shailen Posted 31 May 2011 Posted 31 May 2011 I dont think the league this season will be much stronger then last year. The teams coming down, bham will lose their best players and will fizzle out to play offs at best, west ham could be a threat depending om who they keep, and blackpool have had their day but could still be a force. What i am worried about are the teams coming up, brighton, soton and p'boro are all good passing teams that will be hard to.beat, so i think the league is of more or less the same standard. If we sign goods players like the ones we have been linked with, we will get promoted i feel!
ajthefox Posted 31 May 2011 Posted 31 May 2011 So we were favourites when Holloway came in, when we were 15th in the league, and in November? The only time I can remember us being favourites was in 2004/05. Just what I was thinking, pretty sure we were anything but favourites by the time Holloway was appointed.
AmericanScott Posted 31 May 2011 Posted 31 May 2011 So we were favourites when Holloway came in, when we were 15th in the league, and in November? The only time I can remember us being favourites was in 2004/05. We were joint favourites for the 07/08 season along with Charlton. This was when Martin Allen was instated as manager and Mandarics first full season. That ended in tears,
shailen Posted 31 May 2011 Posted 31 May 2011 We were joint favourites for the 07/08 season along with Charlton. This was when Martin Allen was instated as manager and Mandarics first full season. That ended in tears, That season was mandarics fault. Remember him sacking allen after we thrased watford 4-0. The man got de vries scoring ffs. Then came megson, who did ok and somehow got the bolton job. Then holloway came in and i was convinced he would do us good, but his signings were his downfall. Gave too many average players the chance eg/ barry hayles. If holloway had been given the full season i reckon we would have stayed up. I did like holloway though, good man, so honest but the reality is that instability in the managerial side fuked us up. Sacking allen that is!
teblin Posted 1 June 2011 Posted 1 June 2011 That season was mandarics fault. Remember him sacking allen after we thrased watford 4-0. The man got de vries scoring ffs. Then came megson, who did ok and somehow got the bolton job. Then holloway came in and i was convinced he would do us good, but his signings were his downfall. Gave too many average players the chance eg/ barry hayles. If holloway had been given the full season i reckon we would have stayed up. I did like holloway though, good man, so honest but the reality is that instability in the managerial side fuked us up. Sacking allen that is! Sacking Allen wasn't the Problem, appointing him was.
hbkkids Posted 1 June 2011 Posted 1 June 2011 we will win the league next season, west ham i feel will be hanging around the championship for a couple of years, most of my family are west ham fans and most of them think the same as me. bring on the 2011/2012 season. :sge:
hbkkids Posted 1 June 2011 Posted 1 June 2011 We were joint favourites for the 07/08 season along with Charlton. This was when Martin Allen was instated as manager and Mandarics first full season. That ended in tears, did not know that, can not see us doing poor this season with the big names we are bringing in though, i think we will win the league.
shailen Posted 1 June 2011 Posted 1 June 2011 Sacking Allen wasn't the Problem, appointing him was. Yeah but once we appointed him, we should have stuck by him. Our team although not great was good enough to stay up. When holloway came in, i think he panic bought a shit load of players who were crap, and so our team got worse!
MikeyT Posted 6 June 2011 Posted 6 June 2011 The Blue Army are likely to be celebrating at the end of next season, according to the bookmakers. They reckon Leicester City have a far better chance of making it into the Premier League next year than in the last two seasons. Sven-Goran Eriksson's men are as short a price as 7-1 favourites to win the Championship in 2011-12 whereas last year they were 16-1 and two years ago 28-1. But perhaps the most telling odds come from Leicester firm Mark Jarvis. They make City long odds-on at 1-2 to finish in the top six, which would earn automatic promotion or a place in the play-offs. They also quote them at 9-4 to book a spot in the top flight by either route for 2012-13. Jarvis's Scott Upton said: "Everything seems to be on course. "They've got the manager in place, some of the players are already there and they're showing their ambition in the transfer market." The general consensus seems to be that the Championship could be even tougher next season than it was in the one that has just finished. Last time around, there were no obvious sleeping giants. But next season there will be massive expectation about the prospects of Carling Cup holders Birmingham and West Ham. There will also be huge pressure on their managers to get them straight back into the Premier League after being relegated last month. West Ham have showed their intent by appointing Sam Allardyce as their new boss. And, in the wake of Birmingham's relegation, their acting chairman Peter Pannu said: "The club can confirm that manager Alex McLeish's job is safe. But the board expect him to lead the club back into the Barclays Premier League for the start of the 2012-13 season." It is a measure of the strength of the squad City are expected to have that they are ranked as good, or better, bets than those two. Many national firms have City and the Hammers as 7-1 joint favourites with Birmingham at 8-1. Jarvis, perhaps looking to attract custom from the Blue Army, are offering 9-1 against City. Mark Jarvis odds: 7-1 West Ham, 8-1 Birmingham, 9-1 City, 12-1 Nottm Forest, Reading, 14-1 Middlesbrough, 16-1 Cardiff, Blackpool, Southampton, Ipswich, Leeds, Burnley, Brighton, Hull.
NorthernFox Posted 30 June 2011 Posted 30 June 2011 Quite scary, 4-1 Joint Favs (WHU) with Stan James.
Guest shearfox Posted 30 June 2011 Posted 30 June 2011 Funny being joint favs yet we haven't even got our team together yet .
Gimme Six Posted 1 July 2011 Posted 1 July 2011 Weren't we among the favourites under Mandaric and then got relegated? Happy days
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