Quote Originally Posted by Heliosphan78 View Post
If we are relegated and Hamshaw remains in the job (which I don't think he would be) we will very likely be trawling the bottom half of the L2 table. I don't know why anyone would expect any different. Look at the 4 teams who were relegated last season, only Cambridge are doing any good. The other 3 teams, Bristol Rovers, Shrewsbury and Crawley are all firmly bottom half. Carlisle had two successive relegations and are now well and truly in the wilderness.

Putting tactics and decision making aside, look at the injuries we've had this season. Hamshaw and his coaching staff can't be trusted to keep players fit. And if he stays, I don't think he could be trusted to even keep us in the football league never mind deliver a top half finish.

The injury situation isn't going to improve, it's here to stay whilst we have the current management team.
If we go down, we'll "cut our cloth" and bring in cheaper players, that's almost a given. We also become something of a cup final to some teams because we're in a bigger-than-most stadium, and have played in the second tier recently. It won't be easy because of this.

However, we become a more attractive proposition to a lot of players at that level, and the right early signings could snowball if others see a chance to win games and go up. I genuinely think L2 will mean almost anything could happen... apart from REALLY struggling.

The first challenge is to replace a lot of players who have featured this season:
https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/roth...de/verein/1194