Season expectations.

[morty]

Now things are going a bit better, what are your expectations? Have you downgraded them after the bad start, or do you think we can make up ground?

I had a bet on us making the play offs, and also a cheeky one to win the league.

As it stands, we are 3 points off the play offs, and 8 points from top. And for the doom mongers, 11 points away from the relegation zone.

 

[AmericanCanary]

With the way we started this season, players not buying fully into Clement, good start by Toure and then his injury etc...tbh I just wanted us to play half ass competently and give the fans something to cheer about it again. 4 wins on the bounce has done that and I love how the players genuinely seem to enjoy playing for each other. This league is going to be a shootout to the end imo as no team is above and beyond way better than another; why imo its also hard to really predict who is going to get auto's.

If we can stay healthy, Toure can come back sooner than expected, and strengthen as much as possible in January, I think playoffs are more than doable and what I want/expect to happen. A top two spot is a stretch for me but again nothing in this league would surprise me.

I am just enjoying watching the boys again and not always having to reach for my bottle of Jim Beam haha.

 

[king harr]

Now things are going a bit better, what are your expectations? Have you downgraded them after the bad start, or do you think we can make up ground?

I had a bet on us making the play offs, and also a cheeky one to win the league.

As it stands, we are 3 points off the play offs, and 8 points from top. And for the doom mongers, 11 points away from the relegation zone.


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I love your enthusiasm but are you not concerned about our defence and GK,I certainly am I'm not concerned about are attack mk ,toure,mack,is an amazing strike force at this level,at the start of last season under manning and promising sighnings I thought we would rip it up,I was wrong,when Clement took over I thought we were doomed,I was wrong,start of this season I thought we would piss the league,I was wrong,so don't want to predict anything about ncfc , however if you've good decent odds on your bets I might have a punt myself!

 

[morty]

Its the hope that kills you

 

[AmericanCanary]

If it's the hope that kills you was a real thing...I would be 6 feet under a long time ago tbh haha.

 

[king harr]

With the way we started this season, players not buying fully into Clement, good start by Toure and then his injury etc...tbh I just wanted us to play half ass competently and give the fans something to cheer about it again. 4 wins on the bounce has done that and I love how the players genuinely seem to enjoy playing for each other. This league is going to be a shootout to the end imo as no team is above and beyond way better than another; why imo its also hard to really predict who is going to get auto's.

If we can stay healthy, Toure can come back sooner than expected, and strengthen as much as possible in January, I think playoffs are more than doable and what I want/expect to happen. A top two spot is a stretch for me but again nothing in this league would surprise me.

I am just enjoying watching the boys again and not always having to reach for my bottle of Jim Beam haha.

I'm enjoying watching the boys again too and reaching out for a bottle of Jim beam sound like a plan otbc

 

[Sonyc]

Wherever we are in the table on the night of the 8th December will be my season end expectation (after the Blackburn game) with a tolerance of 2 places either way. If we are 10th by the end of this match then it's 8th to 12th.
Obviously I am hopeful we could be 6th by that date!

I also think that the second half of the season will be better than the first half.

 

[king harr]

Its the hope that kills you

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I think there decent odds good

 

[morty]

I think there decent odds good

That was start of the season, I do it every season lol. No idea what they are now.

 

[Fen Canary]

I think mid table. We’ve obviously got enough going forward to see off the weaker teams in the league so my fears of a relegation battle have eased, but I still don’t think we’re good enough without the ball to keep out the better ones so I doubt we’ll be in the playoffs

 

[DraytonBoy]

I thought Top 8 at the start of the season and happy to stick with that prediction.

 

[Lazza]

My prediction before a ball had been kicked was 2nd. It was looking very unlikely for a while, and while I stayed positive, it was looking more like we were going to be in a relegation scrap, but now I think we are back on track,
I'm going to stick with my initial prediction. I think POs is more likely but hey, we can all dream!

 

[muntyNCFC]

I'm still happy with a top 8. I think our poor from in September will hamper any top 4 finish, but id love to see otherwise

 

[Ricardo]

Yes, I think I expected too much before a ball was kicked. Now I think 5 to 8 is realistic but still hoping for even better.

 

[AyrshireBob]

All teams in top section have a bad spell and loose several games during the season, maybe the first 11 games was our bas spell, so where will finish
" that is the question " Methinks 3rd or 4th
Wake up AyrshireBob what world do you live in " THE YELLOW ONE" says me.

 

[Fenway Frank]

Its the hope that kills you

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I think you should cash out now

 

[morty]

I think you should cash out now

I think you are probably correct

 

[Shyster]

The recent surge in form has placed us firmly in contention for a play-off spot, 'though bookies view us as a dark horse rather than a frontrunner. We have one of the softest runs of fixtures in the league coming up which gives us a prime opportunity to break into the play-off places before Christmas.

That's where I expect us to be.

 

[morty]

I don't think it unreasonable that the added confidence, due to the run of good results, means we may be able to deal with the bigger teams a bit better.

 

[AmericanCanary]

Yes our 4 wins on the bounce have not been against those towards the top of table but that doesn't take away from how crisper we look attacking wise and just how our all around play has gotten better. Personally, I do feel confident we can make it 5 in a row against Cardiff and perhaps even then 6 in a row against QPR, and keep climbing the table. Will we have a bad dip in form again at some point? Of course, not like we are going to win 31 games in a row haha. Just have to take that dip when it comes.

However, I love the look of us right now and have faith we can have a very good season as long as everyone continues to buy in to what we are doing on the pitch.