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Since end of January we have 14 points from 8 games, decent form. The top 3 have just been relentless.Promotion was lost in January with no ambition
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Since end of January we have 14 points from 8 games, decent form. The top 3 have just been relentless.Promotion was lost in January with no ambition
Some of our ‘supporters’ man"Why wasn’t the manager coming out and saying he wanted us to go on an unbeaten run until the end of the season"
Hard to fathom that one like
That makes 2 of them not desperate for promotionOwner not desperate for promotion, neither is owner and it rubs off on players.
Awful lack of ambition. Must have been around 36 points left to play for at the time and only 7 points behind 2nd now. Top 2 was still achievable. Why wasn’t the manager coming out and saying he wanted us to go on an unbeaten run until the end of the season and go for it. Instead we have this complete lack of ambition again where we have decided the play offs is a good season even though we were top. We basically wrote the rest of the season off with about 12 games to go as long as we stumble across the line into the play offs it’s seen as ok. It stems from the top. Owner not desperate for promotion, neither is owner and it rubs off on players.
Awful lack of ambition. Must have been around 36 points left to play for at the time and only 7 points behind 2nd now. Top 2 was still achievable. Why wasn’t the manager coming out and saying he wanted us to go on an unbeaten run until the end of the season and go for it. Instead we have this complete lack of ambition again where we have decided the play offs is a good season even though we were top. We basically wrote the rest of the season off with about 12 games to go as long as we stumble across the line into the play offs it’s seen as ok. It stems from the top. Owner not desperate for promotion, neither is owner and it rubs off on players.
We signed a couple of loans in January. Le Fee which was canny but was played out of position until he got injured. And an injured youngster on loan who’s looking likely not to make a single appearance for us. Smacks of genuine ambition to get automatic promotion right enoughGoing big in the January transfer window was the only realistic chance we had of getting automatics. We didn’t, and we don’t have the experience, depth of killer instinct to win games at the rate that Sheffield Utd and Leeds do.
It’s about being better than everyone in the playoffs.
We haven't been good enough to deserve to finish in the top 2 over the course of the season as 3 above have been better. It's disappointing but we constantly don't need to look for someone to blame, it's been a good season in comparison to last.
Not sure what your point is. Most of my comments you have highlighted are spot on. Isidor missed simple header tonight it’s cost us 3 points. He’s missed 2 pens down burnley which cost us another 3. So when i said “until we have a decent striker we aren’t going up automatically “ back in December I have been proved 100% correct. I wasn’t throwing the towel in I was talking 100% sense. I also said we are “too nice a side to play against “ - ask Plymouth!Whereas you’ve been saying we wouldn’t get promoted all season? Because of our lack of strikers?
Thread 'Too nice a side to play against'
Too nice a side to play against
“Until we have a decent striker we aren’t going up automatically or via play offs.” - December 2024
Talk about throwing in the towel…
We threw in the towel back at end of October start of November mate when we were 5 points clear at top then drew 5 and lost 1 in a row.
In a nutshell.
At no point over the season have I ever believed we would win promotion. Currently we are where we deserve to be. In fact we're several places higher than I expected so it's a well done lads from me. Gaining promotion via the play offs with this side would be some achievement. IMO we're at least two years away from being genuine contenders. Hang on to a core of four or five players, a couple of shrewd buys after flopping some young lads showing potential and we'll be knocking at the door.