 

A rebuild in this division to get us into the top 6 is a massively different beast to a rebuild in the third tier to get us back into the championship. 

[CyderInACan]

Relegation would be an unmitigated disaster. We have to stay up this season and build from there. 

[Lew-T]

We simply cannot afford relegation. 

[Finley_Smith10]

We won’t get relegated

[kingswood red]

NO!

[Fordy62]

9 minutes ago, Finley_Smith10 said:

We won’t get relegated

I tend to agree. Although I haven’t seen any of our football yet, reading the matchday threads has certainly been more positive than in recent years. 

[Bristol Oil Services]

19 minutes ago, CyderInACan said:

Relegation would be an unmitigated disaster. We have to stay up this season and build from there. 

That's what we did last season, to do this season

[Homer Simpson]

29 minutes ago, pillred said:

It's getting boring though, why should we have to? don't you think we have suffered enough? depending how old you are it's starting to feel like Deja vu,

Deja Vu. Was that another LJ signing that couldn't get in the team? I'm losing track.

[Gillies Downs Leeds]

Let's see where we are come the end of the transfer window before worrying about relegation. For what it is worth I think without some ins and outs we are going to have a very difficult first half of the season. We badly need to get some pace into the side.

[Finley_Smith10]

9 minutes ago, Fordy62 said:

I tend to agree. Although I haven’t seen any of our football yet, reading the matchday threads has certainly been more positive than in recent years. 

just need to sign abit more quality up front. Hopefully Nagy goes soon and we raise funds for that. Even a couple loans would help. Even if it was panic stations come January I’m sure Lansdown will panic and give NP a large sum to get some players in 

[Sniper]

It's far too early to be talking about relegation, but if things do get a bit iffy then how much is relegation going to cost the club?

Is it better to get some players in and sod FFP and take the fine? I personally have no idea what that fine would be though?

[WarksRobin]

Grammar police here. It cannot be a consequence of the three year plan if it happens this season. A side effect maybe, but a consequence has to occur after the event in question.

[Bristol Rob]

Of the answer to LJs sacking is to accept relegation then things are far worse than I thought.

Relegation should never just be accepted.

[Supersonic Robin]

In short, no, I really hope not.

Relegation to League 1 would just compound our issues and magnify the scale of the rebuild required. Also note that there's always the possibility that we don't have an immediate return to the Championship (e.g. Sunderland). Being relegated back to L1 would be an enormous failure, regardless of whether we rebrand it as being "part of a rebuild". 

Anyway, IMHO we have enough at the club (squad, management team, facilities, finances etc) to avoid relegation. 

 

[Hampshire reds]

with some investment in the team like a right back and a winger plus a striker we should be ok. spend some money has to be cheaper than relagation. jury well and truly out on Pearson. its great having a nice stadium plus a training ground but the team is no way good enough. criticism heading my way from the usual ones. 

[Pezo]

I think we find out on Tuesday how much we're in for a tough season, if we can't at least get a draw against transfer embargoed Reading then I'm going to be looking around for 3 worst teams. 

[Bris Red]

Relegation is never the answer and as a club we all know how tough and gruelling League 1 can be. Cotts took us up with relative ease in 2015 but there are no guarantees we will bounce back in 2 season if we went down again..

I think thankfully for us there will be 3 (at least) teams worse than us this season. Many of the fringe teams in the championship are in the same situation as us with very little capital to spend and have been unable to add the needed quality. I think we will be okay but as I’ve said in previous threads patience and transfer windows are needed for Pearson.

[Shaun Taylor]

1 hour ago, Top Robin said:

Hope not! 

Why, you should have beaten Blackpool, played a second team at FGR and narrowly lost away at a hard place for any team to get anything. Assess the situation after 10 league games to see how the season is shaping up.

[054123]

57 minutes ago, Finley_Smith10 said:

We won’t get relegated

My concern is that I cannot see what’s changing.

Lets see who comes in before the 31st and assess the first 10 games.

[BS3_RED]

We have played two league games and should have won one of them. Thats three from six points. Some people need to get a grip. 

[Rob k]

As i said before the start of the season and got laughed at - I’d take 21st this season. So much needs to happen behind the scenes to sort this club out 

[nick jones of hereford]

Most of us suggested prior to the start of the season that we would be content with finishing half way up the league - but expected to end up in the bottom third.

Relegation is a possibility for many teams, including us, but despite our start it’s far too early to even consider relegation.

For what it’s worth I believe Pearson will gradually turns things around. We need that ‘lucky break” to improve morale & self confidence. I’m of the firm opinion that Pearson can and will turn us around

[Clevedon Red]

If the club is heading towards relegation I somehow don’t think Pearson will be here to fulfill that disaster and can you imagine the uproar if Lansdown turns round and s ays don’t worry it was all part of the plan for the greater good. We wouldn’t t bounce straight back anyway. Relegation would have serious consequences that would take years to resolve.

 

[The Coach]

It would be disaster. However, reading some of the comments here and on other topics highlighting the squad is more than good enough for top half/mid table. I would whole heartedly disagree. This is a relegation squad in my view. 

As I said before the Blackpool game. I’d take 21st right now. It’s going to be a very long season for Bristol City in my view. 

[BigTone]

1 hour ago, Top Robin said:

Hope not! 

Lets get past 2 games before we throw the towel in FFS