It will definately be a season where Chris Powell will show his worth as a manager. He has done really well this year after a rubbish first season. Hopefully he can continue to improve as a manager.
My guess is that we nick the final playoff spot on the last day of the season.
Had he have turned that shower round he inherited, that would have been a miracle!
Parkinson had just won manager of the month prior to being sacked and the team were in playoff contention.
It will definately be a season where Chris Powell will show his worth as a manager. He has done really well this year after a rubbish first season. Hopefully he can continue to improve as a manager.
My guess is that we nick the final playoff spot on the last day of the season.
Had he have turned that shower round he inherited, that would have been a miracle!
Parkinson had just won manager of the month prior to being sacked and the team were in playoff contention.
The two best players during that month for us were Martin and Jackson, Martin left before Powell came in and Jackson only played five and a half matches and we won 4 of them.
As it stands, mid-table. Higher will depend on a few signings - we've got 7 or 8 players who would not look at all out of place in a top Championship team, but it's a squad game these days and we'd need to strengthen in a few places to challenge for the play-offs or above.
There's a lot of variables we don't know like how much money is out there and who's available but I would have thought a big clue is on our very own stats list... any player rated 6.75 and above must have a chance and we will see pretty quickly whether our back 5 are good enough.
Hopefully Chris Powell knows the championship well through his time with us, Leicester and West Ham and will know what he's looking for to attain a top half finish... 5 in and 5 out is my prediction just like the early Curbishley years but hopefully with more money as per the bigger picture mentioned by people on here
As another poster said, The board are not here to mess about, I think we will see reasonable investment and I think a tilt at the play offs are a distinct possiblity. The last time we were here we were in a mess on and off the pitch, everything has improved all round and judging by the success that other League One escapees have had in the Championship I think we can make an impact on this league.
It's too early to tell what our expectations might be and it depends what will we be doing over the summer, how many players we will bring in and how much we will spend but the clubs long term ambition is to get back into the Premier League. Norwich and Southampton proved this can be done after promotion from League One so who knows what might happen. If we are fighting relegation next season then there is a cause to get worried but judging what has gone on this season and the ambition we have, I believe we could be in for a another good season.
It will definately be a season where Chris Powell will show his worth as a manager. He has done really well this year after a rubbish first season. Hopefully he can continue to improve as a manager.
My guess is that we nick the final playoff spot on the last day of the season.
Had he have turned that shower round he inherited, that would have been a miracle!
Parkinson had just won manager of the month prior to being sacked and the team were in playoff contention.
Grossly outpunching their weight at the time, struggled to get past Barnet (bottom of the 2nd Division) and Luton (Conference) in cup replays not forgetting of course they hadn't won in 4 before the 4-2 thumping at home by Swindon, who eventually got relegated, - Parkinson's last game. A great start for SCP but once the euphoria wore off not even he could not make a silk purse out of a pigs ear. Selective memory some people. All's well now though following the clear out and rebuilding exercise...................job done! ftb
I would be delighted to stay up and consolidate, push on for a couple of years before making play offs...build for the long term essentially...
However I actually think this squad is very good and the Championship games I have seen this season have generally looked poor, there is little to fear there and if we have enough money to bring in 5 really good players (CB, CM, RW & 2x Strikers) we will have a decent chance of pulling off top 6.
Just depends on what investment is made and which players are bought in.
Comments
Parkinson had just won manager of the month prior to being sacked and the team were in playoff contention.
Hopefully Chris Powell knows the championship well through his time with us, Leicester and West Ham and will know what he's looking for to attain a top half finish... 5 in and 5 out is my prediction just like the early Curbishley years but hopefully with more money as per the bigger picture mentioned by people on here
However I actually think this squad is very good and the Championship games I have seen this season have generally looked poor, there is little to fear there and if we have enough money to bring in 5 really good players (CB, CM, RW & 2x Strikers) we will have a decent chance of pulling off top 6.
Just depends on what investment is made and which players are bought in.