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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