Play-offs......and as we have a 100% Wembley record, everything points to promotion.
I agree, the club is on borrowed time now and if SISU fail this time at this level then it will surely signal the end for almost all but the most desperate of the fan base.It is not a question of predicting, hoping, wishing, it's a simple case of expectation. Anything but promotion will be abject failure.
This should be our defining turn around built on a decent manager by all accounts, a decent budget tbf and a good start to recruitment early on.
The signs are there for a revival of sorts, build momentum to take to league 1 and the championship.
If we have a good season but fail by a gnats whisker to gain promotion it might be OK for another season, but after that fail to go up and I think the wheels will finally fall off and CCFC will be no more. In simple terms this club can not afford a poor season any more.
I agree, the club is on borrowed time now and if SISU fail this time at this level then it will surely signal the end for almost all but the most desperate of the fan base.
Difficult to tell, over the years I haven't paid much attention to L2 so don't know much about it. The impression I get it is more about thumping the ball than playing the ball around and that it is based on size and physicality. Do we have a squad to match or counter that?
I don't buy in to the notion that says we are CCFC so should challenge at the top or even expect playoffs or automatic promotion. It has to be earnt, and set up properly from the get go. I do not think finance should be an excuse for mediocrity in L2 - potentially we will have a budget to better most teams.
What gives me confidence is the manager that we have. His record in the lower leagues (1& 2) is pretty decent, and I like the way he talks the game. He seems to tell it how it is. Has said they have targeted more players so I hope he can get a good number over the line and into our squad. I would think MR is a major asset in "selling" the club to any potential players
I think the Wembley win will be important psychologically because those who remain will be associated with winning not repetitive failure that has been long ingrained in to CCFC
Against that. As yet I am not sure I see a squad as yet that is nailed on promotion candidates or going to be consistent & strong enough to be round the play off places. At the moment I would say 8th or 9th. We still lack goals, speed, physicality and leaders in my opinion but that may change by August assuming there are funds, or created, in the budget. Every team will see CCFC as a target to beat and we have seen that effect before coupled with CCFC inability to cope with it
I do however feel that the football side of things is getting its act together better. That there is improving communication and marketing. That gives me more confidence. I think that improving situation gets masked by the off field stuff surrounding owners, finances, bids and court cases.
Overall optimistic at this point, but wary of outright positivity after many seasons of failure
What's happened with Collins, it's gone very quiet.ATM we are missing the main ingredient. A goalscorer. If Robins manages to get one in I will go into next season very confident. But so far we are looking mid table. But we are not looking much worse than anyone else. Just about every club will be bringing in players. We are just past halfway through June. There is a long time to go yet.
What gives me confidence is the manager that we have. His record in the lower leagues (1& 2) is pretty decent,
What's he done ?
His record in league two is very good isn't it with Rotherham? His record with us is undeniably good and his record at Scunthorpe is milgned but in the first season they climbed from relegation to top 10 I think.
I said the same thing In a previous thread that he was at least a top 6 manager in this league and was told he hasn't done it before and has no experience of taking a team up....
Personally, I don't think we can ask for a better manager in league two
I'm sure at Rotherham one season he had something like a 17 point reduction.
Very Astute of you Astute ! it doesn't matter witch league the team plays in , if you don't SCORE more GOALS then your opponents you won't win the games and the team goes nowhere !ATM we are missing the main ingredient. A goalscorer. If Robins manages to get one in I will go into next season very confident. But so far we are looking mid table. But we are not looking much worse than anyone else. Just about every club will be bringing in players. We are just past halfway through June. There is a long time to go yet.
season 1 10th
season 2 17th
season 3 24th
and then repeat in the conference
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