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General Category => Altrincham FC First Team => Topic started by: baldrick on May 20, 2008, 12:45:37 PM
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Lewes Sacked the most successful manager in their history and look like selling all the best players
Eastbourne Possibly the worst team ever to play at this level
Histon Better than anyone expected last season but won't do it again
Northwich Will probably struggle again
Barrow Will find life a lot harder in this division
Weymouth No reason why they won't struggle again
Woking Need a few new signings but could easily drop down a few places from last season
Any four will do but i am predicting
21 Weymouth
22 Barrow
23 Lewes
24 Eastbourne
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I'm going for
21 Salisbury
22 Vics
23 Lewes
24 Barrow
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Any 4 I'm not being fussy.
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I think Northwich will finish in the top 10 if they continue last season's momentum next year. Not a playoff side but around the Ebbsfleet kind of standard.
I think Histon will have "second season syndrome" and struggle a lot more this time around and I also think Barrow will be around the bottom 6. Lewes and Eastbourne are unknown quantities really but given their apparent intent to remain part time they could struggle. Salisbury might struggle a bit more, it's hard to tell really.
I still think we will need to improve a lot to stand a chance of staying up as I don't think there will be any teams cut as far adrift as Stafford and Droylsden were last season.
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Lewes
Barrow
Eastbourne ..........
Then us, unfortunately (fighting it out for AGM duty with Histon and, more probably, Salisbury/Woking/Weymouth)
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I agree with Alty 365 I can see Vics finishing top half, they are signing players, have a decent squad and are coming off great form last season!
I worry that we will spend the whole season loitering around that relegation line unless we change our negative frame of mind as well as sign some quality players (easier said than done I know!) :-\
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On paper it looks tough, but I think
Lewes
Eastbourne
Weymouth
Woking
Histon
Salisbury
Crawley
Barrow
Will be the teams in the mix with us this season...
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Lewes Sacked the most successful manager in their history and look like selling all the best players
Eastbourne Possibly the worst team ever to play at this level
Histon Better than anyone expected last season but won't do it again
Northwich Will probably struggle again
Barrow Will find life a lot harder in this division
Weymouth No reason why they won't struggle again
Woking Need a few new signings but could easily drop down a few places from last season
I'm going to give you a Goodwin simply for such blind optimism: 'but won't do it again' & 'will probably struggle again'. No particular reason to believe that, but positive thinking has to be good!
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Droylsden,
Stafford,
Farsley,
Halifax
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21st - Barrow
22nd- Weymouth
23rd - Lewes
24th- Eastbourne
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I cannot at all see Vics struggling next season...I think the teams in and around the dreaded zone will be"
Alty
Lewes
Eastbourne
Woking
Kettering/Barrow
Histon
Salisbury
I can see either Kettering or Barrow doing OK actually. They're both big enough places that will get really good support...before Kettering started losing players, I thought they could be a mid-table side, but they've had problems in the last couple of weeks. Still expecting them to go out and buy a few players but I think they could be the strugglers rather than Barrow.
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Why does no one think Kettering will be in the mix? Because they are full time?
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I think being full time will help them but I don't think they will find this league as easy as some of their fans would have you believe. They are seriously talking about playoffs and reckon their existing squad is already good enough for this. Whilst I don't think they will be bottom 4 material I think they will still struggle to be a top half side.
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I think Kettering will finish mid table. They are easily the best of the promoted teams.
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I think Kettering will finish mid table. They are easily the best of the promoted teams.
Did you actually see Kettering play last season though?
I suspect that their supporters are seriously underestimating just how much more difficult a league the Blue Square Premier has become since their team last played at this level.
Besides, Mark Cooper's managerial record in this division is hardly inspirational or grounds for ultra confidence.
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No i didn't see them play but they won it by seventeen points and they should be good enough to stay well clear of the relegation zone.
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Why does no one think Kettering will be in the mix? Because they are full time?
I said that they would be down there...originally I thought their squad would be strong enough combined with their good crowds. But they've been losing players and although they ran away with Conference North, I'm not sure they'll cope now in the BSP.
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i can see us finished at least mid table next season good luck with the task that lies ahead for you lot maybe another relegation and then yet another reprieve :D
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i can see us finished at least mid table next season good luck with the task that lies ahead for you lot maybe another relegation and then yet another reprieve :D
Yeah, we'll probably get saved by a club that runs out of money midseason.......................
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i can see us finished at least mid table next season good luck with the task that lies ahead for you lot maybe another relegation and then yet another reprieve :D
Yeah, we'll probably get saved by a club that runs out of money midseason.......................
Rushden; the way they are spending!
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i can see us finished at least mid table next season good luck with the task that lies ahead for you lot maybe another relegation and then yet another reprieve :D
Yeah, we'll probably get saved by a club that runs out of money midseason.......................
Rushden; the way they are spending!
I think he was suggesting the team running out of money will be Northwich, but Rushden I'm sure will fall into trouble soon...the question is whether they'll get promoted next season, because with the players they're getting, anything but top 5 finish would put them in trouble.
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I'll go with:
Lewes
Eastbourne
Barrow
Weymouth...maybe...
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I said this to Jenga last year and upset him a bit.
With no knowledge of ours or anyone elses squad for the forthcoming year how can such predictions be made?
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I said this to Jenga last year and upset him a bit.
With no knowledge of ours or anyone elses squad for the forthcoming year how can such predictions be made?
Hehehehe ecky, so sweet of you to remember mate ;D
I wont hold it against it you though.
You never know someone might post something about commitment soon as well ;D
Although when I did post i posted about league positions, I think most of those would be there or there abouts. Does anyone have time to find that thread, it would actually be interesting to see what peoples opinions were compared to the final league table.
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I think this is the one you were talking about, and yes, i know, i do have no life...
http://www.altyfans.co.uk/index.php?topic=2368.msg20191#msg20191
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Crawley, Rushden, Vics and Torquay because they will all go bust reprieving us when we finish bottom of the league with 8 points ;D
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Oxford lose the parachute payment this year.
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21) Kettering
22) Eastbourne
23) Barrow
24) Lewes
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Oxford lose the parachute payment this year.
The parachute payment finished after our 1st season.
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The parachute payment finished after our 1st season.
Christ, you'd never have gussed! ;)
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Why 4 clubs???
Based on recent historical trends, we only have to not finish in the bottom 3 :)