Can we finally stop all this nonsense...

[David Moyes' Stupid Face]

... about being happy to finish 17th? This team is so much better than that, talk about "avoiding relegation" is disrespectful to this group of players, imo.

We've played 5 current Champions League level teams and come away with 2 wins, 2 draws, and a single loss.

We're a young team who barely knew each other when the season kicked off. We'll only get better.

We're currently sat in the (likely) European qualification places, almost half way through the season.

We have an incredible owner and recruitment team who will almost certainly strengthen us in the January transfer window.

We're not getting relegated. We'll be nowhere near. At this point, the aim has to be European competition qualification, imo. HTL!!

 

[safcfansofaraway]

I guess we’ve spent so many years ‘looking down’, it’s hard for many to look to move up.
The owners and upper echelons of our club have been looking up since the beginning, it’s time everybody got on board.
Somebody posted yesterday that the VAR decision in the playoff final was pivotal in our trajectory, we may have been promoted earlier than expected but our trajectory since KLD took over has always been upward, in EVERY aspect of the club.
The future is bright in Red and White.
HTL

 

[Evil Jimmy Krankie]

In fairness even RLB is saying the first target is to get enough points to stay up

 

[safcfansofaraway]

In fairness even RLB is saying the first target is to get enough points to stay up

Agreed, but as he said, that is the first target, perhaps he should have added “by the new year” ?

 

[safcfansofaraway]

In fairness even RLB is saying the first target is to get enough points to stay up

Agreed, but as he said, that is the first target, perhaps he should have added “by the new year”

 

[Nads]

I’ve been in the ‘17th club’ until yesterday.

I’ll be gutted and shocked if we finish outside the top 10 now.

November and December were meant to kill us and we’ve got 8 points from 15.

That’s 4 CL clubs, the teams top and second, the current champions and the Mags.

Also beating a superb, vibrant attacking Bournemouth team from 2 down.

We are a proper side.

 

[Mad Maxim]

Although it would be massively anticlimactic I'd still be perfectly happy with 17th. As long as the mags are still below us.

 

[Nads]

Although it would be massively anticlimactic I'd still be perfectly happy with 17th. As long as the mags are still below us.

Oh I’d take 17th right now if they were below us, that’s a different chain of thought altogether

 

[Gil T Azell]

Us getting into Europe and finishing above them.
Us finishing 17th and finishing above them.
Your choice. Not going to lie i would luv 17th.

 

[gelders pie]

Agree. I was thinking yesterday that we needed a new target , or to amend the existing one. Don’t want to reach 40, say job done and fanny about for the last 1/3 season. Even now we could say 50 pts to aim for - alongside remaining above the scum

 

[Gil T Azell]

I think the mentality of the team, the captaincy of Granit and the complete support mechanism in the club now suggests there is no limit to where we could finish. The title is obviously not in the mix but get the lads back from AFCON and add even more quality and as the op post said Europe is a distinct possibility. Milan would be a good draw

 

[rowley]

I've been a top seventeen man all along. I suppose I still am in a way, though clearly we are not going down .

If you put Wolves as they stand now on 26 points, they'd stay up.

I fancied us to stay up once we'd signed Granit.I couldn't get my head around that, but I knew it was a major, major signing in all ways.

I don't know where we'll finish. We might have to suffer a bit for the next few weeks, but also, the team are growing together.

These are some days .

 

[Nads]

Aye we are all happy we are staying up now, so 17th would be defeatist as ****.

This team. This owner, this off field crop of staff don’t deserve that from us.

 

[young2077]

... about being happy to finish 17th? This team is so much better than that, talk about "avoiding relegation" is disrespectful to this group of players, imo.

We've played 5 current Champions League level teams and come away with 2 wins, 2 draws, and a single loss.

We're a young team who barely knew each other when the season kicked off. We'll only get better.

We're currently sat in the (likely) European qualification places, almost half way through the season.

We have an incredible owner and recruitment team who will almost certainly strengthen us in the January transfer window.

We're not getting relegated. We'll be nowhere near. At this point, the aim has to be European competition qualification, imo. HTL!!

Madness that like!

 

[clockstander]

I guess we’ve spent so many years ‘looking down’, it’s hard for many to look to move up.
The owners and upper echelons of our club have been looking up since the beginning, it’s time everybody got on board.
Somebody posted yesterday that the VAR decision in the playoff final was pivotal in our trajectory, we may have been promoted earlier than expected but our trajectory since KLD took over has always been upward, in EVERY aspect of the club.
The future is bright in Red and White.
HTL

Wasn't it ?.

 

[dansafcman]

Next 7 games will heavily influence where we end up, simply because of AFCON. The lads not travelling need to step up big time

Do well, and we should be aiming top 8

Do ok, top 12

Only a handful of points, then 15th and above