Eddiespearritt
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Squad is looking healthier - glad we're not relying on the League One level experience to get us launched into the new season (eg: Painter, Dicker, Ankergren). But I do think there is a lot of over-excitement here - even a lot of good players don't always make a team - as Real Madrid found out a few years ago.
We were well off the pace when it really counted last year at the sharp and business end of the season - and we weren't good enough to hold a play-off place. Probably we need to consider that to crack a play-off place this year will be success.
All that said, why not get excited - it hasn't been this good for nearly 30 years. And with the Premier League money going through the roof again in a year's time there is no time like now (this season) to put some parachute payments on the books for coming seasons.
We were well off the pace when it really counted last year at the sharp and business end of the season - and we weren't good enough to hold a play-off place. Probably we need to consider that to crack a play-off place this year will be success.
All that said, why not get excited - it hasn't been this good for nearly 30 years. And with the Premier League money going through the roof again in a year's time there is no time like now (this season) to put some parachute payments on the books for coming seasons.