Realistic but Optimitic: Hertha's Challenging Season Ahead

It's a new season for Hertha BSC - but forgive us if we aren't overflowing with optimism. Lots of first team players have left, very few new players have signed. Yet off the pitch this outcome has paid the bills and the accountants look happier than they have been in a while. It looks like a season of stabilising and consolidation ahead. One where we finish mid table, nothing more, nothing less. But who knows...?