| Next season in the Chamionship 15:05 - May 29 with 6898 views | IndependentlyBlue |
Know it’s not our worry but Championship is going to be difficult to call next season.
Three relegated teams with money to burn.
Dirty Leeds have plenty of players to sell and parachute payments to get them past their financial difficulties.
Middlesbrough, WBA and Coventry will be strong.
Watford a bit of a wild card so who knows?
QPR and Wendies finished well and both seem to have found a good coach if they can hold on to them.
Pompey and Derby will hope to carry their momentum on from promotion.
Sunderland might get it right at last
Can’t think missed anyone of note
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| Next season in the Chamionship on 20:33 - May 29 with 1641 views | southnorfolkblue |
| Next season in the Chamionship on 19:52 - May 29 by MK1 |
My bottom 3
Portsmouth
Sheff. Utd
Oxford |
Sheff Utd is a bold call! |  |
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| Next season in the Chamionship on 22:36 - May 29 with 1574 views | BloomBlue |
It's Leeds to lose. Farke can get teams promoted from the Champ, it took him 2 seasons to get Norwich promoted that first time. Plus he won't have all the player cr@p (going on strike, wanting to leave) at the start of next season. |  | | |
| Next season in the Chamionship on 23:05 - May 29 with 1539 views | Stewart27 |
I’m going:
1. Leeds
2. Burnley
3. Coventry
4. Sunderland
5. Middlesbrough
6. Luton
Hull and WBA to be up there | | | |
| Next season in the Chamionship on 00:00 - May 30 with 1519 views | WeWereZombies |
| Next season in the Chamionship on 23:05 - May 29 by Stewart27 |
I’m going:
1. Leeds
2. Burnley
3. Coventry
4. Sunderland
5. Middlesbrough
6. Luton
Hull and WBA to be up there |
How well Burnley do is going to be determined by who they get in as the new manager, as by all accounts (including Pep) Kompany had them performing well above their accepted best prospects as individuals players. Rosenior could be a suitable replacement. |  |
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| Next season in the Chamionship on 09:00 - May 30 with 1404 views | Churchman |
| Next season in the Chamionship on 20:33 - May 29 by farkenhell |
Taking off my blue blinkers for a moment, trying to be balanced and unbiased.
There's no way that those w@nkers will be anywhere near top 6 next season! |
Seems fair and balanced to me 😃. My predictions:
1. Leeds
2. Coventry
3. West Brom
4. Luton (promoted via play offs beating West Brom 3-2)
5. QPR
6. Portsmouth
7. Middlesbrough
8. Wednesday
9. Sheffield Utd
10. Burnley
11. Derby
12. Stoke
13. Hull
14. Cardiff
15. Swansea
16. Watford
17. Sunderland
18. Preston
19. Blackburn
20. Norwich
21. Bristol City
22. Millwall
23. Plymouth
24. Oxford
Sorted!
Norwich’s Danish bloke won’t be bringing home the bacon. He’ll make a pigs ear of it and they’ll see the back of him by 12th Night (two hands of fingers for them). His replacement will be a less rasher choice and won’t be so ham fisted, hence the pulling away from relegation and the open top bus parade. |  | | |
| Next season in the Chamionship on 09:47 - May 30 with 1356 views | southnorfolkblue |
| Next season in the Chamionship on 23:05 - May 29 by Stewart27 |
I’m going:
1. Leeds
2. Burnley
3. Coventry
4. Sunderland
5. Middlesbrough
6. Luton
Hull and WBA to be up there |
Sunderland will need to seriously sort themselves out to be near the top 6 I reckon. Will be interesting to see what the Hull team looks like. They spent big last summer for no return. I would have thought that they will need to balance the books | |
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| Next season in the Chamionship on 09:56 - May 30 with 1348 views | LancsBlue |
Blimey, you've gone early. No idea what squads will look like or who managers will be by August. A bit of fun maybe but a complete shot in the dark at this stage - except maybe Plymouth to be relegated! |  |
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| Next season in the Chamionship on 10:01 - May 30 with 1341 views | WeWereZombies |
| Next season in the Chamionship on 09:00 - May 30 by Churchman |
Seems fair and balanced to me 😃. My predictions:
1. Leeds
2. Coventry
3. West Brom
4. Luton (promoted via play offs beating West Brom 3-2)
5. QPR
6. Portsmouth
7. Middlesbrough
8. Wednesday
9. Sheffield Utd
10. Burnley
11. Derby
12. Stoke
13. Hull
14. Cardiff
15. Swansea
16. Watford
17. Sunderland
18. Preston
19. Blackburn
20. Norwich
21. Bristol City
22. Millwall
23. Plymouth
24. Oxford
Sorted!
Norwich’s Danish bloke won’t be bringing home the bacon. He’ll make a pigs ear of it and they’ll see the back of him by 12th Night (two hands of fingers for them). His replacement will be a less rasher choice and won’t be so ham fisted, hence the pulling away from relegation and the open top bus parade. |
I don't know what you have smoked but that all looks a bit streaky to me... | |
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| Next season in the Chamionship on 10:10 - May 30 with 1328 views | Churchman |
| Next season in the Chamionship on 10:01 - May 30 by WeWereZombies |
I don't know what you have smoked but that all looks a bit streaky to me... |
At least they won’t have to play The Trotters next season, but I doubt it’ll be a crackling season for them. | | | |
| Next season in the Chamionship on 10:38 - May 30 with 1305 views | textbackup |
| Next season in the Chamionship on 18:19 - May 29 by oldburian |
Unfortunately Norwich will be there or thereabouts. |
They really wont |  |
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| Next season in the Chamionship on 10:42 - May 30 with 1292 views | Europablue |
| Next season in the Chamionship on 17:47 - May 29 by TheBoyBlue |
Last year's relegated trio were established PL clubs with strong teams that they by and large kept together and sensibly added to with the extra money that they had to burn compared to others. I can't see the three coming down this year being anywhere near as strong.
I was surprised by Middlesbrough this season as I thought they would've been right up there, but I think another year wiser Carrick will have them up there. Coventry will be strong again I expect, if Hull had kept Rosenior but I sense that their owners may mess it up for them. QPR seem a really strong team now, dare I say it Norwich will have to sell but will probably still be chasing and my dark horses are Sheffield Wednesday. Watford perhaps too and it'll be interesting to see Bristol City with Manning in from the start.
All with the caveat that I don't know what I'm talking about and had us finishing midtable this season, so who knows?! |
We definitely had the big advantage over Coventry and Middlesborough last season in that we has continuity and none of our best players were poached from us. It probably would have happened to us too this summer if we didn't get promoted. It's the harsh reality of the Premier League clubs hoovering up all the talent. Both Coventry and Middlesborough were both much better in the second half of the season, but especially Coventry run out of steam. | | | |
| Next season in the Chamionship on 10:42 - May 30 with 1292 views | WeWereZombies |
| Next season in the Chamionship on 10:10 - May 30 by Churchman |
At least they won’t have to play The Trotters next season, but I doubt it’ll be a crackling season for them. |
Gam'mon, we are starting to go rind the houses in our efforts to pork fun at them now... | |
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| Next season in the Chamionship on 10:48 - May 30 with 1276 views | Europablue |
| Next season in the Chamionship on 20:33 - May 29 by farkenhell |
Taking off my blue blinkers for a moment, trying to be balanced and unbiased.
There's no way that those w@nkers will be anywhere near top 6 next season! |
The only way they will do well next season is if their new manager is exceptional. Three of four of their players really excelled and will get moves away because Norwich aren't in a position to say no if big money offers come in.
You'd expect them to finish mid-table. A great manager will put them in contention for the playoffs, but a poor manager will put them in contention for relegation. | | | |
| Next season in the Chamionship on 10:50 - May 30 with 1271 views | lizzibee |
| Next season in the Chamionship on 18:19 - May 29 by oldburian |
Unfortunately Norwich will be there or thereabouts. |
I don't think they will. They'll sell some of their players and their parachute payments have ended. This could be the beginning of their demise | | | |
| Next season in the Chamionship on 11:13 - May 30 with 1218 views | TRUE_BLUE123 |
| Next season in the Chamionship on 10:38 - May 30 by textbackup |
They really wont |
I keep thinking this but they just have an annpying knack of finding talent from random places and for not a lot of money.
Sara, Sainz, Pukki, Bunedia etc. And they will sell Rowe/Sara/Sargent for a bit of cash. And the new manager they seem to be getting is someone that i quite admire as a coach (not anymore mind)
I hope they finally have the years that we had, but i expect them to be competitive again. Unfortunately. |  |
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| Next season in the Chamionship on 13:57 - May 30 with 1139 views | baxterbasics |
| Next season in the Chamionship on 11:13 - May 30 by TRUE_BLUE123 |
I keep thinking this but they just have an annpying knack of finding talent from random places and for not a lot of money.
Sara, Sainz, Pukki, Bunedia etc. And they will sell Rowe/Sara/Sargent for a bit of cash. And the new manager they seem to be getting is someone that i quite admire as a coach (not anymore mind)
I hope they finally have the years that we had, but i expect them to be competitive again. Unfortunately. |
I think Nodge will be losing some of their talent in this window and will finish in a similar position as they just did. This season it was an underachievement with the players they had. They'll do similar again. Maybe miss out on POs this time by a point or two. They won't get another sniff for years. |  |
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| Next season in the Chamionship on 14:01 - May 30 with 1130 views | Nthsuffolkblue |
| Next season in the Chamionship on 13:57 - May 30 by baxterbasics |
I think Nodge will be losing some of their talent in this window and will finish in a similar position as they just did. This season it was an underachievement with the players they had. They'll do similar again. Maybe miss out on POs this time by a point or two. They won't get another sniff for years. |
I am not sure I define underachievement the same as you. They rely heavily on 2 or 3 players. While any 1 of them was missing they were well off the play offs. They got them fit for the second half of the season and Sargeant had the goal-scoring form of his career and propelled them to 6th.
If they lose 2 or all 3 of those players, they will have to replace them with the same quality to be good enough for the play offs. They then have to hope they don't get injured or lose form for any length of time. They are stuck with some ageing players on big contracts too and they are unlikely to stay fit or be as good as last season. Perhaps Gibbs and Rowe and co will step up but it would be a lot to ask them to do so. They put that pressure on the Scottish lad they took on loan a season or two ago and destroyed him. [Post edited 30 May 2024 14:02]
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| Next season in the Chamionship on 14:41 - May 30 with 1086 views | oldburian |
| Next season in the Chamionship on 11:13 - May 30 by TRUE_BLUE123 |
I keep thinking this but they just have an annpying knack of finding talent from random places and for not a lot of money.
Sara, Sainz, Pukki, Bunedia etc. And they will sell Rowe/Sara/Sargent for a bit of cash. And the new manager they seem to be getting is someone that i quite admire as a coach (not anymore mind)
I hope they finally have the years that we had, but i expect them to be competitive again. Unfortunately. |
The fact that we are above them tends to make them more determined, you only have to look at the historical data to see the correlation. Until we got to the old first division in 1961 they had been a totally underperforming well supported club never threatening the elite. They even had to apply for reelection in late 50’s, of course with their attendances and the fact that in those days the away side had a third of the net gate receipts meant that they were in no danger of getting kicked out like Gateshead et al.
They should have won the play offs last year but the crowd made playing at home, after sacking managers, so difficult that they missed out. We can hope that a bad start will reignite the idiots unrest and scupper them once again. If that happens then their future will depend on their youth set up. Three or four of their youngsters have had successful loans this season so there is a chance of them remaining in contention, hopefully I am over optimistic for them. | | | |
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