stealthpapes Greatwesternline We're just going to be a hopefully mid-table League 1 team as opposed to a lower table Championship team.
Things could get worse not better, academy players who just broke through would have been on a huge high which brings massive confidence.
Many more defeats in a row and then you have people online slagging them off, the terraces slagging them off, booing, and the confidence will drop like a stone. Then all you have left is a bunch of inexperienced players afraid to take risks, which leads to long ball football.
This season feels precarious to me. We are 3 results away from being in a season long relegation battle in my opinion. Alternatively if some good results come along we could push on.
In league 1 it feels like a lot of games can't be that easily explained away by tactics. Things just happen in games quite a bit more without a definitive plan. As the standard of players drops, so does the ability to execute game plans i suspect.
Put this in iambic pentameter
And frame it all for the resident fools
Via ChatGPT…
In League One's midst, we hope to stand,
Not languish low in Championship's sand.
Yet darker days, they might unfurl their cloak,
For young academy stars, a hopeful yoke.
Their rise, a soaring flight, their spirits high,
Confidence immense, they touch the sky.
But should defeats in succession tightly bind,
Online and terraces, harsh words we'll find.
The jeers, the boos, their confidence may drain,
A plummeting stone, their hearts in pain.
Inexperienced, they fear to dare and strive,
Long ball football, the game they may contrive.
This season feels precarious, I must say,
Three results away from battles, night and day.
Or with good fortune's grace, we might ascend,
In League One's realm, our fate, we shall defend.
In this league, tactics often lose their way,
Chaos reigns, and plans may fray.
As players' skills decline, so too it seems,
The grand game's plan dissolves like fleeting dreams