I was thinking for many weeks we had a good chance of being able to achieve a top 10 position.
Yet as the weeks unfolded I've seen clubs on smaller gates than Argyle in Bury and Northampton really bring in what seems like top quality signings. Bury have brought in people like Ajose, Macquire and Beckford. That's some very good forward options. Northampton meanwhile have brought in Pierre and Ash Taylor. They have also landed former Accrington player Crooks who we have seen at HP with Windass make them a formidable footballing team.
The level of player now in this league hasn't surprised me. However, its where these players are heading. Clubs who you would think we should have a bigger budget than this season made you think now they have similar or even larger than us.
Suddenly 15th-18th finish seems a reasonable statement to make for the season because of what you will see us up against. Argyle seem to have make themselves stronger too but where as I thought we could out perform a few clubs just based on having better finances, I am not so sure this will be true.
This league could be extremely tight from top to bottom. Anything above 12th for Argyle this season would be a wonderful achievement given the quality we are going to face.
Yet as the weeks unfolded I've seen clubs on smaller gates than Argyle in Bury and Northampton really bring in what seems like top quality signings. Bury have brought in people like Ajose, Macquire and Beckford. That's some very good forward options. Northampton meanwhile have brought in Pierre and Ash Taylor. They have also landed former Accrington player Crooks who we have seen at HP with Windass make them a formidable footballing team.
The level of player now in this league hasn't surprised me. However, its where these players are heading. Clubs who you would think we should have a bigger budget than this season made you think now they have similar or even larger than us.
Suddenly 15th-18th finish seems a reasonable statement to make for the season because of what you will see us up against. Argyle seem to have make themselves stronger too but where as I thought we could out perform a few clubs just based on having better finances, I am not so sure this will be true.
This league could be extremely tight from top to bottom. Anything above 12th for Argyle this season would be a wonderful achievement given the quality we are going to face.