The Hard Road To The Premiership

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After an extremely successful trade period, it should be clear to everyone that we are now on a long journey to firstly rejuvenate our playing list and then go on to win No. 17.

With that in mind, here is how I see us performing over the next few years :

2016 : 17th - 18th
With a new coach and a lot of new players, we cannot expect a dramatic improvement in our ladder position especially as we don't have the full set of playing cards to work with. The game plan will be built around our patchwork quilt playing list so we can expect some bad losses score-wise. On the flipside, I'm expecting a more cohesive & committed effort from the team as the season progresses. Players will get to know each other better plus Bolton's message will seep in and the overall camaraderie will be forged.

Yep
Given the dramatic changes to the list I'm back-tracking a bit from previous statements regarding the need to see dramatic improvement in 2016

The list has been given a huge shakeup and I couldn't hazard a guess about the makeup of a round one team.
The players are going to take half a season to learn each others first names. :
Next year is all about coming together as a team.
What we need to see is more cohesion as the season progresses and some real signs of combination by years end.