Each time we have been promoted from league one to the championship it has taken three seasons.
09/10, 10/11, 11/12 Champions (4th, 13th, 1st respectively)
16/17, 17/18, 18/19 Play off winners (13th, 6th, 3rd respectively)
Can we replicate this cycle to get promoted this season?
Possibly.
20/21, 21/22 - 7th, 13th, ...
I think we all agree anything less than promotion this coming season is disappointing and outside the playoffs must be a failure.
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There is a lot of rebuilding to do. Personally and pains me to say, but I think promotion from this League is a 3 season aim.
Take away the TS rhetoric and look at us as a club, I'd be fine with a season of progression on the pitch, building an identity as well as improving aspects behind the scenes.
one season short of a pizza
Will we recruit
A) The right manager, who gets the lower leagues.
C). Get the band together (metaphorically speaking) in time for preseason to gel.
D) Steer clear of injury prone players.
Over any extended period of time the biggest factor in league position is wage bill. Of course there are always anomalies but generally the 92 can be sorted by wage bill and it will be pretty close to the final tables.
Every season we have been in this division we have had one of the top six wage bills. Possible exception of the Parkinson/Powell season.
I don't believe it's beyond the wit of man to put a promotion winning squad together very quickly. Wigan have just done it, we have done it in the past, Blackpool did it last year. Saying that I don't expect us to, not now. I hope we do mind.
In 1972 it took 3 seasons too.
In1932/33 it took 2 seasons.
It has never taken more than 3 seasons though.
We’ll need a miracle to go up and don’t expect us to and I’ll never accept being in this league in that shit trophy against u21 sides .
it is what it is but no one can be happy with our lot
'S 4th transfer window.
It's about time we started to improve football wise.
Gilbey and Washington were seen as good signings, also Maddison etc.
However they have been acquired by or with 3 different managers and if you include Schwartz, the pseudo management team of Sandgaard and son ( the work is never done).
The problem could be recruitment rather than managers . Continuity and development are required.
We seem to now be hire and fire...stability is needed. ⁶
1935/36 season saw Charlton promoted to League One at the first attempt after finishing runners up; they were undefeated at The Valley all season.
Yes, football was simpler back then, but it was a level playing field.
Therefore Tommy must get promoted next year according to the cycle of time.
I reckon that we'd probably get out of League Two in 3 seasons though.