I thought this poll might be interesting to see people’s opinions. Remember vote with your head not your heart.

I've voted for L1 because of the owners' focus on sustainability. If we get to L1 they'll want us to find our feet, build up attendances and commerical revenues even more (maybe redevelop the ground?), and put tgoether a better squad without just splashing the cash. Then push on to the championship when we're ready. They're the opposite of the instant success buying attentions seekers who own some clubs.

Hopefully Forest will be in L1 as well at that point, saddled with massive debts and heavy points deductions.

League 1 for me.

The sustainability bit means that we will have to slowly build up the Notts resources to challenge for the Championship.

League 1 is my prediction and staying there for an extended period of time.

I would like to see a similar path as Lincoln. They are relatively well run, as well run as an EFL side can be given the costs involved and lack of revenue so you'd expect financial losses which Lincoln have had. But they have investors whom I see a lot of similarities with who don't throw good money after bad money. They are prepared to sell players when the time is right which shows mature owners that run the club like a business which is what we as fans need, our job is to be emotional and theirs to be sensible. We have done this just this past summer when selling Alex Bass. They also like to shop in the European markets which is something that Richard Montague talked about in his interview. I would argue with our stadium and potential fan base we have a theoretical higher ceiling than Lincoln but in terms of going from League Two to possible Championship theirs is the path I foresee for us.

What will dictate how we do over the next 5 years will be how stable we are with managers, you only have to look around to see that clubs that stick with their managers (and DoF) have more success in the long run. Chopping and changing managers isn't the answer in my opinion.

I wasn't a big fan of MP to start with, I even thought he would be gone by Halloween but I was wrong. He has done a wonderful job and we would do well to hold on to him as long as possible regardless of how this season pans out.

Heart says Championship, but head says League 1. Which when we consider the mess we were in when we were relegated to the National League is a good return from the brothers management of the club. Well run clubs like Brighton, Bournemouth and Brentford didn’t do overnight. They have been able sustain their place in the Premier League. Unlike others who make it and then drop through the leagues like a stone!

Thanks McPie, great question. I've gone for Championship. Promotion this year or next and then 3 years in League One with continuous improvements year on year. You advised to vote with head not heart. I tried but the heart wouldn't be sidelined for this task I'm afraid. My prediction is based partly on the interview given by the brothers when they bought the club in 2019. They have the Championship in their sights I'm sure and from memory their initial time frame was 10 years.

I’d like to believe we could get higher, but promotion this season and some consolidation in L1 is the most probable option. Competing in the top 3rd of L1 would actually be ok, anything better would be a real bonus.

There are too many ifs, buts & maybes to be taken into account. Fresh investment, new owners, a couple of “major/significant” signings or 1 mega season etc could all affect the outcome.

I’ve gone for league one too, although I’d love it to be Championship but that might take longer than 5 years. I just hope I’m still around when/if they make it. At the rate my friends (who are the same age as me or younger) are popping off lately I’d say the odds aren’t very good. 😢

It's L1 with a bullet.

So much has changed since we seemed naturals for the second tier in the 1970s. In the intervening decades so many other clubs that were considered below us at the time have got their acts together - Brentford, Bournemouth, Swansea, Blackburn, Fulham, etc etc. Other sleeping giants now more regularly punch their weight.

In England, football is just about the only thing that has kept on progressing, while everything else has gone to ****.

Just look at the NL, all those historic football league clubs battling it out. Clubs like Salford, Bromley muscling into the EFL and staying there. All boats have lifted, including Notts. Who would've thought in those top flight years with only 8K, or those trust years on 4K that we'd bounce back and regularly get close to 10K? And being based in the 'much bigger than people realise' Nottingham metropolitan area, we have the potential for even greater growth. But 10K is a struggle at Tier 2 these days and its made up of a formidable list of big 1-club cities. And don't forget every decade a number of towns turn into cities because of growth - including Colchester, Doncaster, Milton Keynes, and Wrexham in 2022.

As things stand our natural position could be around 9th in L1. In fact we'd be good candidates to be that club that stays in the same tier for the longest time, and that tier would be L1.

Momentum can take teams up straight from L2 to Championship. But have you seen that league recently? I wouldn't want that if it meant a crushing relegation soon afterwards. The bros model of a consolidating might be the better long-term strategy and over time we might become that big city club that can mix it in the top two levels eventually.

League 1 for all the above reasons so very well explained.