trekkie_ram Posted May 18, 2011 Share Posted May 18, 2011 This season, I had an accumulator on promotions. I picked: Reading or 'Boro Southampton or Charlton Chesterfield or Burton Next season, I'm only going to pick one for each, but I'll be picking a team for relegation as well. I am leaning towards (up/down) Championship: Forest (as much as it pains me) / Doncaster League One: Preston / Carlisle League Two: Crawley / Hereford Anyone got any different ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CumbrianRam Posted May 18, 2011 Share Posted May 18, 2011 Champ: Fester/Portsmouth L1: Peterboro or Huddersfield (if Boro go up this year)/Walsall L2: Shrewsbury/Barnet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex W Posted May 18, 2011 Share Posted May 18, 2011 Carlisles forward is going to leave in January, but they're still decent, as good of an option they are i'd be wary of picking them. Wait for the play offs to end, Huddersfield may well not go up just yet. League Two for Crawley is a definite, Championship i'd have money on West Ham, you've got to really. Play offs win I reckon, although there's a chance that they may not recover from the relegation quickly of course. But they're too strong to ignore. Doncaster is a no way, they'll be losing key members this summer but they'll survive. Leeds are worth a bet, depending on who they sign for their defense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex W Posted May 18, 2011 Share Posted May 18, 2011 Are you talking about Francois Zoko? He's a great little player, I wouln't be surprised if a CCC pick him up. That's the fellow, I expect him to be moved on by January, but Carlisle still aren't a poor side so I wouldn't like to bet on them going down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trekkie_ram Posted May 18, 2011 Author Share Posted May 18, 2011 Exeter City look to be on a good run, maybe them above Preston. Would you say Watford are more likely than Doncaster? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CumbrianRam Posted May 18, 2011 Share Posted May 18, 2011 For Carlisle United, it all depends on if they can keep Francois Zoko, James Berrett & Frankie Simek. After the failed 2008 failed play-off effort, they sold Keiren Westwood & Joe Garner for just under £2million combined and they stayed up the following season on the final day, then they sold Danny Graham, but luckily they had Gary Madine come through the youth system and they bought Ian Harte (who was on a very much downhill slope) but scored almost 20 goals in 09/10 from left back! and they weren't all penalites & free-kicks, they sold him to Reading on the last day of the 2010 transfer window and he is one game away from being back in the Premiership, amazing story! They had a decent start this season buying players like Zoko, Simek & Berrett and bought in loan players such as James Chester, who is now one of Hull's best players & Ben Marshall from Stoke. In January Man Yoo recalled Chester and sold him straight away to Hull and Madine went to Sheff Weds, his replacement was Paddy Madden (a player who Derby were interested in) but he has not featured much and he is more a player for next year. They won the JPT at Wembley and finshed in a solid top half season but they did struggle in the last few months, Liam Noble did do well on loan Sunderland. Next year I think it will be a relegation battle at Brunton Park, as I can't seem them holding on to thier star players. Still it is much better than the Michael Knighton days! As you can see, Carlisle are my second club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary Hindge Posted May 18, 2011 Share Posted May 18, 2011 Championship: Fester/Barnsly Lg1: Peterboro or Huddersfield / Wycombe Lg2: Gillingham/Hereford Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex W Posted May 18, 2011 Share Posted May 18, 2011 For Carlisle United, it all depends on if they can keep Francois Zoko, James Berrett & Frankie Simek. After the failed 2008 failed play-off effort, they sold Keiren Westwood & Joe Garner for just under £2million combined and they stayed up the following season on the final day, then they sold Danny Graham, but luckily they had Gary Madine come through the youth system and they bought Ian Harte (who was on a very much downhill slope) but scored almost 20 goals in 09/10 from left back! and they weren't all penalites & free-kicks, they sold him to Reading on the last day of the 2010 transfer window and he is one game away from being back in the Premiership, amazing story! They had a decent start this season buying players like Zoko, Simek & Berrett and bought in loan players such as James Chester, who is now one of Hull's best players & Ben Marshall from Stoke. In January Man Yoo recalled Chester and sold him straight away to Hull and Madine went to Sheff Weds, his replacement was Paddy Madden (a player who Derby were interested in) but he has not featured much and he is more a player for next year. They won the JPT at Wembley and finshed in a solid top half season but they did struggle in the last few months, Liam Noble did do well on loan Sunderland. Next year I think it will be a relegation battle at Brunton Park, as I can't seem them holding on to thier star players. Still it is much better than the Michael Knighton days! As you can see, Carlisle are my second club. Haha, either that, or your encyclopedic knowledge of the lower leagues far surpasses mine! I like Carlisle, don't really know why, just something about them. Like to see them doing well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desmond_tutu Posted May 18, 2011 Share Posted May 18, 2011 championship : west ham/donn league 1 : preston/walsall league 2 : crawley/burton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CumbrianRam Posted May 18, 2011 Share Posted May 18, 2011 Haha, either that, or your encyclopedic knowledge of the lower leagues far surpasses mine! I like Carlisle, don't really know why, just something about them. Like to see them doing well. Yeah, I do go the watch a fair few games every year, its a bit like supporting Derby you hardly ever get any mid-table seasons, its either a relegation battle or promotion battle. The last two season have been comfortable mid-table with odd Wembley game every season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trekkie_ram Posted May 18, 2011 Author Share Posted May 18, 2011 I used to get to Mansfield on a fairly regular basis, before they went all-seater. Used to be £3 as a youngster, we'd stand behind the home dugout. The late Keith Alexander came off the bench in a cup game. He turned the game on its head with 2 late goals. Pretty sure he was 37yr old at the time. (Just googled it and confirmed that with wiki, it's on his page, against Crewe). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastKentRam Posted May 18, 2011 Share Posted May 18, 2011 I think Palace will struggle next season, if Robins leaves Barnsley as well i think they will also. In League 1, Yeovill have been punching above their weight for some time, done really well just to survive this year and quite easily, they'll probably be down that end of the table. In League 2 there's a pool of teams that usually seem to be around the bottom, Cheltenham maybe as a bit of an outsider, struggled for most of the 2nd half of the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bris Vegas Posted May 18, 2011 Share Posted May 18, 2011 Boro/Peterborough or MK Dons ----> Huddlesfield if promoted will be midtable Huddlesfield/Walsall -----> Huddlesfield or Peterborough will win the league, whoever stays down. Crewe/No Idea! ------> I'd say Crewe or a Playoff team (except Torquay) Maybe Accrington. For relegation, no idea! Barnet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdinburghRam Posted May 18, 2011 Share Posted May 18, 2011 Boro/Peterborough or MK Dons ----> Huddlesfield if promoted will be midtable Huddlesfield/Walsall -----> Huddlesfield or Peterborough will win the league, whoever stays down. Crewe/No Idea! ------> I'd say Crewe or a Playoff team (except Torquay) Maybe Accrington. For relegation, no idea! Barnet? sorry are you saying that you think MK Dons and P'Boro have a shot of promotion? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CumbrianRam Posted May 18, 2011 Share Posted May 18, 2011 sorry are you saying that you think MK Dons and P'Boro have a shot of promotion? The second team states the relegated team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UTR.93 Posted May 18, 2011 Share Posted May 18, 2011 Wigan or Birmingham(providing one of the two is relegated) / Barnsley 'Uddersfield or P.Boro(whichever stays in that division) / Wycombe Crawley / Barnet Odds for these bets would be quality! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdinburghRam Posted May 18, 2011 Share Posted May 18, 2011 The second team states the relegated team. Now I get it, thought Vegas was going mad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastKentRam Posted May 19, 2011 Share Posted May 19, 2011 Boro/Peterborough or MK Dons ----> Huddlesfield if promoted will be midtable Huddlesfield/Walsall -----> Huddlesfield or Peterborough will win the league, whoever stays down. Crewe/No Idea! ------> I'd say Crewe or a Playoff team (except Torquay) Maybe Accrington. For relegation, no idea! Barnet? Cant see Huddersfield being mid table, think they'll be battling relegation. They've drawn so many games and from reading a Huddersfield fans view on them he states they've been incredibly lucky in so many games and havent deserved to win/draw. Based on the 2 games i watched them against an average Bournemouth side they'll definitely struggle at Championship level, very lucky to get past Bournemouth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Srg Posted May 19, 2011 Share Posted May 19, 2011 How do you go 26 games unbeaten and be lucky throughout?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ambitious Posted May 19, 2011 Share Posted May 19, 2011 Impossible to pick this early on, start of last season I had down on Kris Boyd and Craig Bellamy running away with the golden boot. I never thought in a million years it would be Grant Holt and Danny Graham, it's an impossible league to predict. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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