Fitton wants us in the play-offs

[Reg Smeeton]

We've managed two top ten finishes in this decade Reg. That doesn't make us much less crap though 

Yeah, but one of those was at Div 4 level, not Div 3 which is where we are now.

 I'm defining top ten as a single digit finish....I suppose technically 10th is a top ten finish.

[Simon Pieman]

What about 2002/03 Reg?

[Reg Smeeton]

What about 2002/03 Reg?

See above...

[reeves4england]

I thought we finished 10th one season and then got into the play-offs the next?

Back to the point, yes that team that got into the play-offs was very good, but we should have done better that year. With those players we should have gone up, and I don't think you need a team that good to get out of this league as long as you have the right manager. I'm hoping Wilson is the right man, but we definitely need Robinson and two or three more good signings befor eplay-offs are realistic

[Reg Smeeton]

I thought we finished 10th one season and then got into the play-offs the next?

Aside from arguing the technical point about what is a top ten finish, this kind of makes my point, we had some decent players when finishing tenth...eg Parkin, Gurney, Migs, Beast, and even Oolet who performed consistently in the PO season, then added to it.

As things stand, we've a collection of largely underperforming players, will lose our main man, and have no real idea of what is coming into the squad. The reality is that as things stand, there is little reason for optimism beyond blind faith.

[reeves4england]

Aside from arguing the technical point about what is a top ten finish, this kind of makes my point, we had some decent players when finishing tenth...eg Parkin, Gurney, Migs, Beast, and even Oolet who performed consistently in the PO season, then added to it.

As things stand, we've a collection of largely underperforming players, will lose our main man, and have no real idea of what is coming into the squad. The reality is that as things stand, there is little reason for optimism beyond blind faith.

I'd say the fact we've signed two decent players, and the fact that there's rumoured to be a third on the way, is a reason to be optimistic. There's no denying that more needs to be done before we can hope for a good season though