📝 New Manager [Luke Williams Appointed]

[Elite_Pie]

Finished in the playoffs twice, those are good stats.

If you're happy to accept mediocrity, indeed they are.

[Jampie]

If you're happy to accept mediocrity, indeed they are.

How are the playoffs mediocrity?

[Elite_Pie]

How are the playoffs mediocrity?

How is losing in the playoffs not mediocrity?

It means we spend another season as a non-league club.

[Jampie]

How is losing in the playoffs not mediocrity?

It means we spend another season as a non-league club.

Why do you feel we deserve to be a league two club?

[upthemaggies]

I wonder how many years it will be before Bury AFC finish above Notts in the pyramid. They've just got promoted to tier 9.

[Elite_Pie]

Why do you feel we deserve to be a league two club?

Because we have the support, stadium, and facilities to merit it.

Why don't you think we deserve to be a League Two club?

[Jampie]

Because we have the support, stadium, and facilities to merit it.

Why don't you think we deserve to be a League Two club?

Because our performances on the field got us relegated and our performances on the field haven't got us back up there since.

We are a National League club, and we merit nothing more. Hard fact to accept, but a fact nonetheless. And in any league, IMO, getting into the playoffs is a good result. In this league it's how 50% of clubs that earn promotion do it. If we keep getting into the playoffs, sooner or later we'll get promoted.

Would I prefer we came first and took the auto slot? Absolutely. Was it a realistic expectation this seasons with at least two probably three clubs outspending us? Absolutely not.

On the other hand I was slightly disappointed with our final position. I think we should have come third or fourth.

[The-Mac pie]

Because we have the support, stadium, and facilities to merit it.

Why don't you think we deserve to be a League Two club?

Should be a league 1 club minimum....
But getting back to the thread and new manager.
I’m sure the brothers knew that birch was going so will have an idea who the next manager will be,and made inquiries already.
I just hope we get somebody with a track recoord who has an ability to read a game and make the changes relevant

[nw6pie]

Should be a league 1 club minimum....
But getting back to the thread and new manager.
I’m sure the brothers knew that birch was going so will have an idea who the next manager will be,and made inquiries already.
I just hope we get somebody with a track recoord who has an ability to read a game and make the changes relevant

There must be plenty of young head coaches who’d love the Notts job, but I’m not sure what kind of track record they’ll have. We are in division 5, where people might be getting their first start in management - certainly in England, like IB. I’m confident it won’t come down to a good PowerPoint presentation, at least.

[upthemaggies]

Because we have the support, stadium, and facilities to merit it.

Why don't you think we deserve to be a League Two club?

"deserve" implies getting your just deserts as punishment or a reward for putting in the extra hours and effort in.

If you asked fans of all clubs, "Do Sheff Wed DESERVE to be in the 3rd tier", almost all would say yes
Frame the question as "SHOULD Sheff Wed be in the 3rd tier" and you'd get a more even answer
Frame it as "OUGHT Shef Wed be in the 3rd tier with their gates and history" and almost all would say no.

Notts deserve to be where they are (due to poor stewardship), but we ought not to be (based on ground/gates)