4-4-2 Predictions for the season

As always it (hopefully) seems that football magazine 4-4-2 are way off regarding us. Their prediction table looks like this:

1. Stockport
2. Wrexham
3. Notts County
4. Gillingham
5. Doncaster
6. Salford
7. MK Dons
8. Bradford
9. Mansfield
10. Swindon
11. Barrow
12. Grimsby
13. Accrington
14. Forest Green
15. Colchester
16. Tranmere
17. Wimbledon
18. Walsall
19. Crewe
20. Morecambe
21.Newport
22. Harrogate
23. Sutton
24. Crawley

Thoughts?

Not a betting man but I'd say 9th if I had to put money on it

Quoted from geir

As always it (hopefully) seems that football magazine 4-4-2 are way off regarding us. Their prediction table looks like this:

1. Stockport
2. Wrexham
3. Notts County
4. Gillingham
5. Doncaster
6. Salford
7. MK Dons
8. Bradford
9. Mansfield
10. Swindon
11. Barrow
12. Grimsby
13. Accrington
14. Forest Green
15. Colchester
16. Tranmere
17. Wimbledon
18. Walsall
19. Crewe
20. Morecambe
21.Newport
22. Harrogate
23. Sutton
24. Crawley

Thoughts?

How are they way off? I'd put us about 10th with the top 9 being their picks. Obviously it'll look nothing like that, but without the internal over optimism, there are a lot of clubs with much bigger budgets.

Assuming they have looked in depth at the squads, the players retained and any new signings and the manager's career record at each club, that is as good as any other guess.

Who knows till we are well underway?

Quoted from pen penfras

How are they way off? I'd put us about 10th with the top 9 being their picks. Obviously it'll look nothing like that, but without the internal over optimism, there are a lot of clubs with much bigger budgets.

I would like to think that we will improve greatly with the recruitment Hurst has done before the season. We may have had the best transfer window for many years, and at least a play-off place would be expected. If we can win more games at home than last year, it shouldn`t be impossible.

Total conjecture and I take no notice of these predictions.

Some pundits had Carlisle and Stevenage down as relegation candidates last season, and most had us down as bottom 6.

No way of knowing if it’s way off any more than than there’s no way of knowing how good the new signings are.
We’re dealing in ‘hopes and expectations’ really. I hope we’ll be competing in the play off picture. I can’t say I predict or expect that we will.

Swindon is way off , they have signed Dan Kemp but thats it and a lot of trouble in their ranks with ownership ,suspect bottom half .

Walsall seem to have recruited well , suspect they are an out the box option for top 7 much like us .

The rest Is quite realistic tbf ,I would put us 8th or 9th .

A better question is - out of that top 9 who will underachieve quickest and which manager will go first ?

No way all 9 are surviving until Xmas .

As a Town fan this looks to be somewhere between realistic and pessimistic to me. I won’t comment on Town as we all have our hopes and expectations. It’s covered elsewhere.

There are a few curious ones for me. Have a hunch Wrexham and Notts County will find it harder than many expect. Last year most games were a mismatch for them, this year most weeks will be a scrap. Not saying that one of them can’t whistle through to League 1 but think it’s unlikely both will go up. Given that FGR are still well backed financially have a hunch they could finish above us. That’s balanced by changing managers and finishing so poorly last year. Never know what to make of Walsall, in my mind could finish anywhere between 4th and 24th. I have a hunch they’ll be weaker as thought Flynn is a good manager and know nothing about the new guy. Feel Sutton deserve a bit more respect despite being hollowed out this summer. Have done well up until the last 4 months of last year. And suspect Harrogate have made good signings and may finish a bit higher (18/19th?). God knows about Newport.

It’s all guess work. A squad might click, a forward might get hot, a manager might work. All I know is I’m happy being a Town fan at the moment and wouldn’t swap with any other team in our league (or higher).

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1. Stockport
2. Wrexham  - lower
3. Notts County - lower
4. Gillingham - lower
5. Doncaster
6. Salford
7. MK Dons
8. Bradford
9. Mansfield
10. Swindon - higher
11. Barrow
12. Grimsby - higher
13. Accrington
14. Forest Green
15. Colchester
16. Tranmere
17. Wimbledon - higher
18. Walsall
19. Crewe
20. Morecambe
21.Newport
22. Harrogate
23. Sutton
24. Crawley