Who Will be Strong in The Championship

[NewarkR]

Newcastle are on the Leeds expressway.
Boro are so crap they won't be a problem.
WBA have got into the habit of losing, like Derby did (though not as often!)

The gap between the bottom 10 of the Prem and the Championship isn't as huge as Sky would have you think.

[eghamR]

Well I'm predicting Burnley to go up in the Play-Offs so that leaves...

M'Boro
Geordies
Reading
WBA
Cardiff
Ipswich
Forest
Preston
Sheff Utd
Derby

[Rich]

Are you just naming the teams that'll be in the championship next season, if you are you're missing 14 teams. If not and you're predicting who will be up there next season why would you have Forest and Derby in there?

[Youvebeenrangered]

WBA, Reading if they dont go up, Newcastle, and Burnley if they dont go up.

Imo Cardiff wont be able to keep hold of there best players this summer, and if all go's well they will fail to go up again next season then hit financial hard times due to there stadium putting them in to much debt.

M'boro again i think wont be able to keep there best and will pin there hopes mostly on youth.

I seriously expect us to be up there, if we get it right with the forwards we bring in i think were a match for anyone in the championship next season!

[eghamR]

Are you just naming the teams that'll be in the championship next season, if you are you're missing 14 teams. If not and you're predicting who will be up there next season why would you have Forest and Derby in there?

I think Forest and Derby have appointed decent managers and with a full pre-season under Clough & Davies I think they may do well ...both seem to have a bit of cash to spend as well.

[Mutley]

Never say never, and it all depends on the summer activity, but....

if Adetombola is the sort of player we are looking at to solve our goal problem, then we can kiss goodbye to challenging next season.

[Cogster]

Never say never, and it all depends on the summer activity, but....

if Adetombola is the sort of player we are looking at to solve our goal problem, then we can kiss goodbye to challenging next season.

Not sure I'd even said hello to it even with him.. think we will struggle badly at mo

[bushkangaroo]

I'm getting more pessimistic. If we're looking at players like Adebola (fortunately looks like that one is off) and getting rid of players like Lopez and waiting for LDC, its going to take a miracle or spectacular luck with injuries, team spirit, or major, major cash for us to do anything other than skirt (probably unsuccessfully) with the play-offs next season. The division will be stronger than this season, almost a certainty. At this point, I'd settle for @9th--@5 points away from the play offs. That is the best it looks realistically possible for us to aim for at the moment

[bushkangaroo]

At worst, I reckon we could even finish as low as @16-17th--it really could be that bad.

[qblockpete]

In the mix next season

Hull ( if they come down)
Middlesboro
WBA
QPR
Ipswich
Reading or Sheffield United (dependant wqho goes up)
Swansea City

Forget the rest

Newcastle will have to sell so many players, so I'm hoping they get relegated

[TheBlackMafia]

In the mix next season

Hull ( if they come down)
Middlesboro
WBA
QPR
Ipswich
Reading or Sheffield United (dependant wqho goes up)
Swansea City

Forget the rest

Newcastle will have to sell so many players, so I'm hoping they get relegated

Your mental and not in a nice "Ah bless, look at the mental person pretending to be a fish in the middle of the road" kind of mental, just plain mental. :tired:

[W12_Ranger]

Invest & make the right managerial appointment between us and West Brom....Play Offs will be irrelevant!

[Receed R]

according to some posters on here we will spend big so who knows?

depends who buying the players, the manager or gianni

again depends if we have a decent budget or not to show our intent