Wolves, Brentford and Burnley

[Paddock Poster]

No reason we cannot end up above those three?

 

[nelford_safc]

People are honestly underestimating how difficult next season is going to be.

 

[Foreigner]

Not sure, think we are in for a bit of a reality check with the quality of the teams we are aiming to finish above. Hopefully we invest wisely

 

[DonaldDownTheWing]

Brentford who finished 10th?

Burnley & Leeds were miles ahead of us this season. It’ll be a hell of a job just to overhaul them two.

 

[HarrogateMackem]

we’ve got to make up a fair distance to even be able to compete with Leeds and Burnley, let alone these.

 

[mackembhoy]

If we don't finish bottom that will be a positive.

 

[Uromastyx]

I think these threads are pointless at the moment. There will be plenty of movement over the next few weeks. Let's evaluate when we can see final squads.

 

[ErichZann]

Imo we will be doing well to compete with anyone.

 

[Hongkongphooey]

The record for promoted clubs from the championship would beg to differ

 

[Paddock Poster]

More negative than I expected. Has everyone given up hope already?

 

[Mackemansj1]

Brentford who finished 10th?

Burnley & Leeds were miles ahead of us this season. It’ll be a hell of a job just to overhaul them two.

There about to have their knees took out mind, gonna lose their manager and a lot of the back room staff and both strikers. I’d be shitting it if I were a bees fan.

 

[Zak's Dad]

Not to put a dampener on things but we were not the best team in the league by some distance, we were fourth.
And although we got promoted via the play offs there was an element of good fortune attached to our promotion over all three matches.

The fact that so many promoted teams get instantly relegated shows the gulf between the top of the championship and the bottom of the premiership.

We'll need a sizable budget spent wisely, good coaching and more good fortune to stand a chance of staying up.

Fingers crossed!

 

[stevo]

At last a thread that reflects reality,but agree with uromastyx lets see what the squad looks like in July.

 

[ChrisAshley]

As it stands we'd do very well to get 20 points, obviously this is before the signings we're going to make so lets hope we spend big and spend well.

 

[Keith S30S]

More negative than I expected. Has everyone given up hope already?

I certainly haven't.

We were better than Burnley in both matches last season. They had a very good defence and not much else. I don't see them spending a fortune and I think they will finish bottom.

Leeds bullied teams by simply having a very good Championship squad loaded with goals. They wouldn't be bullying anyone in this league. They have an outside chance of stopping up same as us.

We need half a dozen good signings ready for the Premier League to stand a chance. Big ask.

Last season Palace and Wolves flirted with relegation for half the season. They changed managers and pulled away. If they had got the managerial appointment wrong they could have struggled. They'll be other teams on the same boat next season.

 

[johnny kayo]

We need a couple of established clubs to gave a clusterfuck of a season and hopefully Man city get deducted 90 points

 

[Kidder_wolf_ii]

No reason we cannot end up above those three?

If all our new signings totally flop then yes you might finish above Wolves.

Very unlikely though but stranger things have happened. You’ve got a lot of young players who could easily freeze or excel in a higher league.

Rival fans (and media pundits) seem to think Wolves only 2 decent PL players are Cunha and Ait-Nouri but completely forget we also have Agbadou, Toti, Mosquera, Gomes, Andre and Strand-Larsen. Same applies to Brentford as they have some very good PL standard players who don’t get the coverage they deserve.

I’m actually quite excited to see who we bring in with our £100m transfer kitty.

 

[Keith S30S]

As it stands we'd do very well to get 20 points, obviously this is before the signings we're going to make so lets hope we spend big and spend well.

Ipswich made loads of signings and barely improved their starting 11. They managed 22 points so you're probably not far off.

 

[Eggman]

Brentford who finished 10th?

Burnley & Leeds were miles ahead of us this season. It’ll be a hell of a job just to overhaul them two.

Possibly losing their manager and main striker is the reason folk are expecting their bubble to burst

 

[TheShaunIdentity]

There’s plenty reasons why we won’t. Think people are in for a massive shock how big the gap is like. Will have done an incredible job just to finish 17th