Expectations

[RonnieBird]

We must INTEND to win the championship as convincingly as Wolves did.

Providing that we think ahead, keep our present players and add just one or two QUALITY replacements for those who've already gone, and DO NOT try and play some new style to entertain people rather than win games, we can certainly do this.

Our strong defence at this level will be crucial and must be maintained at all costs - success starts with clean sheets.

If we waste this opportunity it will be no ones fault except our own, and people here shouldn't set the bar so low.

It wasn't very clever to have thrown away our premiership status by making stupid errors of judgement but we can't do anything about that now except learn from it and insist upon consistency and clinical efficiency .

If we want to progress we must forget the long tradition of romantic hopes , dreams and fantasies ,( much as I enjoyed them and took part in it as much as anyone else), and tune into Reality FM!

No more buggering about waiting for January signings, taking a chance that players with a history of failure might suddenly morph into Pele, or tolerating defensive errors from professional footballers who are being paid a lot of money to follow basic methods.

My expectation therefore is that we can and must win this league outright and anything less is unacceptable.

[Pedro de la Rosa]

My expectation therefore is that we can and must win this league outright and anything less is unacceptable.

Too right, if we finish 2nd I will personally demand the club refuse promotion.

[Hilts]

Too right, if we finish 2nd I will personally demand the club refuse promotion.

😂😂

[RonnieBird]

Too right, if we finish 2nd I will personally demand the club refuse promotion.

Ah, but you see ,if you aim for second and something goes wrong, you may finish third or worse.
Second is a failsafe and nothing more.
What happens in the future is something which we can neither predict or control, but we must start with an intention in mind or we've lost before a ball has even been kicked.

[Pedro de la Rosa]

Ah, but you see ,if you aim for second and something goes wrong, you may finish third or worse.
Second is a failsafe and nothing more.
What happens in the future is something which we can neither predict or control, but we must start with an intention in mind or we've lost before a ball has even been kicked.

That's not what you said though.

[lardy]

That's not what you said though.

Wales Bales would never admit he's wrong, so this is the perfect opportunity for Ronnie to hold his hands up and clear his name at the same time.

[J R Hartley]

Wales Bales would never admit he's wrong, so this is the perfect opportunity for Ronnie to hold his hands up and clear his name at the same time.

Neither would Roathy!

[RonnieBird]

That's not what you said though.

Yes it is.
In short I suggested that we must have an intent rather than some vague and general hope of scraping in.
Well you quite rightly implied that it might not quite turn out like that and I agreed with you that an intent isn't the same as a guarantee, but my point remains that we must be grimly determined to come first.

[Pedro de la Rosa]

Yes it is.
In short I suggested that we must have an intent rather than some vague and general hope of scraping in.
Well you quite rightly implied that it might not quite turn out like that and I agreed with you that an intent isn't the same as a guarantee, but my point remains that we must be grimly determined to come first.

My expectation therefore is that we can and must win this league outright and anything less is unacceptable.

That reads as saying finishing in 2nd place is unacceptable, which is why I got a few cheap laughs.