The last time we were promoted we then finished 3rd in the Premier League.
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The last time we were promoted we then finished 3rd in the Premier League.
Exactly.
We'd have had the whole closed season to prepare for life in the top league. Hearts signed near enough a whole team last season and finished in the top 6 and were Scottish Cup finalists so it can happen.
Surely when we make it back our first priority is to stay up. No way we should be thinking top 6, although that would be acceptable ;D
we finished 3rd.....we then fell away to constant bottom end finishes. The foundations have to be built properly, we need to get our youth system and the player conveyor belt put in place again . This was systematically destroyed by our previous owner trying to recover his families investment which has set our club back years. Our club is recovering from a period of being mismanaged and is needing to repair itself in every department so that it can prosper. I like the vision of the new owner and think that he is trying to put all these things into place. We had become a basket case club under Thompson and needed fully cleansed.....we had tried to paper over the cracks each season but with no success. As much as I would have loved to have been promoted this season, I will take another season in the championship if it means that the club has a better chance of prospering in the long term. We are very much a work in progress. I have faith that next season we will see a different dundee united and will be in a position to push on.
Just a question for the guys who are good at stats....which I clearly am not.
If the points Robbie won were pro rata across the entire season, would we have finished top?
Knowing that would let us know if it’s real progress or not
Apologies if it’s been asked before!
Many good comments on this thread. Here's my initial reflections
29.12 Alloa 2-1 United
05.01 United 1-1 Partick
23.02 Falkirk 1-1 United
09.03 Partick 2-1 United
30.03 United 1-2 QOS
04.05 Morton 1-1 United
Interesting! So 5 points better off if RN had the team for the entire season, and therefore only 1 point behind County.
Guess that tells us that it would have been close but still no cigar.....which suggests we do still need to strengthen, which we already know!
So all in all, suggests on the right path and a good summer window should give us confidence as long as we start well!
I still have a feeling that a sports psychology session in pre season would help.
Consistently winning is as much in the head as it is on the pitch!