Well this is a bleak moment. I hope all those people predicting a top ten finish and the like are feeling suitably foolish. Looking at the opening run of fixtures though and considering the loss of Senior and, in particular, Young, it's not all that surprising. Then again, failing to secure the win against Darlington is starting to look like a massive setback. The next two games don't look too pretty to me either, so I fear we may be down near the bottom for a while.
But it's clearly too soon for doom and gloom. I think a lot's going to depend on us having our usual good run of results in the autumn - and there are plenty of reasons to think we might: the midweek games will have finished for a while, the new players will have had time to gel, while other players should have got their fitness levels up to speed by then. Also, our fixtures in that period look easier on paper and, who knows, we may even have better luck with injuries (and the Australian FA).
So let's stay behind the lads and the management team. There are better days ahead.