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 Willo  South coast - west of Brighton. 18 May 18 9.49am |
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Originally posted by DutchEagleJohan
If this is true you are the definition of an optimist indeed!! Personally I think talking about Europe or even CL is a recipe for disappointment. Keep Wilf, add a striker and attacking midfielder and I would be happy with a mid table season and hoping for a good cup run. I agree with the general thrust of these comments. That said, I would like a mid-table finish after being relatively safe throughout the season and not such a finish after enduring what we went through this last season ! Edited by Willo (18 May 2018 9.50am)
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pstrutt  Busselton, WA 18 May 18 10.11am |
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Originally posted by DutchEagleJohan
If this is true you are the definition of an optimist indeed!! Personally I think talking about Europe or even CL is a recipe for disappointment. Keep Wilf, add a striker and attacking midfielder and I would be happy with a mid table season and hoping for a good cup run. Just like Ginger said there are too many variables, so at the beginning of the season it was too early to be pessimistic. [its easy to look back though - I wasn’t brave enough to make any predictions - I told my Watford supporting boss that we’d finish above them, but I wasn’t actually that optimistic ]
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DutchEagleJohan  Vlissingen, Netherlands 18 May 18 10.19am |
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Watford at home may have been more defining then the Chelsea win even. that was the moment I started to believe. Originally posted by pstrutt
Just like Ginger said there are too many variables, so at the beginning of the season it was too early to be pessimistic. [its easy to look back though - I wasn’t brave enough to make any predictions - I told my Watford supporting boss that we’d finish above them, but I wasn’t actually that optimistic ]
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| Willo South coast - west of Brighton. 18 May 18 10.33am |
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Originally posted by DutchEagleJohan
Watford at home may have been more defining then the Chelsea win even. that was the moment I started to believe. We moved out of the relegation zone after this win so this was a celebration in itself.
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| Painter Croydon 18 May 18 3.49pm |
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Originally posted by chateauferret
Hmmm. Summer 2017: optimistic because we had Allardyce now and playing well again. What happened: he left, de Boer came in. Toilet. Summer 2016: optimistic because Pardew had been decent before and with a proper summer and a good bollocking could surely get his s*** together. Plus which he had managed to get to an FA Cup Final so he couldn't be that bad, could he? What happened: he contined to manage like an arse. Toilet. Summer 2015: optimistic because Pulis had got us to mid-table and things looked stable. What happened: Pulis f***ed off two days before the start of the season and left us scrambling to get Warnock in. Toilet. Bout time we came back from the Summer and found that we hadn't had some sort of disaster in the close season. Would make a change. Pulis left in August 2014, so had little effect in Summer 2015.
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| bexleydave Barnehurst 18 May 18 4.07pm |
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Originally posted by Painter
Pulis left in August 2014, so had little effect in Summer 2015. Quite right; that was Pardew before he went completely tonto.
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cryrst  The garden of England 18 May 18 7.03pm |
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20 games 30 points
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| Ginger Pubic Wig Wickham de L'Ouest 18 May 18 7.28pm |
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Originally posted by pstrutt
I’m not an expert but it is fairly common practice for companies to extend or miss deadlines such as this. It does raise questions but not ones that businessmen such as our Chairman and Partners aren’t used to. Not that you are but i don’t see anything to worry about. Should we wait until some contracts are ended and others reduced this could play out well for us potentially. Edited by pstrutt (18 May 2018 9.34am) What are the good reasons to be so late?
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| pstrutt Busselton, WA 19 May 18 1.12am |
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Originally posted by Ginger Pubic Wig
What are the good reasons to be so late? Time is the most common factor I can think of. More time to get your affairs in order if needed. More time to accrue interest on tax- I do that one over here as I am self employed. Unless of course there are fines and interest going the other way which is possible. As I said I am no expert.
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| Eternal Optimist Kentlyn 19 May 18 3.09am |
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The problem with competing in Europe is that CPFC would need a much bigger pool of talented players. Without that the team can struggle in the Premiership. Still it would be a nice problem to have.
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| Vim Fuego Haywards Heath 19 May 18 6.43am |
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I’ll relax when we can’t get relegated. I still get flashbacks to Oldham.
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black eagle.  south croydon. 19 May 18 7.42am |
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I think we can push for a Europa league spot next season,no question. Keep our key players and add to the squad is the way to go. COYP
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