Realistic Expectations next season (1 Viewer)

Ccfcisparks · Jul 18, 2020

Where are you all predicting for us to finish next year? After watching some of the games this afternoon I really would be pleased with 4th from bottom. We are a good side, but better than a large amount of teams in the league? I’m not sure.

hill83 · Jul 18, 2020

Staying up will do me. Anything more is a bonus.

Sky_Blue_Dreamer · Jul 18, 2020

17th. Standard.

Tommo1993 · Jul 18, 2020

At this moment, I wouldn’t say no to staying up on goal difference. Could all change come January.

clint van damme · Jul 18, 2020

hill83 said:
Staying up will do me. Anything more is a bonus.

this.
And if we go down I hope MR stays. Becoming a yo yo club like Rotherham is progress from where we were.
We've made great strides under Robins but it's unrealistic to expect him to continually take us forward without a few backward steps along the way .

Bugsy · Jul 18, 2020

Top 2, promoted and sky having a wank over us coz we have been missing from the top flight for 20+ years....PUSB

Seriously thou hope we stay up and try and remain unbeaten in the year 2020.

Sky Blue Pete · Jul 18, 2020

For some insane reason I think 6th

clint van damme · Jul 18, 2020

Sky Blue Pete said:
For some insane reason I think 6th

I'm convinced we're going to have a couple of players really shine in the Championship that we wouldn't expect, my tea leaves are saying Shippers and Baka.

Tommo1993 · Jul 18, 2020

clint van damme said:
I'm convinced we're going to have a couple of players really shine in the Championship that we wouldn't expect, my tea leaves are saying Shippers and Baka.

Was listening to Baka on that city podcast talking about his 20 goals song. He’ll unexpectedly bang in 20 in the championship now.

mrtrench · Jul 18, 2020

Last year's promoted teams hold 3 of the bottom 4 places this year. From the year before, Rotherham went straight back down but Wigan and Blackburn are now top half mid-table, having finished bottom half mid-table during their first year back. The stats are against us.

On the other hand, we looked at least as good as Brum during the two games this year and they are presently 20th. If we can finish around 17th-20th we'll have done very well.

Edit: I think it's extremely unlikely we'll compete for promotion. The teams at the top are nearly as good as Premiership sides - implying an awful lot of money being spent attracting the best players. It would take us several years following our plan to build with youth to even come close to them.

Tommo1993 · Jul 18, 2020

Fully believe Birmingham will fall through the trap door within the next few seasons. Can’t play with relegation zones forever.

clint van damme · Jul 18, 2020

mrtrench said:
Last year's promoted teams hold 3 of the bottom 4 places this year. From the year before, Rotherham went straight back down but Wigan and Blackburn are now top half mid-table, having finished bottom half mid-table during their first year back. The stats are against us.

On the other hand, we looked at least as good as Brum during the two games this year and they are presently 20th. If we can finish around 17th-20th we'll have done very well.

Edit: I think it's extremely unlikely we'll compete for promotion. The teams at the top are nearly as good as Premiership sides - implying an awful lot of money being spent attracting the best players. It would take us several years following our plan to build with youth to even come close to them.

though Sheffield United went from L1 to the EPL in 2 years with a relatively low net spend and have flourished without spending big.
I appreciate they are a bit of an anomaly but they provide a glimmer of hope.

edit - and did it with several of our ex players!!

ccfcway · Jul 18, 2020

survival will be great, even at the expense of clubs who have points deductions due to ffp or administration.

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usskyblue · Jul 18, 2020

We’re on the up and we more than held our own against a (then) mid-table Brum twice in the cup. No fans at the start of the season could be a good leveler too.

The biggest loss was Walsh but Hamer potentially looks like a decent replacement. Another striker option would be nice. There’s no reason why we can’t finish in the top 10. I wouldn’t go as far as the playoffs but I wouldn’t completely dismiss it either. It happens a lot but it isn’t compulsory that the three promoted teams end up in the bottom three in the Championship.

Budgets smudgets ...Robins’ style of play will stretch a lot of teams in the league.

Have some faith ffs

hill83 · Jul 18, 2020

usskyblue said:
Have some faith ffs

Settle down Wham

Happy_Martian · Jul 18, 2020

As others have said, staying up would be an great incentive and certainly realistic for anyone in our position. Mid-table would be a great result after the season that all teams have had. Top half is perhaps beyond this squad at its current level IMO. Another season and if we continue to build as we have, we should be top half the following season. I'd certainly be interested in hearing MR's and DB's views on what their hopes are.

clint van damme · Jul 18, 2020

hill83 said:
Settle down Wham

Faith was by George Michael, not Wham.
Can I borrow your aktually meme please?

usskyblue · Jul 18, 2020

hill83 said:
Settle down Wham

clint van damme said:
Faith was by George Michael, not Wham.
Can I borrow your aktually meme please?

If you’re gonna do it, do it right, right

Bugsy · Jul 18, 2020

usskyblue said:
If you’re gonna do it, do it right, right

Do it with me ....PUSB

Magwitch · Jul 18, 2020

I don’t share the pessimism that seems abundant on here, first we were promoted with the best record in this league for years all be it ten games short. Also it’s a bit different this year, after a decent season last year finishing eighth Robins signed ten players plus three loans, took a while but the system developed, this time the basics of the team is there and Robins is adding wish for scouted players to fit into a tried and trusted way of playing plus some more hopefully and a fully fit again Jodie Jones.
Think we might surprise a few this season.

Magwitch · Jul 18, 2020

Magwitch said:
I don’t share the pessimism that seems abundant on here, first we were promoted with the best record in this league for years all be it ten games short. Also it’s a bit different this year, after a decent season last year finishing eighth Robins signed ten players plus three loans, took a while but the the team gelled as the system developed, this time the basics of the team is there and Robins is adding wish for scouted players to fit into a tried and trusted way of playing plus some more hopefully and a fully fit again Jodie Jones.
Think we might surprise a few this season.

We

covcity4life · Jul 18, 2020

Don't know dont care. I am dreaming of promotion to the prem though

Sky_Blue_Dreamer · Jul 18, 2020

Is this the lesser known sequel to the Dickens' novel?

clint van damme · Jul 18, 2020

Sky_Blue_Dreamer said:
Is this the lesser known sequel to the Dickens' novel?

bit high brow for a Saturday evening mate

chiefdave · Jul 18, 2020

21st and being safe before the final day would be good enough for me. The unanswered question is how we kick on from here without someone sinking in millions every season.

Think the stadium issue is often used as a red herring here, even in the unlikely event SISU built a stadium and gifted it to the club we'd still have to compete with teams happy to lose millions to try and get in the Prem.

Blind-Faith · Jul 18, 2020

I’ll take 4th from bottom right now. But I reckon we got half a chance of mid table mediocrity.

Covcraig@bury · Jul 18, 2020

Top six ( just ) then 3-1 win at Wembley against Villa ... O’Hare all 3 .
yes I’ve had a drink or ten but that’s just me pre celebrating in advance.
10 th would be good though . PUSB

cooperskyblue · Jul 18, 2020

If this time next year we are hearing up for another season in the Championship then brilliant! That is what we all want. But with Robins at the helm the group we have i could definitely believe we could finish 12-16th. The thing I think is we will compete. This team would easily beta our relegation team and probably the teams the year or two before that aswell.

hill83 · Jul 18, 2020

clint van damme said:
Faith was by George Michael, not Wham.
Can I borrow your aktually meme please?

Wham sounded funnier though so leave me alone.

ExmouthNeil · Jul 18, 2020

Survival and some good results in the West Midlands derbies... Putting one over the Villa would be amazing...

lifeskyblue · Jul 18, 2020

I’m going for 13th. Think we will surprise a few, including our own fans.

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Saddlebrains · Jul 18, 2020

Il take staying up on goal difference if it meant we can try and build again

Tommo1993 · Jul 18, 2020

Consolidate and build. Then get yelled at for being “pessimistic”.

Covstu · Jul 18, 2020

feeling a little invincible at the moment, happy with some of the signings and we have good momentum and feeling optimistic. We can get mid table easily as half this league can go either way. The top 4 will probably be too strong I.e. Norwich, villa, baggies, Fulham etc big teams with big pockets. Need to build on it, keep the core after one season and push on.

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