Window Cleaner Posted 24 December, 2010 Share Posted 24 December, 2010 Interesting piece on this in the Echo.Only 1 other side in the last 15 years has obtained automatic promotion after being outside the play-off places at Xmas.Looked it up. In 2008/9 Peterborough had 37 points from 21 games and finished with 89 at the end.At that time the second placed side already had 43 points (MK Dons) and finished on 87 for 3rd place.So if we now mirrored Posh's second part of the season we'd finish on 84 points. Good enough for automatic?? who could say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aintforever Posted 24 December, 2010 Share Posted 24 December, 2010 Target has to be champions but there shouldn't be any toys thrown out the pram if promotion isn't achieved this year. Adkins obviously has the ability to get teams promoted, it would be wise to give him time to build a team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
70's Mike Posted 24 December, 2010 Share Posted 24 December, 2010 As a long serving Saints supporter i stop having expectations regarding the club in about 1990. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Window Cleaner Posted 24 December, 2010 Share Posted 24 December, 2010 As a long serving Saints supporter i stop having expectations regarding the club in about 1990. or even when we sacked Chris Nicholl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivan Katalinic's 'tache Posted 24 December, 2010 Share Posted 24 December, 2010 Target has to be champions but there shouldn't be any toys thrown out the pram if promotion isn't achieved this year. Adkins obviously has the ability to get teams promoted, it would be wise to give him time to build a team. This. NA hasn't had a transfer window to improve the team so let's who, if anyone he wants to bring in, and if he's given the backing to do so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
70's Mike Posted 24 December, 2010 Share Posted 24 December, 2010 or even when we sacked Chris Nicholl. Was it Guy the snake who sacked him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpturner Posted 24 December, 2010 Share Posted 24 December, 2010 I am expecting to be disappointed.....as usual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Window Cleaner Posted 24 December, 2010 Share Posted 24 December, 2010 Was it Guy the snake who sacked him? yep, sacked Nicholl and appointed Branfoot for no ostensible reason,up till then we'd had 3 managers in 30 odd years and then the revolving door started. Probably something to do with the changing face of football though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dalek2003 Posted 24 December, 2010 Share Posted 24 December, 2010 yep, sacked Nicholl and appointed Branfoot for no ostensible reason,up till then we'd had 3 managers in 30 odd years and then the revolving door started. Probably something to do with the changing face of football though. Chris Nicholl was a good manager. Branfoot represented a change in the clubs fortunes as the rearguard action to stay in the top league started. We were successful until WGS left and then the fatal error in 2004 of our failure to appoint Hoddle led to our demise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revolution saint Posted 24 December, 2010 Share Posted 24 December, 2010 Target has to be champions but there shouldn't be any toys thrown out the pram if promotion isn't achieved this year. Adkins obviously has the ability to get teams promoted, it would be wise to give him time to build a team. Spot on, I don't really want promotion. I quite like being in div 3 and talking about what we'll do in the prem rather than actually being in it. I hope Adkins is given the chance to build countless teams to get us out of this division whilst we can concentrate on what our training facilities, youth team and ground capacity will be like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Man Do Posted 24 December, 2010 Share Posted 24 December, 2010 My expectation is now to finish somewhere between 5th and 8th. I think we might just end up sneaking into the playoffs but I'm not sure we'd win them! Hopefully Sunday/Tuesday will kick start our season and from then RL will score 30 goals and this post will be sent to the "talking rubbish" bin! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint in Paradise Posted 24 December, 2010 Share Posted 24 December, 2010 Chris Nicholl was a good manager. Branfoot represented a change in the clubs fortunes as the rearguard action to stay in the top league started. We were successful until WGS left and then the fatal error in 2004 of our failure to appoint Hoddle led to our demise. Please will you tell me who on earth this "Hoddle" person is. You keep on and on about him but I cannot recall any successful manager with that name. I have even tried something called "Google" with no real result apart from some bloke who used to be an average player quite some time ago, is this who you talk about?. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dickyhale Posted 25 December, 2010 Share Posted 25 December, 2010 I think there is going to be a lot of disappointed postees out there come May. I hope I am wrong. I dont think you will be wrong as we have drop to many points all ready. I hope lm wrong too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickG Posted 26 December, 2010 Share Posted 26 December, 2010 Adkins' side looks comfortable for top 4 hope for top 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deppo Posted 26 December, 2010 Share Posted 26 December, 2010 I now expect this season to be snowed off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubai_phil Posted 26 December, 2010 Share Posted 26 December, 2010 I expect we will play another football match sometime this season. It seems so long ago now....... Being a Saints fan I'm starting to think I had, as usual set my expectations far too high Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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