Where will we finish 2024/25?

[kill_the_drum]

I’m going to say the same as last season, 5th.
However, I say it with less confidence.
It depends on the quality of another 2/3 signings and I trust the recruitment team.

[irishpete]

Don't trust flash harry Montague. 18th maybe lower

[Russ_OTF]

Lower mid table.

Completely new backline will take time to gel. We haven't strengthened elsewhere and appear to be relying on Jones being fit all season. Will be another failure by Montague if this is what we go with after the transfer deadline.

[nw6pie]

I’ve gone for 3rd, even if that is heart over head.

We should be much stronger at the back and in goal this season, but midfield currently looks light on quality (especially with the return of Matty Palmer an unknown right now) and we’ve lost the best striker in the league. If we fix those problems and - and this is the biggest question mark - SM proves to be as good as the Reedtz bros think he is, we’ll be good enough to go up. If we don’t fix them, we’ll end up mid-table again.

I also hope the training facilities are good enough, as something seems a little odd about that.

[irish_pie]

I will say 10th this year
Start off a little slowly due to the newish team, find our mojo around October just in time to keep the wolves from SM's door... a decent Jan and Feb will get our hopes up and then a good last 4/5 games but we will fall just short in the end.

[nw6pie]

I?€™ve gone for 3rd, even if that is heart over head.

We should be much stronger at the back and in goal this season, but midfield currently looks light on quality (especially with the return of Matty Palmer an unknown right now) and we?€™ve lost the best striker in the league. If we fix those problems and - and this is the biggest question mark - SM proves to be as good as the Reedtz bros think he is, we?€™ll be good enough to go up. If we don?€™t fix them, we?€™ll end up mid-table again.

I also hope the training facilities are good enough, as something seems a little odd about that.

Before the JJ injury, I was increasingly confident that we had a promotion-winning side. Up until December, I just thought we needed to get DC and JJ back and we’d still be fine, at least for the playoffs in a very average league.

In recent weeks, though, we’ve badly lost our way. Jatta hasn’t been the same since the international break. Didzy is 37 and looks it. Our wing backs aren’t offering any threat. Our midfield is too passive and weak (has Robertson got injured yet again?). Our goalkeeper and defence are starting to concede poor goals, just like last season. And our head coach looks incapable of inspiring anybody.

I can’t see the owners changing anything mid-season, but we’re in a very bad place right now and things could still get much worse. Starting to feel like a wasted season.

[Elite_Pie]

In recent weeks, though, we?ve badly lost our way. I can?t see the owners changing anything mid-season, but we?re in a very bad place right now and things could still get much worse. Starting to feel like a wasted season.

That's how I'm thinking, we desperately need a win because the early season optimism is rapidly disappearing. This is bound to impact attendances, I think any five figure gates now will need a big away following. I know our owners don't do knee-jerk decisions, but they must be wondering if the head coach they appointed is capable of taking us where we want to be.

[upthemaggies]

Managers tend to get sacked when you reach the stage where the general feeling around the club is that winning the next game would only delay the inevitable.

We're probably still at the stage where if we win the next game then most fans will feel that hope has at least been partially restored.

Fail to beat Bradford at home though - with two away games and then Walsall to follow - will pile the pressure on.

[MagpieMeltdown]

Before the JJ injury, I was increasingly confident that we had a promotion-winning side. Up until December, I just thought we needed to get DC and JJ back and we?d still be fine, at least for the playoffs in a very average league.

In recent weeks, though, we?ve badly lost our way. Jatta hasn?t been the same since the international break. Didzy is 37 and looks it. Our wing backs aren?t offering any threat. Our midfield is too passive and weak (has Robertson got injured yet again?). Our goalkeeper and defence are starting to concede poor goals, just like last season. And our head coach looks incapable of inspiring anybody.

I can?t see the owners changing anything mid-season, but we?re in a very bad place right now and things could still get much worse. Starting to feel like a wasted season.

Another wasted season, just like last.

At a push you could argue a case for it not being Maynard?s fault last season.

Not this season.

[80milesSouth]

3rd....btw Jatta absent in Duisburg due to lack of visa, not lack of fitness