It’s what we did last year. Set out to finish 4th from bottom. Robins says his biggest ever achievement in football managementHave to have ambition. You don’t set out the season to say mid table is good after one season the champ and surviving. Play-offs is the target and how close can we get with some strengthening.
I think they’re pretty reasonable expectations. Hopefully with the experience of this season we’ll be better defensively and if we can keep our first choice strikers injury free we’ll improve on that score too.A season to match stokes and would be very happy next season .want to see progression fewer goals conceded a striker who gets double figures.
For city to improve there is the key areas on the pitch that need to.I think they’re pretty reasonable expectations. Hopefully with the experience of this season we’ll be better defensively and if we can keep our first choice strikers injury free we’ll improve on that score too.
NopeYou paid £10 to watch a Sunderland game which had nothing riding on it?
I would say the strong form over the final 8 games got us up to the points tally we should’ve had in the first place considering all the points we needlessly threw away earlier on. The aim should always be to better the previous performance
To find permanent signings that are equal quality to Ostigard and Mccallum would cost us a lot more money than we have got unless MR can find a hidden gem or two. I think we will rely on a couple of good loans againNew GK to come in and be an improvement on Wilson/Marosi. Permanent replacements for Ostigard and mccallum of the same quality. Hamer to rediscover his form from the start of this season and Walker to prove himself as a genuine goal scorer at this level. 60 points would be a good season.
I do agree with much of what you’re saying, but not all. Don’t think anyone is suggesting that we don’t demand 100% from players. I’d also add that despite very poor moments- they’ve given 100% this year.
We’ve been unlucky with injuries this season, but we’re by no means alone in that. Norwich had some bad times. Bristol City have had it much worse than us. Don’t know enough about all the other teams, but we can be too blinkered about our own club.
We had some bad luck this year. Some terrible decisions / errors on the pitch that have cost us points. I expect there to be less next year, but we’ll still have some.
We’ve also had luck. Reading at home (their keeper). Derby away - we scraped a point in injury time after they missed an open goal a few mins earlier. Wycombe away- lino wrongly disallowed their equaliser in injury time. I look at other games like Huddersfield at home, Stoke at home, Barnsley away and both Birmingham games- I think we were the weaker team yet picked up a point in all of them.
We have a weak defence and are possibly losing the two best parts (McCallum & Osti). We’ll recruit to try to fix these issues, and more. Hopefully it’ll work. We’ve made good use of the loan market in the past.
For me the crux is, have we over-achieved this year and looking at the teams below us - will we be better than them next year? I think we probably did over-achieve by a few points in the end (probably about 4).
My biggest concern is expectations getting too high and then negativity setting into the whole club if / when we have a bad patch. We’ve seen people here calling for MR to go at times this year. I accept he cannot be immune from criticism. In March I was getting frustrated.
I’m looking at hopefully trying to achieve what Luton did this year, but being mindful that this is optimistic.
We didn't needlessly throw anything away. We were acclimatising to a new league with barely a handful of appearances at this level amongst the whole squad.
60 points, if we hadn't have made some silly mistakes we'd have nearly been top half
Why do you say we could easily have been relegated if we had not beaten Rotherham?I am sure we will all be going into next season hoping for the playoffs but at the same time we could have very easily been relegated had not beaten Rotherham, which was crucial. For me then it is balancing hope with realism. If we can build year on year and be in a position to challenge for the playoffs within 3, I would say that would be massive progress, and not at all negative.
Over a 46 game season you get what you deserve
I can think of both Forest and Boro games for starters
I'm not saying we didn't throw points away but mistakes and poor game management were to be expected givenour inexperience at this level.
We improved in both particularly towards the end and ended up performing beyond a lot of peoples expectations.
But of course that’s working on the assumption that no other team has made silly mistakes
Some of the goalkeeping in the championship on Saturday was appallingBut of course that’s working on the assumption that no other team has made silly mistakes
If we aren’t in the playoffs after the first game then surely it’s time for Robins to go.
nah its got to be top of the league, if not its NOPM...PUSB
Because if the psychological impact of the victory. That gave the players a massive boost and took away a little bit of the pressure. I believe outcomes can hinge on key matches and momentum is crucial.Why do you say we could easily have been relegated if we had not beaten Rotherham?
We were on 42 points before that game, as it turned out 44 was enough. We took 10 points after the Rotherham game (including a 6-1 win) Sorry, I just can't see the logic in that statement.
So if we had lost that game we would have needed 2 more points to finish above Derby on goal difference or 3 to be certain.Because if the psychological impact of the victory. That gave the players a massive boost and took away a little bit of the pressure. I believe outcomes can hinge on key matches and momentum is crucial.
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