I agree, a bull run this year is looking extremely unlikely, just because it happened last year it doesn't mean it will happen again.
Personally I don't see it happening again for quite some time. The stock markets have dropped for years at a time, there's no reason it can't happen with crypto too.
I do believe it will go up ONE DAY however, I just don't feel confortable saying it will be within the next year or even two, as it very well may not.
There just no ways to pump now, it can be happen instantly but at this time it may not really be, many investors pullout their investment on last years pump. It may take years again to gathered more investors to invest here.