i'm sitting on the fence!!!

[lucky green trainers 0]

whatever the result of yesterday, one things for sure, Roedy has assembled a better side than that which started last season under Granty imo...there is a mix of experience and very promising boys - who will do ok to finish mid-table...if the side gels and overpeforms, staying injury free and getting the rub of the green, then who knows a top6 would be a top, top result...if they bomb, and underperform, a roedy and the board come under fan pressure to boot - then once again we could find ourselves playing to avoid the drop, rather than get promoted...roedys done well on a shoestring, and i feel i owe it to him to give him time to make this team work, its not his fault he''s making do - so for me the jury''s out, i''m sitting on the fence...ouch,anyone care to join me???

[Mister Chops 7]

[quote user="lucky green trainers"]whatever the result of yesterday, one things for sure, Roedy has assembled a better side than that which started last season under Granty imo...there is a mix of experience and very promising boys - who will do ok to finish mid-table...if the side gels and overpeforms, staying injury free and getting the rub of the green, then who knows a top6 would be a top, top result...if they bomb, and underperform, a roedy and the board come under fan pressure to boot - then once again we could find ourselves playing to avoid the drop, rather than get promoted...roedys done well on a shoestring, and i feel i owe it to him to give him time to make this team work, its not his fault he''s making do - so for me the jury''s out, i''m sitting on the fence...ouch,anyone care to join me???[/quote]Not me.I''m cautiously impressed by the team I''m trusting of the managerI''m suspicious and mistrusting of the boardAnd I''m 100% behind the club.Fence schmence.

[Buncey 1]

I''ll join you LGT.

[macdougalls perm 0]

My exact position lies somewhere between these two posts, lol! And I''m quietly looking forward to the start of the season when we get to find out for certain. 

[lucky green trainers 0]

[quote user="Mister Chops"][quote user="lucky green trainers"]whatever the result of yesterday, one things for sure, Roedy has assembled a better side than that which started last season under Granty imo...there is a mix of experience and very promising boys - who will do ok to finish mid-table...if the side gels and overpeforms, staying injury free and getting the rub of the green, then who knows a top6 would be a top, top result...if they bomb, and underperform, a roedy and the board come under fan pressure to boot - then once again we could find ourselves playing to avoid the drop, rather than get promoted...roedys done well on a shoestring, and i feel i owe it to him to give him time to make this team work, its not his fault he''s making do - so for me the jury''s out, i''m sitting on the fence...ouch,anyone care to join me???[/quote]Not me.I''m cautiously impressed by the team I''m trusting of the managerI''m suspicious and mistrusting of the boardAnd I''m 100% behind the club.Fence schmence.[/quote]

[lucky green trainers 0]

[quote user="lucky green trainers"][quote user="Mister Chops"][quote user="lucky green trainers"]whatever the result of yesterday, one things for sure, Roedy has assembled a better side than that which started last season under Granty imo...there is a mix of experience and very promising boys - who will do ok to finish mid-table...if the side gels and overpeforms, staying injury free and getting the rub of the green, then who knows a top6 would be a top, top result...if they bomb, and underperform, a roedy and the board come under fan pressure to boot - then once again we could find ourselves playing to avoid the drop, rather than get promoted...roedys done well on a shoestring, and i feel i owe it to him to give him time to make this team work, its not his fault he''s making do - so for me the jury''s out, i''m sitting on the fence...ouch,anyone care to join me???[/quote]Not me.I''m cautiously impressed by the team I''m trusting of the managerI''m suspicious and mistrusting of the boardAnd I''m 100% behind the club.Fence schmence.[/quote][/quote]yeah well, i gave granty the benefit of the doubt last pre-season in trying the support the club post worthy - but it all went tits up...i''m happy to wait and see, and hope roedy and his backroom boys can do some miracles and get us playing again...

[lucky green trainers 0]

[quote user="Fellas"]I''ll join you LGT. [/quote]nice one fellas

[Ex-greenoschin 0]

I''ll just get my cushion and jump up there with you!! [Y]

OTBC

[Branston Pickle 4,150]

Of course, it is the case for pretty much all sides that they could do well or badly - at this stage in proceedings no one can tell: those who are meant to do well are as likely to do poorly and those who are favourites for relegation can easily spring a surprise on us all.  Imo that is what makes this division such a good and interesting one (far moreso than the Prem)....even with a poor start a side can still climb into the play-offs (Palace last/every season, so it seems), promotion after a mediocre one (Hull), or relegation dogfight after a good one (Barnsley). 

For us, I think it could go either way but I can''t really see us getting relegated as we at long last appear to have some decent depth to the squad and some decent quality players coming in who were definitely wanted by other clubs.  But whether we will finish in the lower third, middle third or upper third of the table come next May, I have no idea.  It could be just about anywhere, but I reckon we will be c8th-10th.

[InLambertWeTrust! 0]

Watch out for splinters!

[lucky green trainers 0]

[quote user="Branston Pickle"]

Of course, it is the case for pretty much all sides that they could do well or badly - at this stage in proceedings no one can tell: those who are meant to do well are as likely to do poorly and those who are favourites for relegation can easily spring a surprise on us all.  Imo that is what makes this division such a good and interesting one (far moreso than the Prem)....even with a poor start a side can still climb into the play-offs (Palace last/every season, so it seems), promotion after a mediocre one (Hull), or relegation dogfight after a good one (Barnsley). 

For us, I think it could go either way but I can''t really see us getting relegated as we at long last appear to have some decent depth to the squad and some decent quality players coming in who were definitely wanted by other clubs.  But whether we will finish in the lower third, middle third or upper third of the table come next May, I have no idea.  It could be just about anywhere, but I reckon we will be c8th-10th.

[/quote]8-10th would be a good finish.  top6 would be a major triumph for roedy and set him up as the champs ''arry redknap...based purely on spending, we''re probably not a top half side, and so anything over half way would be acceptable on this basis...i''d hate to see us struggle again, seeing teams play in our half at carra rd for long periods ain''t my idea of fun these days><!