| As hard as it is to pick a championship top 3 22:01 - May 29 with 4812 views | FrimleyBlue |
who the hell do you pick for bottom 3?
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| As hard as it is to pick a championship top 3 on 22:07 - May 29 with 4376 views | SheffordBlue |
Likely to be at least one or two in financial trouble. Will we have a season without a points deduction for someone? |  |
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| As hard as it is to pick a championship top 3 on 22:11 - May 29 with 4352 views | WD19 |
Rotherham, QPR and Cardiff won’t be far away.
Birmingham have a chance.
Plymouth could be a wildcard. |  | | |
| As hard as it is to pick a championship top 3 on 22:15 - May 29 with 4329 views | Swansea_Blue |
Norwich, Norwich, Norwich.
Next? |  |
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| As hard as it is to pick a championship top 3 on 22:22 - May 29 with 4296 views | southnorfolkblue |
| As hard as it is to pick a championship top 3 on 22:11 - May 29 by WD19 |
Rotherham, QPR and Cardiff won’t be far away.
Birmingham have a chance.
Plymouth could be a wildcard. |
I’d add Wednesday to that list. They were dreadful today | |
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| As hard as it is to pick a championship top 3 on 23:11 - May 29 with 4177 views | ArnieM |
Sheffield Weds
Sheffield Weds
Sheffield Weds |  |
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| As hard as it is to pick a championship top 3 on 07:12 - May 30 with 3877 views | PioneerBlue |
Not hard to do. Not saying this with any certainly but it was easy to say,
Top
Middlesbrough
Southampton
Leeds
Bottom
Cardiff
QPR
Hull | |
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| As hard as it is to pick a championship top 3 on 07:24 - May 30 with 3836 views | ITFC_Forever |
Birmingham
Cardiff
Sheff Wed |  |
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| As hard as it is to pick a championship top 3 on 07:39 - May 30 with 3789 views | Herbivore |
| As hard as it is to pick a championship top 3 on 22:11 - May 29 by WD19 |
Rotherham, QPR and Cardiff won’t be far away.
Birmingham have a chance.
Plymouth could be a wildcard. |
Yep. I'd add Wednesday to the mix as well, all they really have is physicality and there will be more sides in the Championship able to stand up to that. They don't have all that much individual quality and they don't have an effective and cohesive system that enables them to be greater than the sum of their parts.
Think the bottom 6 is arguably quite easy to call. |  |
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| As hard as it is to pick a championship top 3 on 09:56 - May 30 with 3566 views | baxterbasics |
I think Weds will survive actually. Mainly because they have a good manager. |  |
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| As hard as it is to pick a championship top 3 on 10:15 - May 30 with 3513 views | ketton_itfc |
| As hard as it is to pick a championship top 3 on 07:39 - May 30 by Herbivore |
Yep. I'd add Wednesday to the mix as well, all they really have is physicality and there will be more sides in the Championship able to stand up to that. They don't have all that much individual quality and they don't have an effective and cohesive system that enables them to be greater than the sum of their parts.
Think the bottom 6 is arguably quite easy to call. |
Think they have quite a few out of contract so could be some churn, interesting if they have any cash or need to rely on frees. Moore has a lot of work ahead. |  | | |
| As hard as it is to pick a championship top 3 on 10:18 - May 30 with 3508 views | BlueBlood90 |
Plymouth, Rotherham and Cardiff at this stage. |  |
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| As hard as it is to pick a championship top 3 on 10:41 - May 30 with 3449 views | CityBlue |
QPR may totally collapse this season but I would also say that there are several teams who are only just "surviving" in this division and it is clear that without either parachute payments or backing then you can only hope to make the playoffs through a mix of guts and luck (ala Luton).
Ipswich really are set up to equip with this level and I can see another season similar to last year in L1 with several teams pushing away from the rest quickly.
Do not rate Southampton and we will see if Leicester are "too big a club for second tier". |  |
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| As hard as it is to pick a championship top 3 on 13:11 - May 30 with 3268 views | wkj |
Leicester, Norwich, Sheffield Wednesday |  |
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| As hard as it is to pick a championship top 3 on 14:27 - May 30 with 3138 views | jayessess |
Groups for me -
Parachute Teams (should finish 1st to 5th, if they don't f up): Leicester, Leeds, Southampton, Watford, Scum
Biggish Teams in a Decent Place (Should make play-offs, assuming they don't f up and at least one parachute teams does): Middlesbrough, Sunderland, West Brom
Currently relatively well-run mid-sized teams (will finish somewhere between 6th to 12th): Coventry, Millwall, PNE, Blackburn
Neither total basket cases, but also not especially well-run mid-sized teams (might sneak into top half, but could still bomb it and end up in trouble): Swansea, Hull, Bristol City, Stoke, Birmingham, Cardiff
Either too small to compete or just a bit of a shambles really (serious relegation candidates): QPR, Huddersfield, Rotherham, Sheffield Wednesday, Plymouth |  |
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| As hard as it is to pick a championship top 3 on 15:04 - May 30 with 3070 views | SamWhiteUK |
Can't wait until Owlstalk get a hold of this thread  |  | | |
| As hard as it is to pick a championship top 3 on 15:13 - May 30 with 3037 views | jayessess |
| As hard as it is to pick a championship top 3 on 15:04 - May 30 by SamWhiteUK |
Can't wait until Owlstalk get a hold of this thread |
I don't think it's outlandish to suggest they have the potential to struggle?
- their owners are incompetent and aren't big investors
- their fans don't seem to especially rate the manager
- they had the oldest squad in the league and need a total rebuild
- they played some dreadful stuff at times this season
- they have 6 regular starters out of contract, 2 more returning to their parent club
I didn't list us, because I can't be objective (and the more people gas us up, the less confident I feel), but objectively Wednesday have a tonne of work to do sorting themselves out this Summer and Chansiri/Moore isn't the team I'd want doing it. | |
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| As hard as it is to pick a championship top 3 on 15:17 - May 30 with 3014 views | J2BLUE |
Things will look very different on August 5th.
Some teams will sign several decent players. Others will lose key players.
No idea right now. |  |
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| As hard as it is to pick a championship top 3 on 15:37 - May 30 with 2953 views | GeoffSentence |
Nodge, QPR and Wednesday.
Though that's more of a wishlist really. |  |
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| As hard as it is to pick a championship top 3 on 16:35 - May 30 with 2901 views | BigCommon |
| As hard as it is to pick a championship top 3 on 15:17 - May 30 by J2BLUE |
Things will look very different on August 5th.
Some teams will sign several decent players. Others will lose key players.
No idea right now. |
Exactly this....
Think people are making predictions out of boredom atm..
There's absolutely no way of knowing anyone's line ups, until after the window. |  | | |
| As hard as it is to pick a championship top 3 on 09:11 - May 31 with 2659 views | GeoffSentence |
| As hard as it is to pick a championship top 3 on 14:27 - May 30 by jayessess |
Groups for me -
Parachute Teams (should finish 1st to 5th, if they don't f up): Leicester, Leeds, Southampton, Watford, Scum
Biggish Teams in a Decent Place (Should make play-offs, assuming they don't f up and at least one parachute teams does): Middlesbrough, Sunderland, West Brom
Currently relatively well-run mid-sized teams (will finish somewhere between 6th to 12th): Coventry, Millwall, PNE, Blackburn
Neither total basket cases, but also not especially well-run mid-sized teams (might sneak into top half, but could still bomb it and end up in trouble): Swansea, Hull, Bristol City, Stoke, Birmingham, Cardiff
Either too small to compete or just a bit of a shambles really (serious relegation candidates): QPR, Huddersfield, Rotherham, Sheffield Wednesday, Plymouth |
You've missed one. | |
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| As hard as it is to pick a championship top 3 on 12:18 - May 31 with 2508 views | Vaughan8 |
| As hard as it is to pick a championship top 3 on 15:17 - May 30 by J2BLUE |
Things will look very different on August 5th.
Some teams will sign several decent players. Others will lose key players.
No idea right now. |
Yeah. I'm sure once the season starts we'll get an idea.
I'll be honest, my knowledge of ghe other teams has dwindled since we've been in league one.
I'd QPR carry on how they were, they'll be near the bottom. | | | |
| As hard as it is to pick a championship top 3 on 12:23 - May 31 with 2481 views | jayessess |
| As hard as it is to pick a championship top 3 on 09:11 - May 31 by GeoffSentence |
You've missed one. |
Deliberately so! | |
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| As hard as it is to pick a championship top 3 on 12:33 - May 31 with 2447 views | Nthsuffolkblue |
| As hard as it is to pick a championship top 3 on 09:56 - May 30 by baxterbasics |
I think Weds will survive actually. Mainly because they have a good manager. |
All depends on signings. If their ageing squad doesn't get a freshen up, I can see their fans turning on Moore for not having them top half. If they sack him, they could easily struggle. I agree that if they keep him they will stay up, though. |  |
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| As hard as it is to pick a championship top 3 on 12:37 - May 31 with 2437 views | Lower_North |
Hull
Rotherham
Huddersfield | | | |
| As hard as it is to pick a championship top 3 on 13:37 - May 31 with 2342 views | Stewart27 |
Cardiff
Rotherham
Wednesday | | | |
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