Stronger squad than at this point last season?

Yet I have no more expectation for the forthcoming season maybe its down to all the short term signings

 

or maybe its that this league is a lot stronger than last season by far.

 

I never go along with this theory you always get teams that struggle no matter what budget they have. The same players and managers are around just paid more at the so called bigger club.

 

well there could be a few factors tbh. injuries, bad luck etc but being in a strong league is a big factor and i think if we had got promoted into as strong a championship we would have gone straight back down no question.
but with a stronger squad with some championship/premiership experienced players i think we'll be ok imo

 

With Crainie possibly.

Depends how scouse Toni and the rest settle in.

 

Get cracking and get a few games under belt before we find that out.

 

There's no magic formula to making a good football team, if you'd have looked at the Premiership promotion winning team before that season started you'd not have been overwhelmed by the individual players in it, so as Moneyball nicely illustrates it can make a good blend of players to make a good team.

What last season does show is how a couple of good players can make a massive difference to the success of a team. Im sure Hillcroft have learnt much from their 1st season, something that tends to be forgotten i think.

It is a harder league than last year, but as someone said above teams will struggle who you dont expect to, and teams will do better than expected. I think we will survive, again, and that will be a tremendous effort when you looks at the potential quality of the league itself.