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Could it get worse?

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Dilligaf60 said:
Home now mate, just out of the shower, me lugs have thawed out, I’m not hurt and upset any more, just f**king furious.


Therefore you will know we won’t always be shite. Chin up mate, our time will come again.
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I'm inconsolable inside mate, trying to put a brave face on but its hard. We were down ages ago if we're honest but winning on Friday the way we did gave us all false hope
 
Administration and a points deduction halfway through next season when we're already bottom of league one?
 
We need major investment in the squad before the start of the season-a whole new team practically. Under Bain and Short the required funds wont be put in and another relegation battle will be likely without a takeover. Our squad is terrible.
 
SAFC Nooey said:
Dead and heading to league one. Could we end up being worse and find ourselves dealing with another relegation battle next season?
I see no hope or bright spark in this side, if ever one appears it soon gets shut out.
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6 or 7 players out of contract, 6 or so players playing elsewhere that will be sold eg Borini, 7 players on loan who will leave. Thats what...neck end of 20 players? We have seemingly buttons to spend on replacements, unless the club is sold and someone comes in with some money and some managerial accumen.

Yes it can get much worse.

To all those saying that the gulf in class between this league and the third division is huge, aye, so it maybe, but who will we be turning out in it next year...the U23's plus McNair, Love, Robson, Honeyman and Gooch...with Steele in goal? :eek:

We need to wake up and smell the coffee because this can and may well get a whole lot worse.

sksk3021 said:
Yes it could get worse.
Going to be a huge summer as we will need about 15 players again. Does anyone have the confidence that we have the type of scouting network in place to pick up that many players successfully? That's without even mentioning the budget, not many at that level have a budget.
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I have no confidence in the club management. they are a complete shambles.

Goldeneye said:
We need major investment in the squad before the start of the season-a whole new team practically. Under Bain and Short the required funds wont be put in and another relegation battle will be likely without a takeover. Our squad is terrible.
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This. It does not have the makings of anything but a disastrous season as it stands.
 
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Grumpy Old Man said:
League 1 FFP is a salary cap of 60% of turnover, and the cap excludes players who signed long contracts before this season (so Cattermole and Rodwell won't count). With a £31m parachute payment, and even crowds of 20,000 or so, we'll have a bigger cap than most clubs' turnover. We could offer a few hundred more than any other club, and still cut the wage bill, assuming some higher earners leave this year. And the quality of the AoL will make us more attractive to clubs wanting to loan out players; I know people moan about loans, but all League 1 clubs use it to the max, sing other players on 1 year contracts on frees, and pretty much have half a new squad every year.
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Our natural level now. Sad but true. We simply cannot compete in the top two tiers because you need to buy players.
 
don't sort the goalkeeper situation out then yes , get a new no 1 in ruiter as back up and get rid of steele would be a start
 
We will drop until we become a big fish in a small pond. Division 2 isn’t even a pond so I’m hoping the fall ends next season.

Robanner said:
Absolutely it could get worse. Everyone on here last season seemed optimistic about how good life would be in the Championship, not in terms of promotion, but certainly in terms of winning games and entertaining the fans. Look how that has turned out.

No one will have any idea what team we will start next season with. We will not invest money into the squad - if we were going to do that we would have done so in the last 2 windows to ensure relegation didn't happen. So yes, without doubt next season could be hugely problematic and difficult especially as our brand off the pitch takes hit after hit.
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I agree with this ^ However If Short is still owner nothing will go as expected and we may drop again.
 
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SAFC Nooey said:
Dead and heading to league one. Could we end up being worse and find ourselves dealing with another relegation battle next season?
I see no hope or bright spark in this side, if ever one appears it soon gets shut out.
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That all depends on how good an entirely new team a new manager will have to build with no money.is.
 
SAFC Nooey said:
Dead and heading to league one. Could we end up being worse and find ourselves dealing with another relegation battle next season?
I see no hope or bright spark in this side, if ever one appears it soon gets shut out.
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Nah but I think we`ll struggle for a couple of years in the wilderness, at least.
 
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