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Re: Josh Magennis signs

By Chuds28/6 15:25Sun Jun 28 15:25:09 2026In response to Re: Josh Magennis signs

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Because, despite you saying people say it every year regardless of the situation, the league is without question going to be much tougher with a lot of much bigger sides with much more money than us aiming for promotion, and actually doing something with it.

And whilst this was the case last season, a bunch of whom we finished above, those who have come up and come down are going to be far stronger than those who went the other way. Plus big sides who fell short last season (Luton, Plymouth, Huddersfield for instance) I think will be much better.

I feel we have trod water/regressed, and much of the league around us has improved. Last season everything fell into place, combined with our phenomenal organisation, defensive work and team unity, but this season reality will hit (the organisation, defensive work and unity ought to remain, but it won't take much to drop a lot as our success was built on such tight margins), and those who moaned and bitched throughout last season, are going to be apoplectic, because they think playoffs is now our par.

I won't blame Wallace, Leon or Revs, they work wonders bringing in who they do with our resources, but the reality is we will always be in the bottom two or three clubs in terms of size in this division, and I believe this season we have held on to too many players who should have gone, and our signings are nowhere near good enough to either make up for those who have left, or to keep pace with the rest of the league strengthening, in a huge part owing to resources meaning we cannot compete.

There is still time to make good signings of course and it could (and will) change, but we fly off to Spain soon, the season now isn't far away, and our squad doesn't inspire me it will score any goals to keep us anywhere close to the top end, unless we do some SERIOUS work.

Hope I am very very wrong, and as I say there is still a bit of time, but you have seen as well as me over many years on here (plus winning a prize in the prediction competition every year I entered it) that my reading of our league and how we will do in it is very rarely far wrong.

Edit: And I will also add that even had we kept Goode and White, I would still be saying we will drop down tje table. Losing them just adds to that concern even more.

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