Obviously he can't confirm promotion one way or the other, but I think it's safe to say he's expecting us to go up - and he's a lot closer to the inside scoop than we are.
“I think we are all very excited at the prospect of getting promoted – which was obviously the target that we discussed as a staff back in Spain [during the pre-season tour of Alicante].
“We don’t know yet, although there is a very strong indication that will happen – we’re sitting on our hands, slightly, but I’d be telling lies if I didn’t think that it was a very strong possibility.”
https://www.pafc.co.uk/news/2020/may/promotion-pending/
“I think we are all very excited at the prospect of getting promoted – which was obviously the target that we discussed as a staff back in Spain [during the pre-season tour of Alicante].
“We don’t know yet, although there is a very strong indication that will happen – we’re sitting on our hands, slightly, but I’d be telling lies if I didn’t think that it was a very strong possibility.”
https://www.pafc.co.uk/news/2020/may/promotion-pending/