i cant actually describe or portray how much i disagree , hate and never will come around to the idea that a season goal can easily be eliminated on a month by month basis.
i sincerely hope that i never become like that. if we get 4th, i'm fudging ecstatic, thats what i wanted at the start , thats what i pray my team delivers for me. anything on top of that is a bonus
just to add, i'm backing my team in a positive way, i wont let a horriffic run of games squeezed together deter the long term view and the very strong likely hood that like peaks and troughs we as very likely to find our stride.
sure , look into things that arent working....but failure if we make 4th ? things have been a bad for a large stretch of the season? nah mate , sorry...forget it, am not in that camp..way too crowded
all you guys can stick together on that one. it doesnt matter cause you'll be singing songs come end of season
am trying to separate us from typical top 4 fans, and honestly i dont think there is a blind bit of difference. i think what it boils down to it, ALL fans are pretty much the same as one another.
I have never stated month to month moving/removing of goal posts. Not once.
But when you reach January having exceeded all expectation set 6 months prior, you really should think about aiming higher for the end of the season.
If we get 4th I will be delighted, genuinely I see it as a real achievement in this league (quite sad really, but thats the way it is these days). However, having had a title charge on the edge of our reach and 3rd with a 10 point gap in our hand to finish 4th would be slightly tainted. I would be disappointed at not getting 3rd, I would still be happy with getting 4th.
The bad run of fixtures was always going to be tough, it is not what my view is based upon.
It is now the middle of March. IMO since around the middle of Jan our performances havent been as good as they were before then. It is a concern. I am not slagging the team off, but there is no twisting and turning on here that will convince me we didnt throw it away if we dont get 3rd. Basic principles that saw us play so well have completely left us.
That said, we have also proven we can do it. We can play up there with the best in the league, we can outplay anyone on our day and we can work hard enough to grind out results when we arent getting the rub of the green.
Up to January thats exactly what we did. So I certainly believe we can do it again.
My fear at this point is because I havent seen any real signs of our funk turning into form.
I still believe though, I still think we can do it and I dont think all is lost at all.
Im just a little worried.