Shed on tour wrote: ↑Sun Apr 17, 2022 11:13 am
Will probably get shot down for this but I often hear people say we are not a league 1 club. Ok in terms of our history and potential compared to a lot of clubs in this league we are bigger but when it comes to the team on the pitch we are very much league 1 standard.
Failing to even finish in the top 6 for the 3 seasons we have been in this league seems to confirm this.
I do feel that at last hopefully things might be starting to improve and we will become a side which can become a contender in this league. However, I don’t think it will be easy and we have to remember where we are having to come from due to the Evans era and how low the club had sunk both on and off the pitch.
Anyhow, they are my thoughts for what they are worth and probably the majority of you will think not much!
Might not be around on here much now until the start of next season so have a good summer everyone and roll on the 30th July.
I agree completely. It’s no use thinking we were a big club once. We are indeed a league 1 club, albeit with the advantage of a large following, money to spend and hopefully ambition.
I’ll get shot down for this too:
If we were in the prem, would we (the fans) expect us to win the League? Or be top 6? It just fighting to stay up?
If we were in the Championship, would we (the fans) expect us to be…. etc.
As we are a league 1 club, should our expectations be different? Why? Just because of what we once were? Football has changed a lot since then.
Of course we should want promotion. We should want to win every game. But hopes and ambitions are not the same as expectations. Treat then the same and you are usually going to be disappointed.
To put it another way, when I was working I was always set targets to meet. If I ever didn’t meet then, if have to explain why. My answer: a target is something you aim for. Don’t expect to hit it every time.
So let’s keep wanting and hoping for success. There are probably at least a dozen tabs in the league who “expect” promotion, even more aiming for the playoffs with just a few aiming for survival. The majority of those - us included- will be disappointed. But I think sometimes we make too big a deal out of it. Will we still be watching next season? Of course we will.