4-4-2 Predictions for the season

However the season pans out, I don’t see the top 3 teams all being recent ex NL.  I know they are favourites in the betting.

Town are still 33/1 to win it with Skybet, so they think mid table as well. As others have pointed out we're battling 20 years of under achievement in the eyes of the wider football audience, and the odds are a reflection of where they're putting their money
Still think it looks like we've recruited pretty well so if we can improve our goal scoring record top third should be on

Morecambe to be bottom
Notts County top
Doncaster nowhere near the top ten.
Town to sneak in to the playoffs.

Quoted from buckstown

Town are still 33/1 to win it with Skybet, so they think mid table as well. As others have pointed out we're battling 20 years of under achievement in the eyes of the wider football audience, and the odds are a reflection of where they're putting their money
Still think it looks like we've recruited pretty well so if we can improve our goal scoring record top third should be on

At the end of the day, the bookies will look at two statistics for town - when were they last champions of anything, and when were they last promoted in the league - the answers are frightening when you think about them. I was there for the 2nd one, but I have never seen us as champions, and I guarantee I’m seen as an old timer by a good chunk of town fans.

I think it's easy to get carried away with our top half finish. In reality there was a big group of mid table teams with a large chasm to the play off chasers.

That's a big gap to jump and while we've recruited well, so have most teams above us so it'll still be a big challenge to get in the top half again.

Quoted from Mariner93er

I think it's easy to get carried away with our top half finish. In reality there was a big group of mid table teams with a large chasm to the play off chasers.

That's a big gap to jump and while we've recruited well, so have most teams above us so it'll still be a big challenge to get in the top half again.

Doig talked about our transfer business "so far", so I expect a couple more in, quite possibly game changing signings like Murphy from Newcastle rather than squad fillers. We definitely seem to have a much more solid squad, and it will probably need to be just to maintain a top half position. It's how it gels that will determine if we can push for promotion like Stevenage and Carlisle did. Outside the top seven favourites a lot of clubs' fans think their transfer business has been decent, the likes of Walsall, Tranmere, Sutton, Doncaster etc. Still think we need a forward, a midfielder and possibly a left sided defender and maybe all three of them having a chance to improve our starting eleven, to round our squad off, and get us into the promotion mix. I'm really happy and hopeful with the summer we've had so far but also realistic enough to accept that this is going to be the highest quality League Two seen in years..

We could quite easily be a better side than last season and finish in a similar position. This league is so hard to call. We should revel in the fact we have a strong league 2 and see where it takes us, looking forward to the competition in front of us. Also a prediction is just that , guesswork from someone sat in an office. When has this game been that predictable?

We were unfancied last year, but if our home form had been better we would have been in the playoff mix. It looks to me that those predictions follow the big budget clubs with little thought to anything else at a club.

They have easily forgotten that little Grimsby with a solid team spirit and excellent fan base proved them all wrong in our promotion year from the NL. Wrexham and Notts Cty have only just got promoted and along with Stockport, Bradford and Salford will be many teams ' Cup Final Match', so they will have tough games most of the season.

If not in an automatic promotion spot I certainly see us in a playoff spot. Hurst is good at spotting talent to form team spirit and that shows with his early signings.  Positive things are happening at BP and 1878 have mainly got it right so let's get behind the team and look forward to another promotion year.

UTM

Personally think people are over egging how well notts county will do. Their style of football being very tippy tappy and leaving themselves so exposed at the back can work well against a lot of the tinpotters in NL, but they will be up against much better defences week on week and sides who will be able to take advantage of getting behind them because they play such a high line.

Only my opinion but I think Wrexham will probably make the playoffs and think notts will be mid table.

Absolutely not going to make any predictions for town!!!!!

UTFM

We have a good team and probably one of the best managers in the league .

I honestly think how well we do depends on keeping Eisa and Rose fit - Eisa is a class above IF we can keep him fit - pace,power and ability - we just have to hope he's not another Scannell . It seems like we are well stocked in all other positions ; with Hurst teams you know we will always give anyone a game ,he knows how to setup to frustrate against the best of teams at the lower levels . I don't fear for us at all but the one game I worry about a bit is that first one, Wimbledon.You imagine they will come and setup to frustrate us so we will see if lessons have been learnt from last seasons struggles at home ,against potential fodder for a beating ; let's hope it's been rectified and the added quality shines through .