Are there any threads for early predictions for the season? I'm going with the following: -
Ipswich
Southampton
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Sheffield United
Coventry City
Leicester City
Bristol City
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Swansea City
Middlesborough
Birmingham City
Norwich City
WBA
QPR
Millwall
Stoke City
Derby County
Hull City
Blackburn Rovers
Preston
Watford
Portsmouth
Wrexham
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Oxford United
Sheffield Wednesday
Charlton Athletic
1. its
2. too
3. difficult
4. to
5. Call
6. At
7. This
8. Early
9. Stage
10. Maybe
11. After
12. A
13. Few
14. Preseason
15. Games
16. And
17. A
18. Few
19. Signings
20. It’ll
21. All
22. Be
23. Clearer
24. Leicester
I think Ipswich and birmingham (good business so far )are making strong cases .. I expect city to be challenging for the playoffs again at the very least
It's a really difficult call right now. I think Ipswich are likely to be the strongest of the relegated sides, but other than that it is difficult to call. As with most seasons people are getting suckered into thinking the most active in the transfer market will be challenging, hence people bigging up the chances for the likes of Blues, QPR and Norwich, although the reality often turns out different. Having a quietish transfer window might actually benefit us into having a decent start to the season by having a settled team, so lets hope so anyway.
Ipswich smashed us with their second team in the cup. You never look any further than the parachute payment clubs who will be at the top unless Leicester have a massive deduction. I think Luton were an anomaly last season.
We have a good squad but will teams just park the bus? Our end of season away form needs to improve dramatically.
Going to be a big test if our plan A with wingers and possession football gets found out.
I expect top six unless injuries and loss of our top players derail us.
Relegation, anybodies guess.