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Season's Predictions - Ipswich Town News

Over the past week or so, Warky1970 has been collecting predictions from the message board regulars and has emailed us with the results.

The idea is to come up with a scoring system and at the end of the season, see who has best predicted Town's fortunes for 2006/07.

Highest Predicted Finish: 1st (Dale1978 and AuntieBlue)
Lowest Predicted Finish: 21st (Yorkshire)

Therefore out of 112 board members no one predicts relegation.

Average Predicted Finish: 10th

Average Predicted League Cup Exit: 3rd Round

Average predicted FA Cup Exit: 4th Round

Furthest predicted League Cup Run: 7th Round/Final! (yorkshire)

Furthest predicted FA Cup Run: Winners !!!!!!
(yorkshire/WoodyNorthStandBlue)

Player of the year: Garvan 28%
Other votes:
Bowditch 1
DeVos 7
Forster 7
Garvan 31
Haynes 1
Lee 9
Naylor: 5
Parkin: 12
Peters: 6
Sito: 2
Supple: 16
Westlake: 1
Williams: 10
Wilnis: 4

Most Improved Player: Peters 36%
Other votes:
Bowditch 1
Casement 3
Clarke 7
Garvan 23
Haynes 10
Krause 1
Peters 38
Price 1
Rhodes 2
Supple 26

Youth Player to Break Through: Clarke 51%
Other votes:
Casement 13
Clarke 57
Haynes 1
Knights 8
Krause 3
Lordan 1
Nash 1
No One 2
Reason 5
Rhodes 11
Synott 1
Trotter 5
Upson 4
(I think this has to be judged on a new player who has not really featured for the first team and becomes a regular on the bench or in starting 11. Some have nominated Casement or Haynes who in my opinion have already broken
through.)

Most Improved Player: Peters 29%
Barron 1
Bowditch 19
Currie 2
Haynes 3
Magilton 1
Parkin 28
Peters 31
Richards 7
Sito 12
Skard 1
Westlake 4
Williams 3

Top Goalscorer All Competitions: Forster 48%
Other votes:
Bowditch 1
Forster 51
Haynes 1
Lee 26
Mellor 1
Naylor 2
Parkin 29
Rhodes 1

Average Attendance: 21,888 (All Competitions)

Total Goals by Town in Championship: average of 67

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