So how many years will we spend in Division 1 and possibly below?

18 years I reckon.

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Originally Posted by Pug

18 years I reckon.

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If Tan keeps running it as he has, then you’re probably not far off, sadly.

If he change dramatically, then 3 seasons I think.

Too many.

I’ll go for 2 seasons before Tan pulls all funding and we drop down to League 2 on minus 6 points overall.

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Originally Posted by ToTaL ITK

based on ?

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That’s how long it took last time!

Depends if we get shot of everyone above the manager who has gradually ruined the club we all love. Would be nice to have people in place who actually know their way to the stadium.

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Originally Posted by Pug

That’s how long it took last time!

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And it took one year on each of the two previous occasions it happened. The only way it’ll take us eighteen years to get back to this level is if Tan is still here in 2043 and still thinking he knows best when it comes to running a football club.

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Originally Posted by Pug

That’s how long it took last time!

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but now we have a millionaire owner :hehe:

One. Pre-season optimism starts now.

I'll go for three. One where we get learnt, one where we get organized and one where we get back up.

At least until Tan leaves. I have no confidence in him spending money on players or a decent manager.

The same issues will continue in League 1 unless we have a change of leadership at all levels.

One. Two at the most.

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Originally Posted by The Lone Gunman

One. Two at the most.

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What gives you such confidence that this football club can be turned from the disaster it is now, to a promotion contender?

Three. We'll get promoted with Warnock. :hehe:

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Originally Posted by bobh

At least until Tan leaves. I have no confidence in him spending money on players or a decent manager.

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Yep

If we continue to serve up dog shite on the pitch expect freefall. Look at Wrexham and how their owners engage with the fans and our owner who doesn't. We need a massive change 'cos we are so fubar!

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Originally Posted by Crisp White Lines

What gives you such confidence that this football club can be turned from the disaster it is now, to a promotion contender?

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We've got a squad that, with the right manager and a few decent signings (with a couple of on-field leaders), could do well in League One next season.

Yeah, I know - Tan, Dalman, Choo, another poor managerial appointment, blah blah blah - but I'm not going to wallow in the misery of an appointment that hasn't been made yet. Of course, if they make a mess of things yet again we'll struggle, but I don't believe it will take much to turn things around in League One.

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Originally Posted by The Lone Gunman

We've got a squad that, with the right manager and a few decent signings (with a couple of on-field leaders), could do well in League One next season.

Yeah, I know - Tan, Dalman, Choo, another poor managerial appointment, blah blah blah - but I'm not going to wallow in the misery of an appointment that hasn't been made yet. Of course, if they make a mess of things yet again we'll struggle, but I don't believe it will take much to turn things around in League One.

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I suggest that the opening sentence contains all of the significant points on which fortunes will depend.

League 1 promotion contenders tend to have many characteristics we are lacking.

I admire your optimism. I don’t share it given our track record over recent years, when the problems have been glaringly obvious but nothing has been done to resolve them.

Nobody can know how we’ll do next season, if as expected we fall through the trap door next week. Until we see the new permanent managerial appointment and new signings it’s impossible to know, though going on my experience of following City for many yrs, and my gut feeling, I’m not expecting much.

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Originally Posted by The Lone Gunman

We've got a squad that, with the right manager and a few decent signings (with a couple of on-field leaders), could do well in League One next season.

Yeah, I know - Tan, Dalman, Choo, another poor managerial appointment, blah blah blah - but I'm not going to wallow in the misery of an appointment that hasn't been made yet. Of course, if they make a mess of things yet again we'll struggle, but I don't believe it will take much to turn things around in League One.

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You've also been saying for a while city would stay up (even over the past few days?) and derby or plymouth wouldn't go on a run so let's hope you are right on how quickly we come back!

I think we could come straight back up as champions.

Portsmouth got 97 points last season, Derby 92, And Oxford went up through the playoffs with 77 points.

it is a completely different kettle of fish to the championship

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I think we could come straight back up as champions.

Portsmouth got 97 points last season, Derby 92, And Oxford went up through the playoffs with 77 points.

it is a completely different kettle of fish to the championship

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agree rjk won;t be passing the ball out of defence next season if we went down will be deffo more direct brand of football

to go back up straight away will be a big ask me thinks

think the turnover of playing staff will be off the richter scale too in the summer !!

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Originally Posted by Rjk

I think we could come straight back up as champions.

Portsmouth got 97 points last season, Derby 92, And Oxford went up through the playoffs with 77 points.

it is a completely different kettle of fish to the championship

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Only one of the 3 relegated sides from last season are even in the playoffs.

We're going to have to hit on some transfers, we desperately need some pace and someone that knows what they're doing at the back. We're also going to have a lot of poor players that don't want to be here.