I totally agree with these wise words being spoken, there is problems within CPFC that will arise soon, basically the squad is now not strong enough to last a whole campaign, I do hope I am wrong but this year is a struggle off a manager that is trying his best, but the players are not good enough.

I ought to change my name since I am nowhere near as pessimistic as the vast majority of fans on this site - yes disappointed that we didn't sign anyone in the last part of the window but not pessimistic to the point that we'll be relegated.

IMHO, we'll be fine, even if we possibly won't improve on last year's points. I see us for the tenth year in a row getting somewhere between 40 and 49 points. Don't forget that we have had the toughest start of any team and that will be even more the case once we've played the next 4 matches.

Edited by doombear (02 Sep 2022 4.02pm)

Can’t believe the level of misery and pessimism. I suppose it’s down to losing a late equaliser to Brentford and not bringing in anyone on deadline day. We looked well capable of a top 10 finish a week ago despite losing to Citeh. We brought in a keeper, a defender who can play anywhere across the back, and a midfielder who is a serious upgrade on Kouyate. Eze is back from his injury and looking great, Olise is improving game by game, and Wilf is staying for the rest of the season.

We have a nice blend in the current squad. I’d like to see Phillips, Rodney, Wells-Morrison and Ebiowei getting some game time this season as subs rather than Luka, although I guess experience will play a part. Between now and January PV needs to decide if Hughes and Riedewald are up to the job and If not they need to be moved on in January. If Ferguson can get himself fit he may solve the right back issue long term, if not we may write him off in the summer when his contract ends. PV should focus on these questions for the next few months.

It’s obvious we don’t have a lot of cash to spend and we need to be clear about who we spend it on. My guess is we can afford one decent signing. January will be a more important window for us depending on results this side of the World Cup and assuming Wilf decides not to sign a new contract. Knowing which of the current squad is surplus to requirements would be good before we go spending more money. We will finish top half this season albeit probably only just!

Last season was very competitive , this one looks as if it has got tougher ,teams that struggled a bit have strengthened , and promoted sides look stronger than most other years. We have to surely be not as strong as last season , Gallagher, made us a better side, we don’t have him or any one that might give us something similar, even Benteke contributed a few goals , and was regular in most games form 90 minutes to 2.
Added to that is the fact that we will not surprise many as often as we did last season.
On our day we can be really smart, so I don’t see why we should go down, but as ever we need some luck , especially regarding injuries, and this is in the lap of the football gods. All in all though I don’t see us as one of the three worst sides in the division, but we will need to be as good and consistent as last year, regardless of being marginally less well equipped.

I cant believe some of the negative rubbish i have read on this thread from some people . So what has changed from how positive people felt last season compared to this ,we have lost C G but hey as most people have said he had a season of two halves last year yet we still performed second half of the season.We have lost Koyate but i believe upgraded with Dacourie,and finally we lost Benteke and his goals . How people can make the comment that we will only get 1 point from the next 3 games is absolute eli walachs If you look at the first five games three of which were against teams that will occupy the top 3 at the end of the season we were not slaughtered , i thought Arsenal after the first 20 mins we matched them and could of snatched a draw.If we had been adventurous against Liverpool i think we could of won.City two refereeing decisions our way would have seen us 3 0 up against 10 and Brentford was poor subs from PV. I think there are some on here on a wind up with the negativity

I think you cannot just stand still.

Look at Leicester great squad no business have lost momentum.

It's psychological.

A loan Bats or similar gives everyone a lift.

Letting Kouyate go and loaning out top youngsters on the fringe of the PL are the not the sign of an ambitious club.