Originally Posted by
The Lone Gunman
Nor me. I can't understand the mentality of the club, either.
As far as I'm concerned, City look to be the very definition of a mid-table side this season - comfortably too strong to go down and already with almost enough points on the board to stay up anyway; nowhere near enough quality to go up. They are the Championship's draw specialists for a reason.
At the start of the campaign, City were 3/1 to get promoted. You can currently get 33/1 and I believe that's about right.
What possible difference will it make if City finish anywhere between 7th and, let's say, 17th? Is there any extra prize money the higher you finish in the Championship? If there is, is that prize money significant?
If ever there looked to be a season where a decent FA Cup run was worth aiming for it was this one, especially as City had already been drawn at home to a mid-ranking Premier League side in the next round.