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Don’t know what you mean!!
Surely nobody is that daft?

 

I'm reasonably optimistic.
We've had four seasons of chaos, low morale and lurching from one manager to another, each with very different ideas. Too many of the players had got used to losing. Most of those have now gone.
For the first time in ages we have appointed a manager that we specifically wanted, rather than a panic knee jerk reaction or easy option. Adams has an established way of playing that has been demonstratively successful at this level. We have recruited early, with a good blend of youth and experience, an abundance of pace, competition for starting places and no substandard makeweight bench warmers. This isn't a guaranteed recipe for success, but it certainly looks a hell of a lot more like it than anything we've seen in recent years
Clearly we do need another striker. If we can find the right one then we should have the quality, strength in depth and organisation to be at least in the playoffs and possible automatics.

 

I've just voted for Champions. I'm confident enough to have backed you heavily. I think Adams is a different class of manager to any you've had of late. But nothing is certain of course and the value of my investment could evaporate to nothing. I'll be cheering you from my flat in Roker. Good Luck!

 

quote of the year

 

Not quite as daft.....but daft....ish...

 

If we can't be optimist at the start of a new season we're in trouble, no guaretees we know but what we see going on behind the scenes and on the footballing side has got to fill us with optimism IMO obviously.

 

Fair comment, however we appear to be pointing in the right direction, on and off the field, already!

 

Rowe would NOT last 5 mins under Adams, why do you think he was released, bearing in mind Adams had a BIG say in who left the club.

 

You certainly don't , as I originally posted there are no guarentees, call me a glass half full kind of guy, Im not saying I'm a 10 but looking at the all round picture with regards the club that has to be a massive improvement on our recent past.
You'd think after being disappointed so many times during the past I would be less optimistic but I can't wait for the first home game then our first away day with the Dolly boys at Mansfield.

 

Like this post. 2 points. Mentality is massive. Obviously polar opposites but a losing mentality is no different to a winning one when going out onto the field. Also Ryan doesn't seem to wait and see what happens. He identifies what he wants and goes for it.

 

Amazing reputation or not only Cambridge and Exeter scored more goals than Morecame scored last season, I'll be more than happy to see City
in the high 60s, Ill take an average of 1.5 goals a game and more with the right blend of attacking options .

 

Dave, I feel more optimistic at the beginning of a season than I have for years. It's at the very least, a joy to feel full of genuine hope for the year ahead. Like Adams, like the signings, like how he's been making us press like **** in every friendly so far. Reasons To Be Cheerful indeed

 

The biggest problem is us, the fans.

Our expectations are too high, not in terms of where we want to be, but the timescales we give managers and the people at the top have always reacted to that. We need to be patient, give him time and not hound him out the way we have with Boreya, McCall & Trueman. A dose of Parkyism is required. Pragmatic, patient building.

I'm confident it will happen this season, but if it doesn't (and we show we can compete along the way) then he must be given the time and benefit of the doubt.

 

Far too early to make an informed judgement. Club loyalties often bring blinkered vision.

 

Not done my acca yet.
Like yours though.I made a few quid on a couple of horses recently and Italy at the euros so why not blow most of it on a stupid city bet.
No logic.All based on blind loyalty.

 

I don't do optimism Dave, as I have said a number of times before. I like to be realistic, so far I don't know or have an idea what that looks like. Many teams to make numerous signings, I would imagine.

If I don't set the bar too high, it avoids the (inevitable) disappointment.

I strike it as a measured realistic viewpoint.

 

Not with Bowyer in charge

 

I want to be really optimistic. I don't doubt the ability of the gaffer but it looks light in the scoring area. Plenty of time and all that

 

Than Salford ? Absolutely, categorically, f@@king yes, as Paul Weller would say.

I can tell you their season now. Fly out of the blocks for a month, fall off badly by new year, sack Bowyer and recover to finish 8th.