Predictions for next season?

poolie 95 · **Joined:** Tue May 05, 2009 9:15 pm **Posts:** 239

Orite, i was just wondering were use think we will finish next season,
i personally think we will make the playoffs?

Bamboo Kid · **Posted:** Sun Jul 19, 2009 10:09 am

Mid-table, no alarms, no threat.

verbalkint · **Joined:** Thu Dec 20, 2007 9:08 pm **Posts:** 3135

Dont know about you lot but i'm excited about this season and think we will shock a lot of people clappp

poolie 95 · **Joined:** Tue May 05, 2009 9:15 pm **Posts:** 239

same feeling but i dont think we are strong enough too challenge the
top two places in the league, i dont feel we have enough strength
in the squad to come second or top.

LeicesterPoolie · **Joined:** Sat Aug 19, 2006 5:48 pm **Posts:** 1278

Unless the defence is tightened up, I'm afraid we may be in for a repeat of last season
We are still missing a LB , and we still have little cover

The personnel have changed but we still seem to be leaking goals.
Yes, I know it's early days and we've only had two friendlies, against what might be reasonable opposition
but there's got be a big and rapid improvement, in the next three weeks.

Optimistic · **Joined:** Sun May 31, 2009 4:07 pm **Posts:** 1065

I agree with Poolie95, I think we will make the play offs to

tREE_wiTH_hAMStER · **Joined:** Sat May 19, 2007 11:00 am **Posts:** 20758

16th.

JohnnyMars · **Joined:** Tue Jun 12, 2007 10:24 am **Posts:** 2478

I think you might be right LeicesterPoolie - I'm not convinced our defence will be much better. I hope I'm wrong but our centre-backs still look too slow and flat-footed - for that reason I can only foresee a similar position to last season...

Mr Irrelevant · **Joined:** Thu Aug 17, 2006 8:25 pm **Posts:** 22671

Still no left back signed.

16th - 20th

Gibsons Beard · **Posted:** Sun Jul 19, 2009 10:55 am

The defence will take time to gel. Nelson may have been rubbish at times but he will still be missed.

Joel will obviously be missed too. The new goalkeeper sounds dodgy. We still have no left back and little cover for the centre half positions.

I therefore cant see why we will suddenly go from being a poor side to a good one. stpid

Midtable would be a success.

misterb2001 · **Posted:** Sun Jul 19, 2009 11:04 am

obviously we still need a left back, Turner himself said its top of his priorities when he gets back from Holland, so we should expect to see something happen next week.

i'm expecting a slow start to the season, simply because of all the new players taking time to gel, so i expect to see us in or around the bottom 4 come November, after that i think we will steadily rise and end up around 12-14th.

no6bus · **Joined:** Thu Aug 17, 2006 8:55 pm **Posts:** 5096

i predict we will play 46 league games and finish between 1st and 24th FACT

Gibsons Beard · **Posted:** Sun Jul 19, 2009 11:28 am

no6bus wrote:

i predict we will play 46 league games and finish between 1st and 24th FACT

Chicken!

ps, i forgot to state a position in my last message. I will go for 19th.

GroovyCrimes · **Posted:** Sun Jul 19, 2009 11:29 am

Miserable feckers,a ball hasnt even been kicked yet & we are struggling stpid

I dont believe we were a poor set of individual players last season even though we were a poor team.If Turner has the attitude & vibe around the place right I think we can be play off contenders.

The Lightning Tree · **Joined:** Thu Nov 30, 2006 5:30 pm **Posts:** 5804

I'm excited and predict a top 10 finish. If healey signs and stays fit he is the missing quality we have missed in midfield the last couple of seasons. With Boyd, Brown and Behan we should score plenty of goals.
Obviously the defence last season was a concern but with virtually a new back 4 it cant be any worse than last season.

Poolie of Kent · **Posted:** Sun Jul 19, 2009 11:56 am

I think we have shown that we can be a good enough side to get into the play-offs on numerous occasions and reckon with Boyd and Brown we can at least sneak in on the last day of the season.

poolie 95 · **Joined:** Tue May 05, 2009 9:15 pm **Posts:** 239

has anyone even seen healy on hear?

Mr Irrelevant · **Joined:** Thu Aug 17, 2006 8:25 pm **Posts:** 22671

Poolie of Kent wrote:

I think we have shown that we can be a good enough side to get into the play-offs on numerous occasions and reckon with Boyd and Brown we can at least sneak in on the last day of the season.

Meanwhile, back on planet Earth.................................

Gibsons Beard · **Posted:** Sun Jul 19, 2009 12:21 pm

poolie 95 wrote:

has anyone even seen healy on hear?

No I cant say I have but given that he hasnt even signed for pools yet I cant see him being aware that the bunker even exists!

Gibsons Beard · **Posted:** Sun Jul 19, 2009 12:23 pm

Poolie of Kent wrote:

I think we have shown that we can be a good enough side to get into the play-offs on numerous occasions and reckon with Boyd and Brown we can at least sneak in on the last day of the season.

What the feck does that mean??????

Let me try and get my head around that! So because we have been good enough to get into the play-offs in the past we can do it again this season despite having a competely different team?? Mmm. rolfl

PJ_Poolie · **Posted:** Sun Jul 19, 2009 12:24 pm

Grave wrote:

poolie 95 wrote:

has anyone even seen healy on hear?

No I cant say I have but given that he hasnt even signed for pools yet I cant see him being aware that the bunker even exists!

Plus this is a message board, I can't see anyone. How fooked up would your head be if you logged in and instead of a list of threads what awaited you was an Irish bloke sat there staring at you.

Gibsons Beard · **Posted:** Sun Jul 19, 2009 12:44 pm

PJ_Poolie wrote:

Grave wrote:

poolie 95 wrote:

has anyone even seen healy on hear?

No I cant say I have but given that he hasnt even signed for pools yet I cant see him being aware that the bunker even exists!

Plus this is a message board, I can't see anyone. How fooked up would your head be if you logged in and instead of a list of threads what awaited you was an Irish bloke sat there staring at you.

Spender · **Posted:** Sun Jul 19, 2009 1:04 pm

There are six teams better than us even without a ball being kicked. Southampton, Norwich, Charlton, Leeds, Millwall and Huddersfield.

That's not defeatist, 'cos anyone will tell you, all my ducks are swans.

It's just a FACT. confised

So don't talk bollocks. :wink:

Fetish_Bob · **Posted:** Sun Jul 19, 2009 1:16 pm

Spender wrote:

There are six teams better than us even without a ball being kicked. Southampton, Norwich, Charlton, Leeds, Millwall and Huddersfield.

That's not defeatist, 'cos anyone will tell you, all my ducks are swans.

It's just a FACT. confised

So don't talk bollocks. :wink:

Why are those 6 teams better than us before a ball is kicked. Southampton, Norwich and Charlton are in our division because they weren't good enough for the championship last season. We also have 10 points start on Southampton. Leeds and Millwall weren't good enough to go up either automatically or via the play off's. Huddersfield spending money but that doesn't guarantee success.

Football is played on grass not paper, lets wait till we see a ball kicked, there's nothing to say any of those teams will not struggle.

Millwall may just have over achieved last season, they did finish nearer the relegation places than promotion the season before.

We all start level(apart from Southampton) so lets go from there.

Spender · **Posted:** Sun Jul 19, 2009 1:27 pm

Like I said Mr Bob, I've got blue and white blood, same as you, but I seriously don't think we'll finish above any of those teams.

For a start we can't win away from home and we chuck to many stupid points away at the Vic.

That isn't going to change just because we want it to.

Poolie of Kent · **Posted:** Sun Jul 19, 2009 2:50 pm

Mr I wrote:

Poolie of Kent wrote:

I think we have shown that we can be a good enough side to get into the play-offs on numerous occasions and reckon with Boyd and Brown we can at least sneak in on the last day of the season.

Meanwhile, back on planet Earth.................................

Mind you, we're all saying what will happen before the season kicks off and circumstances change.

alleztfc · **Posted:** Sun Jul 19, 2009 2:58 pm

Of course nobody can say how it will pan out, but to me, the division looks much stronger than it did last year. By the same token, so does our squad. Clench the ol' cheeks, and let's see how we go. :uhoh:

tREE_wiTH_hAMStER · **Joined:** Sat May 19, 2007 11:00 am **Posts:** 20758

GroovyCrimes wrote:

Miserable feckers,a ball hasnt even been kicked yet & we are struggling stpid

Nothing to do with being miserable. :roll:

Its about being realistic. Those thinking were suddenly getting into the play offs in the hardest ever League 1 needs their heads looking at.

Poolie of Kent · **Posted:** Sun Jul 19, 2009 10:32 pm

Every side in that division is beatable.

We had the likes of Forest, Leeds and Sheff Wed in this divisiion in 2004/05 but we still got to Cardiff.

thetownendfaithful · **Posted:** Sun Jul 19, 2009 10:35 pm

Poolie of Kent wrote:

Every side in that division is beatable.

We had the likes of Forest, Leeds and Sheff Wed in this divisiion in 2004/05 but we still got to Cardiff.

Leeds weren't in our league then FACT.

Fensy · **Joined:** Thu Aug 17, 2006 9:15 pm **Posts:** 6476

Err no we didn't Mr POK, the Wendies yeah but not the others

Gibsons Beard · **Posted:** Sun Jul 19, 2009 10:39 pm

Poolie of Kent · **Posted:** Sun Jul 19, 2009 10:40 pm

It doesn't matter what teams I mention really, because in my opinion the point that I am trying to make is that we've shown that we can more than match ourselves against established teams in the past, so we can carry that forward to the coming season.

tREE_wiTH_hAMStER · **Joined:** Sat May 19, 2007 11:00 am **Posts:** 20758

Poolie of Kent wrote:

Every side in that division is beatable.

Teams in the Prem are beatable but we wouldnt finish top 6.

I dont understand how people say we more than match the bigger sides and "we always raise our game against the bigger sides" ok maybe we do, but we still very very rarely beat them. Yeah we play well but never get the 3 points.

Poolie of Kent · **Posted:** Sun Jul 19, 2009 10:45 pm

Tree_With_Hamster wrote:

Poolie of Kent wrote:

Every side in that division is beatable.

Teams in the Prem are beatable but we wouldnt finish top 6.

I dont understand how people say we more than match the bigger sides and "we always raise our game against the bigger sides" ok maybe we do, but we still very very rarely beat them. Yeah we play well but never get the 3 points.

We're all frustrated about that....but one day, we will beat another big team in the League.

BillinghamPoolie · **Posted:** Sun Jul 19, 2009 10:47 pm

Poolie of Kent wrote:

Tree_With_Hamster wrote:

Poolie of Kent wrote:

Every side in that division is beatable.

Teams in the Prem are beatable but we wouldnt finish top 6.

I dont understand how people say we more than match the bigger sides and "we always raise our game against the bigger sides" ok maybe we do, but we still very very rarely beat them. Yeah we play well but never get the 3 points.

We're all frustrated about that....but one day, we will beat another big team in the League.

And when we do that we might finish higher up the league.

Poolie of Kent · **Posted:** Sun Jul 19, 2009 10:48 pm

Exactly.

Yossarian · **Joined:** Sun Oct 28, 2007 5:29 pm **Posts:** 801

I think we'll make the play offs at least.....
and I think I'll probably marry Kylie.
Then Prince Phillip.

MutleyRules · **Posted:** Sun Jul 19, 2009 11:55 pm

Poolie of Kent wrote:

It doesn't matter what teams I mention really, because in my opinion the point that I am trying to make is that we've shown that we can more than match ourselves against established teams in the past, so we can carry that forward to the coming season.

How many popints have we took off Leeds since we have been in the same division????

BTW....14th!!!! :coool:

BillinghamPoolie · **Posted:** Sun Jul 19, 2009 11:57 pm

I'm waiting for the confirmation of these 2 Irish lads, and a new left back, before I decide.

Fensy · **Joined:** Thu Aug 17, 2006 9:15 pm **Posts:** 6476

I think I will wait until the back end of April before I make my prediction confised

Gibsons Beard · **Posted:** Mon Jul 20, 2009 9:05 am

Poolie of Kent wrote:

Tree_With_Hamster wrote:

Poolie of Kent wrote:

Every side in that division is beatable.

Teams in the Prem are beatable but we wouldnt finish top 6.

I dont understand how people say we more than match the bigger sides and "we always raise our game against the bigger sides" ok maybe we do, but we still very very rarely beat them. Yeah we play well but never get the 3 points.

We're all frustrated about that....but one day, we will beat another big team in the League.

Well it does not suggest we will finish in the play-offs does it if we struggle to beat the decent teams does it!!!!!!!!

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