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Many of you were adament that this was a season of consolidation and mid table would be a fine.I of course said anything but promotion was failure.So here we are in November sitting fourth with a new manager what are your expectations now?

Surely anything but promotion is failure in everybody eyes now?

I said in the summer that anything less than automatic promotion and I would slash my wrists. I still say the same now.

I am very confident I will not have to carry out my threat.

When little Dennis left I was of the opinion that unless the Board appointed a half whit or shaved a monkey and made it manager or something along those lines, that whoever they appointed we should still get automatic promotion. I am pleased to say Paul Sturrock is considerably better than a shaved monkey.

Started off saying promotion was the only thing I would accept, still the same

Good thread Yeovil.

I said play offs was the bare minimum.

It still is, but we really should be going up automatically. It would be something on a failure on Sturrocks part if he failed to achieve this - given the position we are in, the squad we have, and the length of time Sturrock has to work with the existing players and recruit his own.

I think I began by thinking mid table and battling for the play offs (based on our squad).

The results at the start suprised me, recent form is what I expected, but I do think Sturrock will mould a winning team.  It won't be pretty but I now think we'll be play offs challenging for the top 3.  I haven't seen them, but results wise Walsall look a good bet for top spot.

I'll be happy with a top 7 finish.

Top 3 at the least, personally I want the title.  Walsall havent had a big blip yet they will at some point and Sturrock by that point will have us on fire and marching up the league.  :beers:

Top 7 for me too

anything less than promotion now would be failure.
play off winners at the new wembley will ne nice

Automatics for me... You have to get out of this division straight away or become Bristol Rovers.

I think we will get our automatic promotion, but can't help but think it would be better for the club financially to go up through the playoffs.

Not to mention a great day out in cardiff!!

So i'm kind of hoping we end up 4th and then destroy the playoffs.

Put £150.00 on us to go up as Champions before the season started at 9/1.
Think I might have lost my dosh, but I still expect automatic promotion.

I said it then, and I'll say it again.

Anything less than Champions and I'll be dissapointed

whatever you said we'd go down like we did last season, you're known for it

Pre-Wise I'd have snapped at mid-table given the record of recently relegated sides in the division.

Setting sights a little higher I'd say top three has to be on the cards.

I said some sort of consolidation would be the order of the day, with maybe a cup run thrown in to generate some funds.....2 of 3 chances of a cup run have gone.

    I conceived of Wise bringing a steady improvement from some of our younger players....weeding out some of the dead wood like Whalley and now Gurney, bringoing in some of his own like Weston, ready for an assault on the league next season.

 Its all out of the window, so fuck knows what will happen.

anything but promotion for me. with Sturrock in now i expect us to reach the play offs at the very least

Based on the fact Iffy would be our manager and the squad we had etc. I was thinking a solid mid-table would be good. When Wise arrived I thought play-offs.

So play-offs is what I expect now

i originally said consolidation and challenge for promotion, even once wise had been at the club a fair while but after the six game winning streak and despite recent events, not getting promoted would be a failure.

however, sturrock's walked into a half-finished job with a bunch of players who will need to adapt to what will probably be a vastly different style of play. some won't adapt and will need to be replaced which takes time.

Sorry Sonic, but that's bollocks. If they were good enough to get promotion under Wise, they'll be good enough enough under Luggy.
He might bring some players in on loan, but I think the nucleus of the squad will see us through. Top three. Cast iron. Nailed on. [/b]WE ARE GOING UP!!!!!

Before the season, i said we'd finish fifth. I still think the same, but we'll beat Franchise in the playoffs, with a lee peacok hat trick.


Trust me 8)

I can't remember what I said. The joys of alcohol.

Agreed

Here's some of the predictions from the start of the season....

http://www.thetownend.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=13589&highlight=prediction

No-one knows if they would have been good enough to go up under Wise though.  This is Swindon Town and in my eyes Swindon Town = Inconsistency.  So in other words, I agree with Reg, fuck knows what will happen!

fuck off yeovil red, forgive me for not saying we'll waltz this league when i'd just seen us capitulate from 14th in mid-feb to being relegated by bristol fucking city

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