The relegation thread 2025-26

[jim mk2]

Heavy heart and desperately hope it’s the wrong call but it looks serious this time.

Everything about the club doesn’t feel right. The team isn’t good enough.

Today was a foretaste of what it’s going to be like this season. Lots of effort and application but the lack of quality and experience gets found out

Grim. 

 

 

[toogs]

You missed the boat

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

55 minutes ago, toogs said:

You missed the boat

No, Jim’s  is always the “ Official “ relegation thread.

Edited 1 hour ago by Tyrone Shoelaces

[davulsukur]

Yep, we are in serious trouble. No goals in the team and the whole squad is basically "learning on the job".

Definitely feels like another relegation is on the cards this season.

Gestede and Co. have made a monumental cock up of this summer.

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

Speaking from experience of relegations going back to 1966 this season has all the ingredients.

[Blue blood]

On 12/08/2025 at 23:32, StHelensRover said:

These two awful performances have given us chance to see the whole squad in action.

I just went back and looked at the squad we went down with in 2017.

If those two sides (2017 and 2025) were playing each other this weekend, I don't think there would be much between them. That side we went down with had 12 goals for Graham and 10 for Sam Gallagher in it, I can't see us having two players who hit double figures this season. Grim.

Interestingly the 2017 squad had a lot of attacking talent but little to no defensive ability especially after the sale of our two centre backs. 

This time it seems the reverse very limited attacking talent with a solid defense (including defensive mids.) That said once we've continues to ship off any assets even that ok defence might be in question as well. 

Both have hallmarks of a ton of players being shipped in and out and a manager of questionable aability.Both seem to have gaping holes in certain areas of the squad. 

Sheff Weds realistically means that there will only be two places left to avoid and I think there's enough other teams that will struggle. So its not nailed on but my word we will be in the mix. 

[NeilInBristol]

You look at how Birmingham had the nerve to keep playing with  desire and never give up even until 90+8 and this is a squad that has just been promoted and you see our collective of players who are not a team and have no leadership

and you understand that it’s not the players fault but the lack of direction of the club over all 

it’s a sad state for us

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

1 minute ago, NeilInBristol said:

You look at how Birmingham had the nerve to keep playing with  desire and never give up even until 90+8 and this is a squad that has just been promoted and you see our collective of players who are not a team and have no leadership

and you understand that it’s not the players fault but the lack of direction of the club over all 

it’s a sad state for us

That’s why you need to avoid newly promoted teams first up. 
 

[NeilInBristol]

Just now, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

That’s why you need to avoid newly promoted teams first up. 
 

 No

that we can’t control-that’s a fixture list issue

what we (our club) can control is how we  set up ourselves in the summer

 training

transfers

operations

structure and plan for the club

coaching

attract players with quality and desire

galvanise that desire 

etc