Jake1666 Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 So guys was just wondering who youll thought are the sleeping giants of english football....i was kinda thinking of taking one of them in my new save:thup: ...back to the pinnacle of football and glory...let me know what ull think and which teams u think are the sleeping giants...thank you... I think Arsenal:D...well thats just my opinion...go ahead and state urs Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
baker.simon Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 If you think Arsenal are sleeping giants then there is something wrong There are quite a few. Newcastle, Leeds, Charlton, Forest, Norwich, Oxford United (Had to put that in), Gateshead (Not really a giant bit wiki their history). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kickballz Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 Millwall. The Lions. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raware Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 The mighty Super Reds...Nottingham Forest! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackripper Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 cardiff city Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kieronbrown73 Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 Newcastle, Luton Town, Nottm Forest, Wolves, Leeds Utd, QPR Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMOZZA Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 Ipswich..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FestyF Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 Watford Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CooCooKaJoo Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 as a fan of none of these teams i would say from a neutral standpoint, nottingham forest, leeds or ipswich due to thier previous european performances i dont believe any prem team can be classed as a sleeping giant tbh Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeesterCat Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 Are you going for a record of 'Most New Saves started in a Fortnight"?! To answer the question: Leeds. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kieronbrown73 Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 as a fan of none of these teams i would say from a neutral standpoint, nottingham forest, leeds or ipswich due to thier previous european performancesi dont believe any prem team can be classed as a sleeping giant tbh I would consider premier clubs to be sleeping giants, because untill they are regularly challanging for honours or have recently won a competition then they are still asleep. Which is why I couldn't include Everton (finshed in the top 7 for the last few seasons) so are regualrly challanging or Spurs (won League Cup recently) But Wolves were a big force in football once being dubbed 'champions of the world' and also competed in the first UEFA Cup Final against Spurs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
city4eva Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 Completely agree with CooCooKaJoo any club inside the premiership cant really be classed a sleeping giant as they are a giant that is up the bean stork and in the clouds shall we say but the three teams he said that have had a golden egg (european title) before but are still below the clouds! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
acidmonkey Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 forest or leeds, Bradford? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vrisk85 Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 Notts Forest, Leeds, Genoa, Napoli, if you're counting Ipswich then Oviedo might also be included. Oh silly me, I missed the "English" part, sorry all ^^ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
acidmonkey Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 but Genoa, Napoli and Oviedo arent English Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon07 Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 Nottingham Forest. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
7zige Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 Fulham.......... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
edgar555 Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 Notts County Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoham Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 Charlton. Long term you can try and beat the record attendance of over 75,000. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
crouchaldinho Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 St. Albans City. Giants of non-League. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim82 Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 Notts CountyThey're just sleeping now....I usually go for QPR, it's a fun save to start. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dka83 Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 Sheffield Wednesday Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
burgerboys Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 has to be luton or truro city. perhaps buckland Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnythingIsPossible Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 Arsenal lol, ill go Liverpool or Chelsea then they havent won the league for a bit, sleeping giants? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boydy9 Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 Forest for me, done it before and was a good challenge Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazblock Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 afc wimbeldon and rotherham Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartinGregory84 Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 Bradford my hometown team have the potential to become a regular championship side Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
InterWolf Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 Why not man u? It's been quite a few months since they won anything, they're at least a dozing giant. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanNUFC Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 Its obviously newcastle, duh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MillwallLion08 Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 afc wimbeldon and rotherham Techinically, AFC Wimbledon are doing the best they've ever done, and if they continue to rise up the league(s), which it looks like they will, then they will be continuing that trend. And I'm not too sure about Rotherham:confused:. Millwall.The Lions. I like the way you think. The real sleeping giants would most probably have to be teams such as Bradford, Forest in a way, Norwich City, Southampton, and my personal favourite, Huddersfield Town - a team that's won an F.A Cup back in the thirties and 3 league championships, but hardly anything since. Oh, and the infamous Leeds United... http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_2/8038226.stm Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wonky Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 Newcastle and Leeds the main ones, imo. Shout out to Nottingham Forest, but their average attendance is below 20k I think. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
baker.simon Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 Newcastle and Leeds the main ones, imo. Shout out to Nottingham Forest, but their average attendance is below 20k I think. Forest avg - 24182. Sorry, been writing an article all about championship attendances Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanNUFC Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 Why not man u? It's been quite a few months since they won anything, they're at least a dozing giant. lol................ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfgrigg Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 Preston? The first ever English champions, and were the original 'Invincibles', going unbeaten in the league for the season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wonky Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 Forest avg - 24182.Sorry, been writing an article all about championship attendances That's good. Notts Forest are one as well then. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gareth-s0 Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 Cardiff City? Jack are you being serious? Newport County, now there's are real sleeping giant. Reached the hights of the 2nd tier of English football back in the late 30's only to see their side torn apart by World War 2. Went out of buisness in the late 80's and reformed. Now looking at promotion to the Blue Square Premier with the long term aim of returning to the Football League. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xirtama Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 Luton Town,AFC Wimbledon,Nottm Forest,Newcastle,Leeds United,Birmingham(Runners in Europe). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArsenalFan7 Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 It's obviously Birmingham or Blackburn for me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham FM Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 bradford,oldam ath?? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bongo-Bongo Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 How on earth can AFC Wimbledon be considered sleeping giants? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevio11 Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 Birmingham are always know as sleeping giants in the press and tv due to being from the second city and not living up to that fame or in the shadow of villa(Goes to wash his mouth out now lol) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
glynnbob Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 Notts County yay im glad someone mentioned the mighty pies!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
polskaGOLA Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 Newcastle, Charlton, Nottingham Forest, Sheffield United, Ipswich, Sheffield Wednesday, Coventry, Norwich, Southhampton, Leeds, Milwall, Notts County, Chester City, Luton Town, Oxford, York, AFC Wimbledon, Campbrdige. These are the ones I would recommend: Coventry, Leeds, Norwich, Southhampton, Milwall, Notts County, Luton Town, AFC Wimbledon. And a special mention to Chester City, who were just dissolved. :( :( Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suggy33 Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 Bradford and Barnsley of course. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRyGuy Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 How on earth can AFC Wimbledon be considered sleeping giants? Its because AFC Wimboldon (and not MK dons) are the closest thing to Wimboldon who were in the prem durign the late 1990s Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bongo-Bongo Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 Its because AFC Wimboldon (and not MK dons) are the closest thing to Wimboldon who were in the prem durign the late 1990s I know that, but AFC Wimbledon have nothing to do with what Wimbledon achieved. They've never been giants. They're just a small club that have been given a massive boost by having a much bigger fan base then most clubs at their level due to the death of Wimbledon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
walsh Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 they're a good side currently but I'd throw Villa in there Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maestro_DK Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 Sheffield Wed and Newcastle Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
polskaGOLA Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 they're a good side currently but I'd throw Villa in there Birmingham too I guess. Birmingham have huge potential. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
baker.simon Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 I don't really see how any team in the Premier League can be called a sleeping giant? Even calling a championship team a sleeping giant is a bit of a push. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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