ccfc1234
Well-Known Member
Right, so Paddy Power etc. have released their early odds for next season's Championship and it makes for interesting reading. We're sitting as sixth favourites behind the usual parachute payment suspects - Ipswich are top of the pile at 5.5/1, followed by Southampton at 6.5/1. Sheffield United and Middlesbrough are also ahead of us.
The thing that catches my eye is Birmingham being rated higher than us. Fair enough, they've got newish owners throwing money about, but we've got the better manager and better squad. If Lampard gets a proper transfer window and we can keep hold of our key players, there's no reason we can't finish above them.
Southampton being second favourites is a bit too high for me to. Yeah, they'll probably splash some of their parachute payments, but we all know spending and wisely are not the same thing! The fact that bookies see us as genuine promotion contenders shows how far we've come and I still think these odds are sleeping on us a bit. We've got momentum from last season and with a settled squad and some key purchases and a loan or two we could finish higher than a few of the teams ranked above us!
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The thing that catches my eye is Birmingham being rated higher than us. Fair enough, they've got newish owners throwing money about, but we've got the better manager and better squad. If Lampard gets a proper transfer window and we can keep hold of our key players, there's no reason we can't finish above them.
Southampton being second favourites is a bit too high for me to. Yeah, they'll probably splash some of their parachute payments, but we all know spending and wisely are not the same thing! The fact that bookies see us as genuine promotion contenders shows how far we've come and I still think these odds are sleeping on us a bit. We've got momentum from last season and with a settled squad and some key purchases and a loan or two we could finish higher than a few of the teams ranked above us!
PUSB