Newly Promoted teams to the top flight that successfully secure a second season but fails to do a 3rd
Now usually newly promoted teams find it hard to adapt to life in the top flights. The game is faster, harder, more physical and at the end of the season you see these new boys usually drop back down to the Champion devision. However this was not the case for Swansea City, Norwich and QPR. These three teams managed to secure a second season in the top flights.
These teams brought something different to the BEAUTIFUL GAME last season and even though QPR just managed to stay up where Swansea and Norwich ended mid table they gave some of the elite teams a scare especially MAN CITY the current champions.
The question is do you think that the three teams are able to secure yet another season or will they suffer the Second Season Blues? Some fans would say that your second season in the top flights is harder than your first. Two teams that definitely have a mammoth task ahead would be both Swansea and Norwich who lost both their managers to bigger clubs, as these managers played crucial part of ending their teams in mid table.
Another factor is the new teams that will be hungry to prove their status and secure their place among the greats.
- Reading
- Southampton
- West ham united
Will be giving it their all to show the world why they deserve to be the there flights.
What is your verdict? Who do you think will be fighting for their lives and who will be safe at the end of the season. Who is going to struggle. The only thing that Football fans know is that its is going to be a battle of MAMMOTH proportions from the very first whistle
West Ham bought Diarra from Marseille for a three year contract so it looks like they are really planning to stay in the Premier League. That signing should make their midfield more solid but they need to be able to score goals cause thats what wins games. But What I think will be more impressive is if Norwich, Swansea and QPR finish this season in better positions than last season. That would be an accomplishment right there.
ReplyDeleteWest Ham have really gone into the Transfer bag to ensure they do not get relegated. But when they did get relegated they already had a good team. I personally think there are other issues that concerns their team. But i do agree with you they need to score more goals that win games otherwise they will be in the same boat as before
ReplyDeleteWith Swansea Norwich and QPR it would be interesting to see if they can stay and improve. QPR would definitely want to avoid that last 3 drop they almost ended in last season
ReplyDeleteThere is definitely some sort of voodoo that seems to hit newly promoted teams when it comes to their second season in the top flights. This especially with new teams like Swansea that have never been in the premier league until last year. Although I must say I do enjoy seeing these teams in the premier league as its new faces to look to and it changes the game a bit. My money on last seasons new comers are that they will struggle but at least 2 will stay in top flights. I do not see them getting relegated all at once.
ReplyDeleteNorwich and Swansea was definiatly two of the new teams that impressed me the most over the years. QPR however dissapointed me considering they had the best team on paper out of the 3 newly premoted team. But I honestly do not think the 3 teams will do well this year I hace scene it onece to many that these smaller teams that have now Top Flight pedigree fail to spark in their second season. Swansea are off to a good start but can they hold on to it. I would like to see these teams stay up its good to see new faces in the log
ReplyDeleteQPR did have the money and still does and they have some good signings, but this proves that you can have good signings but team chemistry is a need and if players do not gel well together it is a recipe for disater . The way swansea is going, if they can keep it up they will be in the premier league for a long time
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