Quote Originally Posted by slack_pie View Post
We certainly do! I think a lot of it will come down to how quickly they gel and whether Nolan can continue to make our team more than the sum of its parts. If he can, considering the quality of said parts, we absolutely should be going for automatic.

But it doesn't always work like that. Mansfield are the classic example of splashing the cash but achieving nothing.
Bonus is that we have most of the signings in place before the first friendly. Having a month of training together before the start of the season has to help. Especially with the defence being mainly the same. Was it 3rd best defence last season?