1 to 24 prediction year 23/24

[1985CTFC]

Can't wait for all the fannying around before next Saturday. Head on the block prediction time.
Have a good laugh!!

1 Derby
2 Bolton
3 Blackpool
4 Bristol Rovers
5 Portsmouth
6 Lincoln
7 Oxford
8 Barnsley
9 Charlton
10 Peterboro
11 Cheltenham
12 Fleetwood
13 Wycombe
14 Burton
15 Wigan
16 Stevenage
17 Reading
18 Leyton Orient
19 Shrewsbury
20 Exeter
21Cambridge
22 Port Vale
23 Carlisle
24 Northampton

Hope Cambridge stay up but lost a few players.
Exeter the team near me seem a bit behind for the start of the season but also hope they stay up.
Bristol Lincoln and Oxford to do well this year.
Pressure on the big boys, Charlton, Peterboro, Portsmouth, Barnsley to get promoted. Poor start and manager heads will roll.
Derby should win although they lost top scorer.
And what's that ...little old Cheltenham 11th!!!! Slight improvement on 14th and 16th..so not unbelievable is it?
Reading and Wigan with probs.
Blackpool still got some Championship players and decent Manager.

[duckers]

1 Derby
2 Charlton
3 Peterborough
4 Blackpool
5 Portsmouth
6 Bolton
7 Bristol Rovers
8 Barnsley
9 Wycombe
10 Lincoln
11 Leyton Orient
12 Fleetwood
13 Reading
14 Oxford
15 Cheltenham
16 Cambridge
17 Carlisle
18 Wigan
19 Shrewsbury
20 Northampton
21 Burton
22 Port Vale
23 Stevenage
24 Exeter

[Shade]

I'm not fannying around with who will finish where in the mid-table.

1 Derby
2 Bolton
3 Portsmouth
4 Blackpool
5 Charlton
6 Peterborough
7 Barnsley

13 CTFC

18 Carlisle
19 Reading
20 Exeter
21 Wigan
22 Cambridge
23 Northampton
24 Stevenage (I hope)

[Blakey 9]

1 Derby
2 Bolton
3 Portsmouth
4 Blackpool
5 Barnsley
6 Charlton
7 Peterborough
8 Wigan
9 Lincoln
10 Oxford
11 Burton
12 Wycombe
13 Reading
14 Fleetwood
15 Cheltenham
16 Shrewsbury
17 Bristol rovers
18 Leyton orient
19 Northampton
20 Exeter
21 Carlisle
22 Port vale
23 Cambridge
24 Stevenage

[1985CTFC]

Not many predictions so far...just putting it back in to view

[Ben3]

I won’t do the whole table but I think we’ll finish 6th

[1985CTFC]

I won’t do the whole table but I think we’ll finish 6th

And win the play off...good man ! I was tempted to go full on with my prediction...but 11th is not to bad. Happy to be higher though. Just need a good start in those first 10 games and get in amongst the playoff positions.

[Ben3]

Play offs are a lottery but here’s my logic:

We’re stronger than last year
The league is weaker than last year
We got away with a few (Ipswich at home for example!) but a few games we could’ve nicked a few more points
A few of the stronger teams may go bust

Plus I think Elliot is a very underestimated chap.

Let’s see shall we!!

[asl]

Is it much weaker, really? Okay, maybe at the top end it has gone down - but I'd argue that the lower ranked teams that we need to be beating are generally stronger. Not sure there's an obvious Morecambe or FGR in there this year (though not in our wettest dream did any of us expect the latter to capitulate the way they did).

[Jim]

Gonna give this a go for the fun of it, but my insight into most of the other clubs in League One is surface level at best!

1 Bolton
2 Derby
3 Portsmouth
4 Blackpool
5 Charlton
6 Peterborough
7 Barnsley
8 Lincoln
9 Oxford
10 Bristol Rovers
11 Burton
12 Wycombe
13 Wigan
14 Reading
15 Fleetwood
16 Cheltenham
17 Leyton Orient
18 Exeter
19 Shrewsbury
20 Port Vale
21 Stevenage
22 Northampton Town
23 Carlisle Utd
24 Cambridge Utd

I wouldn't be surprised to see Reading do much worse than that, but they still have a few good players and if their new signing are allowed to play they'll be quality additions. Depends on how things go off the field.

I think both Oxford and Burton have had really good summers, so won't be anywhere near the relegation mix. Lincoln too I think could be pushing play offs. I have a feeling Barnsley will struggle without Duff, wouldn't be surprised to see them mid table but played it safe in my prediction.

It will be fun to revisit this next May to see how badly wrong we all got it!

[Ihearye]

A riot

[1985CTFC]

A riot

Come on Ihearye...give it a go. Show us all up ;

[Ihearye]

A riot

Come on Ihearye...give it a go. Show us all up ;

I will, giving Positano 4 weeks of my time and will do after the first 2 matches if that's allowed ?

[1985CTFC]

A riot

Come on Ihearye...give it a go. Show us all up ;

I will, giving Positano 4 weeks of my time and will do after the first 2 matches if that's allowed ?

Very nice. Looks like I will be swapping places with you in late Sept/Oct but about 150miles north of Positano. Ifollow to watch all the games Sat and mid week??? to get our fix.
Enjoy your Hols

[Ihearye]

Come on Ihearye...give it a go. Show us all up ;

I will, giving Positano 4 weeks of my time and will do after the first 2 matches if that's allowed ?

Very nice. Looks like I will be swapping places with you in late Sept/Oct but about 150miles north of Positano. Ifollow to watch all the games Sat and mid week??? to get our fix.
Enjoy your Hols

I will only miss two matches so not so bad. Watching ifollow on my phone not great crack

[1985CTFC]

I will, giving Positano 4 weeks of my time and will do after the first 2 matches if that's allowed ?

Very nice. Looks like I will be swapping places with you in late Sept/Oct but about 150miles north of Positano. Ifollow to watch all the games Sat and mid week??? to get our fix.
Enjoy your Hols

I will only miss two matches so not so bad. Watching ifollow on my phone not great crack

You need a bigger phone!!

[Ihearye]

Very nice. Looks like I will be swapping places with you in late Sept/Oct but about 150miles north of Positano. Ifollow to watch all the games Sat and mid week??? to get our fix.
Enjoy your Hols

I will only miss two matches so not so bad. Watching ifollow on my phone not great crack

You need a bigger phone!!

You been talking to my wife?????

[Shade]

BBC Sport website is currently doing the EFL, assessing how each club will do, club by club on a live text feed. They have managed to fudge it so Wrexham were first up, by starting in League Two and going reverse alphabetical order

You do you, beeb...

[Broadway Brian]

72+ on BBC sounds also has a season preview episode. Aaron Paul, Joni McAnuff and Jed Wallace host and interview our very own Curtis Davies.

They start at the other end, Champo, so fast forward the first 30 minutes bleating on about Leeds, Leicester and Saints.

[Broadway Brian]

1. Bolton
2. Derby
3. Charlton
4. Blackpool
5. Peterborough
6. Oxford
7. Pompey
8. Barnsley
9. The Gas
10. Lincoln
11. Reading
12. Wycombe
13. Leyton Orient
14. Wigan
15. Town
16. Fleetwood
17. Burton
18. Shrewsbury
19. Vale
20. Exeter
21. Stevenage
22. Northampton
23. Carlisle
24. Cambridge

[asl]

I legit scanned that one for ages trying to find us...

[RegencyCheltenhamSpa]

1. Barnsley
2. Derby
3. Bolton
4. Blackpool
5. Peterborough
6. Reading
7. Portsmouth
8. Charlton
9. Wigan
10. Wycombe
11. Bristol Rovers
12. Oxford
13. Exeter
14. Lincoln
15. Fleetwood
16. Burton
17. Shrewsbury
18. Northampton
19. Orient
20. Cheltenham
21. Carlisle
22. Stevenage
23. Cambridge
24. Port Vale

[Shade]

I legit scanned that one for ages trying to find us...

Same. I don't mind if we just hide away in 15th tbh.

[Shade]

24. Port Vale

Hard to argue with that after that first match. Did you see the goals? Their defence was absolutely woeful. And their manager said "We've signed the best keeper in League One".

[RegencyCheltenhamSpa]

24. Port Vale

Hard to argue with that after that first match. Did you see the goals? Their defence was absolutely woeful. And their manager said "We've signed the best keeper in League One".

True. Although first match results are never things to react to or base predictions on.

I was basing it on their inexorable slide down the table last season…reminiscent of the final season Downing kept us up, and we all remember how calamitous the following campaign was.

[HamTown]

24. Port Vale

Hard to argue with that after that first match. Did you see the goals? Their defence was absolutely woeful. And their manager said "We've signed the best keeper in League One".

True. Although first match results are never things to react to or base predictions on.

I was basing it on their inexorable slide down the table last season…reminiscent of the final season Downing kept us up, and we all remember how calamitous the following campaign was.

Something tells me you wouldn't have put Barnsley 1st, Port vale 24th and Cheltenham in 20th before Saturday

[Ben3]

Hard to argue with that after that first match. Did you see the goals? Their defence was absolutely woeful. And their manager said "We've signed the best keeper in League One".

True. Although first match results are never things to react to or base predictions on.

I was basing it on their inexorable slide down the table last season…reminiscent of the final season Downing kept us up, and we all remember how calamitous the following campaign was.

Something tells me you wouldn't have put Barnsley 1st, Port vale 24th and Cheltenham in 20th before Saturday

Very true!! The way people are playing this game I’ll reserve the right to wait until after the 45th game to make my prediction

[shevates]

1 Barnsley
2 Bolton
3 Posh
4 Pompey
5 Charlton
6 Derby
7 Blackpool

21. Cheltenham
22. Northampton
23. Port Vale
24. Carlisle

[RegencyCheltenhamSpa]

Hard to argue with that after that first match. Did you see the goals? Their defence was absolutely woeful. And their manager said "We've signed the best keeper in League One".

True. Although first match results are never things to react to or base predictions on.

I was basing it on their inexorable slide down the table last season…reminiscent of the final season Downing kept us up, and we all remember how calamitous the following campaign was.

Something tells me you wouldn't have put Barnsley 1st, Port vale 24th and Cheltenham in 20th before Saturday

Believe what you like. I have made it perfectly clear on other threads there’s no need to be negative or over react after Saturday.

20th for Cheltenham is an over achievement given our budget.

As for Barnsley, it’s the Duff pattern. Play off heart break followed by the title.

I already explained Vale were the worst team in the league after FGR from Christmas onwards and that didn’t change over the summer.

I always remember when Norwich lost 7-0 on the opening day and won the league one title. Only morons react and make predictions based on game one.

[paperboy]

This is only loosely connected to this topic, but I'm not sure many of us knew all this.
Apart from that font of all knowledge Mark Halliwell of course.

https://www.burndenaces.co.uk/2023/08/0 ... e-one.html

[RegencyCheltenhamSpa]

This is only loosely connected to this topic, but I'm not sure many of us knew all this.
Apart from that font of all knowledge Mark Halliwell of course.

https://www.burndenaces.co.uk/2023/08/0 ... e-one.html

Fantastic.

[1985CTFC]

A quick revisit of some of our early season predictions. I had Northampton in bottom 4, so got that well wrong

[1985CTFC]

Some pretty good predictions from 3 or 4 of you so far. Will soon see who is better than a Super Computer come 27th April. Winner allowed to be addressed as SUPER MYSTIC by us all next season.

[Shade]

My bottom two are in the top half. Tells you all you need to know. But I have the top three, albeit currently in the wrong order.