Okay so 6 games in, 5 wins and what looks like the green shoots of a potentially positive season. Have you changed your mind about where we will finish since the poll at the start of the season. At the last poll, 7th - 12th was the most popular vote, 31% of you opted for it. It's what I voted for, and I want to upgrade my vote to automatic promotion based on our first XI, but I think I'm gonna plump for play offs now because I still worry about depth of squad and injuries
**New Poll: Have you changed your mind on where we will finish?** 275 votes
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9/1 to win the league now
There is no option to say "yes, I've changed my mind" or "no, I haven't changed mind" .
Options should be
I now think we'll
A. Finish higher than I thought before
B. Finish where I thought we would before
C. Finish lower than I thought before
The other factor of course is what the Madman does or does not do in January. My two year old grandson loves building a tower with his beakers only to eagerly knock it down.
I fear some seventy year old Belgians have a similar character trait.
I really cant make my mind up to select any of those three and wouldnt want to make a call until mid October
I've been surprised at how good the 1st 11 have played, but it's still early, it's still a long season and we still have inadequate depth for a sustained push for promotion. Come those injuries etc on a cold winters Tuesday evening up north relying on 2-3 youngers or Jacko at left back isn't going to be title form.
But i'm feeling positive i'll switch to play off's, getting maximum points on the board in Sept/October will be critical so If we get 10 points out of the next 4 games i'll be confident of the play off's.
I don't think I'll change my mind until the status of the dawn has been confirmed.
I still think that we cannot afford to have injuries or suspensions, because (like every season under the regime) I'm worried about the squad depth and am unconvinced by KR (I'll admit I don't like him particularly, but that might be because I'm a nasty bastard).
Even if on course for promotion in the New Year, I'd fully expect to see the squad not being strengthened as it should to push on (and sales would always be a worry).
Yes we need to keep players fit, but so does everyone else, it's not as if the other teams will have squads of 22 top players either.
If RD is fed up with football, and wants out, then while he won't splash the cash we'd like him too, he won't want to screw up the chance of promotion either. A Championship team is much more attractive to buyers than a L1 one.
Ridiculous...
( unless we make the playoffs!)
Play-offs at best still IMO.
1) Impact of injuries
2) will players leave in January?
3) have we played the heftier teams yet?
4) will we struggle a bit in the winter months when grounds are heavier?
Still, having said this, things look better than last season.