We seem to be recruiting well off the field, to me that is a good sign. The August transfer window will be the proof in the pudding.
This season will indeed be very interesting. Another false dawn? Let’s hope Jones is backed . 4th from bottom should be accepted now if offered
With the squad as it is I'd bite yer hand off for 4th, but there must be a major strengthening to come surely?
I would take 4th from bottom right now. Gives us another chance, another year. But it will be a nervy and not very enjoyable season.
Not just that but the squad of 25, once fully assembled, needs to travel and develop together. It's going to take three windows and 15 months coaching plus 50-60 Championship games to get us to where we want to be. At some point in the future we may arrive at a point where only serious hard cash will improve us, especially on the creative side. Then we're talking of €3M fees and perhaps shopping in Europe? ****** Today's offering from Ridiculous, he just clutches figures from thin air!
@Typical part 2 the following is what the wum(which is all he is) posted the next day after Kojak was booted off. Jones, Coventry, Edwards and Doc stepping up in the Championship has certainly been a pleasure to watch. Add in Kaminski, Bell and Bree/ Apter and we're certainly very sound at the back. Nine games is a good place to judge. And we should now ask what might change, or will we remain one of the best defences in the Championship. Always said that we needed one win in three to stay up with plenty of room to spare. So far so good and the expected points in various sites confirms that this is no fluke! We fully deserve our current points tally. There's still a small risk of going down but there are clubs in a lot worse shape than ourselves. And we now have the League table confirmation that certain clubs carry a 40-50% risk of going down. That's not us! And it's interesting to note that many fans now expect our players to continue to improve. I've posted more than once before that next summer will be decisive. For that's an opportunity for the owners and football management to reward the best with new contracts, evaluate who has no future with us, and acquire new talent. But that's for 2026. Right now we're going good, plus we have a five year extension on the lease AND the average gate is around 21,000. This is our new reality, as opposed to predictions and projections. Mid table results and mid-table crowds. This after eight seasons in League One plus two Championship relegations. Think about that and then reflect upon what we've all seen these last two years since the takeover! No guarantees, but the owners now have a much clearer path to either a profitable exit, or push on next year towards the top of this division. Last Edit: 23 hours ago by seriouslyred **** What does this even mean? How does he arrive at this cobblers?
He is a pompous overbearing insufferable bore. It’s the sort of post that he willl go away and pleasure himself to. it’ actually makes no sense.
He could write a book and still say nothing. "And we now have the League table confirmation that certain clubs carry a 40-50% risk of going down". I would love for him to try and make sense of it, he talks as much bull**** as our Government and Mayor. I guarantee he's a leftie as well.
It’s verbal bullying designed to embarrass others. Say something pompous and clever even if it makes no sense, if nobody replies then I’m the smartest guy in the forum. Leftie!!! I guarantee he has a signed picture of Jeremy Corbyn and a Che Guevara poster in his bedroom.
You got all that including his political leanings from his post? I thought it was just waffle and bull sh*t
Here's how SR might explain his own outlook if he saw himself in a mirror one day, but failed to recognise his own reflection. Most football supporters have a level of expectation which is higher than whatever situation their team finds itself in at any given time. The greater the difference, the more fanatical (or unbalanced, if you will) their support tends to be. This explains the hilarious existential angst of Spurs and West Ham supporters for example, but not only them. Even long years of success does not reduce the difference permanently. After years in the Premiership punching above our weight, there still seemed to be a feeling among many Charlton supporters that Alan Curbishley could not really take the Club any further, and that perhaps a change would give the Club a better chance of stepping up to the next level. Feelings like that are nothing to be ashamed of, they are just part of that natural difference between reality and expectations among supporters of somewhat limited intelligence. * This fellow in the mirror though, he has a sort of reversed perception. His level of expectation is the constant. To the extent that his perception of reality does not allow for any difference. No emotional 'fanaticism' or degree of imbalance whatsoever. In other words, he exists in a state of perpetual contentment. When the Club has it's worst season (by finishing position in the football pyramid) for 98 years, he cannot understand why other supporters should be concerned or upset by that. Everything happened exactly as it was bound to, and anybody expecting something different was suffering from a sense of entitlement or neurotic anxiety. Fans should be content that their Club is on a journey. When matters improve, gratitude and contentment should be the natural state among the fan base. Not a continuation of the symptoms of that pesky difference between reality and expectation - like fans urging the players to score a late equaliser or a winning goal, or grumbling and booing the team off at half time if the performance on the day has been dire so far. Fans should be content with what they see and what they are told by their intellectual betters. When the temperature of the water matches the temperature of your body, you cannot actually feel it. When your expectations are in harmony with the reality of your team, you don't have to feel it. There's no need to expect more, or to call for more, or to become stressed or annoyed or impatient or hurt, or indeed passionate or fanatical to any degree. You have attained soccer enlightenment, and exist in a state of perpetual contentment. Relegations, embargos, winding up orders, exile, crooked owners, court cases - just part of the journey, like play-off Final victories or a mid-table start to a Championship season. Nothing to get all excited about, or all upset about. In a nutshell? Don't worry, be happy. And pity those silly supporters who always seem to be unhappy. Anybody still awake by this time, have a nice cup of tea Or some pizza * don't say these bits out loud.
