How Will We Do In The Championship?

[Steve kirk]

If Lerner can't sell and makes a crazy managerial appointment we will be scrapping to avoid league 1, if he can't sell and appoints a steady solid manager like Bruce/McCarthy with little money maybe mid table, if he sells and new owners make a positive appointment with some player investment then top 6 is possible.

[peter w]

To answer my own question:  Steer is at huddersfield, currently 19th having conceded 665 goals in 45 matches.  Hmmmm.

Bloody hell, they've done well not to finish bottom with a defence like that.

But what a forward line they must have.

[HolmesyVilla]

12/1 on skybet to win it at the moment

[Richard E]

12/1 on skybet to win it at the moment

No good. Who are the 5000-1 outsiders?

[eamonn]

I saw some of the defending in the Championship on Goals on Sunday, the way Leeds let Charlton walk through and score was hilarious. The standard is shit, we are going to kick serious arse even if it's Just Head and Kojak.

[mr underhill]

like it, we are going to win big

[Dave Cooper please]

i dont know how it works in the championship, but I hope we don't continue just taking the first allocation for away tickets,

They don't want us there.

[Tony Erdington]

as we say in the better parts of Erdington.

"Et cecidi consurgam"

[Richard E]

To answer the original question - no idea. We don't know who the Manager will be, we don't know what the squad will be. We don't even know exactly what teams we will be competing against. I'd imagine it will be about October before we can see which way things are going. If we have a new owner and make a decent start then there will be a "feelgood factor" which will give us momentum. If we are still owned by Randy and/or we make a tricky start then it could be tough going.     

[class-of-82]

after watch the load of dross that Burnley served up on Sunday v qpr I'm sure with a few  signings there is no reason why we can't come back up

[supertom]

Get rid of the bad eggs. Sign a few decent pros who will be able to fit in straight away. I will be loathe to see some of our French contigent go and 1-2 others but the fact is they've probably not adapted as much as they might have or integrated enough. True that is in part to sacks of shit like Gabby creating dressing room divides but with such damage it may just be better for them to go and indeed Ayew, Gana and Veretout will all have suitors. We need to cash in on them.
We also, with a reasonable manager, need to start instilling a winning mentally. Get that and I think some players who have struggled may finally fulfill their potential. Ciaran Clark for one. That other player too, Kiaran Clarke. I'm not Westwood's biggest fan but he's not in the asshole club and I also think in the Championship he'll look quite decent. Some of these lot just need some confidence, which comes from winning. But what we really, really need is a spine of positive influential players that will unify the team and also inspire the kids coming through.

Gestede will score. If we signed McCormack, he wouldn't have sell on value but promotion would more than pay off his cost and he would garauntee goals. You have him and Rudy, and you're looking at 40 goals right there.

Key, key season for Grealish. Also Troare who (should he stay) would rip that league apart with his pace, whilst his tactical deficiences wouldn't effect us so much.

[TonyD]

Get Nigel in and we will do fine. 

[TonyD]

And sign a good Morley type winger.   Get into em.... 

[Ads]

Win it at center. We will lose as many games as we've won this season and be up before cream eggs leave the shelves.

Pearson will lay out the entire support of the Tilton Road (yes, all four of them) and we'll clinch the title at the Sty.

[SoccerHQ]

Defences are very slow down there so if we can keep someone like Adama I'm confident he'd create havoc down there. I do think we have some attacking players to score goals and win games already in the squad, if Grealish can sort his head out he should be a standout player at that level and Ayew goes without saying although unlikely to stay.

Rest of the side worries me though. We get outbattled in midfield on a weekly basis in the prem and think same will happen down there unless we sign some experienced players, same at the back.

Not making any predictions until I see what sort of squad and manager we have first week of August.