Next Season?

[Legion]

Unless there are serious changes in the summer at board, managerial and playing level, we will most probably be relegated.

[Witton Warrior]

Unless there are serious changes in the summer at board, managerial and playing level, we will most probably be relegated.

Hard to disagree with that statement Leeg apart from the "probably" bit...

[PaulWinch again]

Yep, to be honest this squad is desperately poor and the coaching is non-existent.

[Deano's Mullet]

In summer of 1990 after a year of struggle we gained Ron Atkinson, signed Rico, Dalian, Staunton and the next couple of years were a joy.
In summer of 1995 after a year of struggle we had Sir Brian, signed Southgate, Draper and Savo and the next couple of years were a joy.
In summer of 2006 after a year of struggle we had MON, moneybags Randy and eventually signed Petrov, Carew,  and Ashley Young and next couple of years were a joy.
In summer of 2014 after 3 years of struggle ........................................... who knows?

[Deano's Mullet]

In summer of 1991 after a year of struggle we gained Ron Atkinson, signed Rico, Dalian, Staunton and the next couple of years were a joy.
In summer of 1995 after a year of struggle we had Sir Brian, signed Southgate, Draper and Savo and the next couple of years were a joy.
In summer of 2006 after a year of struggle we had MON, moneybags Randy and eventually signed Petrov, Carew,  and Ashley Young and next couple of years were a joy.
In summer of 2014 after 3 years of struggle ........................................... who knows?

[PeterWithesShin]

Unless there are serious changes in the summer at board, managerial and playing level, we will most probably be relegated.

That has been said the previous three years. This year is further proof that you have to be staggeringly shit to get relegated. Us just being shit has meant we ultimately stayed up comfortably.

[supertom]

For most of this season there's been a bottom 10 of pure shit. I don't think it'll be the case next season. Some clubs will improve. I also don't see us pulling off as many results against the better sides, which ultimately is what kept us up.

Stay as we are, and we're down. Especially with Benteke set to miss a lot of action. As we saw after his injury last season, it takes him a while to get back into the swing. We could find ourselves next Jan-Feb, with too much to do.

New manager and owner please.

[Toronto Villa]

It won't be the same manager and possibly owner. I'm hanging on to that hope for dear life. The opposite will bring about the inevitable.

[PaulWinch again]

Unless there are serious changes in the summer at board, managerial and playing level, we will most probably be relegated.

That has been said the previous three years. This year is further proof that you have to be staggeringly shit to get relegated. Us just being shit has meant we ultimately stayed up comfortably.

If we continue to play like we did for the second half of the season, we'll be relegated by March next year.

[ez]

We're slowly going in the wrong direction. One win against a half bothered Hull and a draw at home to Southampton in the last 9 games. 7 defeats.

[SoccerHQ]

I think a major problem is this Benteke injury. Realistically he won't be playing until xmas and even then he'll take a while to get back to speed (think of the Benteke in November-December as an example of this). He didn't have that great a season this year but you still see how much offer teams respect him and his presence. Would we have won that Norwich game without him on the pitch? That was the difference between us staying up and going down really.

We've seen in the run in we are completely toothless upfront without him and Kozak coming back won't solve it as he's too limited in his overall play. That and how inept our midfield is at creating chances.

Lots for the new manager to sort out.

[ozzjim]

It CAN'T be the same manager. And I hope the owner either changes, or has an attitude change.

£30 million to stand still. Sunderland, Hull, Albion, Us, Burnley, Leicester etc will be looking on. No big squad changes and we are not just a bit in trouble, but we are done.

[PeterWithesShin]

Unless there are serious changes in the summer at board, managerial and playing level, we will most probably be relegated.

That has been said the previous three years. This year is further proof that you have to be staggeringly shit to get relegated. Us just being shit has meant we ultimately stayed up comfortably.

If we continue to play like we did for the second half of the season, we'll be relegated by March next year.

Last 19 games we got 18 points. 2 points worse than the first 19 games.

[PaulWinch again]

It's not just the points though, it's the level of play.

[brian green]

This summer window is a replay of last January's window.   In January somebody - Lerner, Lambert, Faulkner either individually or collectively opted for the cheap option.   We got Grant Holt on loan.   If the same mentality continues through the summer, the "survival in the premiership on the cheap" dressed up as prudent stewardship of the club, I do not think we have a cat in hell's chance of survival in the premiership.