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Championship pre-season predictions (5 Viewers)

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  • Start date Jul 30, 2021
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skybluegod

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  • Aug 1, 2021
  • #36
I have to agree about Swansea and Reading. Swansea had a good coach who got the best out of his team. But they have now lost the last of their parachute payments and the quality players that went with it.

Reading looked bang average against us and seemed to fluke it all season when I saw them and have lost good players this summer on top of that. I expect they will struggle as well. Don't think they will be relegated personally but will be down there.

It's clear that Derby look like going. Blackburn are doing the exact same as happened to us under mowbray. I think it will be Peterboroughor hull for the 3rd relegation spot.
 

Grendel

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  • Aug 1, 2021
  • #37
skybluegod said:
I have to agree about Swansea and Reading. Swansea had a good coach who got the best out of his team. But they have now lost the last of their parachute payments and the quality players that went with it.

Reading looked bang average against us and seemed to fluke it all season when I saw them and have lost good players this summer on top of that. I expect they will struggle as well. Don't think they will be relegated personally but will be down there.

It's clear that Derby look like going. Blackburn are doing the exact same as happened to us under mowbray. I think it will be Peterboroughor hull for the 3rd relegation spot.
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I thought this was Swansea’s last year of payments
 

skybluegod

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  • Aug 1, 2021
  • #38
Grendel said:
I thought this was Swansea’s last year of payments
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Relegated in 18 weren't they? So 3 years of payments would take them to the end of last season? Unless I'm mistaken may well be
 
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Grendel

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  • Aug 1, 2021
  • #39
skybluegod said:
Relegated in 18 weren't they? So 3 years of payments would take them to the end of last season? Unless I'm mistaken may well be
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It’s 4 years of payments I think
 

skybluegod

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  • Aug 1, 2021
  • #40
Grendel said:
It’s 4 years of payments I think
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Nope, believe it changed to 3 years in 2016/17 unless it changed back? It's changed multiple times admittedly.

Just checked, it is still 3 years, but only 2 if you only stay up for 2 seasons now.
 

SleepyGinger

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  • Aug 2, 2021
  • #41
Second tier podcast got us going down in 22nd
 

Fergusons_Beard

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  • Aug 3, 2021
  • #42
SleepyGinger said:
Second tier podcast got us going down in 22nd
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Didn’t they have us going down as bottom last year?

Aren’t they a bitter bunch of Wednesdayites who also predicted their own team surviving the drop last year and also predicted Barnsley relegated too?

Absolutely no analysis about from three blokes opinions based on who they liked.


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Deleted member 2477

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  • Aug 3, 2021
  • #43
Forest fans paint a gloomy picture for them this season. Be interesting on Sunday given their views on their left and right backs. Surely if this is true then we need to be exploiting them from the off with our wingbacks. They have no senior left or right back for Sunday

State of Squad - a week to go | Forestfans

Here are my ratings for quality of the current squad Goalkeepers: Samba (8 out of 10), Horvath (6), Smith (4) Full backs: Blackett (5), Bong (2), Gabriel (4), Richardson
forestfans.net
 

PUSB-We_are_going_up

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  • Aug 3, 2021
  • #44
marcusp said:
Forest fans paint a gloomy picture for them this season. Be interesting on Sunday given their views on their left and right backs. Surely if this is true then we need to be exploiting them from the off with our wingbacks. They have no senior left or right back for Sunday

State of Squad - a week to go | Forestfans

Here are my ratings for quality of the current squad Goalkeepers: Samba (8 out of 10), Horvath (6), Smith (4) Full backs: Blackett (5), Bong (2), Gabriel (4), Richardson
forestfans.net
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They could play without them
 

TwistAndShoutCCFC1987

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  • Aug 3, 2021
  • #45
SeaSeeEffCee said:
Anyone know where FourFourTwo and WSC have us?
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FourFourTwo have us 16th too
 

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COV

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  • Aug 3, 2021
  • #46
TwistAndShoutCCFC1987 said:
FourFourTwo have us 16th too
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Dacosta being our most underrated player is an interesting one.

Will people really care enough to be giving Mowbray a torrid time?
 
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Warwickhunt

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  • Aug 3, 2021
  • #47
1234CCFC said:
Swansea & Reading to fall that hard..?! Surely not?
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Swansea manager just upped sticks and left the club! Might be problems afoot in the club?
 
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Cranfield Sky Blue

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  • Aug 3, 2021
  • #48
Warwickhunt said:
Swansea manager just upped sticks and left the club! Might be problems afoot in the club?
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Who? Russell Martin who joined on Sunday?
 

PUSB-We_are_going_up

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  • Aug 4, 2021
  • #49
Cranfield Sky Blue said:
Who? Russell Martin who joined on Sunday?
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Just heard he was recalled from loan by MK Dons
 

SkyBlueGuy

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  • Aug 4, 2021
  • #50
The72 have got their journalist to predict the league too. They've gone for us as finishing 14th, 18th, 18th and 22nd. Interestingly, they all put Derby as 24th apart from the last writer, who put them one place above city.

Obviously it's a long season, and the transfer window is not yet over, but I'd be interested to know how many people think (based on current squads etc) that Derby would finish above us!? I mean, they don't even have enough players to field a team right now do they?

The72 predicts the final 2021/22 Championship table - Derby woes? Fulham to prosper? Luton dark horses? News: The72 - Football League News

The Championship gets underway this Friday night, with Bournemouth welcoming West Brom in the inaugural game of the new 2021/22 season.
the72.co.uk
 

Saddlebrains

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  • Aug 4, 2021
  • #51
1. Fulham
2. West Brom
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3. Bournemouth
4. Sheffield United
5. Middlesbrough
6. QPR
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7. Luton
8. Stoke
9. Millwall
10. Swansea
11. Cardiff
12. Birmingham
13. Bristol City
14. Coventry
15. Preston
16. Barnsley
17. Reading
18. Forest
19. Peterborough
20. Blackburn
21. Huddersfield
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22. Hull
23. Blackpool
24. Derby

Swap Blackburn and Hull if Armstrong leaves
 

covcity4life

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  • Aug 4, 2021
  • #52
Think Fulham will win league

Cov 12th

Or 6th and win playoffs.

One of the two
 
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Liquid Gold

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  • Aug 4, 2021
  • #53
There is always the surprise package that ends up in the relegation mix, could be Reading this year.
 

PUSB-We_are_going_up

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  • Aug 4, 2021
  • #54
Liquid Gold said:
There is always the surprise package that ends up in the relegation mix, could be Reading this year.
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Could be Swansea
 
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Warwickhunt

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  • Aug 4, 2021
  • #55
Cranfield Sky Blue said:
Who? Russell Martin who joined on Sunday?
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Cranfield Sky Blue said:
Who? Russell Martin who joined on Sunday?
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Sorry i did not know that he had been appointed!
 
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SkyBlueGuy

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  • Aug 5, 2021
  • #56
The Mirror have predicted us a 15th place finish.

Championship 2021-22 preview: Best signings, title odds and predicted finishes

We preview the new campaign and assess how all 24 clubs are looking - as well as where they will finish in the final table
www.mirror.co.uk
 

Barnsley

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  • Aug 6, 2021
  • #57
Imagine being a journalist and your editor comes in and says I want you to predict the finished championship table.
I’d be like yeah no problem and this afternoon I’ll count how many hairs I’ve got.

Outside the failure payment clubs and the basket cases It’s the most unpredictable league in the world.
You need some very good luck putting the 14 clubs between 5th top and bottom in the betting in some sort of order all 14 could finish absolutely anywhere.
 
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wingy

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  • Aug 6, 2021
  • #58
Barnsley said:
Imagine being a journalist and your editor comes in and says I want you to predict the finished championship table.
I’d be like yeah no problem and this afternoon I’ll count how many hairs I’ve got.

Outside the failure payment clubs and the basket cases It’s the most unpredictable league in the world.
You need some very good luck putting the 14 clubs between 5th top and bottom in the betting in some sort of order all 14 could finish absolutely anywhere.
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14?
 

Barnsley

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  • Aug 6, 2021
  • #59
wingy said:
14?
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Yeah
 

fatso

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  • Aug 6, 2021
  • #60
PUSB-We_are_going_up said:
They could play without them
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Surely they wouldn't start with only 9 players though!
 

shmmeee

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  • Aug 6, 2021
  • #61
wingy said:
14?
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24 teams - 5 at the top - 5 at the bottom = 14
 
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wingy

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  • Aug 6, 2021
  • #62
shmmeee said:
24 teams - 5 at the top - 5 at the bottom = 14
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Ah must take a refresher in comprehension!
 
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wingy

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  • Aug 6, 2021
  • #63
shmmeee said:
24 teams - 5 at the top - 5 at the bottom = 14
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Correction he says 5th top and "Bottom".
 
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PVA

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  • Aug 6, 2021
  • #64
Got to fancy Blackburn to be right in the shit, assuming Armstrong leaves as looks likely. No Harvey Elliott.

Pretty much the worst form team from about November onwards
 
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COV

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  • Aug 6, 2021
  • #65
PVA said:
Got to fancy Blackburn to be right in the shit, assuming Armstrong leaves as looks likely. No Harvey Elliott.

Pretty much the worst form team from about November onwards
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and yet again they have a half & half shirt design, chairman needs to be binned
 

clint van damme

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  • Aug 6, 2021
  • #66
I put us 13th, 14th or 15th.
Think Fulham and Albion for the autos and Derby to go.
The rest of it? Anything could happen.
 
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Happy_Martian

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  • Aug 6, 2021
  • #67
PVA said:
Got to fancy Blackburn to be right in the shit, assuming Armstrong leaves as looks likely. No Harvey Elliott.

Pretty much the worst form team from about November onwards
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Armstrong's scoring record aside, Mowbray has a habit of starting the season strongly, sometimes just enough that when they do fall away, they still survive. Not a fan with a positive opinion of that club since their Premiership days but I think a lot of people are underestimating them.
 
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Happy_Martian

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  • Aug 6, 2021
  • #68
Opinion providers are saying Forest will do well. Fans here saying "WTF ???". Wonder how much of the press are sitting back and looking at Hughton and saying his managerial ability will be the decider for them, not whats on the pitch ?
 
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Terry Gibson's perm

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  • Aug 6, 2021
  • #69
Happy_Martian said:
Opinion providers are saying Forest will do well. Fans here saying "WTF ???". Wonder how much of the press are sitting back and looking at Hughton and saying his managerial ability will be the decider for them, not whats on the pitch ?
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That’s because people love Chris Hughton personally I think he is boring like his teams.
 
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Terry Gibson's perm

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  • Aug 6, 2021
  • #70
Up
West Brom
Sheffield utd
Stoke

Down
Derby
Blackburn
Huddersfield
 
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