Promotion next season

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Originally Posted by AccyMad

It's not time for promotion yet, there's a pattern to it. Three years in the Unibond Premier, one where we don't do much, one where we have a good cup run and the last one to concentrate on & win the league, same in the Conference so by my reckoning this season we'll have a good cup run in one competition or another and next season will be the one to start talking about promotion

I agree with you AccyMad. Personally, I would be very surprised if we were promoted automatically this season or even made the play-offs, and to go up too early (i.e this season) might well not be a good thing in the long term. What Macca said was right - last season, in theory, we were only seven wins away from the playoffs, and I think that our final league position did not give an accurate reflection of the team's ability. Surely, we cannot go through another season with such a horrific injury list, and at the end of last season, it seemed to me that the team had really settled down (especially at home).

Friends from Walsall said to me that, having seen Stanley play twice, they couldn't understand why we were so far down the table (apart from the obvious answer of "our defence" ! ), and they were sure that better times would be coming if we could straighten that out.

I have every confidence that Coley knows what he is doing and that with the new signings, as well as the experience of that first season playing in League Two, 2007/2008 will see some greatly improved performances from Stanley. A top half finish will certainly satisfy me, with a push for the play-offs and promotion in the 2008/2009 season.

The future's bright - the future's Stanley !!!

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No-one likes coming up here were we all wear flat caps and walk with whippets So our home form, I hope we can continue from the end of last season. The roof should contribute to an hostile clayton end (at times) so its a case of picking a few good points away and we could be challenging for the play offs.Ill be sporting a nice tenner on the p word, as i didnt cash in on us winning the conference. But as many doubters cast shadows I also think we like 3 years in divisions so maybe next season if not the forthcoming season. k sara sara, whatever will be will be, theres only one stanerlee, k sara sara.