Well, from the end of last season and the start of this has been problematic to say the least. After being beaten in the Cup Final we didn't make the grade for European football and subsequently this has in part lead to a severe lack of resources.
As a result the club have had to cut it's cloth accordingly. Our top goal scorer for the last few seasons was allowed to leave on a free transfer (Rory Patterson). Several other senior players contracts were allowed to wind down most significantly our captain Barry Molloy. Now, Molloy is getting on a bit and was at fault for one of the goals that cost us the Cup Final but he was an inspiration and driving force on the field. We couldn't afford to renew his contract on the same terms and he has left for pastures new (and poorer) the Irish League, namely Cliftonville from north Belfast. Cliftonville, at the time of writing, are top of their league.
One of young stars of last season, Shane Duffy has left for Celtic, I think we got around 100 grand. Good luck to the lad, I hope it goes better for him at that club than it did for THE DERRY PELE, Paddy McCourt (now at Notts County) and also Niall McGinn (Aberdeen). A couple of the other youngster went to Brentford for trials but thankfully for us came back home.
We are relying on them, Barry McNamee and Paddy 'Fats' McElhenny and very young Josh Daniels to provide the creative spark. We have a solid but very young core which have been recently been augmented by a couple of senior journeymen.
Like I said above, I think we'll finish 6th due to having a very small squad.