deyres42 Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 Stay in the league, as always. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobOAFC Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 I also reckon, a bit like Lee Johnson, Sheridan is now pragmatic enough to not play the attractive football he loves at all costs if there's a way of getting better results with the players at his disposal.... We'll lose some, we'll draw some, we'll win more than recent seasons.... This. Going into games before, I've never been confident that we could grind out a 1-0 victory. Every game we go into now I'm confident we can grind the result out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deyres42 Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 This. Going into games before, I've never been confident that we could grind out a 1-0 victory. Every game we go into now I'm confident we can grind the result out. I couldn't watch a full season of grinding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryBosch Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 I couldn't watch a full season of grinding. Not even successful grinding? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lookersstandandy Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 Not even successful grinding? .....we could source our players from grinder for all I care..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlossopLatic Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 I'm sure a season of grinding would involve a few flashes of flamboyant 3-4 goal wins. It did under Dowie which was largely all about grinding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kusunga_Is_God Posted April 26, 2016 Author Share Posted April 26, 2016 Our form since Shez has arrived has been top 6 fodder- this is with a team which is not really his and has been dog:censored: most of the season apart from the odd master loan signing. Hopefully he brings in a decent squad who can get us up there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stagger Lee Posted April 27, 2016 Share Posted April 27, 2016 New pitch, the cost I have seen quoted beggars belief, curse the new north stand blocking what little sun we have. It's the main stand that keeps the sun off the pitch, the North Stand will make little if any difference. Ah yes ice station zebra is in the northern hemisphere, my bad It would keep the sun off the pitch in the Southern hemisphere move along nothing to see here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeykieran Posted April 27, 2016 Share Posted April 27, 2016 5th Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddog Posted April 27, 2016 Share Posted April 27, 2016 "Ah yes ice station zebra is in the northern hemisphere, my bad It would keep the sun off the pitch in the Southern hemisphere move along nothing to see here " Really can't tell if you're taking the piss or not here! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thetramfixer Posted April 27, 2016 Share Posted April 27, 2016 Assuming that he stays with us, I'd like to see a season where ISZ becomes a bit of a fortress. I have always accepted a rogue result against us at home once a season, but not teams breaking their unbeaten runs like this season. I think with some decent players and a spread of youth and experience (Gerrard & Edmunson for example) I think a team spirit can be forged in no time. With new arrivals, notably Bolton, we could have some decent games and with the facilities in the ground up n running make it a better place for newer fans and some of the 'lost' that may show an interest if Shez got the team winning as a habit as opposed to a novelty. It's always nice for academy players coming into the squad and I'd like to think that causes envy further down the chain that wants others to emulate them. All that said, at this moment in time I'd simply like Shez to stay with us, finish the season on a flourish and not to have to many concerns with regards to finances in the close season/transfer window. .. is that asking too much? ha ha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue_Guru Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 We're going to do a Leicester. They looked doomed, escaped, and now they're going to win the league a year later. If they can do it against City/Chelsea/Arsenal, why can't we do it against Coventry and Walsall? In all seriousness if shez stays and we remain unbeaten in our last two games I don't see why we can't carry on the momentum and be up there... The clever punters that backed Leicester at the start of this year did it based on their finish to the season before... We just need to find a lower league Mahrez and Vardy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaticsChris Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 In all seriousness if shez stays and we remain unbeaten in our last two games I don't see why we can't carry on the momentum and be up there... The clever punters that backed Leicester at the start of this year did it based on their finish to the season before... We just need to find a lower league Mahrez and Vardy I think the lower league Vardy will be lining up in France this summer! You're right though, momentum could be key. Part of that though is not titting bout with the squad too much. Finishing the season well is great, but if we have a team including 5 or 6 new players on the opening day then it's a completely fresh start. To continue your Leicester analogy the only change to their regular starting line up has been Kante. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oafc-latics Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 (edited) In all seriousness if shez stays and we remain unbeaten in our last two games I don't see why we can't carry on the momentum and be up there... The clever punters that backed Leicester at the start of this year did it based on their finish to the season before... We just need to find a lower league Mahrez and Vardy Croft and Cassidy? Poleon and Turner? Edit - That reminds me, you mentioned the clever punters at the start of the year - well I just found my betslip that had Rhys Turner to be top L1 goal scorer this season at 50/1 after he had a good pre-season! Edited April 28, 2016 by oafc-latics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
De_La_Vega Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 It being Latics, probably a flirt with both promotion and relegation before we settle in 15th. That said, the quality of the division is consistently quite low. Walsall and Bradford don't look great shakes for instance, and they're going well. If we can add goals to the defensive solidity we have had of late then we could get up in the play-offs. "adding goals" is clearly not an easy task however and every manager will be thinking the same thing in that regard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest nonaenever Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 Steady progress - consolidation - call it what you want. Don't want to place any undue pressure on the management team - so a top 10 finish would be fantastic IMO. Then have a right go the season after. All this is assuming Shez stays - if he goes - the doom and gloom will descend very rapidly. He simply has to stay and Simon Corney has to reward him and Shirtliff with improved contract terms to make sure they stay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryBosch Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 Don't want to place any undue pressure on the management team Not a pop at you personally but why do so many people regularly post similar to this as if the club, players or managers give a flying :censored: how well, or otherwise, we expect them to do? As if it would make one iota of difference to to how they ultimately perform..... Get over yourselves ffs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hands on Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 I expect 16th without spending any time in the bottom four but with the end of the 'emergency' loan windows it is crucial that we keep our manager as recruiting a band of players who will stay fit and fight for each other and the club on our low budget is the challenge for 2016/17. I suspect budgets to reign supreme and correlation between league position and budget to be closer so another 20 years in league 1 if we don't get relegated! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChaddySmoker Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 I expect 16th without spending any time in the bottom four but with the end of the 'emergency' loan windows it is crucial that we keep our manager as recruiting a band of players who will stay fit and fight for each other and the club on our low budget is the challenge for 2016/17. I suspect budgets to reign supreme and correlation between league position and budget to be closer so another 20 years in league 1 if we don't get relegated! Surely with a better manager than most other clubs then the changes in the loan rules shouldnt hurt us as badly as it will hurt others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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