League One thread 2014-15
djfunnyman
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With the fixtures out on Wednesday, now is a good time to start the League One thread. How do you think your team will do this season? I think County will have a slightly more comfortable time in mid table this season after our Great Escape in May.
My predictions for top 6 and relegation are as follows;
1. Sheff Utd
2. Preston
3. Barnsley
4. Leyton Orient (P)
5. Peterborough
6. Bristol City
21. Yeovil
22. Crewe
23. Chesterfield
24. Rochdale
Will predict the full table nearer to the start of the season
My predictions for top 6 and relegation are as follows;
1. Sheff Utd
2. Preston
3. Barnsley
4. Leyton Orient (P)
5. Peterborough
6. Bristol City
21. Yeovil
22. Crewe
23. Chesterfield
24. Rochdale
Will predict the full table nearer to the start of the season
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It too early to predicted where teams may finish but I don't think Chesterfield and Rochdale will finish in bottom 4 as I think them two along with Fleetwood may have good season and finish in mid table.
... Oh, yeah.
Watch out for 13th December and 7th February as this will be date when Oldham play Yeovil which mean is son against father (Lee Johnson v Gary Johnson)
We start the season at Preston which will be tricky and I would rather a home game
Looking forward to beating Oldhm on 20th September and 31st January
Also if you do come to Latics ground between Dec and May you will see new stand at Boundary park (sorry Sportdirect.com park) opened.
we look likely to sell league ones best striker wilson to norwich or bournemouth too
on bright side we have 2 new wingers in o brien and swanson so hopefully we can keep up dream of a playoff spot. unlikely though.
We lost 3-1 at Mansfield today and I've heard that we were absolutely dreadful
If Oldham don't sign anymore players before Saturday I be happy with players we got as lee Johnson have made some good signing and I think we may have good season, in pre-season Oldham have won 4 (including win against Newcastle) draw 2 and lost 1 so they heading into season with good form.
My top 6 predicted.
Preston
Sheff Utd
Bristol City
Barnsley
Peterborough
Notts County
Yeah County as I think they may surprise people this season.
Bottom 4 (in no order)
Crewe
Gillingham
Colchester
Scunthorpe
I think Scunthorpe may go back down knowing people will probably think they will finish mid table.
Orient
Sheffield United
Think those 3 will go up with Barnsley, Bristol City and Posh in the play-offs.
Only two go up in the auto spots, so knock Sheff Utd out all together as we never do it in the playoffs.
Thank you. While we have lost quite a few of last season's heroes, we have made some good signings and I don't think we will struggle. I will predict the full table on Thursday or Friday
Scunthorpe are the only team out of your predict bottom 4 who I don't think will struggle. The other 3 teams are all pretty dire
Yes - luck has to change at some point.
I guess there will be pressure on Clough now after the way he turned your season around..
The board and fans have the upmost respect and confidence in Cloughie but I don't think there is as much pressure as expected.
Here is the whole of our August;
9th - Preston (A)
16th - Fleetwood (H)
19th - Colchester (H)
23rd - Port Vale (A)
31st - Bristol City (H)
This season League One will be really wide open, and here is my predicted table. Feel free to dispute any predictions I make
1. Sheff Utd
2. Preston
3. Peterborough
4. Bristol City
5. Leyton Orient (P)
6. Bradford
7. MK Dons
8. Barnsley
9. Oldham
10. Walsall
11. Doncaster
12. Fleetwood
13. Swindon
14. Notts County (will be happy with that)
15. Coventry
16. Scunthorpe
17. Chesterfield
18. Port Vale
19. Crawley
20. Colchester
21. Gillingham
22. Yeovil
23. Crewe
24. Rochdale
As a fellow Blade I agree that our best first eleven is weaker than last season but the squad as a whole is undoubtedly better. I realise some are criticizing Clough somewhat for buying quantity over quality but I can see why he has done this. It's a long, long season and you need two teams to gain promotion. We can now put out two sides that would be comfortable in this league and I think Clough has learned from how knackered we looked at the end of last season. We have enough options everywhere on the pitch now for that not to be the case. We pretty much relied on the same 14 players last season. We now have genuine options
It was interesting to hear Clough say he was aiming to be in the top 6 by Christmas. I think he fancies that the depth of our squad will be better than most and thinking that will give us the edge towards the end of the season
I also think Higdon could prove to be a good signing. He was Scottish player of the season just two years ago and scored 14 in the Dutch league last season for a team that went down.
Happy to see football season starting tomorrow (knowing it be Tuesday until I see Oldham in action) I hope Oldham can get off good start and continued their unbeaten run which Latics haven't lost in league since March 11th, I do think Oldham can beat Colchester just like they did four months ago when they won 1-0 and I think that will be scoreline for tomorrow match.
My predicted for tomorrow games.
Barnsley 2-0 Crawley
Bradford 1-1 Coventry
Colchester 0-1 Oldham
Fleetwood 3-0 Crewe
Leyton Orient 1-0 Chesterfield
MK Dons 2-1 Gillingham
Port Vale 2-2 Walsall
Preston 2-0 Notts County
Rochdale 1-1 Peterborough
Sheff Utd 1-0 Bristol City
Swindon 1-1 Scunthorpe
Yeovil 0-0 Doncaster
Unless we add some depth to our squad as well as some wide options then there is little chance that we will finish 6th.
I suspect we will be anywhere between 16th-10th as our defense is solid. If we have bad luck with injuries however we will struggle as our squad is far too small
And neither does Danny Wilson...
Anything can happen on the first game but we need to improve.
Don't fret, you will!
Let me give you a couple of results from League One on the opening day of the season 5 years ago:
Norwich City 1 Colchester Utd 7
Gillingham 5 Swindon Town 0
What happened come May 2010? Norwich won the League 1 title at a hack canter, Gillingham were relegated and Swindon reached the play-off final.
Trust me, Sheehan and Liddle are great League One players. You got a great win today against Coventry
County drew 1-1 at Preston which was frustrating as Preston scored an equaliser in the 89th minute. However, Preston would have won comfortably if it wasn't for Roy Caro in goal for us. It was a great finish by Jake Cassidy to put us in front as well
Sheff Wed away in League Cup on Tuesday now before home games against Fleetwood and Colchester
Ive no doubts that our first 11 is good enough however our squad is currently lacking depth. If we have a miracle run with injuries we could finish in the top 6 but mid table is more likely with the squad we have.
Sheff Utd fans are panicking to soon, you lost to Bristol City who will be very good this year. Campbell-Ryce is a good signing for you as while he won't start regularly, he is a good option on the wing
Armagideon Time; why do you hate Danny Wilson so much? Admitedly he will probably be sacked by Christmas but you regularly comment on how bad he is
Gareth; was that Bradford's first opening day win since beating us in 2008? I know you didn't win on the first day in 2009! Also, what do you think of Thompson and Jones who we've signed from you?