This is not me lacking ambition, or saying I don't want to get promotion this season. I do - I think it would be great to take a crack at the Championship......
......but I do think that right now, League One is an excellent league and a lot of fun to play in.
There's this unique mix of genuinely big and historically top division clubs (Sunderland, Ipswich, Portsmouth, Coventry, Bolton) and tiny teams that get by with minimal support and a lot of grit and good management (Accrington, Rochdale, Burton).
It's incredibly competitive - we have the best team this season that we've had in more than two decades (Appleton's promotion team possibly excepted - although even that's an argument), and there's still eight good teams above us (but no more than 9 points ahead of us, so if we go on a run now they're all there to be tracked down).
But there's still some real dross, so we get the odd thrashing like Tuesday. Which is a nice relaxing game to enjoy in the midst of the top-of-the-table tension.
As I say, I hope we go up. But it's still worth taking the time to enjoy where we are! It won't be the end of the world if we're in the same league again next season. And we'll have a couple of games against the scum to enjoy as well........
......but I do think that right now, League One is an excellent league and a lot of fun to play in.
There's this unique mix of genuinely big and historically top division clubs (Sunderland, Ipswich, Portsmouth, Coventry, Bolton) and tiny teams that get by with minimal support and a lot of grit and good management (Accrington, Rochdale, Burton).
It's incredibly competitive - we have the best team this season that we've had in more than two decades (Appleton's promotion team possibly excepted - although even that's an argument), and there's still eight good teams above us (but no more than 9 points ahead of us, so if we go on a run now they're all there to be tracked down).
But there's still some real dross, so we get the odd thrashing like Tuesday. Which is a nice relaxing game to enjoy in the midst of the top-of-the-table tension.
As I say, I hope we go up. But it's still worth taking the time to enjoy where we are! It won't be the end of the world if we're in the same league again next season. And we'll have a couple of games against the scum to enjoy as well........
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