Defeated before the season starts ??
I think we have to be realistic, at this stage, we've made one loan signing of a goalkeeper to replace a very good keeper we had last season. So in many ways Henderson is an unknown, certainly at this level.
Yes Coutts, Brooks and Ched will be coming back after long spells out last season, but we've also not recruited the strikers which Wilder was reported to have been needing.
So what have we actually done since the end of the season to move from 9-10th place into 3rd place?
The table prediction has the likes of Derby, Preston, Millwall, Bristol C, Brentford all down in the bottom half, but again they ran the play offs close like we did.
I can see us getting closer to the play offs next season, but thats more through experience we've gained. That said, our surprise factor has gone now as we're an established Championship side rather than promotion newbies.
Ask me again before the first game of the season and lets see how things are looking