Expectations for this season?

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Once again we''ve seen a lot of threads this season, like last, with posters at apparent logger heads over Worthy''s management of the team. And as with last season it''s probably caused by peoples expectations for the club this season as much as anything else.

So what do you expect from the club this season?

For me:

a) Exceeds expectations - promoted back to the Premiership in one of the automatic promotion spots.

b) Meets expectations - in playoff spots with more than a 50% chance of successful promotion through that mechanism.

c) Fails to meet expectations - outside the playoff spots but above a midtable finish.

d) Abysmal failure - below midtable. For a side that has just come off of a Premiership season to finish this season below midtable would be absolutely appalling.

With either c) or d) I believe the club has to sit down and discuss seriously whether Worthy and his staff can take the club to the next level. Standing by the coaching team can only go on so long as forward progress appears to being made. Going backwards doesn''t cut it but it doesn''t mean the managers head either, just an adjustment of the coaching team and techniques.

So let''s take some of the emotion out of this and you give us what your expectations are for the season.

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[quote]Once again we''ve seen a lot of threads this season, like last, with posters at apparent logger heads over Worthy''s management of the team. And as with last season it''s probably caused by peoples expec...[/quote]

My hopes are

exceeded expectations - finish in top 3;  team performing very well and manager tactically excellent

expectations - 4 - 8th -close to a play off place and team performing well for most of the season; manager never really gets to grips with last seasons issues.

below expectaions 9 - 12th - never in witha  play off place and poor selections and failure to accept where the team is going wrong by the club.  Manager survives but only just as team ''showed good energy levels but fail to adapt quickly enough to this league''

abysmal perfromance - lower half of the table; a possibility if mis-managed by rose tinted specs brigade.  Manager has/will be sacked for failure to get anywhere nearer the best out of a sound core squad that should be pushing for promotion or strengthen obvious weak spots despite being given the cash to do so.  

OTBC

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You missed off  e - relegation .