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*only the teams relevant to this question have been included in the poll.

All those teams plus Norwich will finish above us.

Where's Norwich?

Paul B wrote:All those teams plus Norwich will finish above us.

well I suppose you're entitled to your WRONG opinion.

James the Brains wrote:

Paul B wrote:All those teams plus Norwich will finish above us.

well I suppose you're entitled to your WRONG opinion.

Time will tell if I am wrong...I hope I am!

essexboy21 wrote:Where's Norwich?

norwich are preparing to return to a zone they are very familiar with. that's right bitch it's the relegation zone and thus norwich have zero, that's 0.00000000 relevance to the question: who will finish 2nd behind the mighty Ipswich Town? Ya get me?

Pains me to say it but Norwich or Crippled Alice.

the leagues ours this year all those teams will finish below us. none of the teams that came down will get promoted in my opinion because they think they are going back and they think its easy how wrong they will be i mean any team this year has got as good as chance as any including the teams promoted

Palace will win the thing, Sheffield Wednesday will come second with us third

personally I think the team best equipped to clean our boots this season is Leeds Leeds Leeds Leeds Leeds. Somehow they pulling out slick signings I think it must be the "big club" factor coz they certainly haven't got the cash to splash. either that or the sympathy vote. either way they're looking good and I think they might even provide us with a challenge. nah who am I kidding we'll finish a couple dozen points ahead (worst case scenario).

essexboy21 wrote:Where's Norwich?

About 40 miles north of Ipswich.

I think Hull will be in the hunt this season, they beat Sunderland last night with apparent ease so the papers say and Peter Taylor is no mug either!!

I hope I'm wrong as my Mrs side of the family are Tigers fans

Paul

Just going on gutt feeling ...Wolves

Norwich 1st Palace 2nd

Deadman wrote:Norwich 1st Palace 2nd

Damn... we agree on something, I also believe Wolves will be in the race for the top two as well

James the Brains wrote:*only the teams relevant to this question have been included in the poll.

I'll be quite surprised if the majority of the teams listed don't finish well above us.


If we can avoid the bottom half of the table this season, we'll have done well.

Hull have got good backing, management, money and a nice stadium..

I have a feeling they will be amongst the top 2..

Earl Blue wrote:Hull have got good backing, management, money and a nice stadium..

I have a feeling they will be amongst the top 2..

Whereas we seem to have no backing, no money, but management and a fantastic stadium. But we have no depth at all in the squad, and even assuming we get two more semi-decent signings, I think it's a huge leap of faith to assume this team can do anything more than keep us in the Division.

a lot of people are saying that its going to be palace or norwich or southampton palace etc finishing top 2 but how many teams can you name that have gone straight back up the year they got relagated there isnt many i can only think of charlton and west brom i think these teams are just as good as anyone else in this division regardless of what players they have because you can get beaten by any team on anyday in this division i think you wil be lucky to see any of those 3 go up

jono wrote:a lot of people are saying that its going to be palace or norwich or southampton palace etc finishing top 2 but how many teams can you name that have gone straight back up the year they got relagated there isnt many i can only think of charlton and west brom i think these teams are just as good as anyone else in this division regardless of what players they have because you can get beaten by any team on anyday in this division i think you wil be lucky to see any of those 3 go up

Like West Brom and Charlton before, Nodge & Palarse haven't signed load s of players and hold pretty much the same squad that got them each up last time, they also haven't lost players since relegation for the same reason

Still doubt AJ and Aston will be playing championship football next season. I would have expected Ashton to have had more interest, you cant deny he is a class player who can do the business in the prem. Once a serious bid is tabled he's sure to want out, If only to boost his world cup ambitions, which in reality are nil if he's not top flight, expect something from Everton if Palace wont budge on AJ's fee.

Lets hope they both go

Paul

jono wrote:a lot of people are saying that its going to be palace or norwich or southampton palace etc finishing top 2 but how many teams can you name that have gone straight back up the year they got relagated there isnt many i can only think of charlton and west brom i think these teams are just as good as anyone else in this division regardless of what players they have because you can get beaten by any team on anyday in this division i think you wil be lucky to see any of those 3 go up

I think thats old school thinking - times are a changing - teams go up with an expectation of coming straight back down, plan cleverly, dont destroy themselves financially (ala Sheepshanks & Burley), and have half an eye on building a team to stay in the prem, the other half on building a team to win the Championship next year - combined, the financial gulf between recently relegated sides, and Championship sides is ridiculous.

I wouldnt be surprised if two relegated clubs go straight backup this season - Soton are most likely to struggle cos ole Rupert has run em into the ground.