📝 Tobi Adebayo-Rowling Signs

[jackal2]

On the face of it, we are getting worse (league position/play off round exits)

Marginally, but not by a distance that has any great meaning. Such small differences in points and position can come down to the randomness of football and variables like an injury here or there and whether a couple of shots hit the bar or the post or go in the net, plus the form of the team you happen to get in the play-offs. If we'd finished, say, 3rd, 8th and then 12th in the last three seasons then it probably would be fair to say we're getting significantly worse, but 3rd, 5th and 5th are basically play-off finishes. If we're splitting hairs to such a degree then, as others have pointed out, we actually scored more points in a stronger league this season than last. Essentially, we've been pretty much stable on and off the park for the past three years, which doesn't require panic from anyone. It just means we need to tweak things a bit this summer, hopefully with some good value rather than big money signings, to see if we can push on.

[uysapie]

Marginally, but not by a distance that has any great meaning. Such small differences in points and position can come down to the randomness of football and variables like an injury here or there and whether a couple of shots hit the bar or the post or go in the net, plus the form of the team you happen to get in the play-offs. If we'd finished, say, 3rd, 8th and then 12th in the last three seasons then it probably would be fair to say we're getting significantly worse, but 3rd, 5th and 5th are basically play-off finishes. If we're splitting hairs to such a degree then, as others have pointed out, we actually scored more points in a stronger league this season than last. Essentially, we've been pretty much stable on and off the park for the past three years, which doesn't require panic from anyone. It just means we need to tweak things a bit this summer, hopefully with some good value rather than big money signings, to see if we can push on.

Stable but no progress.

[upthemaggies]

Marginally, but not by a distance that has any great meaning. Such small differences in points and position can come down to the randomness of football and variables like an injury here or there and whether a couple of shots hit the bar or the post or go in the net, plus the form of the team you happen to get in the play-offs. If we'd finished, say, 3rd, 8th and then 12th in the last three seasons then it probably would be fair to say we're getting significantly worse, but 3rd, 5th and 5th are basically play-off finishes. If we're splitting hairs to such a degree then, as others have pointed out, we actually scored more points in a stronger league this season than last. Essentially, we've been pretty much stable on and off the park for the past three years, which doesn't require panic from anyone. It just means we need to tweak things a bit this summer, hopefully with some good value rather than big money signings, to see if we can push on.

If the goal is top spot we've finished.....

2019/20 - 7 pts adrift
2020/21 - 14 pts adrift
2021/22 - 12 pts adrift

We're miles off.

I feel a bit sorry for Tobi Rowling if he discovers this site tonight/tomorrow and sees 11 pages devoted to him, thinking his joining the club has sent us into a frenzy of excitement, only to click on it and find a bunch of old gits chewing over what's gone wrong with Notts over the past 30 years.

[uysapie]

If the goal is top spot we've finished.....

2019/20 - 7 pts adrift
2020/21 - 14 pts adrift
2021/22 - 12 pts adrift

We're miles off.

I feel a bit sorry for Tobi Rowling if he discovers this site tonight/tomorrow and sees 11 pages devoted to him, thinking his joining the club has sent us into a frenzy of excitement, only to click on it and find a bunch of old gits chewing over what's gone wrong with Notts over the past 30 years.

More than 30 years makes you half empty glass type, preparing for the worst but hoping for the best every season. Doesn't stop me getting ready to pay for a hospitality season ticket though.