- Sun Feb 23, 2020 6:43 pm
#9929
Some 20 years ago I was sold a Blue and Gold Season Ticket with one of the lines being that one day, maybe, you will see Leicester play here.
And over the years I have indeed seen Leicester play at Sixways - and be beaten a few times.
I also had some good years watching Worcester move into the Championship and, when the large lady sang, into the Premiership.
But since then, season after season, it has been a case of will we or won't we avoid relegation.
At the beginning of every season we are told that this time it will be different - and on one level we believe it and go away from the supporters' meeting in optimistic mood. But somehow it never seems to happen.
Over the years there have been valid explanations as to why such and such game has been lost - at the moment it's "narrow margins".
But that's not the point. The broader view must be taken. Worcester has simply not been able to break the circle of relegation or near-relegation. It's not happened.
When I bought my first season ticket Leicester were at the top; now they're not. But they will come again. That club has a proud record and generations of supporters behind it.
So what's the medium term future for Worcester? Are we going to be the Italy of a ring-fenced Premiership?
I'm afraid that I must confess to be a congenital pessimist but despite all the talk about the talent pool of young players and the potential of the new coaches coming in I am becoming more and more certain that Worcester will be forever a permanent bottom feeder club.
Accordingly I have a decision to take. Will I buy a season ticket in the summer? I probably will. I'm born and bred in Worcester and rugby is my game so I'm not going to Gloucester or Wasps and you never know next year might be different...
But the season after?
And over the years I have indeed seen Leicester play at Sixways - and be beaten a few times.
I also had some good years watching Worcester move into the Championship and, when the large lady sang, into the Premiership.
But since then, season after season, it has been a case of will we or won't we avoid relegation.
At the beginning of every season we are told that this time it will be different - and on one level we believe it and go away from the supporters' meeting in optimistic mood. But somehow it never seems to happen.
Over the years there have been valid explanations as to why such and such game has been lost - at the moment it's "narrow margins".
But that's not the point. The broader view must be taken. Worcester has simply not been able to break the circle of relegation or near-relegation. It's not happened.
When I bought my first season ticket Leicester were at the top; now they're not. But they will come again. That club has a proud record and generations of supporters behind it.
So what's the medium term future for Worcester? Are we going to be the Italy of a ring-fenced Premiership?
I'm afraid that I must confess to be a congenital pessimist but despite all the talk about the talent pool of young players and the potential of the new coaches coming in I am becoming more and more certain that Worcester will be forever a permanent bottom feeder club.
Accordingly I have a decision to take. Will I buy a season ticket in the summer? I probably will. I'm born and bred in Worcester and rugby is my game so I'm not going to Gloucester or Wasps and you never know next year might be different...
But the season after?