Up or down more likely?

I'd be a bit (well, a lot) happier if we had signed a good left-back by now as the defence would then be pretty well-set. Also, the squad is still missing a striker though whether the triallist is the type we need, I don't know.

Hopefully, the apparent increase in athleticism in the squad will help us this season. We really were a very slow team for much of last year and more pace in midfield and attack should be a great help.

I realise that some of the signings in the close season are a little underwhelming for some, but I think we need to remember that the mid-season signings were in general pretty decent (the ones who are still with us, I mean) so it seems probable that we'll start the season with a better squad this year than last year, Bogle and Andrew aside. You'd have to say that the new midfield options we have appear a lot better than the Berret/Summerfield combo we saw for a good bit of last season.

I'm feeling slightly underwhelmed to be honest but hope its misplaced. The bookies odds I saw last week suggested bottom third and unless we secure a decent striker they may be right.

More likely up but I'd say were still a few jigsaw pieces away from being serious challengers to the top seven.

Relegation is out of the question. In this division, with just two places, you have to be an epically shite team to go down

What are the odds based upon? Last season where we had a newly promoted manager who cobbled together his first EFL squad and then was replaced by one who destroyed it in favor of a 1 - 9 -1 formation?

Up BTW!

More up than down. I think. I hope.