Target for this season

[Lastfootstamper]

We're going up. It's going to take a lot of doing, but we're not cut adrift yet. Our new Overlord Triumvirate will not want to hang about with this.

Can't wait.

[berneboy]

Sixty and up with a great win at Wembley.
A feast of attacking football!!!

[jwarry]

We seem to be summising that Bruce has left him with a shit defence so it will take until Jan to sort it out.  Of course he could play Hutton RB, Chester and Tuanzebe CH and `(unfortunately) Taylor LB  it with a decent organised team in front of them! Which just leaves one problem, a dodgy keeper, so it can only be attack attack attack

[Drummond]

3 at the back.

Nyland

Bree Tuanzebe and Chester.

Elmo right, Albert left

Jedi

McGinn Grealish

Abraham Bolasie

Subs; Bunn, Kodjia, El Ghazi, Hogan, BB, Hourihane, Hutton

I'm ignoring keepers.

We just go for it and score 3 a game

[SoccerHQ]

Would be very happy with play offs.

Top 2 is a pipedream given our defence and our attack not quite clicking. Hopeful Dean will sort both by end of the season so we can be really optimistic for 19/20 season.

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It's too early to write off the top 2, especially when we play both twice.

We're going to need a bounce and some organisation at both ends and to then pick up the 2 point average once the bounce subsides.

We'll see anyway. Play Offs ought to be doable.

[saunders_heroes]

It's too early to write off the top 2, especially when we play both twice.

We're going to need a bounce and some organisation at both ends and to then pick up the 2 point average once the bounce subsides.

We'll see anyway. Play Offs ought to be doable.

I’d agree with you, but that defence has to be sorted out first. It’s killing us.

[SoccerHQ]

Just think their are better teams around which is not an unreasonable opinion given we've won once in ten. Our friends from Smethwick who are doing what we should be and scoring 3 or 4 regularly. Boro, Leeds etc. We should've got top 2 last season of course.

Probably our good fortune the league at top end isn't anywhere near as good as last season. We've hardly won a game in two months and still only a couple of points off sixth.

I do think looking at our next four we'll get a bounce. Swansea, Norwich, QPR, Bolton. Really hoping for 8-9 points from that which will get our season up and running properly and is needed when you look at our November-December fixtures.

[Ad@m]

It's too early to write off the top 2, especially when we play both twice.

We're going to need a bounce and some organisation at both ends and to then pick up the 2 point average once the bounce subsides.

We'll see anyway. Play Offs ought to be doable.

I’d agree with you, but that defence has to be sorted out first. It’s killing us.

I don't think it can be sorted with the personnel we have to choose from. So the plan B has to be to score more goals than the opposition.

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Just think their are better teams around which is not an unreasonable opinion given we've won once in ten. Our friends from Smethwick who are doing what we should be and scoring 3 or 4 regularly. Boro, Leeds etc. We should've got top 2 last season of course.

Probably our good fortune the league at top end isn't anywhere near as good as last season. We've hardly won a game in two months and still only a couple of points off sixth.

I do think looking at our next four we'll get a bounce. Swansea, Norwich, QPR, Bolton. Really hoping for 8-9 points from that which will get our season up and running properly and is needed when you look at our November-December fixtures.

Better defences and currently more organised teams.

But I look at the Albion's defence and I don't think it's any better than ours. They were iffy at the back when I saw them against Boro and gave up chances to Wednesday at 2-0 that ought to have seen them 3 or 4 down.

I actually think they've got a lot in common with us in being top heavy. But Gayle, Rodriguez, Barnes and Phillips are good at this level. There's no reason why our front 6 cannot compete with that.

You mention Boro, but it's typical Pulis. You score one, chances are you'll get at least a point. They've only scored 14 and he's grinding his way to the Play Offs I feel.

8 points has to be the minimum from the next 4. Get a bounce and we've clawed points back.

Its not going to be easy, but if Smith is able to get the team creating as many chances or close thereto as Brentford then you fancy our forwards to put them away.

[john e]

Smith takes over at the same time in the season that Bruce did,
 I thought we should have at least made the play offs then so I'm not going to change my mind just because I like this manager

He might have been left a unbalanced squad, but hopefully he's a better manager so there's no reason we shouldnt be in the play off positions at least
if he does a Bruce and finishes 13th we probably got the wrong man......again
but I can't see that happening

in fact I took 25/1 for us to win the league, I know that's asking to much but if we get 2 or 3 wins together and a more attacking style those odds will drop sharply
and I've always been a dreamer

[ldavfc4eva]

I’m hoping Dean comes in and has a look at the youth team to see who we have there, although that said I don’t know the youth team that well!

Do we have any decent centre backs there?

Tactics wise I hope he sticks to his ethos of attacking football and doesn’t turn in to Lambert MK2