What Are Your Expectations For The Season?

Quite varied opinions across here and other forms of social media.

So, as our squad currently is & with 5 and a half weeks left of the window given our work so far.

What do you expect this season?

 

Top half

 

I think we will battle for top half position with workmanlike team performances. If we are in with a shout of play-offs or auto come January then we may splash some cash at that stage.

 

Solidly midtable with the squad as it stands. Uber dull season ahead.

 

Expectations I have none. Hopes are that we see a team who fight for their lives for the 90+ minutes every game. That only could put us in contention for the playoffs.

 

A lot can change but right now somwhere between 14th-18th. A little flirt with the bottom 6 around February but finish pretty safe.

 

If we only add a couple of Livermore types then 14th to 20th. Relegation the season after when Louza/ Asprilla sold. Duxbury will continue to consume his 900k throughout the misery and Giaretta will be paid to get in Manga’s way as he trys to deploy his £250k budget.

 

I have a nasty feeling we will miss out on the champions league places altogether this season.
Not sure about Watford though.

 

Out of both cups in the first round and a lower half of the table finish
4 managers
Players cheered off after putting up a spirited but not quite good enough performance to hang on for the win/draw every week

 

With the squad as it is - a trudging struggle, in which we never really even look like making a genuine challenge for the playoffs, and end up in a position lower than last season's purgatorial 11th.

 

12th-15th. Add a proven goalscoring winger and another rotational striker and I'll bump that up to 9th-12th.

 

I expect automatic promotion and if we’re not 5 points clear at the top by the September equinox, I hope our owner is brave enough to make changes to the management team

 

12th-16th

Worse squad than last season. Pep Guardiola couldn’t sort our mess out so VI doesn’t stand much hope.

However, there are some real bum teams who are worse than us.

 

What a great moment that was. Was very short lived, but fun whilst it lasted.

 

12th-16th with the current squad.

Higher if we sign some more players who can score.

Weirdly looking forward to the season, newish squad with very low expectations.

 

All depends on who we bring in from now until September 1st. But, you can only predict with what we have available right now. If we sign no one else, then it's bottom six and that's being optimistic. But I reserve the right to change my opinion based on new signings.

 

Play offs minimum - if that lot up the road can get promoted with that squad, some fight and organisation then there is no reason why we can’t

 

I expect us to finish 12th.

This season will be better for this very reason.

Last season everyone thought we would get promoted. The pundits, the bookies, EFL on Quest/ITV and most of all US the fans.

At this same point last season everyone was contemplating whether Sarr would stay and if Joao Pedro would come good. Would we get the automatics? Well looking at the squad, we ought to really be there or thereabouts. Not to make the playoffs - unthinkable!

So after we had our little bubble burst by the shipshow of last season, NOW things are different. Now the expectations have changed. Now it's the automatics that are unthinkable. Making the playoffs would be a surprise and delight!

Most expect a struggle. Most expect a repeat of last season's dismal shyte.

So imagine the sweetness if we do start playing. If we go to Leeds or Leicester or Southampton away and stuff 'em and start climbing up the table.

The sweetness of unexpected success is much, much sweeter than the almost neutral satisfaction of completing an expected victory.

 

No idea, that’s the great thing about the championship - most of the teams have a chance of promotion. Team spirit is more important than bringing in lots of new players, so not worried about lack of signings. Most of the teams in the league have yet to spend any money in the window, but that means very little

 

Depends if Healey is fit and carries his Toulouse form over to us.

I don't think we're awful, but I don't think we're very good either. Exciting stuff.

 

£250k budget?
You're being unusually optimistic.

 

It’s very hard to say with presumably a few more signings to come. Particularly upfront( goals ) I feel we are currently light.So at the moment my expectations are not massive. A mid table to chasing playoffs kind of season .

As we know , success in the championship is all about Winning the battle and if we don’t see that fight and intensity that was lacking last season we could be in for a very tough season. However , VI can get it out of the squad then who knows …

 

18th / 19th. A complete sh1tshow. Knocked out the Milk Cup by Stevenage (1-0 AET) and out the FA Cup 9-0 at Man City (live on BT Sport, 5pm Saturday).

 

There’s no extra time in the “Milk Cup”. So we’ll either have to concede in the 89th minute (probably from a corner) or lose on pens.

 

Autos are a no-go. The hope for most of the season will be to snatch a play-off place. We won't. We'll scrape 11th again.

 

Mid table & I'll happily take a mid table finish if we see a team that fights for 90 minutes & tries to win.

 

I'm looking forward to not having Keinan Davis

 

I expect us to be just as crap as the last two seasons. Gino says no change to the philosophy so how can we expect any improvement. Must admit it’s becoming a struggle to go most weeks.

 

Would take anything above 22nd, but realistically, I think lower mid table

 

14th - Play with a bit more passion, but a disjointed squad with no depth in certain areas and poor in front of goal.

If / when Ismael turns out to be the wrong fit and gets the boot (poor Gino let down by another manager who didn't deliver what they promised with this amazing squad and set up), I think a significant chunk of fans will simply give up going. I don't see much in the way of protests and Pozzo won't be going anywhere as he's sunk too much in, so fans will just walk away.

 

Agreed, he’s garbage.