Have you changed your mind about this season?

[doddisalegend]

So you wake up at 7.00AM on the 7th August first day of new season. How did you rate our chances? champions, top two or play offs? I think it would be fair to say I was confident top two in the league, a nice run in the FA cup and winning the JPT second year in a row. No problem!

 

So now you wake up 7.00 AM tomorrow how are you rating our chances now? Right now I'm thinking play offs might be pushing it. I know there is still a long season ahead but right now we seem to be doing a good job of blowing the season.

 

Are the rest of you still feeling confident (assuming you were) or are like me having a re-think about what this season holds for saints.

[Saint_clark]

I still think we'll go up automatically.

[Dalek2003]

We have lurched from one crisis to another. I give up !

[ottery st mary]

I really thought we would retain the JPT but not so sure now....

 

A good manager would retain my enthusiasm for a promotion place....

 

But honestly looking like a puppet for Sir Less makes me think we could be in trouble....

 

hope not as NC will come to his senses and move Reedy over and get a real proper manager and we could be flying again...

[doddisalegend]

I really thought we would retain the JPT but not so sure now....

A good manager would retain my enthusiasm for a promotion place....

 

But honestly looking like a puppet for Sir Less makes me think we could be in trouble....

 

hope not as NC will come to his senses and move Reedy over and get a real proper manager and we could be flying again...

 

 

:lol:

[gonzo]

We'll, we're out of the JPT so that's buggered that one.

 

We still have a real chance of promotion as we're only a really short way into the season. But the manager situation needs to be resolved bloody quick.

[View From The Top]

We have lurched from one crisis to another. I give up !

 

If only we had appointed Hoddle all those years ago.

 

I don't know why no one ever mentions that.

[rocknrollman no2]

At the start of the season i thought top six would be a cert,with a bit of luck even top two.

Now i think we will be lower end of the table and more worrying im begining to lose any enthusiasm i still have for following Saints.

Why oh why cant Saints do things without a drama?

[Dr Who?]

I still think we have the players to gain promotion, but need a good mansager to lead us to the top two and get us playing like a team.

[dune]

We have a good squad and once a manager in place we'll have a fantastic chance to go up. I'm still very positive.

[Dalek2003]

If only we had appointed Hoddle all those years ago.

 

I don't know why no one ever mentions that.

 

Put it this way, we were a fairly stable Premier side AKA Everton. Now could you imagine them turning down someone like Capello for Eddie Howe from League 1 ?

[Miffy]

I am still v confident of automatic promotion. Need to get manager situation sorted quick and we won't have lost too much ground.

[Ian the Red]

Automatic promotion at the start, now automatic promotion. Delighted we are out of the paint pot and league cup so we can concentrate on winning the league

[Saints foreva]

Always had a feeling we would have another poor start. I didn't quite expect that poor start to involve:

 

Liebherr dies, Pardew sacked and a 2-0 home defeat to Rochdale.

[David Strover]

We're **** and well be in this league for years.

[CWD]

Appoint Adkins, and I'm confident of promotion still

[doddisalegend]

Appoint Adkins, and I'm confident of promotion still

 

yeah seeing who our next manager is (if it ever gets sorted) will make a difference to my thoughts no doubt. Just hope they don't decide to let Wilikins have it.

Edited 10 September, 2010 by doddisalegend

[aintforever]

It's still early so there is every chance of promotion but things have gone spectacularly badly so far so I can't say I'm optimistic.

[CWD]

Just hope they don't decide to let Wilikins have it.

 

Don't even joke

[SW5 SAINT]

If only we had appointed Hoddle all those years ago.

 

I don't know why no one ever mentions that.

 

He would have been gone years ago now

[Fitzhugh Fella]

mid-table will be a result

the farce that is ongoing has probably put paid to any chance of promotion

like to be proved wrong

just my opinion

[huggleman]

I still feel we got a chance of automatic promotion although I do think the title is pushing it! Someone is going to run away with the title again so 2nd place at best for me although realistically I'll say play-offs

[doddisalegend]

So do most people still think promotions on if we get a new manager within the next week?

[fromthedell]

soon as nigel adkins takes over he will galvanise the squad and we will **** this league

[West End Saint]

At the start of the season I was very confident prehaps over confident right now I just dont Know.

 

If we can sort the Manager quickly and I hope it is Adkins I think he can do well, we have the squad to get promoted how long it will take to get us playing and winning I don't know but it is very early days so it is far from over.

 

My worry is how much if any discontent there is in the squad and how quick we can put it right we also need at least two players in on loan so we need a Manager who can identify and get the right players in on loan.

 

The next 5 games are very important our record V Swindon is not good at the moment so I would be surprised if we can get a win there if we lose we really are playing catch up.

 

Come on Saints we can still do it but time is against us sort it out FFS !

[Ken Tone]

Well put it this way I am today booking a holiday that will clash with the likely date of the play-off final.

 

This could be because I am still confident of a top 2 finish, or it could be because I don't think we'll even make the play-offs. I'm not sure I know myself!

 

K.

[austsaint]

At the start of the season i thought top six would be a cert,with a bit of luck even top two.

Now i think we will be lower end of the table and more worrying im begining to lose any enthusiasm i still have for following Saints.

Why oh why cant Saints do things without a drama?

 

This is the thing isn't it. The situation that's going on with sacking of AP and the yes/no new appointment drains the enthusiasm away. I'm feeling similar to when Pearson was removed - sapped of the joy of following SFC. It'll come back though!!!! Adkins will do.

[yorkiesaint]

Guys and girls chill out. There's a hell of a long way to go. Everything is still possible.

[saint_stevo]

we will do a Norwich

[Saint Billy]

Had a feeling we might shoot ourselves in the foot again, we have a habit of doing this.

 

The pre season and lack of activity in the transfer market was a good indicator for me that things were not as I hoped.

 

Without knowing all the facts I am hoping that NC has got it right and has acted quickly enough to salvage this season, but whoever is the manager/coach is has got a big job to do now and will not really have much settling in time.

 

For this reason I am out....................on guessing how the rest of this season is going to go.

[Micky]

No change for me. Didn't expect promotion pre AP, don't see that changing now.

[Professor]

There is no pleasure in following Saints at the moment. I was at the Plymouth and Orient games and came away with no enthusiasm to watch another game until the team began playing better. I'm just glad I don't have a ST and don't feel obliged to go to every home game.

 

End of last season, I expected automatic promotion this year, probably as champions. By the first game I had downgraded that to top six because of the limited transfer activity and the poor pre-season. Now we have already dropped 9 points and could easily drop another 3 on Saturday. If the manager is appointed within a week, I still think top six, but not top 2. If no one is in post in 2 weeks time, which I just don't believe will happen, then I'd start to worry about making top six.

 

Just to state the obvious - top six is NOT promotion. The play-offs are a lottery and we could just as easily be in this division next year after this dreadful start to the season.

[thefunkygibbons]

I know I should be moree positive, but right now

 

I can see us slipping into the bottom three and taking several weks to get back out again

[doddisalegend]

There is no pleasure in following Saints at the moment. I was at the Plymouth and Orient games and came away with no enthusiasm to watch another game until the team began playing better. I'm just glad I don't have a ST and don't feel obliged to go to every home game.

 

End of last season, I expected automatic promotion this year, probably as champions. By the first game I had downgraded that to top six because of the limited transfer activity and the poor pre-season. Now we have already dropped 9 points and could easily drop another 3 on Saturday. If the manager is appointed within a week, I still think top six, but not top 2. If no one is in post in 2 weeks time, which I just don't believe will happen, then I'd start to worry about making top six.

 

Just to state the obvious - top six is NOT promotion. The play-offs are a lottery and we could just as easily be in this division next year after this dreadful start to the season.

 

That must get tricky with saints becuase you never know when they're going to play a blinder (bristol away) or a shocker (swindon at home). I respect your opinion but for me matchday is a lot more than just the result. I tend to enjoy it most of the time regardless of the result although I do get upset when I feel the players aren't giving it their all like last saturdays match.

[scott_saints]

Our third choice left back was a starter for Adkins when he got promoted from this league. The squad is good enough. Still positive.

[trousers]

I still believe we will win automatic promotion

[West End Saint]

There is no pleasure in following Saints at the moment. I was at the Plymouth and Orient games and came away with no enthusiasm to watch another game until the team began playing better. I'm just glad I don't have a ST and don't feel obliged to go to every home game.

 

End of last season, I expected automatic promotion this year, probably as champions. By the first game I had downgraded that to top six because of the limited transfer activity and the poor pre-season. Now we have already dropped 9 points and could easily drop another 3 on Saturday. If the manager is appointed within a week, I still think top six, but not top 2. If no one is in post in 2 weeks time, which I just don't believe will happen, then I'd start to worry about making top six.

 

Just to state the obvious - top six is NOT promotion. The play-offs are a lottery and we could just as easily be in this division next year after this dreadful start to the season.

 

Each to there own but after the two games you mention whilst dissapointed with the result I came away thinking we weren't to far away and if we could play the whole game as we did thet two first half perforances we would be unstoppable.

[carljack]

Backed us to win the League,now I am going to try and get my money back by backing us to be promoted,5th or 6th for us I reckon.Wembley playoff Final ? would take it now!

[red&white56]

I wasn't convinced about automatic promotion at the beginning of the season as I'm not convinced our midfield is as good as it needs to be and we did nothing to alter this pre-season.

 

I still think we have a chance for top 6, but we need to get our act together.

[Window Cleaner]

no I haven't, our only problem is with efficacity in front of goal.We will win this league......no problem.

[jjsaint]

Since 2004 I've been a pessimist as far a Saints are concerned. This is about where I expected us to be on 7 August.

[Toomer]

IMO the season has not started for us yet with all the ups and downs of the past couple of weeks, points wise we are in a slightly better position than we were last season so if we can get things sorted on the manager front and get RL and Al 100% we still have a chance of one the automatic places.

[Saint Fan CaM]

As I predicted before the season started, it would appear that there will be no run-away winners of the auto places this season. We have many, many games to go and so everything is achievable (except the JPT and Carling cups!). The big question that will decide the fate of this season will be the appointment of the new Manager and the manner in which and the timing of how this person bonds with the 1st team. If that works well, then we'll be at the top of the league by Christmas IMO.

[SNSUN]

We will WIFM. Perhaps not this season...

[sadoldgit]

I thought play offs for sure - possibly automatic. Now I don't have a clue. It is certainly going to be harder but ther are still plenty of points to play for. It doesn't help that Lambert and Lallana are not fit and although I hope I am wrong, I am not certain that either Adkins or Howe are what we need. Sill, we shall see....

[saints-cris]

I originally thought top spot, anything else would be a disappointment. Wasn't fussed at all about the JPT as would ideally like to just focus on the league. Would of course have liked a cheeky FA cup run, and not too fussed about the league cup either.

 

As we are, we are still only 6 points off top with a game in hand so hardly a massive problem ! We can still run away with it there is so much time left, however we need to get it together as we are not looking the same team we were last year. We are out of the JPT so that will save us another 5-10 games over the season which I dont see as a problem at all to be honest.

[Cestrian Saint]

No. I said it would be a turbulent season and that Pardew would be gone by Xmas.

[Dr Who?]

I think I have changed my mind about this week!!

[Viking Warrior]

Not at all. if fact Im looking forward to the season even more and I will be able to see the next five games as I will be in hampshire for the next three weeks, Si I am looking for 4 wins and a draw

[The9]

I thought we'd almost certainly finish in the top two, failing that would WIN the Play-Offs.

 

I now think we'll possibly make the top 2 and could make the Play-Offs, or the season could end up in utter shambles if it carries on as it has or gets worse.