Do you expect us to be making a promotion push next season?

Icy Gull · May 14, 2014

Yes I know it is impossible to make any sort of logical prediction at the moment, apart from a gut feeling, just looking to gauge the mood of NSC after a disappointing end to the season for the second year.

Have we missed the boat or are we about to embark on a serious auto promotion push?

What do you think? No option for wait and see who comes in and who the manager is :smile:

clippedgull · May 14, 2014

I expect us to be making a promotion push every year.

If not, what is the point of running a football club?!

I'm not 'expecting' auto promotion but it would be nice to get wedged into top 6 before April!

Icy Gull · May 14, 2014

clippedgull said:
I expect us to be making a promotion push every year.

If not, what is the point of running a football club!

So you expected a promotion push the season after we scraped into the Championship via a win over Bristol City? I bet you were disappointed :lolol:

Albumen · May 14, 2014

Ask me in 3 months

glasfryn · May 14, 2014

clippedgull said:
I expect us to be making a promotion push every year.

If not, what is the point of running a football club?!

I'm not 'expecting' auto promotion but it would be nice to get wedged into top 6 before April!

precisely

clippedgull · May 14, 2014

Icy Gull said:
So you expected a promotion push the season after we scraped into the Championship via a win over Bristol City? I bet you were disappointed

Well if you can't start the season with optimism then what is the point? Back then though maybe aspirations were set lower but now I EXPECT!!!

Do you start the season expecting a relegation battle?

GolfingGull · May 14, 2014

Tony will expect top 6 so that will do for me.

daveinprague · May 14, 2014

Same as every year!

Rugrat · May 14, 2014

clippedgull said:
I expect us to be making a promotion push every year.

If not, what is the point of running a football club?!

I'm not 'expecting' auto promotion but it would be nice to get wedged into top 6 before April!

After all the investment I agree that promotion is pretty well a must. We're all but selling out every game and I imagine our matchday sales and merch are pretty well maxed out too. If we remain in the Championship I can't see much more cash being raised by sponsorship and other commercial activities so we're pretty well ****ed if we don't.

Regardless of FFP (it's bollox) TB will only fund the club to a point and the longer we stay in this division the more he'll be scratching his head I'd imagine. He could of course reign back his financial contribution but that then risks us dropping a division and posting even greater losses.

Bit of a conundrum methinks

S'hampton Seagull · May 14, 2014

Too early to tell.

marshy68 · May 14, 2014

I am confident we will be a force next year - ok a lot will depend on the new manager and new summer signings but a starting line up of the following would be competitive in the championship....

Anchorman/new keeper
Bruno Dunk upson / greer ward/ new LB
Buckley ince kemy kll
Cms ulloa

Keep the faith!!

Justice · May 14, 2014

With some more quality in the side and goals from midfield then yes.

SweatyMexican · May 14, 2014

Too early to say, ask me at the end of august.

London Irish · May 14, 2014

I can't see the board cocking up the appointment so badly that we won't be aiming for the play-offs again. Would be nice if they got a marquee name/talented manager so we could match what Burnley and Derby have done and go for automatic, they've shown what's possible without spending mega bucks. So yes, I'm happy at the the moment til I see something clouding that happy horizon

Icy Gull · May 14, 2014

clippedgull said:
Well if you can't start the season with optimism then what is the point? Back then though maybe aspirations were set lower but now I EXPECT!!!

Do you start the season expecting a relegation battle?

I start every season expecting (hoping may be closer to the truth though) to hit the number one spot and stay there, I tend to be disappointed most seasons pretty early on though :smile:

Frampler · May 14, 2014

We'll finish 6th after an up and down season, then our manager will leave after losing in the play-offs. It's the Albion way and I'm sure we'll come to find it amusing in time.

Blue3 · May 14, 2014

Yes I do as I hope we will have Tim as manager with Joe Cole as centre midfield playmaker new goal keeper, left back and forward

GreersElbow · May 14, 2014

1st place -102 points.

studio150 · May 14, 2014

If we stay clear of injuries to key players and incoming players are of the same (or better) quality than those released then we should be looking for top 2

RexCathedra · May 14, 2014

Personally, I feel cheated whenever there isn't a "50 points and safety" thread pinned to the top of the page.
It doesn't really feel like NSC somehow.

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