Next season-realistic

Like anyone else, I think we need to use the enthusiasm and positivity to really kick on and hopefully challenge promotion/play offs.

I think we also need to remember (and this isn't being pessimistic) that we only finished 6th last season in the division below. We've made some decent signings to date but there are some decent teams making some eye-catching signings too. In my mind, as long as we're not flirting with relegation, anything else is a bonus.

Probably abit too cautious but after the roller coaster of the last 3/4 years, I’d be happy with a upper ish mid table finish. I’m 100% confident our new owners and PH will take us up to League One in the next few years but I’d be more than happy with a  year of consolidation.

I think it might be easy to perhaps be a bit blasé about the level of competition in L2, and therefore I think there should be distinction between what we’re aspiring to, and what would be realistic and positive. It would be great to be in contention for the top 6, but personally. If we continue our progression, are competitive, and re-establish ourselves in there I’ll be happy. I suspect there’ll be some mixed results in achieving this, and I hope we don’t see a bout of negativity as we acclimatise next season.

Quoted from thefish

Sadly, in Bradford, Salford and Stockport (have I missed anyone?), we have some sides that’ll be able to throw a lot more money at it than us. As we know, cash doesn’t guarantee success… but it certainly gives you an advantage.

So, I’d be happy with top half, ecstatic with playoffs and I’ll run towards Scunthorpe with my ears cupped (think McAtee towards the Wrexham fans) if we gain automatic promotion.

Always the case, and has been ever since I can remember. We battled Fulham with Keegan and Al Fayed's millions in '97 and come on top. Good luck to Stockport, good club and deserve success. Bradford serial bottlers, Salford a plastic club. We have three automatic spots to target in this division, and another via the play offs of course but I'm eyeing that top spot. No reason not to. The poor buggers who have only watched us during the Fenty years could well be mistaken by thinking that is the norm at this club. It is not.

I've got a top half finish in my £18k acca

Quoted from jamesgtfc

I would be happy with a top half finish as it would be our highest finish since 2006. Hurst is fiercely competitive though so he will be telling the players that the goal is promotion. He left us in a good position last time with a central midfield pairing that got York relegated a few months earlier. Everyone Hurst wanted to keep other than Fox (and maybe Scannell) have extended their stay.

Good point about Hurst. He is a fierce competitor as you say and last time realised he could not progress with us under the previous regime.

This time he will be thinking the opposite and will be in it to win it (promotion, however it comes)

12th-15th

If Accrington and Morecambe can get promoted from this league, then so can we.

May not be next season and may take another transfer window or two, but we will be competing at the top end eventually.

We have the momentum and the backing.

I think a top half finish would have to be considered decent when we haven't achieved it in the league for so long. However I really want us to take advantage of this momentum and hold on to as many of the new season ticket holders as possible so to at least be in contention for the play offs by the last few weeks is what we should be aiming for - top 9 would mean that. An exciting season  at least that whets the appetite for more and maintains the momentum.

And if we do make the playoffs, which at top 7 shouldn't be out of the question, then anything can happen as we know!

First but settle for top three.