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Well, pre-season's done and this time next week we'll already be 24 hours into the season. Squad doesn't look finished, but we said that last year and then signed nobody else bar Brooklyn Genesini. Here's last year's for your entertainment: https://thetownend.com/index.php?topic=59668.0

League Two
League Two winners:
Promoted:
Playoffs:
Who's going down?:
Division Top Scorer:

Swindon Town
Where will Swindon finish?:
Top goalscorer:
Player of the season:


As ever, I'll add up the predictions to a hive mind table and we can see how we do - not too bad overall last time, bar the Crawley miss, but everyone got that one wrong including Crawley fans!

Let's try and curse a few clubs...

League Two
League Two winners: Gillingham
Promoted: Milton Keynes, Chesterfield
Playoffs: Carlisle, Doncaster, Walsall & Colchester with Carlisle winning
Who's going down?: Morecambe obviously, Grimsby
Division Top Scorer: Elliott Nevitt

Swindon Town
Where will Swindon finish?: 12th
Top goalscorer: Paul Glatzel (despite being sold in deadline day in January)
Player of the season: Will Wright

League Two
League Two winners: Franchise
Promoted: Doncaster, Port Vale
Playoffs: Carliisle, Bradford, Chesterfield, Gillingham - Carlisle to win
Who's going down?: Bromley, Harrogate
Division Top Scorer: Charlie Wyke

Swindon Town
Where will Swindon finish?: 11th
Top goalscorer: Harry Smith
Player of the season: Will Wright

League Two
League Two winners: Doncaster
Promoted: Gillingham, Franchise
Playoffs:Bradford, Cheltenham, Port Vale, Chesterfield - Bradford to win
Who’s going down: Bromley, Harrogate
Divisions Top Scorer: Paddy Madden 
 
Swindon Town
Where will Swindon finish?: 10
Top goalscorer: Michael Smith
Player of the season: Ollie Clarke

League two
League  two winners:gillingham
Promoted:francise Cheltenham
Playoffs:crewe bradford doncaster swindon
Whos going down:chesterfield bromley
Division top scorer:Charlie  wyke

Swindon town

Where will swindon finish?6th
Top goal scorer: paul glatzel

Player of the season:oli clarke

League Two
League Two winners: Colchester
Promoted: Port Vile, Dongs
Playoffs: Doncaster, Gillingham, Fleetwood, Carlisle - Doncaster to win
Who’s going down: Newport, Bromley
Divisions Top Scorer: Lyle Taylor
 
Swindon Town
Where will Swindon finish?: 9
Top goalscorer: Paul Glatzel
Player of the season: Paul Glatzel

League Two
League Two winners: Chesterfield
Promoted: Doncaster, Port Vale
Playoffs: Carlisle, Bradford, MKD, Gillingham - Gillingham to win
Who's going down?: Morecambe, Harrogate
Division Top Scorer: Will Grigg (Chesterfield)

Swindon Town
Where will Swindon finish?: 10th
Top goalscorer: Paul Glatzel
Player of the season: Nnamdi Ofoborh

League Two
League Two winners: Franchise
Promoted: Doncaster, Chesterfield
Playoffs: Port Vale, Notts County, Carlisle, Walsall.
Who’s going down: Newport, Morecambe.
Divisions Top Scorer: Charlie Wyke
 
Swindon Town
Where will Swindon finish?: 11th
Top goalscorer: Paul Glatzel. If he stays. Drinan if he leaves.
Player of the season: Will Wright

League Two
League Two winners: Franchise
Promoted: Gills, Donny, Chesterfield,
Playoffs: Vale, Bradford, Walsall, Chesterfield
Who's going down?: Morecambe, Harrogate
Division Top Scorer: Jatta

Swindon Town
Where will Swindon finish?: 14th
Top goalscorer: Glatzel
Player of the season: Glatzel

Swindon Town
Where will Swindon finish?: 7th
Top goalscorer: Smith
Player of the season: Clarke

League Two
League Two winners: MK
Promoted: Carlisle, Gills
Playoffs: Gills, Bradford, Carlisle, Chesterfield
Who's going down?: Morecambe, Newport
Division Top Scorer: Glatzel

Swindon Town
Where will Swindon finish?: 9th
Top goalscorer: Glatzel
Player of the season: Wright

Swindon' final league position: 12
Top goalscorer: Cain
Player of the season: Bycroft

I think if Cain is top goalscorer we'll be finishing lower than 12th!

I don't reckon we will score or concede many

League Two
League Two winners:  Colchester
Promoted: chesterfield, vale
Playoffs: Bradford, Gillingham, mkd , Wimbledon
Who's going down?: Bromley, harrogate
Division Top Scorer: madden

Swindon Town
Where will Swindon finish?: 12th
Top goalscorer: drinan
Player of the season: clarke

League Two
League Two winners: Gillingham
Promoted: Bradford, Carlisle
Playoffs: Pork Vile, Franchise, Bradford, Cheltenham
Who's going down?: Bromley, Harrogate
Division Top Scorer: Glatzel

Swindon Town
Where will Swindon finish?: 12th
Top goalscorer: Glatzel
Player of the season: Clarke

League Two
League Two winners: Swindon
Promoted: Port Vale, MK
Playoffs: Doncaster, Carlisle, Gillingham, Chesterfield
Who's going down?: Bromley, Newport
Division Top Scorer: Billy Sharp

Swindon Town
Where will Swindon finish?: 1st
Top goalscorer: Glatzel
Player of the season: Glatzel

League Two
League Two winners: Chesterfield
Promoted: Gills, Wimbledon
Playoffs: MK, Notts, Carlisle, Bradford
Who's going down?: Harrogate, Morecambe
Division Top Scorer: Alassana Jatta

Swindon Town
Where will Swindon finish?: 16th
Top goalscorer: Glatzel
Player of the season: Ofoborh

 not many have jumped aboard HMS Piss the League

More appropriate for us would be HMRC Piss the League

League Two
League Two winners: Franchise
Promoted: Chesterfield, Notts County
Playoffs: Port Vale, Gillingham, Bradford, Carlisle
Who's going down?: Accrington, Morecambe
Division Top Scorer: Jatta

Swindon Town
Where will Swindon finish?: 17th
Top goalscorer: Glatzel
Player of the season: Wright

https://www.theguardian.com/football/article/2024/aug/05/league-two-2024-25-preview-the-contenders-hopefuls-and-strugglers

Graun's predictions list us as relegation contenders, but Minturn as one to watch for the whole division. Odd one.

A few odd takes there

Not the top20 pod predict 16th - although they couldn’t really justify it. I reckon it depends how we do with injuries.

Got to be worth a tenner

I think if he scores anywhere near enough to be in the conversation by January then he’ll be long gone by the end of the window so makes it a sticky bet

Maybe, but if he signs for Chesterfield or Franchise he could still be L2 top scorer ;)

So nobody has much faith in Clem batting away offers in January!

I guess it depends on what chances we have, look at last season we effectively gave up at Christmas as we thought we had enough to stay up, but had little chance of getting in the top 7 so went for the cheap option (Gav).

I think even if we’re challenging at the top on a knife edge, the club will take what offers they get for Glatzel in Jan, it’s what this club does. All my opinion of course

Hope many years on the contract are there?

1 year I agree, we would cash in. 2 years and I think it's more difficult.


Hope we get to see to be honest. Because to be in the top 7 come January would be a dream .

We don't know for sure, but considering it was one of the contracts we 'took over' I'd be surprised if it was more than a year's option.

I fully expect Glatzel to be gone in the next 4 weeks, for the simple reason I don’t think they know what to do with him in this first 11 and he is better than a bench warmer.

I agree, I think it’s difficult for a well functioning, normal club.

But from what we’ve seen, I hold little hope that the club looks any further than making to the next window, if that. So if Glatzel has a fast start and someone tries a bid over 100k, I can see them snatching at it (depending on what sell on % there is to Liverpool).

Apologies I may just be talking from a defeated as a fan angle here but even a unexpected, lucked out promotion would bring immediate question marks of “how the hell are we going to survive next season” because the outside image of this club (which may well be wrong) is that there’s no long term plan to any of our footballing decisions.

Nothing changes unfortunately until we get a change of ownership which don’t look like anytime soon

Therefore mediocrity is the best we can hope for

Shows how far we’ve fallen that most ok with mid table in the basement

Sad state of affairs

.https://offtheline599656488.wordpress.com/2024/08/07/league-two-1-24-2024-25-season-preview/

Any more for any more?

At the moment the TEF hive mind has MK winning the league comfortably, Gillingham second and Chesterfield third. I can only hope this is an attempt to curse them!

5th from bottom. Wow, hopefully wrong.

It’s certainly depressing reading.

From what I remember Crawley were everyone’s favourite for relegation last season.

Surely we can be optimistic until proven otherwise.

If Kennedy can't figure out how to get Glatzels functioning in a league 2 side then that's certainly worrying.

It does seem they are leaning towards a Drinan and Smith partnership and trying to replicate their purple patch together at Orient.

Some comment about our north west based rivals.... https://www.thebusinessdesk.com/northwest/news/2137734-the-crazy-world-of-football-club-ownership-is-alive-and-well-in-efl-league-two

Do you come here often?

League Two
League Two winners: Franchise
Promoted: Gillingham, Doncaster
Playoffs: Port Vale, Colchester, Bradford, Carlisle
Who's going down?: Accrington, Newport
Division Top Scorer: Elliot Nevitt (Gills)

Swindon Town
Where will Swindon finish?: 14th
Top goalscorer: Glatzel
Player of the season: Ollie Clarke

Fuck me if nothing else he definitely needs a proof reader, apart from that not sure it says a great deal. Bar coming across as some sort of Franchise fan fiction at the start it seems completely random in comparing what he is saying about each club and where he thinks they will finish. As with all these things I'm never convinced that people have the knowledge of lower league players they claim to have.

As for this season, based purely on the principle that whenever I think we will do OK we are invariably shite and vice versa I suspect we will be OK and possibly surprise a few?

Spot on, take it with a pinch of salt it’s just another opinion from someone who is guessing and doesn’t know anymore than the rest of us. As for STFC it’s more hope than expecting to do well this season.

I like how your hanging your hat on a striker that hasn't played for us for quite some time Jim! 😉

League 2 Winners:  Franchise
Promoted:  Port Vale, Bradford
Play Offs: Gillingham, Doncaster, Wimbledon, Salford
Who's Going Down?: Morecambe, Accrington
Top Scorer:  Ruari Paton (PV)

Swindon:
Finish: 15th
Top Scorer: Paul Glatzel
PoS:  Paul Glatzel

League Two
League Two winners: Franchise
Promoted: Doncaster, Gillingham
Playoffs: Port Vale (W), Carlisle, Bradford, Salford
Who's going down?: Newport, Accrington
Division Top Scorer: Dennis

Swindon Town
Where will Swindon finish?: 14th
Top goalscorer: Glatzel (if he's not sold this window)
Player of the season: Glatzel (if he's not sold this window)

Well, even by my standards that is spectacularly wrong.

Reading these back was quite entertaining!

Franchise & the Pikeys are the biggest let downs :pint:

I wouldnt call either a "let down" quite the opposite, both a pleasant surprise!

I see where your coming from :D

They were bang on about us, well for the most part!

Yeah not brilliant. Donny may get promoted which may scrape some of the ouef off the visage. Play offs is possibly 3 from 4, but my Carlisle shout, oof!

Swindon to finish 14th looks a solid pick. The less said about Glatz being top scorer the better mind you!

What was I smoking?  Doncaster, Port Vile or Colchester might go up, but a 9th place finish, that ain't going to happen.
Expect Glatzel to move on, a nothing season for him but has the ability to do well. Didn't see Carlisle's struggle coming, they may just make it but will have to play out of their skins for the remaining games.  

Think you got a good shout on POS though