fulwoodshrimp wrote:Our lack of a striker made last night a long 90 minutes. We didn't look likely to score. Slew is not good enough for 90 minutes, he is much better coming on when defenders are tiring. Larsson doesn't offer much at the moment and defensively we are not tight enough. Would like to see Edwards start a game. He offers a bit of unpredictability but I understand he is injury prone. I think survival in the EFL should be the goal this season with hopefully a new owner and the building of a decent squad to challenge next season.
I think realistically we've probably already survived. We only need 18 points (6 wins) from an available 42 (14 games) for that to be a mathematical certainty and that's making a bold assumption that Sutton win every single one of their remaining games, which of course they won't.
I agree the short term goal should be to build a decent squad for the future. That starts with getting our better players tied down to longer contracts and not losing everyone in the summer again.
I don't think there's any harm in aiming for playoffs though, it might be sensible but it's no fun just being content with mid-table/survival whilst we have an opportunity to aim higher.