Right, I know there's four months to go yet, but I'm getting withdrawal symptoms from not having to write any programme/fanzine articles already, so for my own health of mind, I thought I'd pose this question...
Where are we going to finish next season?
[list=1][*]Champions[*]Play-off spot[*]Just fall short a la Kildare[*]Mid-table mediocrity/a season of listening to Damien Richardson tell us that we've been out of it for most of the season and are looking to next season every bloody week[*]Re-election[/list=1]
I know the contracts have to be sorted out yet (news on that is expected in the next week and a half or so), but still.
I reckon we have to be looking at a play-off spot at least, and will probably be best equipped to win the title. Even allowing for the loss of a couple of players, the First Division is much weaker than the Premier, and the form we were showing for the last sixteen games under Pete Mahon would, had it extended to the whole season, seen us finish four points off of Europe. If we can keep that up, maybe sign a striker, then there's no reason we can't even win the league.
I think we've been relegated in the best possible manner - with a new manager who wants the club to succeed and has shown already that he's more than capable of making it happen. Had Doolo stayed until the end of the season, I'd have said that we were looking at three or four years in Division One just catching up.
Schumi, can you turn this into a poll, 'cos I can't/amn't allowed?
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