ender4 Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 (edited) Please vote and feel free to comment on why you picked that position. It is voting before any major transfer activity, we can have another poll after the transfer window shuts. Edited August 4, 2020 by ender4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villarocker Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 16th-17th as I am not expecting too much given the short turnaround. As long as we stay up and are in a position to kick on from at the end of next season I'll be happy. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Condimentalist Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 12/13th for me. But it's a bit of a blind guess as so much depends on the next couple of months of transfers. I would hope we would be able to avoid being seriously caught up in the relegation battle - but I'd be surprised if we threatened top half unless we have a very exciting window. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raymond Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 I voted top 6 because why not? Now is the time to dream about Origi and Eze before we are forced to settle for Charlie Austin and James McCarthy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 (edited) Gonna go 12th. The clump of teams including the likes of Palace and Brighton we really need to be getting ahead of if we want to consolidate. Edited August 4, 2020 by Wainy316 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jbvilla909 Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 Mid table would be a step forward from this season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danceoftheshamen Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 A cautious 14th - 15th from me, Reasons are i truly believe the hardest season for a newly promoted team is the second one (although the first was tough enough of course!). I have always felt that the second season is tough because you lose any surprise element you may have had in the first season. Opposition teams have worked you out more basically. With us it's a bit weird though as we had so many new players settling in we may actually be a lot better now they have and of course we had most of our spine injured (Wesley, Heaton, McGinn) for half the season too which really hurt us i feel and meant the early settling in period was again unsettled by the injuries to key players. Then add Covid to the mix & VAR & it's no surprise we struggled. So i feel this, along with a few new signings of hopefully better quality, will make us a little stronger. On the downside there are some very tough games added to the mix with Leeds, West Brom & whoever wins the Playoffs tonight being surely tougher than Norwich, Watford & Bournemouth even if the latter we did so poorly against last term. Then of course the likes of Man U, Arsenal & Man City you would expect to be stronger than last season too. So i guess to summise i feel we will improve in a tougher division than last season was which will see us creep up a few places as we continue to develop this team. It's the season after we can start to make upwards strides i feel if all goes well in 20/21. This will be helped by the ridiculous fixture congestion the teams in European competition will have endured too which in my view will deffo result in a string of tired performances & injuries to the over worked World class type player. 2021/22 could be a big year for us but i'd be happy with steady progression next season. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest av1 Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 This thread could be fun in a few weeks time. Should we spend another £100m or so I can think of half a dozen posters that will have the following primed and ready to go 'After spending £250m in 2yrs anything less than top 4 is failure, no excuses. Smith will have to go and he can take the pissing board with him' For me, a solid 13/14th without really flirting with relegation would be good progress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaVilla Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 a bit soon, we need to know who we sign/sell, before we can reasonably make assumptions about a final position next season. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvfcRigo82 Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 It's hard to say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 With a good ST, RW, CM and RB we can finish 12th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvonVillain Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 Struggle to understand some of the pessimism. Even with the exact same squad, I think *next* season we would finish around 10th/11th. Imagine not having our spine ripped apart last season. A full season with John McGinn regaining his super, Heaton in goal, Wesley continuing his improvement plus having fully settled in a new culture. If Jack stays, plus these new signings, it's top 8 for me. We'll be chasing a European place, no doubt in my mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vancvillan Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 3 minutes ago, AvonVillain said: Struggle to understand some of the pessimism. Even with the exact same squad, I think *next* season we would finish around 10th/11th. Imagine not having our spine ripped apart last season. A full season with John McGinn regaining his super, Heaton in goal, Wesley continuing his improvement plus having fully settled in a new culture. If Jack stays, plus these new signings, it's top 8 for me. We'll be chasing a European place, no doubt in my mind. Sure, if we have no injuries we'll likely do better, but what are the chances of that? Heaton is made of paper, Jack is fouled hundreds of times a game and SJM + Mings dive head first into every challenge. It's also a more compact season, so more fatigue and likely more injuries. I think people underestimate how much more of a squad we need next season. We have very little to offer from the bench, so having the likes of Trez, AEG and Connor as subs is key. I don't think we have anything like that amount of quality in every position. The days of MON playing 14 players in a season are going to look pretty distant (if they don't already). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 15 minutes ago, AvonVillain said: Struggle to understand some of the pessimism. Even with the exact same squad, I think *next* season we would finish around 10th/11th. Imagine not having our spine ripped apart last season. A full season with John McGinn regaining his super, Heaton in goal, Wesley continuing his improvement plus having fully settled in a new culture. If Jack stays, plus these new signings, it's top 8 for me. We'll be chasing a European place, no doubt in my mind. Will you be disappointed if we dont get top 8? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvonVillain Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 I think you might be conflating 'news' with 'just another opinion'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbcuk Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 Gone with 12, thought last season we would finish mid table, but now most of these have had a season in the league and if we improve the squad can’t see why can’t finish 12 or even higher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zhan_Zhuang Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 I don't think we really know until our transfer business is concluded. However if we can improve the first team with three to four players better than those who currently occupy places then midtable (10-12th) should be the lowest. Maybe I'm ever the optimist? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 Well some expectations were ridiculous last year so I expect similar from some. For me finishing a few places higher, not worrying about relegation would be continued progression. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junxs Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 Bit early for this, we don't know who we are signing and if Grealish is staying.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarethRDR Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 (edited) Baby steps. Went for 16-17th, maybe with an optimistic eye on 15th. Success as far as I'm concerned would be going into the last 3-5 games mathematically safe from relegation (whilst as far as possible avoiding serious/long-term injuries). Would be over the moon if we're punching up to 10th. Obvious caveat that this is without knowing what the squad is going to actually look like come opening day. Edited August 4, 2020 by GarethRDR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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