Will SM take us to promotion?

[Boomerangpie]

And if asked, the answer for the vast majority of Notts managers in our long history is also no.

Not many managers achieve promotion

[SmiffyPie]

And if asked, the answer for the vast majority of Notts managers in our long history is also no.

Not many managers achieve promotion

No, and PO's or above midtable is respectable normally but how have we arrived at our level of expectation? Was it down to the NL promotion season (or should it be the ML promotion season!), Munto? The Bros and the feeling of safety they instilled? I can't ever remember until recently people saying "big club" "natural level" and all the other puffed up comments.
Don't get me wrong, I'm as ambitious at the next person, probably more so than a lot, but I don't expect! I want us to earn and deserve.

[Boomerangpie]

No, and PO's or above midtable is respectable normally but how have we arrived at our level of expectation? Was it down to the NL promotion season (or should it be the ML promotion season!), Munto? The Bros and the feeling of safety they instilled? I can't ever remember until recently people saying "big club" "natural level" and all the other puffed up comments.
Don't get me wrong, I'm as ambitious at the next person, probably more so than a lot, but I don't expect! I want us to earn and deserve.

Exactly.

Lots of talk of progress earlier this season. We finished 14th last season not helped at all by our head coach departing mid season.

So technically above that is progress on the metric of the league table. That?s undeniable.

At the start of the season I predicted a 7-10th placed finish so above that is satisfying for me and would show real progress. I believe playoffs are the minimum expectation this season and believe we will achieve that. If we don?t achieve the play offs I said and still say Maynard should go.

Does make me chuckle when you have people predict midtable, or a relegation battle, the head coach being sacked by Christmas and attendances plummeting before a ball is kicked and those same people are up in arms when we drop down to 5th or 6th and state we aren?t going to get playoffs!!

Mate you predicted 15th