Yes, I remember that discussion. I don't think I was talking as if we had more chance this season but anyway, that's not quite the same as what I'm talking about now. I'm not talking about whether we can win the league this year, that was always going to be difficult but that's not even the issue right now, the issue is can we stay in the top 4 (Answer: probably, but only because most of the other rivals for the top 4 are pretty hopeless too)
But whether we do or not, the point is this year we seem to have taken a major step backwards. We've had 4 or 5 years of being fairly static in terms of our performance. I think a final points total is a pretty good measure and year on year we've actually improved, marginally. And last year we won the FA Cup, finally getting that monkey off our back. We seemed to be making good signings in the summer and yet...we're hopeless. I don't believe anyone who says they foresaw us being
this bad this year. The mood in the season prediction thread was pretty upbeat.
http://www.goonersweb.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=3016
And I notice that none of the people now saying "see? told you so!" posted in that thread.
Originally Posted by Letters
What’s the point of starting that discussion before the window has closed? Depending on who we sign or sell, opinions will change. With our wafer thin backline, it wasn’t hard to see that we’d be in trouble with a couple of injuries. Also, nobody likes a killjoy and I can’t imagine any negative opinions being taken too seriously when everyone else is so optimistic. What’s the point in sparking a debate of how we’ll do before a ball has been kicked? You’ll just accuse the poster of being overly negative as usual.And I notice that none of the people now saying "see? told you so!" posted in that thread.
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