General Zod Posted July 9, 2018 Report Share Posted July 9, 2018 Before a ball has been kicked I’ve been thinking what my expectations for successful 2018/19 season would be. Last year I watched the team implode for most of 2018 but a widely held opinion was that as the final league position had improved from 2016/17 it was a good season. Year on year league position improvement, not the second half collapse, history repeating itself and failure to do anything about it was how we should be measuring success. Just wondering, at this stage, has the goal post changed for this season or is a higher league finish to last the measure of success we are using? Personally I found this a strange measure given how the season played out and success for me this season would be entertaining the crowd at home, finally sorting out the away form, playing a style of football that can be maintained consistently for an entire season and like last year, being in the mix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
And Its Smith Posted July 9, 2018 Report Share Posted July 9, 2018 My hopes are for entertaining football and an improved league position again. Anything else is a bonus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eastside Moonwalker Posted July 9, 2018 Report Share Posted July 9, 2018 Ideally playoffs but I think this season is going to be a lot harder, not going to get a chance like last season unless teams **** up all over the shop. Forest for 1st place for me, followed by either Stoke, WBA or Swansea and then Boro and Derby. I feel were in that bracket just after this, alongside teams like Brentford, Norwich, Shef Wednesday etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phileas Fogg Posted July 9, 2018 Report Share Posted July 9, 2018 Just now, Eastside Moonwalker said: Ideally playoffs but I think this season is going to be a lot harder, not going to get a chance like last season unless teams **** up all over the shop. Forest for 1st place for me, followed by either Stoke, WBA or Swansea and then Boro and Derby. I feel were in that bracket just after this, alongside teams like Brentford, Norwich, Shef Wednesday etc People say this every single year.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Notgetinya Posted July 9, 2018 Report Share Posted July 9, 2018 Entertaining football and similar halves of the season would satisfy me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCFCGav Posted July 9, 2018 Report Share Posted July 9, 2018 10th or better, successful bedding in of the new lads, and our same attacking and exciting play style would work for me. Looking at our signings, lots of pacey forwards, I’m quite confident of the latter coming true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
numbeast Posted July 9, 2018 Report Share Posted July 9, 2018 For me progression would be learning from our mistakes, playing good football and integrating the new signings successfully. If we fail to match or improve on our league position isn't a large factor as long as we don't drop to much lower. We need to remember we have lost some important players so this season has to be viewed as a rebuilding season. I think we are still 3 or 4 players short of a very good squad. Progression would also mean having a depth of squad able to cope with the injuries we had last season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phileas Fogg Posted July 9, 2018 Report Share Posted July 9, 2018 Just now, Eastside Moonwalker said: Ideally playoffs but I think this season is going to be a lot harder, not going to get a chance like last season unless teams **** up all over the shop. Forest for 1st place for me, followed by either Stoke, WBA or Swansea and then Boro and Derby. I feel were in that bracket just after this, alongside teams like Brentford, Norwich, Shef Wednesday etc People say this every single year.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1bristolcity Posted July 9, 2018 Report Share Posted July 9, 2018 Looks like out team this season mirrors how the England squad is, you know, no big ego's, just big hearts (hopefully) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lrrr Posted July 9, 2018 Report Share Posted July 9, 2018 I'd say similar league position to last season, potentially minus a couple of places given the amount of new faces we have. However that would only be acceptable if we're playing consistent style of play similar to first half of last season and no long unbeaten runs. If we finish mid table again it could see us in a stable position for having a better go the season after. Thats the minimum, the hopeful expectation is to finish top 10 plus the style of play/no long losing streak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RumRed Posted July 9, 2018 Report Share Posted July 9, 2018 Consistency is almost more important than league position for me. The bad runs for whatever reason suggest that something went wrong. Planning, injuries or fallouts, whatever. A solid upper mid table even season would do me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brad blit Posted July 9, 2018 Report Share Posted July 9, 2018 I think in the past few seasons players from other clubs may still have viewed us a 'smaller club' in the division, but successive Top half finishes, a recognised entertaining and attacking formation combined with last years strong start and cup run may have helped our reputation amongst the Division, and players may now look at us as genuine contenders for Play Offs - which may explain signing more players from similar teams at this level. I still believe there may still be some more In's and Out's, potentially taking advantage of other teams financial issues and at this point im confident of another Top Half finish but like others have said we need to figure out a way to stop the second half slump which has derailed our last 2 seasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bs4Red Posted July 9, 2018 Report Share Posted July 9, 2018 For me as long as we are learning and consolidating our championship status I’m happy. There are so many positives with us at the moment it’s sad the 2nd half of last season over shadowed them. Very excited for it all to start now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvio Dante Posted July 9, 2018 Report Share Posted July 9, 2018 I think one thing we are now is what a lot of people have aimed for us to be - an established championship club. Championship Stadium - tick Majority of Squad with c100 championship games (or equivalent standard) - tick Category 2 Academy - tick Fees paid in line with championship market - tick Taking players from other championship clubs - tick As an established club with most of the metrics pointing the right way (YOY position improvement, positive media, ability to spend), mid-table seems to be the minimum requirement. However, I don’t see anything to scare us in this league, and that’s probably the first time since we’ve been back up. On that basis, I think a play off tilt as a minimum has to be seen as the barometer for success this year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvio Dante Posted July 9, 2018 Report Share Posted July 9, 2018 29 minutes ago, Phileas Fogg said: People say this every single year.. 38 minutes ago, Phileas Fogg said: People say this every single year.. People say this every ten minutes... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Isewater Posted July 9, 2018 Report Share Posted July 9, 2018 9 minutes ago, Silvio Dante said: People say this every ten minutes... This . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveInSA Posted July 9, 2018 Report Share Posted July 9, 2018 If historical performance is a gauge of future performance then I foresee: A bad run of relegation form (happened the last 2 seasons) A good run of promotion form (happened the last 2 seasons) Nothing indifferent (not happened the last 2 season) We'll finish mid-table after the above happens, in no particular order. I do agree that we have nothing to fear in this division. Small margins and all that, anyone can beat anyone in the Championship (well, bar the poorest of the poor - whom we failed to beat in our dire run!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BS4 on Tour... Posted July 9, 2018 Report Share Posted July 9, 2018 38 minutes ago, brad blit said: I think in the past few seasons players from other clubs may still have viewed us a 'smaller club' in the division, but successive Top half finishes......may have helped our reputation amongst the Division, and players may now look at us as genuine contenders for Play Offs.... We haven’t had successive top half finishes yet.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brad blit Posted July 9, 2018 Report Share Posted July 9, 2018 11 minutes ago, BS4 on Tour... said: We haven’t had successive top half finishes yet.... I was probably dreaming...... it did involve England at a World Cup Semi so must have been Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yozzarian Posted July 9, 2018 Report Share Posted July 9, 2018 England World Champions and City Top 10 will do just fine for a season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bengalcub Posted July 9, 2018 Report Share Posted July 9, 2018 Gonna be tough this season , without the big man and bobbys pressing , need to find a new formula and fast , im thinking top half would be a good season . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garland-sweden Posted July 9, 2018 Report Share Posted July 9, 2018 My feeling is that the team is stronger and more balanced than last season. Hope for top six offcause but its hard to predict. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCFC_Dan Posted July 9, 2018 Report Share Posted July 9, 2018 There's been a fair bit of squad churn over the summer, particularly with two key players leaving, so that's going to make things trickier. If we'd purely been adding players then I'd expect a top 6 finish but the departures make that a bigger ask. Generally I think the Lee Johnson era has delivered good progress, even if there are bits that could have been better. A good season would continue that with a mid-table finish and some form of cup run, decent attacking football and players from the u23s breaking into the first team. Some suggestion that the mental fragility problems are being addressed would be welcome. Even if we don't finish as high as last season it would be good to avoid any long runs of poor results just to show that that problem has been addressed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pillred Posted July 9, 2018 Report Share Posted July 9, 2018 2 hours ago, NorwichbasedWurzel said: Entertaining football and similar halves of the season would satisfy me first half of last season, as long as it's not the second. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bar BS3 Posted July 9, 2018 Report Share Posted July 9, 2018 I think any sort of top half finish, with a more consistent form book would demonstrate improvement. I’d accept finishing a little bit lower, if we can eradicate a prolonged period of bad results. I think mentally, WWDDLLWWDDLL will be viewed more preferably than WWWWWWWLLLLLLLLL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBFC II Posted July 9, 2018 Report Share Posted July 9, 2018 1 hour ago, bengalcub said: Gonna be tough this season , without the big man and bobbys pressing , need to find a new formula and fast , im thinking top half would be a good season . I actually think losing those two could help us. Yes they were both important players but there was a stage where they could do no wrong. Getting in new players (with Webster definitely being a big improvement on flint, Weimann I’m not sure), could push us onwards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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