But we finished 13th, Jim. Over 46 games. That’s not a

Promotion capable team underperforming. That’s a squad which wasn’t good enough.

Under two different managers as well.

We haven’t upgraded that squad. So why on earth would we expect promotion this season?

Posted By: Legacy Fan on October 27th 2023 at 17:08:10

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I like Wagner as a bloke but for him to sit in a press conference and say that (NCFC) - Jim, Oct 27, 15:19:44
- If my dad wasn't dead his head,heart,and lungs would have exploded watching this bollocks. (NCFC) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Oct 27, 16:20:46
- Is the problem here not your expectation though? (NCFC) - Knitted Jesus, Oct 27, 15:21:44
  - No he isn’t (NCFC) - Thorpey_C, Oct 27, 19:23:01
    - "For us of late its more normal to only lose that amount of games over the whole season" (NCFC) - Knitted Jesus, Oct 27, 19:40:16
      - Fair enough (NCFC) - Thorpey_C, Oct 27, 19:52:54
        
        Oh yeah it’s rubbish at the moment. But that happens unfortunately (n/m) (NCFC) - Knitted Jesus, Oct 27, 20:37:35
  - Ut oh here come the Expectation Police (NCFC) - Chair_of_the_Bored, Oct 27, 18:59:44
    - I'm not saying we can't be competitive (NCFC) - Knitted Jesus, Oct 27, 19:42:22
      - What difference does having rich owners make? (n/m) (NCFC) - Chair_of_the_Bored, Oct 27, 19:55:28
        
        I don’t know, why not ask Leicester? (NCFC) - Knitted Jesus, Oct 27, 20:28:33
        
        Correct (NCFC) - Chair_of_the_Bored, Oct 28, 07:41:19
  - We’re coming back to Farke again…we were spoiled, we became a little (NCFC) - BINMEN8R, Oct 27, 16:10:59
    - I suspect knapper has an army of arsenal U21s at his disposal to join on loan (n/m) (NCFC) - Flying_canary, Oct 27, 16:43:10
      - It Started with a Gibbs, shouldn't have come to this (NCFC) - KentonCanary, Oct 27, 18:41:44
      - not this again .... (NCFC) - ghostof barry butler, Oct 27, 18:13:43
  - No i'm not saying that although I do expect us to be competing for promotion (NCFC) - Jim, Oct 27, 15:29:08
    - Last season we finished 13th. Our most prolific goalscorer and 2 best defenders left, and (NCFC) - Legacy Fan, Oct 27, 16:26:50
      - No they are not. Last season we underperformed significantly. (NCFC) - Jim, Oct 27, 16:55:28
        
        But we finished 13th, Jim. Over 46 games. That’s not a (NCFC) - Legacy Fan, Oct 27, 17:08:10
        
        Our club should always be expecting to challenge for promotion at this level (NCFC) - Jim, Oct 27, 18:42:06
    - Leeds bring on Gnoto, we bring on Tony Springett (NCFC) - Knitted Jesus, Oct 27, 15:39:39
      - This is all true, but we had better players to bring on than Springett (NCFC) - jamesward, Oct 27, 18:45:59
        
        Yeah but its the difference that is key (NCFC) - Knitted Jesus, Oct 27, 19:45:07
      - Transfermarkt reckons our squad was worth ~€90m the season Webber came in (NCFC) - CWC, Oct 27, 16:52:38
        
        That is absolutely shocking (NCFC) - Under soil heating, Oct 27, 17:23:52
      - I give you Norwich City 2018/19. (n/m) (NCFC) - BINMEN8R, Oct 27, 16:15:42
        
        When Norwich do have a great season it is generally when we punch above our weight (NCFC) - Knitted Jesus, Oct 27, 16:51:03
      - Absolutely nailed it........ (n/m) (NCFC) - usacanary, Oct 27, 16:11:21

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