Half-term report - happy or not?

[Bozza]

So, our first season back in the notoriously competitive Championship and with 23 games gone and 23 to go we are 4 (four) points off the play-offs.

Are you happy with that or not?

 

[7:18]

nothing but happy here

 

[Muzzy]

Happy but a bit concerned.... I'm sure we'll be ok and the management team will ensure future success!

Doesn't stop me from hating to lose though!

Another option you could have polled would have been "satisfied" I would have ticked that box if it was an option.

 

[Steve Foster]

Happy with our points total & league position.........

however, we are a team on the slide, creating little, scoring fewer, badly disciplined & poorly playing.

Our league position is still I regret over inflated & I think after failing to win at Coventry & Southampton at home, we will drift to where we should be in the league.

 

[Ninja Elephant]

Nothing to be worried about.

 

[Zebedee]

Happy with where we are in the table but not with the way we are playing and Gus' tactics and temperament. And we are looking increasingly one-dimensional and easy to read, which is particularly worrying. Losses against Coventry and Saints will probably see Gus' position called into question in some quarters - and in my view, rightly so.

 

[perseus]

I wanted 35 points and seventh position at half-time. So three points and 11 goals goal difference and not enough goals scored. But only disappointed rather than unhappy.

 

[Driver8]

I am happy but I think it could be an opportunity missed this year. There are no stand out teams in this division and I think with the right investment the team could have grabbed a play off spot at least. As things are going the play offs appear to be beyond us this season but I don't think we need worry about relegation as there are some very poor teams at the bottom.

I think we will finish about where we are now and look to build for next season for a proper go at promotion. The problem will be that the likes of Leicester, Forest etc and whoever comes down will have the same idea!

 

[Rugrat]

Table is kind of irrelevant right now unless we're murdering it or have been cut adrift. But I'd take this position at end of season for. Very worried by our inability to create pretty well anything from MF and hope we see a couple of decent buys in next week or so. I'm convinced if we can get that central MF role sorted then we could go on a decent run, get a bit of buzz back and start producing some consistent form

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Happy in that we are almost certainly going to consolidate our place in this division and build on it.

Also happy for the remainder of this season to bite tongue on how woefully laboured our forward play is.

 

[JBizzleBeard]

Happy.

 

[fire&skill]

Really happy. Was on the verge of going - changed me mind!

That - and if somebody had said you'll be top half of the Championship even this time last year, I'd've been 'appy.

 

[Acker79]

M'eh. I'm not unhappy. But I see too many things that either need to be dealt with (which is to be expected with the step up), or shouldn't need to be dealt with but do, (which is frustrating) to feel happy about where we are, based on this season.

 

[catfish]

Happy in the knowledge we could be much better when we've a fully fit squad to choose from.

 

[bhawoddy]

how can anyone not be happy? 11th - we'd have taken that before the off. We know what the championships like now. We can adjust, buy new players that are better suited to us and our game and move forward. Simples

 

[JBizzleBeard]

Happy in the knowledge we could be much better when we've a fully fit squad to choose from.

Yea I would go along with all of that

 

[Tooting Gull]

Reasonably.

I knew the Championship would be very tough this year, we weren't going to cruise the play-offs (people still keep talking about them, which I find really annoying).

We had to get a good start and get points on the board, which we did. It's only about getting 50 points this season, then seeing when that is and where we are.

Obviously like many others I'm not happy that so many 'key' signings have yet to make any kind of sustained impact.

If I'm honest, if there's something I'm not pleased with - and I really didn't expect to be saying this - it is Gus's handling of certain pressure situations, and club discipline. If he fails to act in certain key areas in January, I would add to that list failing to deal with weak links. But he's learning (as long as he does).

Overall, from an objective standpoint given the expenditure and new set-up, satisfied.

On a personal level I have loved every minute of every game, apart from Palace, that I have got to at the Amex or away. It's a great league to be in.

 

[king Wombat]

Ecstatic. For the first time in along time we're secure in a very competitive championship. Few things to sort out but we have a great manager, and committed chairman with a master plan to get us into the premiership in the next few years. Sounds fookin great to me.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

11th - we'd have taken that before the off.

I f***ing HATE that most gormless of cliches. My fault, I'm sure

 

[The Grockle]

Really happy with how things have gone on and off the pitch, our early season form raised my expectations a bit too much but we're only a few points off the playoffs and if we can improve ever so slightly in the second half of the seasons the playoffs could still be within our reach!