What Are You Realistically Hoping For Next Season?

I want a new head coach that will play entertaining, attacking football and will drill the team on at least a couple of different formations.

I want young players (including academy players) to make an impact and the old deadwood cleared out.

Hopefully a top half finish, then kick on and look to finish top 6 and win promotion the year after.

 

Sounds about right.

 

If we stay up we get relegated with little to no fight and finish rock bottom.

If we go down, we'll need a few years to sort out this mess, so play-offs should be the realistic goal but wouldn't be surprised to see us finish just outside.

All these players with potential will either be flops or never play for us and we'll probably have to rely on those that want to remain here for next season.

Either way, there's going to be some angry fans who will threaten to never watch us again (but they will, or they'll return if we're doing well).

 

The Championship will be as weak as ever next season. If Fulham don't go up via the Play-Offs, the parachute money runs out. Derby/Sheff Weds likely to be docked points and start behind. Teams coming up from League 1 won't be a threat.

With the exception of the relegated teams and Brentford if they don't go up - there aren't many big threats - maybe a resurgent Middlesborough - but I see no reason why we couldn't go straight back up - even with a squad overhaul and the loss of a few 'big names'.

All depends on how serious the owner is.

 

I think the owners will be aiming to go straight back up, I can see us looking quite strong next season.

 

Some decent players available on a free. We need to find next year's Watson. I would say another Toszer (for the fk's), but our squad is already full of them.

 

He is either very serious, or tries to sell up asap.

 

Why on earth would Dyche come back? I agree he's the sort of manager we need, but so was Pearson imo.

 

Dyche aint no wimp. He wont come here and be told what to do.

 

I think Fulham still have one more parachute payment next summer don't they? Either way it's going to be reducing if they stay down. But then their owner is another crazy billionaire so I figure they'll get by.

 

If we stay up:

Build the team around Sarr, integrate loan players (Cucho, Estupinan, Suarez) into the team.

If we go down:

Sell off saleable assets (Sarr, Deulofeu, Doucouré, Pereyra, Suarez, Estupinan)

No matter what:

Employ a head coach who likes to develop youth players (Wilmot, Quina etc.)
Make Hughes captain.
Deeney at most a squad player.
Get rid of deadwood (Gray, Holebas, Mariappa, Cleverley, Success etc.)
Investment in the defence (as appropriate for the league we are in)

NO MORE HOOFBALL

 

Indeed-they have no debt and he funded the £120m purchase of players last season by injecting capital not loans. This season the sale of Sessignon to Spurs covered their outlay.

He is also covering the £100m cost of developing the ground making it 30,000 capacity by start of 21/22 season. It includes flats as well as retail shops/cafes so not pure seating.

 

You do not what the title of this thread is don't you?

 

Fulham will still have a year of parachute payments (although they will reduce next season, and of course they may well be shorn of their best player by an absolute country mile). Middlesbrough will be interesting, parachute payments I think have already ended, but with an open division, and a manager who knows how to get teams out of it, you never know. You get the feeling Brentford could be absolutely raided if they don't go up, just an absolutely stupid amount of young talent at that club. Norwich concern me, it's almost like this season was spent focusing on bouncing back next season, although as I've said elsewhere, if Bournemouth join us back in the Championship, it could be a long hard struggle for them, as we all know they've spent beyond their means for a long time

 

What am I most looking forward to next season?

Supporting Man Utd. Reckon it’ll be a pretty decent season for us reds #GGMU

 

Welbeck for me is a certainty to go if we drop down, he's trying to prove himself for the Euro's and is back to fitness, he won't be in Southgate's mind if he's in The Championship.

I can pretty much see him as a use for any team from 8th place downwards (barring arsenal).

 

Don't forget Stoke, they've shown top six form since Michael O'Neill came in and recent results (1-0 against Brentford and 4-1 at Forest) suggest they could be contenders.

What makes you think that lot couldn't do it in the Championship, even Holebas could be useful for another season or two? Teams don't have the skill and creativity to capitalize on the mistakes that have got regularly punished in the Premier League and defences are weaker.

 

Go-go man united (to the power rangers theme)?

 

Maybe one or two of that lot would still be useful a league below, but Holebas' legs are shot, I can't see him being any better in the Championship

 

Next season ? Fed up with the stale buns from the burger kiosks outside
the ground so an upgrade would be good. And just for once my 3-2 scorecast to come in .

 

I'd like a serious go at getting into Europe.

 

Holebas is 36. Mariappa is 33 and could do a job if you are Barnsley. This is exactly the thinking that got us into this mess in the first place.

 

He's not going to do a job if Barnsley play like they did last night!

 

We've left mate

 

Cup run?

 

Absolutely no chance on earth he gets anywhere near the England squad! He will be focused on just staying fit and playing regularly. He will still be with us next season in the Championship and if he stays fit and is played centrally he will score a hatful!

 

IF...

 

Agreed it's an if.

He's done well to play so many games in such a short space of time since the re-start, so there's hope!

 

A poached Dyche also sounds a bit like a fish dinner!