lesta favorites to win the league !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Biggest club in the championship, richest club in the championship, And the most beautiful in the league. Be honest, No one expected this when we were relegated from the premiership. To have more money than we could ever hope. To have beatutiful big screens at the beautiful soon to be extended walkers stadium Sigh
... problem being the pressure is on from the first whistle... what happens if we lose the first 4 games ? ... nothing should be the answer but with the weight of expectation on the team will we see the owners with finger on trigger??... hope not, but I remember last year Middlesbrough were favs to go up after wee Gordon had spent plenty... look what happened there...
I still can't work out why Boro were favourites though. Even at the time I thought it was crazy. They bought a load of jocks (time and time again it's been proven that most of them are not even Champonship quality, just like it's been proven time and time again that the Bundesliga is nowhere near as a good as the Premier League, but I digress). They didn't really have any quality players to build their signings around either unlike us. Strachan is a poor manager and has done poorly at most places, unlike Sven. Plus the Riverside is always half empty which doesn't help, we have reasonable attendances and atmosphere for this League. We've also got much more money. I can't really see many comparisons with Boro and us apart from the fact we were both well fancied in different seasons, so I wouldn't worry about us flopping that badly. I do agree though, if the players thought they were under pressure last season it's nothing compared to this. It won't bother Sven but I did get the impression he wasn't as calming an influence as I might have hoped, as every crunch game we underperformed and looked a bit scared (apart from Forest, when the pressure and expectation was already off, but we still managed to **** that one up). On the bright side, the mood is optimistic (assuming Sven doesn't leave or something stupid) which is in contrast to last season when all the fans were disgruntled about a number of things, namely Pearson's departure, the Clubs treatment towards the fans and our poor start. This time, I think people might be more tolerant of a poor start without those other things, but patience will of course only last for so long. I don't think Top is stupid enough to sack Sven at the drop of a hat. If at the end of the season we haven't gone up, he will be sacked, but not before unless things go terribly wrong. So I wouldn't worry about that either. We've got reason to be positive and have high expectations but it is up to the fans to get behind the manager and the team at games if things aren't going so well. I won't hold my breath though.
Strachan's not in the same league as Sven especially when it comes to being able to attract top quality players!
.. spot on... don't get me wrong I think we'll be more than alright as long as he doesn't jump ship, it's just the money men will want a good strong team that bulldozes the league, but I'm not too confident on that happening.. lots of good solid teams in this league... but in Sven we trust... got to get a good preseason under everyones belt...
Too right, it won't be easy, I don't want to think about it too much until we bring players in tbh. We do need quite a few additions and we can only hope Sven gets them right. Fingers crossed folks.
...yep need a great preseason to get the players together and carry on where they left off... new players to gel quickly, off to a roaring start.. well that's the plan...
I have complete faith that Sven will put together a very strong team to challenge for promotion. Most of the names linked to us I would be happy with
The Racing Post today tipped Leicester to win the Championship stating they had the best resources available at their disposal of all the teams and the price will shorten further when the predicted signings are made.
I'm having a tenner on forest to lose in playoffs again! Can't see me getting good odds but have done this for the past 2 years and done ok
