"Success this season is promotion, preferably automatic but via the play-offs would still be worthy of a celebration" Wharton declared.
It was Wharton who controversially reinstated Laws as manager last April after Ex-Chairman Chris Holland had sacked the Iron boss just nineteen days earlier.
However, despite last season's vote of confidence, many Iron fans see Wharton - famously quoted as saying "I will not accept failure" - making his expectations public as a warning to Scunthorpe manager Brian Laws.