Quote Originally Posted by bule1 View Post
Despite today's result, I am already more optimistic about next season with the current leadership structure (owners and manager), than I have been for some years. Just feel that the fit is right somehow, this season IB had to work with the tools he was given (use your own imagination to decide what I mean by tools), next season with the right sort of players I believe we have a real chance.

Change my mind LOL
People said the same thing last season and indeed every season we fail, there's always going to be a clear out and it is assumed that the right type of players will be brought in to replace them this time.

Last season's pre-season poll of where we'd finish was bumped recently. Just read through that to see how blindly optimistic fans can become as we approach a new season. More people predicted we'd finish 1st than any other option.

Somehow, I think we're going to have to finish 3rd (just about doable). Then we'd have the one home game prior to the final with no QF and no away game to worry about. Otherwise, we're likely looking at a further extension to doing time at this level.