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It seems we are the favourites to go straight back up this season, however who will be our main rivals?  http://www.ladbrokes.com/lbr_portal

In my opinion I would be most worried about what Lambert can bring as the new manager of  Wycombe and Mk franchise seem to be investing well this season as much as I hate every thing they stand for I think they will be the main contenders to our crown.

I mis-read the title, thought it would be about the boxing programme on monday  :|

I'm most worried about being seen as one of the favourites - kiss of death before we even start!

Be wary of Accrington - nothing to lose, so they could do a Carlisle and go straight on through...

Oooh, Accrington, Sweetcorn of the football world.

They stay in your shit?

I see Franchise as a massive threat.

Shrewsbury will be dark horses aswell.

reckon MK will be up there at the end of the season along with accrington. Not rating wycombes chances much though as i think they scrwed up their chances of promotion last season for a little while..

Shows how low we have gone when we are comparing ourselves in cpmeting with franchise, Accrington and Shrewsbury

shut up you cunt

:Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick: fuckin harsh sonic

i think MK will be mid table they aint that good! money or no money they will be average! i think the biggest threat will be Walsall

I beg to differ - It's nowhere near harsh enough.

i just have these images of stfcbart being about 10 years old and now in tears

I hope he is 8)

Gotta learn sometime

Mk have bought a lot of players and have a decent manager now. I think they will adapt to League 2 well.

I can see us, MK, wycombe, grimsby and hartelpool all featuring in the top 7, hopefully with us in one of the top 3 spots!

I refuse to become over-optimistic for now though and accept that it may not be for us this year

I think top 7 is being optimistic personally. We need to wait and see what we're like against proper teams.

I can see Hereford doing well this season.

I may not have made it clear but I tried to say that I think we will be in the top 7, but accept it may not happen this season.

You might as well say we could finish anywhere :shrug:  :soapy tit wank:

Well I THINK we wil finish in the top 7. If we finish anywhere between 8th and 12th then fair enough, its transitional blah blah blah

Bottom half and I will not be happy

Ok?

I think Lincoln will have to be mentioned as they have been in the play offs for the past 4 seasons!

I get ya. Basically you are being optimistic, but will not be too heartbroken with a mid-table finish.

I'm glad we sorted out that issue. It was far too serious, serious enough for DMR to enjoy it anyway

more than happy with top 7 finish.we really need to sort this club out and maybe a fresh start from the bottom is what we need i think i actually said that half way through last season on here somewhere

If Swindon don't go up too though, you're knackered for a local away game.

I spotted your edit btw :wink:

Damn! :(

We can travel to anywhere within a 2 hour drive, and a little more if its an important game!

Better that I spot it than your mum, she'd be most dissapointed! :D

She's only posted on here a few times :(

I'll try and get her to post more just for you!

Thanks :D

You say Wilson's a decent manager, but what has he actually done in the last few years?  Under achieved that's what.

martin allen. wilson left in the summer.

Oh yeah, forgot about that.

Same applies to him though, big reputation with little to show for it.

Two good cup runs, and  took an average brentford team to the play-offs twice in succesion. Not thet bad really.

He's just a manager that the media like.  Out spoken, always has an opinion to shout out, he's not that great.  Just a bloke who's not scared of getting his face seen.  

I'm not bothered about competing against Wilson and Allen's teams.

Come the end of the season, if we're not first, we'll be perceived to have underachieved (which is the annoying thing). Personally so long as we're not bottom half I will be content, but I'd be most pleased with top 7.

Basically what was said on the last page!

I don't go with this 'I'll be happy with mid-table bollocks'. I'll be borderline suicidal at anything less than top three - FACT!

Play offs will do me, Dennis has a big job on his hands getting the confidence back into the lads.  Let's not forget how bad last season really was.

It's all down to how we start...

..come on fella's don't let us down!

The main aim of the season, has to be to show some progress....in a recent interview Lingy reckons of the leagues, there is least difference between L1 and L2, which is why the last 2 seasons the winner of L1 was in L2 previous season..

 Last season we were very poor....we've lost some of those players, which is good, but still have a fair nucleus of substandard players.....its not right to expect Wise to turn this around overnight....he'll need to chip away steadily at getting out the deadwood, then crucially show the players he gets in are significantly better.

 Still think a run all the way in the JPT and no flirtation with the Conference,  would be a decent season from what he's starting from.

Totally agree with you there. Happy with midtable fourth division? What the fuck!!!

I'll be happy with 104pts, championship sown up by March, the new foundations of our 60,000 capacity stadium being laid on the former estate of Penhill (which was demolished to make way for the super-stadion in January 07) and Richard Branson finally taking his seat as Chairman just in time for the last match of the season (no offence BP).

Anything less then I'll be seriously fucked off.

I disagree with the "nucleus of substandard players" comment there Reg. I dont think that even last season there were that many who lacked any talent at all, but they lacked fitness , Leadership and in some cases motivation.

I think anything less than play offs will be a major dissapointment

Meeeeh! Wisey's going to turn things round double quick. The players only looked sub-standard due to piss poor fitness and piss poor coaching.  That's all changed now.

We're going up Reggie baby, like it or not.  Strap yourself in and enjoy the ride 8)

  There were times last season when some of our players....Smith, Ifil, Pook.Nicholas, Roberts, Brown, Whalley etc. lacked the talent to preform the most basic of football skills....eg kick a ball properly, control a ball properly, pass to a man in a similar coloured shirt...mark an opponent.

  I hope to be proved wrong, but can't see why these players should suddenly acquire these skills.....I'd prefer to see them leave and be replaced by competent players.

i have to agree with reg.

i wouldn't be happy with anything less than play-offs, but i'm trying to be realistic insofar as we got relegated because we were rubbish last season so it's simply not logical to expect us to go straight back up - who was the last team relegated from league 1/division 2 that got promoted the following season? i can't think of any, why should we be any different?

it's looking increasingly unlikely that wise and poyet will actually play this season so you can discount them propelling us up the table with their footballing talent.

as i said, i won't be happy if we don't go back up but i think you have to try and be a little realistic, it ain't gonna be a stroll in the park.

I don't want to be realistic. Fuck off!