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My seven year old keeps asking me who I think'll get promoted this season.

So here goes...

1st Bournemouth

2nd Luton

3rd Bradford City

Play offs... Who knows?

Relegated

Dagenham & Redbridge with Chester

Any thoughts

Interesting, IMO Bradford don't have a prayer, they'll be closer to the bottom. Bournemouth and Luton are both in administration too so can't see them doing anything.

1st - Gillingham
2nd - Shrewsbury
3rd - Rochdale or Darlington

Relegated - Macclesfield and Exeter

Bare Ben wrote:Interesting, IMO Bradford don't have a prayer, they'll be closer to the bottom. Bournemouth and Luton are both in administration too so can't see them doing anything.

1st - Gillingham
2nd - Shrewsbury
3rd - Rochdale or Darlington

Relegated - Macclesfield and Exeter

Wow! You must have read my mind, are you sidekick
I'll be quids in if we're right

1st-Morecambe
2nd-Dagenham
3rd-Exeter
Playoff winners-Accrington Stanley just for the crack

Relegated-Bradford and Chester

I think Chester will struggle because of off-field difficulties - they may even have a problem seeing out the season.
Luton will find it very difficult to get into the top half unless they get some serious money in via a takeover and even then it probably wouldn't bear fruit this season.

I like how Shrewsbury (my previous tip) are shaping up and I'd expect Gillingham to do okay.
Others in the frame, for me, would be Brentford, Wycombe, Darlington and watch out for Lincoln under Jackson. They had a good end to the season and have made another couple of decent signings.
Bradford will improve, I think, but not by as much as their fans reckon and they may start getting impatient with the people at the top.

So I'll go for:

Shrewsbury
Lincoln
Darlington
Wycombe
Gillingham
Brentford
Bradford
Aldershot
Rotherham
Bournemouth
Rochdale (who I don't think will have as good a season this time, I think they 'went for it' last season and, not having been promoted, may now have to tighten their belts - albeit they've made a bit on Perks, that won't last forever).


Strugglers:
Macclesfield
Chester
Dagenham
Accrington (just because they are already saying they have financial constraints, which is not a good sign pre-season). I hope Coley can work his magic and keep their heads above danger, though.
And possibly Luton if they can't sort things out.

As for us?

Mid-table, flirting with play-offs perhaps. But I wouldn't be at all shocked if we did considerably better. I don't think we will struggle.

Okay then:

1st: Darlington
2nd: Rotherham
3rd: Gillingham

Play offs:

Chesterfield
Wycombe
Port Vale
Morecambe

Relegated:

Accrington
Aldershot

For once none of the bookies have us as a contender for relegation - which is some comfort, although we were about equal favourite to go down last season according to them so perhaps I should be worried.

Upper mid table i'd have thought for us, although it all depends on who shine and how well they work as a team.

Crowds - lets hope the average stays good.

Just heard about Luton starting on -30. I need to review my post and move Bradford up to 2nd, with Lincoln slotting into 3rd.

Aal wrote:My seven year old keeps asking me who I think'll get promoted this season.

So here goes...

1st Bournemouth

2nd Luton

3rd Bradford City

Play offs... Who knows?

Relegated

Dagenham & Redbridge with Chester

Any thoughts

You understand Bournemouth are on the verge of being deducted points also. You might want to start again, actually.

1. Port Vale
2. Darlington
3. Gillingham
play-off
Morecambe
going down
23. Chester
24. Accrington

1) Darlington
2) Bradford
3) Gillingham

and going down

23) Chester
24) Luton

1St Darlington
2nd

Bollox here we go again
1St Darlington
2nd Port Vale
3rd Bradford pains me to say it though
Play offs Morecambe and Rochdale
Relegated Accrington and Dagenham

1st darlington
2nd gillingham
3rd rochdale
play offs
bradford
relegated
accy
dagenham

East Lancs putting the boot in accringtons chances

Wycombe, always a big strong physical team will be in contention, what a place to go to for the first game of the season, get those shin pads tested lads.