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Definitely be happy with same again next season, then hope for more but making sure we retain out seat on the juggernaut that is the EPL, it's a different kettle of fish since we were last here
 

Would we be happy with the same stats next season?
100%

Having this sort of benchmark as our standard performance levels means you become the sort of premier league side Brentford are now. And that means you only need to outperform that slightly to secure european football, as they and bournemouth are showing this season. This is our next step

I hope some don't get impatient if we don't go immediately from 10/11th to 7/8th next season. Football (and in particular the premier league) is not that simple
 
The first 12 in itself is an unbelievable effort when a bunch of mags thought we wouldnt even get 12 points.
 
I thought that was the best thing about Saturday, how we controlled the tempo of the game. Its not often we do that, so to completely nullify the opposition and create a handful of good chances bodes well for next season.
Same here. Team looked solid and played some cracking stuff. Created loads. Just need to work on the final third of the pitch. Always seem like we're rushed. Another day we could have scored a hat full against Utd.
 
Would we be happy with the same stats next season?

Absolutely.

A potential issue we need to manage next season is we've surpassed expectations this year and a consolidation season will be met with frustration by the usual suspects. Same people who have wound themselves up into a knot about not finishing in Europe this season but yet wouldn't have given us a prayer of staying up at the beginning.

Finish comfortably safe next year in and around that lower mid-table group and whilst it would objectively be a good season, it'll be "we haven't progressed, we need to move on from XYZ".

You can see it coming a mile off on here.
 
Would we be happy with the same stats next season?
Anything from 17th and above is more than acceptable. Consolidate and then chip away bit by bit.

And to anybody who says we finished in X position so we should be aiming higher next season... That same target is set for every team and they can't all finish higher. So 17th and above should be the realistic target.
 
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