Too late. I have called the coastguard and the salvage crew are all in place. HMS Piss the League will be afloat again soon.
I have no idea on the internal workings of the club, transfers, current player moods or how the new manager and staff will do so I'll do what I normally do, expect something positive every game and moan when it doesn't happen - though for the first time in a while I'll be at the home games so maybe that changes things a little. That said regardless of the last season this club should be aiming at automatic promotion with the players and funds it has so I'll operate on that basis with my "expect something positive"
https://x.com/allsaintsnews98/status/1940152976406155495?s=46 One for the under 21’s, but is apparently training with the first team this week in London.
The championship is a tough league to predict for sure but less so when it comes to the relegated clubs generally. Think it's 2 of the last 15 relegated who haven't finished in the top 4 obviously including Luton last season. Not checked that though admittedly. For me how good Still is arguably will play a bigger part in how we do next season than our transfer business. If he has anything about him then even with an average window we'll finish top 6. If he has something about him and we have an excellent window we'll challenge for the league. If he's not up to it he'll probably be gone by January.
I make it six of the last 15 who missed out on top four. But two of them did still make the top six. Luton (22nd), Watford (11th), Norwich (13th), WBA (10th), Sheff Utd (5th), Bmouth (6th). If you extend it to the last 10 seasons, then 19 out of 30 have finished in the top 6. With 15 of those 19 finishing in the top four. So a fair history of relegated sides finishing in the top four, and one which is getting stronger.
My mistake. I've obviously listened to something in a half arsed way and misheard it completely. Still though, 11/15 in top 6 in 5 seasons kind of proves the wider point. Just not quite as strongly as I thought.
Good summary, think.it comes down to the question. Will our front two give us 40 goals like Che and Adam did last time? I think ultimately having two regular goal scorers will help decide our fate
Agreed. Although I suppose the one note of caution is that of those four sides (who in the previous five seasons failed to make the top six in their first season after relegation), none of them have since managed to return to the PL. Getting promoted in year one isn't necessarily imperative (the likes of Leeds and Bmouth have shown it can still be done in year two), but finishing in the top six in year one is.
I think it is a really fine line and luck could be a huge player. Start the season well. Opposition give us a game with poor defending etc, confidence will bloom. Vica Versa, a few bad results, confidence stays low, fans get on.players back etc.. The biggest hurdle for me is mentality. The players need to shake the losing habit and that needs to happen in August
With lots of rumours of an exit from Bournemouth, and him supposedly holding talks with several big PL clubs, Semenyo signing a new contract at Bournemouth is pretty big for them. Even if it just means he stays one more season but they ensure they get as big a fee as possible for him next summer. Not sure why we are never able to persuade players to sign a new contract with us just so we can get more money for them? And in the meantime they get a significant pay rise too. Dibling is case and point. He must be on relative peanuts being an academy graduate, why can we not persuade him to sign a new deal? Earn a lot more money here and ensure his contract doesn't run down forcing us to sell him for less? Other clubs seem to manage it.
