No more sad then people righting us off before they've seen who'll come in and before a ball has even been kicked.....
I think it's just realism. We've probably got 7/8 players you can rely on for a proper push at this level, there's probably a few caveats in there too.
It's all well and good saying players will come in, I'm certain they will, but the number of players we need with 3 and a bit weeks to go makes it highly unlikely we'll have a chance at competing at the top end.