Will we stay up next season?

I would be astonished if we are in a relegation battle.

It's a lot more difficult to get promoted than either RD or KM think but I think we will have enough about us to be at least thinking about a play off place until quite late on.

If the club is still going then yes, we will stay up.

Surely depends on what manager we get and if we get new players in, the way it's going it doesn't look good.

Honestly who would want to work for this lot other than useless numpties or people from the network oops sorry same thing.

I think it could easily happen. They have underestimated every year and show no ability to learn from their mistakes. Teams will see us as a big game and be fired up for it. We have no manager. We will probably lose a lot of our better players and replace them with Academy kids thrown in too fast or chuff from continental lower leagues.
I would be amazed if we are in play off positions beyond August. Of the relegated teams (2 of whom could go still go back up from last year) I think only MK have any chance of going back up. Both us and Bolton will be bottom half and relying on other teams being even worse. For those who think we can't do a Blackpool, look who finished one place below them and beat us 2-1 to end a very long losing streak.

Roland Out!

Same regime, same manager and player recruitment policy and I really do worry for us next season

I've seen nothing so far to make me think we have any chance of avoiding relegation again.

We look set to lose the best players in the squad. No signings have been made.

We don't have a Manager, Scout or Director of Football to research, select and sign replacement players.

There is nothing to indicate that the owner is changing the way he ran the club - so disastrously - last season.

The central focus of all the problems within the club - ie the person whose role as CEO is to ensure each part of the club is working to plan, to budget and to a common goal - is continuing to perform in a spectacularly self-destructive way, causing the club to be a laughing stock and an embarrassment.

Season ticket sales are down; gates will be paltry; sponsorship is withering.

Some players seem committed, which is good. But whether they can do it on their own (Jacko) or will be allowed to stay (Solly) remains a big doubt.

So, in short, can we say the team is good enough to stay up? No: we don't know nearly enough about the personnel that will comprise the team.

Is the club being run by people smart enough - and capable enough - to turn things round rapidly enough and soon enough? No.

Can we stay up next season? Yes. As long as new owners take charge soon enough.

think the fact they went in straight in for Wilder shows some evidence that at least they are trying to put a squad in place with plenty of time to get prepared properly. The issue is that a lot of the sides in this league will have the majority of the squad already in place.

The longer we leave it the more the chance we will struggle badly especially at the start. Saying that the likes of Northampton, Port Vale, Fleetwood, bury ,Oldham and Chesterfield will have half the budget that we have so I would expect the extra class in the squad to show at some point (assuming the budget isn't blown on untried injury prone foreign players)

Definitely depends on the squad and manager.

As it stands, I don't see us staying up. Genuinely.

Player recruitment must be difficult at this time of year as clubs are still in the playoffs and won't know what league they will be in. Most clubs haven't announced their released players yet. Players are also on Holiday.

I think this question can be answered accurately once pre season starts.

CH4RLTON said:

think the fact they went in straight in for Wilder shows some evidence that at least they are trying to put a squad in place with plenty of time to get prepared properly.

I'm not convinced that the Wilder thing wasn't another example of the same sort of thing this regime has done since day one, ie link themselves with a name that would be a great fit and show ambition and competence but then have that deal, which they had no intention of ever finalising, fall through so that we will accept a lesser option and think "Oh well, at least they tried".

Todds_right_hook said:

Player recruitment must be difficult at this time of year as clubs are still in the playoffs and won't know what league they will be in. Most clubs haven't announced their released players yet. Players are also on Holiday.

I think this question can be answered accurately once pre season starts.

player recruitment starts In January/February. We are well behind the game.

When Man City went down to this league every game was a cup final for the opposition playing in front of a capacity crowd. City had an experienced ex top flight manager in Joe Royle once shortlisted as a replacement for Bobby Robson as England manager; more or less an unlimited player budget; got the best players who were prepared to play at that level; a Board of directors chaired by David Bernstein and including ex players like Dennis Tueart BUT lost to the likes of Lincoln City and Mansfield and struggled from mid table to make the play offs and only got promotion by the skin of their teeth on penalties.

You don't win this league on reputation.

Roland doesn't do failure, but he is an expert at underestimation.

League 2 here we come!!