Billy The Fish
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Hopes. Promotion.
Expectations. We'll be close but not close enough.
Expectations. We'll be close but not close enough.
Ah see someone who wants to follow community project and not a football club. Have a great time with that.You are going to get slated for this because it shows no understanding of the wider context the club are operating in. Unless we get a sudden windfall from Watkins or Storey we simply cannot compete financially with the clubs around us. Even if we decide to abandon our sensible plans to be sustainable in the long-term and put every spare pound we have into the playing budget for next season it's unlikely to be enough to make a difference. What then? I'm pretty sure we don't even have an overdraft facility if we wanted to copy other clubs and gamble on getting into debt to try and gain promotion. And if we decide to sell the club to a rich businessman it's unlikely to happen in time for us to have the funds to buy our way to promotion next season.
And I imagine I'm going to get slated for this but I actually think the community feel good PR ******** is more important than what happens on the pitch. Exeter is apparently the fittest place in the country, in part due to the efforts of the football club and its partnership with the Community Trust.
https://www.heart.co.uk/lifestyle/most-unfit-town-uk/
Appolgies I didn't make that clear I think matt is going to be a great manager and one who's ambitions won't be realised at City. I'd probably feel the same who ever we had in charge. It's the culture of being successful on the pitch doesn't matter and the constant excuses of why with no plan to change it that I'm sick of to be honest.Not slated : you're entitled to your opinion. But I'm surprised you only give Matt Taylor 2 years to get promoted when Tisdale couldn't achieve it after 8:years the second time around. Yes, we have a bit more money in the kitty, but it's split 3 ways over 3 years. That means only 1/9 goes to the manager for player costs above the standard budge per season.
We all want promotion but I think last year we overschieved considering all the changes : my hope this year we can get to the playoffs.
You will be saying the same thing in 40 years time and then young fans will be attacking you for being negative as you will be told that we are a league 2 club selling the odd youth player and doing well for a club our size. As a kid I dreamed of city playing in the top division. It won’t happen with the we are a small club attitude we have.Id imagine im going to get slated for this but oh well.
Anything but promotion this season would be seen as failer in my mind and I can't see me renewing my ST in 12 months time if we are still in league 2.
Heart says we will go up but head says it'll be another "transition" season (like the last 4 or 5) with inconsistant football and more community feel good PR ******** to paper over the cracks.
On the Red Legion front more of the same with a few more displays for this coming season chucked in for good measure.
Er, one season. The previous seasons we improved our position two straight seasons (14th to 5th to 4th).Hopes? Stop the rot. We're on a downward trajectory these last few seasons. Make the top 7.
Expectations? 14th or worse.