Jimmy
First Team Squad
Following promotion to the Championship we were in danger of going straight back down until BD came in in place of CC and steadied the ship, allowing us to finish in 17th place with 7 points to spare.
Most of us on this forum hoped for a season of consolidation following that narrow escape, neither getting involved in a battle for promotion nor a relegation dogfight. As is usually the way for Forest, that didn't happen, and at the end of last season we found ourselves finishing in third place and hoping for promotion via the play-offs.
Many people, myself included, would say that we had overachieved last season and finishing in the play-offs was more than we could have reasonably expected.
Because of how well we did last season I think there was an expectation that we would go one step further this campaign and perhaps attain automatic promotion, maybe even as champions. Whilst I didn't personally subscribe to that view, I do believe that our final position this season is in line with reasonable expectations of where we should be at this time.
I think it would be fantastic should we be promoted this season, but sadly still think we are missing a bit of depth and quality in the side and think that it might be just a bit too much to ask for. Having said that, the play-offs are a bit of a lottery and we do seem to have hit a spot of form at the right time and hopefully that will carry us through.
Last season we overachieved, this season I think we are where we ought to be, and if we fail to achieve promotion this time round, would like to think that next season we can reasonable expect promotion and do so automatically.
As always, that will depend on keeping hold of our better performing players and attracting new players to the club that are capable of taking us up to the next level.
Most of us on this forum hoped for a season of consolidation following that narrow escape, neither getting involved in a battle for promotion nor a relegation dogfight. As is usually the way for Forest, that didn't happen, and at the end of last season we found ourselves finishing in third place and hoping for promotion via the play-offs.
Many people, myself included, would say that we had overachieved last season and finishing in the play-offs was more than we could have reasonably expected.
Because of how well we did last season I think there was an expectation that we would go one step further this campaign and perhaps attain automatic promotion, maybe even as champions. Whilst I didn't personally subscribe to that view, I do believe that our final position this season is in line with reasonable expectations of where we should be at this time.
I think it would be fantastic should we be promoted this season, but sadly still think we are missing a bit of depth and quality in the side and think that it might be just a bit too much to ask for. Having said that, the play-offs are a bit of a lottery and we do seem to have hit a spot of form at the right time and hopefully that will carry us through.
Last season we overachieved, this season I think we are where we ought to be, and if we fail to achieve promotion this time round, would like to think that next season we can reasonable expect promotion and do so automatically.
As always, that will depend on keeping hold of our better performing players and attracting new players to the club that are capable of taking us up to the next level.
