Hitcat Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 Anything other than champions will be unacceptable. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest wilyfox Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 We need to improve just to stay up. That must be the baseline for our aims this season - and I think we will, providing we can sign decent strikers. We need to bring in 3 players capable of scoring into double-figures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roscoe P. Coltrane Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 Don't worry OP you'll be back at school soon. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adelphi1867 Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 1 hour ago, SwintonLad99 said: I don't know about you guys, but i am very confident with how pre-season has gone. Signed some good young/cheap players, and Monk has brought in his coaching staff. No matter what people think of Monk, or the players they need our full support in this season to remain a championship club and build on it. The main point, is what would you class as a successful season if we do start on -12? I think, if we can finish between 10th-16th that would be a successful season. Anyway, off for a full English breakfast, thanks for taking time out of your day to read. All the best, god bless. SwintonLad99 I agree, with new young players coming in, it may take all of this season to blend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiamAP22D Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 1 hour ago, matt68owls said: stopping up will be a sucessful season it would be some achievement with the players we have. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adelphi1867 Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 36 minutes ago, Kagoshimaowl said: So ironic when you see our best keeper , 5 years ago, on 30 grand a week training with the kids!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S36 OWL Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 I will take 4th bottom now. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manwë Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 Genuinely believe we will be in or around the lower half of the upper half, play-off potentially. #WeGoAgain 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Costello 77 Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 I have absolutely no idea what to expect from this season. The only known is -12. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthefish2002 Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 3 minutes ago, Manwë said: Genuinely believe we will be in or around the lower half of the upper half, play-off potentially. #WeGoAgain Play Offs !?!?!?!? Not getting relegated will be success. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manicowl Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 47 minutes ago, TheEnchanter said: If would make history the first time a points deduction has ever been reversed. And the verdict isn't until Autumn I believe. Tottenham 95? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Animis Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 38 minutes ago, TheEnchanter said: Any manager that can't get 60+ points with this squad will likely send us down. Without much money or any strikers most managers we could afford would do well to finish 4th bottom. My expectations for this season have dropped and I'd be delighted with 4th bottom and consider it a great achievement. Key games now are against Wycombe and Toytown for me. I wouldn't expect to be beating any top teams. Its quite like the championship struggles of 2005-2010 for me where we are expected to finish bottom 6 and anything else was a bonus. The championship over the last several years has become very tight and teams of fairly equal quality. Rotherham may be as hard to beat as Brentford or Norwich. We took 4 points off Leeds last season, and didn't look out of place against West Brom - should have got a better return in both games. Having said this, -12 points is a tough handicap, and Monk will need to get the players fired up from the off as we play catch up. As long as we keep in the pack until the turn of the year I'll consider it a success. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSandersonOWL Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 20 minutes ago, S36 OWL said: I will take 4th bottom now. You need to accept that we are bottom now. Where we will be at the end of the season? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james o connor Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 If we stay up that will be a miracle and job well done from monk and the players Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Kagoshimaowl Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 50 minutes ago, adelphi1867 said: You really think Dawson and Wildsmith are better? Absolute muppet if you think that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roy Of The Roasters Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 1 hour ago, SwintonLad99 said: I don't know about you guys, but i am very confident with how pre-season has gone. Signed some good young/cheap players, and Monk has brought in his coaching staff. No matter what people think of Monk, or the players they need our full support in this season to remain a championship club and build on it. The main point, is what would you class as a successful season if we do start on -12? I think, if we can finish between 10th-16th that would be a successful season. Anyway, off for a full English breakfast, thanks for taking time out of your day to read. All the best, god bless. SwintonLad99 One word. Survival. If we are good enough to stay up, overturning a 12 point deficit, then I'll be confident we've turned the ship around and can push on in 2021 / 22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrickyTrev Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 I’ll be over the moon if we finish 4th from bottom. Given the group of players we have, I think some fans are underestimating just how difficult it’s going to be to claw back these 12 points on the sides above us. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S6ToBerlin Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 I'd say staying up should be considered successful for the season, especially if we're showing promise of developing for the future. Like what's really important to me is that the younger players start to find their feet well and we can see a young team starting to gel and improve together, meaning we can build on that in seasons to come and hopefully get back to challenging for promotion ASAP. I think for that reason it's really important that we all get behind the younger kids and the new signings, even if they make mistakes at first we need to show that we're behind them as they grow and improve. Let's be realistic, we're not just gonna drop in a few 20 year olds into the team and immediately be promotion challengers, but with the right manager and coaching staff (which it's looking more like we might have now Monk's got his pals in) we could see things consistently improve from season to season. That's what I'd consider the biggest success we could ask for. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 Everyone's entitled to their opinions but your delusional if you think this team will finish top half 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dorian gray Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 3 hours ago, swfcGibbo said: If the points deduction remains at -12 then we just need to ride this season out and stay up. By doing that we have real momentum to build upon next season. There's an underdog challenge about us which some players will thrive on. We are 2nd favourites for relegation. It looks as though the penny has dropped and we are getting the infrastructure in place. It's a season to consolidate on and build upon. It's imperative we get off to a good start though. who the **** is below us? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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