Quote: vastman "TBH I don’t think Powell will feel under great pressure. He needs to assemble a team that can finish top 4 imo and then garnish it to maybe make the final. We will want to win it, but we don’t have too, we’d probably still get back in.
This will be due mainly to us having more IMG points than anyone else. It’s far easier to gain IMG points off the field than it is to go all out on it. There is no chance involved.
You can see the clubs confidence in the signings they are making. Two kinds of players. Proven professionals who will keep us competitive in the Championship. Then a number of what are basically trialists, players he hopes to have honed to a reasonable level by 2025. He’s preparing the ground, and to do that you must be pretty confident.
It’s the same mentality with the cheap ST, building for the future when he can charge SL prices.
That’s how I see it anyway.'"
Already dropping standards, I'm with ME and DP, anything but topping the league and winning the final shouldn't be on anyone's mind. I don't exactly blame fans though after years of accepting low standards, it's hard to get into a champion mindset. 1st for me, nothing else will do.