[spireitematt]

Don't get down about it. The top four are better than the rest in our division. Sheff Utd and Bradford might be ready to join them if it weren't for cup success.

We have done very well, but the build up to Derby, then losing and Doyle going were bound to have a negative effect on our performances. Scunthorpe had just beaten Swindon convincingly, Preston gave Man Utd a game, and Orient have money behind them and a squad that should (on paper) but challenging to win the division.

Twentieth upwards would be a success for us. A player we got for nothing was sold for around a million. He massively over-achieved this season on anything we saw last. We'll soon know if we got the best of the deal if he can't repeat the goals for the bluebirds.

I was surprised by the team selected for Scunny. It reminded me of the team we sent for the paint splash .... and the result was similar. But the games have been coming thick and fast. The squad isn't big. I'm a bit surprised Mr Cook has swapped it around more, but things were going well for him and change is very difficult to time. Aryibi either had to get pitch time or be released at the end of the season. Playing Gardner now would be ideal, but he's never fit when we want him. We miss Roberts. We've got O'Shea but he lacks workrate. Our most experienced centre backs don't make a pair in my eyes. When things are going wrong the goalie makes a gaffe.

But we've done great. We need three more wins. The sooner the better for my heart. But did anyone seriously expect us to get to fifth in this division? A couple of weeks ago we were worrying about the strength of the squad for Championship football. We're receiving an answer we don't like. But we should stop acting surprised, give Harrison time to settle in, hope the aim with Carter is to sign him on a permanent, hope Mani turns into 6ft 5ins of trouble for defenders, watch Aryibi grow in confidence when he skins the full back, think that perhaps Duffy had something to offer when Birmingham took him from Donny. And on top of this we need our own front line players to perform, Roberts to get fit, Gardner to find the pitch, Banks to wake up to the crisis he's facing.

Matt, I don't think even Chris Turner could have meant that we would be immediately stronger for selling Doyle.

Well that's what he said in the interview when we sold Doyle that we would be stronger at the end of the January transfer window.

Just fed up because everytime we get a good player they get sold on quickly Ward, Folan, Cooper, Doyle and many more. The only player to have done well out of that list is Ward, Folan didn't last long in the Prem or even the Championship and now plays in Malaysia. Cooper was bought by Leeds for £750k and rumour has it he's being released at the end of the season and now we've sold Doyle to Cardiff for £750k and either gets subbed off or is a sub.

I would love to see us in the Championship but when is that going to happen? Burnley are in the Premier League and they are only a small town and have a smaller population than Chesterfield. I just feel we are a yo yo club between Division 3 & 4 and would love to see us in the Championship or possibly the Premier League but at the minute those are just pipe dreams and we need to be realistic. I just felt we had a really good chance especially before Christmas but like you say Dev there are stronger teams in this Division such as Bristol City, MK Dons, Swindon, Bradford and I would say Gillingham look good as well.

When Sheffield United were supposedly after Doyle I went on there forum to read about the rumours and they said that Chesterfield at best were a mid-table L1 side and that we struggle to attract support. I think unless we are in the Championship then we will always struggle to attract support especially when you've got the two Sheffield clubs and Derby and Forest and then there's always the gloryhunters of United, City.

I suppose we've got a lot to be thankful for what DA has done for the club because without him we wouldn't be in this position, a new stadium, Wembley visits and two promotions. Maybe DA doesn't want to get promotion to the Championship unless we are debt free and I suppose the wage bill would be much larger than L1. I just worry we will struggle next season if we are in L1 like Orient are this season. Last year Orient for most of the season were running away with the league and had a blip and made the playoff final but lost to Rotherham and now they are struggling down at the bottom of the league.

I suppose the important thing first and foremost is being financially stable so that the club is around for a long time. At the end of the day I will support Chesterfield no matter what league they are in even Non-League.