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Post by Deleted on May 26, 2015 16:06:53 GMT
Clarke said he wouldn't consider leaving Rovers until he'd achieved his target of League 1 football. IMO, there's no mid-table consolidation in football, if you're good enough then you go for it. Teams change all the time and footballers and managers come and go. You only get a team to peak once in a while so take it as far as you can while you can and replace the odd player when needed without rocking the boat. DC seems more ambitious than many of our supporters it seems. P'raps he's raising the expectations that Paul Buckle lowered for us. here we go. No mate Id just happily take mid table as respite from the storm. What do newly promoted teams go for? Secure yourselves as a league 2 team. I think we need to do just that to begin with, never forget what happened to us. We haven't been a secure league 2 team for years not just one year. |
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Post by Deleted on May 26, 2015 16:31:25 GMT
DC seems more ambitious than many of our supporters it seems. P'raps he's raising the expectations that Paul Buckle lowered for us. here we go. No mate Id just happily take mid table as respite from the storm. What do newly promoted teams go for? Secure yourselves as a league 2 team. I think we need to do just that to begin with, never forget what happened to us. We haven't been a secure league 2 team for years not just one year. Couldn't agree more but I think DC is right in targeting play off positions. Aim high but be realistic if we fall just short. Fall short of just staying up and you get relegated. I'll be happy with anything from 12th up next year. |
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Post by Congas on May 26, 2015 18:02:06 GMT
If you aim for mid-table consolidation with a team that's capable of much more then you'll need to lose on purpose :-) So you hang around in mid-table for a season thinking next year's the year, lose a few key players the following season and find yourself in a relegation scrap again. You have to keep momentum going or it'll grind to a halt.
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Post by curlywurly on May 26, 2015 19:06:28 GMT
I just think that losing only 5 games last season was not just about formation and fitness, but also about attitude. DC has said many times that he needed to turn around our losing mentality and he certainly did that last season.
I'd probably be pleased with a safe mid-table finish, but I actually think that we could achieve much more with this manager, players and a few additions.
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Post by Topper Gas on May 26, 2015 19:17:53 GMT
Still think it all comes down to the Sainsbury's verdict, lose that and we have the wonga loan to repay plus probably Sainsbury's legal fees, that's got to hit our wage budget.
On the other win and we suddenly have £30m+ coming our way and both sets of legal fees paid & so no wonga loan to worry about.
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Post by Deleted on May 26, 2015 20:16:35 GMT
Where's richhertford when you need him? We need some GROUNDBREAKING goals! Mind you from the Wycombe troll's thread there is plenty of groundbreaking to be done next season. Curlywurly, I'm here. I'll be back in a few months time with the all new ground-breaking goal! This does look like a thread I could easily get involved in. I am still enjoying the moment. A sort of afterglow! Good to see the open top bus didn't break down! |
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Post by yattongas on May 26, 2015 20:20:59 GMT
I'd be disappointed if we didn't make the play-offs at least next season.
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Post by Deleted on May 26, 2015 20:31:35 GMT
I'd be disappointed if we didn't make the play-offs at least next season. Sounds like a potential realistic goal to me! |
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Post by Gas-Ed on May 26, 2015 20:46:56 GMT
I'd be disappointed if we didn't make the play-offs at least next season. Likewise. We will have one the biggest budgets, plenty of momentum from this season and a hungry manager. Can't see Clarke settling for mid-table mediocrity. |
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Post by seanclevedongas on May 26, 2015 22:11:46 GMT
Yes can't understand how some are saying they are happy if we are mediocre.
I firmly believe we will go straight through the division and will be challenging to be champions, if we then fall short we can have another assault on the play offs.
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Post by lympstonegas on May 26, 2015 22:25:07 GMT
Just don't want to do a Luton this time though- they had the momentum and looked as though they would go straight through L2 but lost it after Xmas and fell short by 3 points off the play offs - let's not follow their model this time !!
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Post by Deleted on May 26, 2015 22:52:59 GMT
I just think that losing only 5 games last season was not just about formation and fitness, but also about attitude. DC has said many times that he needed to turn around our losing mentality and he certainly did that last season. I'd probably be pleased with a safe mid-table finish, but I actually think that we could achieve much more with this manager, players and a few additions. I think it had a lot to do with the other teams being part time, established non league, or just shyte. We lost too many games. Fitness, formation and attitude helps though. |
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Post by KingswoodGas on May 27, 2015 3:02:33 GMT
We also drew far too many games that we should have won
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Post by z1zou on May 27, 2015 6:39:23 GMT
top 10 and a 3rd round glamour tie in the fa cup would be a solid season
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Post by stevek192 on May 27, 2015 9:09:52 GMT
You can only look a season at a time and our aim must be Champions.Never aim for anything less!!! Is it realistic? That's another question which really can't be answered until we know the fate of the Court Case.
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Post by baggins on May 27, 2015 10:21:37 GMT
Yes can't understand how some are saying they are happy if we are mediocre. I firmly believe we will go straight through the division and will be challenging to be champions, if we then fall short we can have another assault on the play offs. Not sure about that, some good teams in L2. |
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Post by EssoBlue on May 27, 2015 22:11:02 GMT
Just don't want to do a Luton this time though- they had the momentum and looked as though they would go straight through L2 but lost it after Xmas and fell short by 3 points off the play offs - let's not follow their model this time !! Play-offs would be great but finishing 8th in the first season back in the league wouldn't be the end of the world. Hopefully this year we won't have so many changes to the squad which should result in a better start to the season. |
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Post by supergas on May 27, 2015 23:45:34 GMT
Yes can't understand how some are saying they are happy if we are mediocre. I firmly believe we will go straight through the division and will be challenging to be champions, if we then fall short we can have another assault on the play offs. Not sure about that, some good teams in L2.Oh FFS...there's maybe one or two...half of them will change half their players in the off-season, some will gel immediately and some will flounder. Look at the table/squads in 13/14 vs 14/15 and you'll see anything can happen in 2015/16...if DC can get a squad together who can win 7 from the first 10 I reckon we'll go up in the top three.. |
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Post by gasincider on May 27, 2015 23:46:20 GMT
The best way to ensure we don't go out of the league is to get promoted again. Why settle for anything less?
Ambition. Remember that word?
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Post by goshod on May 28, 2015 11:56:13 GMT
Get Paul Buckle back and sack everyone else
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