This season's priorities

Don't want to get into predictions of where we'll finish. I think we'll have a good season and be in the promotion mix, others think we won't do so well.

Point of this thread is asking whether it's all about the league or do we try to do well in the cup competitions?

Vertu Trophy is a chance to get to Wembley for any League One club.

I enjoy a cup run but I also think the FA Cup run last season was detrimental to us in the long term. We played well at Villa but there was nothing decent after that.

And don't forget we'll enter the FA Cup in the First Round this season instead of the Third, so more games if we did have a run.


Personally I would prioritise the league.

Although a cup run is nice I feel the league is way more important

I think gaining promotion at the first attempt is crucial as we don't want to end up stuck in league 1 for a while like has happened to a few other teams who have dropped down from the championship

I said last season we didn’t need a cup run and that it wasn’t the right time.

It still isn’t the right time.

Focus on the league.

Promotion, happy to exit every cup competition 1st round if it means promotion at the end of the season

League cup runs are bonus but got to be the league this year. Our best chance of promotion will be this season. If we don’t go up this season I think we’ll be in league one for a while

My first priority this season is to finally see the back of Tan, bring in new owners who will take the club and supporters forward together. If these bids fail then i fear the worse, Tan will once again try and get things done on the cheap and fail. So for me it's vital that new owners arrive ASAP.

My first priority this season is to finally see the back of Tan, bring in new owners who will take the club and supporters forward together. If these bids fail then i fear the worse, Tan will once again try and get things done on the cheap and fail. So for me it's vital that new owners arrive ASAP.

Yeah it's pretty clear I was talking about on the pitch.

My first priority this season is to finally see the back of Tan, bring in new owners who will take the club and supporters forward together. If these bids fail then i fear the worse, Tan will once again try and get things done on the cheap and fail. So for me it's vital that new owners arrive ASAP.

Yeah it's pretty clear I was talking about on the pitch.

I read your post, i know exactly what you were referring to. This running away with the league or a least be in the playoffs is not going to happen if Tan is still running the club.

My first priority this season is to finally see the back of Tan, bring in new owners who will take the club and supporters forward together. If these bids fail then i fear the worse, Tan will once again try and get things done on the cheap and fail. So for me it's vital that new owners arrive ASAP.

Yeah it's pretty clear I was talking about on the pitch.

I read your post, i know exactly what you were referring to. This running away with the league or a least be in the playoffs is not going to happen if Tan is still running the club.

So you're another one who is letting Tan live in your head rent free.

I want him gone but those who say it's impossible to have success because of the owner are just stupid.

My first priority this season is to finally see the back of Tan, bring in new owners who will take the club and supporters forward together. If these bids fail then i fear the worse, Tan will once again try and get things done on the cheap and fail. So for me it's vital that new owners arrive ASAP.

Yeah it's pretty clear I was talking about on the pitch.

I read your post, i know exactly what you were referring to. This running away with the league or a least be in the playoffs is not going to happen if Tan is still running the club.

So you're another one who is letting Tan live in your head rent free.

I want him gone but those who say it's impossible to have success because of the owner are just stupid.

We are where we are because of the owner, he has slowly been destroying the club for years and it is all down to him why we got relegated last season. He brought in a 3rd rate manager and refused to replace him until it was too late, his total lack of football knowledge is killing the club. Now if you think that he will change this season you must be stupid, he has already gambled hugely on another inexperienced manager, there will be little if any money available for some quality players which we desperately need and he thinks it's a matter of turning up to win the league. So if that's Tan living in my head then you might just be right.

If tans still here just staying up will be an achievement.

If tans still here just staying up will be an achievement.

Promotion is only thing that's worth winning a cup run would be ok but a distraction also so not for me promotion only please if no promotion then another total failure

I've said before that I love a cup run, especially when it's the FA cup but then I'm old & the FA cup meant a lot more than it seems to now so I'm on the fence this season & erring on the side of promotion being more important. But no doubt if we go out of any cup in the first round or second or have a cup run people will complain.

League First every time:

Promotion without a doubt, Nothing less.

But you must always try and do well in the Cups.

If tans still here just staying up will be an achievement.

THIS.

the aim has got to be promotion,if we get new owners I think the CCS WILL BE BUZZING

Current set with what we got right now I'll say mid table at best. If tan fucks off and a few good signings we could go up but who knows we got an untested coach and the same core of failers we had last season currently but we shall see

Id love a cup run to but rather things change there within with a
new owner which would bring many back and a buzz again

Current set with what we got right now I'll say mid table at best. If tan fucks off and a few good signings we could go up but who knows we got an untested coach and the same core of failers we had last season currently but we shall see

To be fair, did say in the first line that I'm not getting into predictions yet.

But if I was, I'd say we'll be top eight if we have a bad season. If we have a good season, top four.

It just comes down to the system working and keeping our best players.

My first priority this season is to finally see the back of Tan, bring in new owners who will take the club and supporters forward together. If these bids fail then i fear the worse, Tan will once again try and get things done on the cheap and fail. So for me it's vital that new owners arrive ASAP.

Yeah it's pretty clear I was talking about on the pitch.

I read your post, i know exactly what you were referring to. This running away with the league or a least be in the playoffs is not going to happen if Tan is still running the club.

So you're another one who is letting Tan live in your head rent free.

I want him gone but those who say it's impossible to have success because of the owner are just stupid.

We are where we are because of the owner, he has slowly been destroying the club for years and it is all down to him why we got relegated last season. He brought in a 3rd rate manager and refused to replace him until it was too late, his total lack of football knowledge is killing the club. Now if you think that he will change this season you must be stupid, he has already gambled hugely on another inexperienced manager, there will be little if any money available for some quality players which we desperately need and he thinks it's a matter of turning up to win the league. So if that's Tan living in my head then you might just be right.

But BBM isnt inexperienced is he? At least he has managed a club in League 1 previously, ok it was Rochdale who eventually got relegated but they were strapped for cash, and the players he had at his disposal then probably werent quite up to the quality required to play BBM's way. Of course, after he LEFT Rochdale, Manchester City signed him up and he then spent three years coaching Manchester City's Elite Development Squad, effectively their B-team. So MCFC saw enough in BBM to hire him and keep him a decent length of time PRIOR to him then joining Leicester City, at that time a Prem League outfit, as Assistant First Team coach, so he is no mug.

Any comparison with Riza is not at all valid, Riza couldnt manage 2 flies crawling up a wall, and his credentials as a complete failure elsewhere he has been should have dictated him being nowhere near a management role higher than Splott under 5's 5-a-side.

My first priority this season is to finally see the back of Tan, bring in new owners who will take the club and supporters forward together. If these bids fail then i fear the worse, Tan will once again try and get things done on the cheap and fail. So for me it's vital that new owners arrive ASAP.

Yeah it's pretty clear I was talking about on the pitch.

I read your post, i know exactly what you were referring to. This running away with the league or a least be in the playoffs is not going to happen if Tan is still running the club.

So you're another one who is letting Tan live in your head rent free.

I want him gone but those who say it's impossible to have success because of the owner are just stupid.

We are where we are because of the owner, he has slowly been destroying the club for years and it is all down to him why we got relegated last season. He brought in a 3rd rate manager and refused to replace him until it was too late, his total lack of football knowledge is killing the club. Now if you think that he will change this season you must be stupid, he has already gambled hugely on another inexperienced manager, there will be little if any money available for some quality players which we desperately need and he thinks it's a matter of turning up to win the league. So if that's Tan living in my head then you might just be right.

But BBM isnt inexperienced is he? At least he has managed a club in League 1 previously, ok it was Rochdale who eventually got relegated but they were strapped for cash, and the players he had at his disposal then probably werent quite up to the quality required to play BBM's way. Of course, after he LEFT Rochdale, Manchester City signed him up and he then spent three years coaching Manchester City's Elite Development Squad, effectively their B-team. So MCFC saw enough in BBM to hire him and keep him a decent length of time PRIOR to him then joining Leicester City, at that time a Prem League outfit, as Assistant First Team coach, so he is no mug.

Any comparison with Riza is not at all valid, Riza couldnt manage 2 flies crawling up a wall, and his credentials as a complete failure elsewhere he has been should have dictated him being nowhere near a management role higher than Splott under 5's 5-a-side.

Agree with this.

A big part of our squad this season will be the young players.

We know that BBM's big strength is working with young players so in a way, he's the perfect person for this job.

My first priority this season is to finally see the back of Tan, bring in new owners who will take the club and supporters forward together. If these bids fail then i fear the worse, Tan will once again try and get things done on the cheap and fail. So for me it's vital that new owners arrive ASAP.

Yeah it's pretty clear I was talking about on the pitch.

I read your post, i know exactly what you were referring to. This running away with the league or a least be in the playoffs is not going to happen if Tan is still running the club.

So you're another one who is letting Tan live in your head rent free.

I want him gone but those who say it's impossible to have success because of the owner are just stupid.

We are where we are because of the owner, he has slowly been destroying the club for years and it is all down to him why we got relegated last season. He brought in a 3rd rate manager and refused to replace him until it was too late, his total lack of football knowledge is killing the club. Now if you think that he will change this season you must be stupid, he has already gambled hugely on another inexperienced manager, there will be little if any money available for some quality players which we desperately need and he thinks it's a matter of turning up to win the league. So if that's Tan living in my head then you might just be right.

But BBM isnt inexperienced is he? At least he has managed a club in League 1 previously, ok it was Rochdale who eventually got relegated but they were strapped for cash, and the players he had at his disposal then probably werent quite up to the quality required to play BBM's way. Of course, after he LEFT Rochdale, Manchester City signed him up and he then spent three years coaching Manchester City's Elite Development Squad, effectively their B-team. So MCFC saw enough in BBM to hire him and keep him a decent length of time PRIOR to him then joining Leicester City, at that time a Prem League outfit, as Assistant First Team coach, so he is no mug.

Any comparison with Riza is not at all valid, Riza couldnt manage 2 flies crawling up a wall, and his credentials as a complete failure elsewhere he has been should have dictated him being nowhere near a management role higher than Splott under 5's 5-a-side.

Not trying to compare Murphy to Riza, (apart from experience) Riza should have been nowhere near the first team last season but that was all down to Tan. Don't know much about Murphy but he obviously works well with youngsters, Man city employed him so that's good enough for me. But becoming manager of a big club like us with as it looks, no money available to strengthen the squad with is a different ball game, we can't go into a very physical league with just youngsters we need 3-4 experienced players to help them out. That said i wish Murphy the best of luck, i think he's going to need it.

I think we have three options this year
1. Go all out for promotion and play the first team in both league and cup competitions to build momentum and a winning mentality?
2. Rotate wisely, using a blend of youth and experience in the cups to protect key players while giving valuable game time to our academy lads?
3. Focus on long-term development, giving this season to the youth and building a stronger, more cohesive side for a proper push next year—especially if the youth team doesn’t secure promotion to the Championship this time around?

Personally, I lean toward option 2 a blend. We’ve already seen glimpses of talent like Joel Colwill, David Ola, and Manny Barton, and while they're not yet ready to carry the club alone, these are players who need minutes now to be ready next year. The cup games are perfect for that.
Promotion is always the aim, but we’ve got to stop papering over cracks. If we don’t start trusting our own academy now, we risk losing another generation of talent to Grade 1 clubs who’ll snap them up, loan them out, then sell them on without ever giving them a real chance—just like we saw with the youth players we have already lost.
Cup games should be a proving ground for the youth. If they shine, brilliant. If not, we’ll know where the gaps are. But by next year, we could be fielding a first team that has strong club identity, energy, and no massive wage bill.