Relegation?

[saffrey]

Well, that's what the BBC site's predicting...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport/hi/english/football/eng_div_2/newsid_1472000/1472123.stm

Take a look for yourselves

 

[pandora]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by saffrey:
Well, that's what the BBC site's predicting...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport/hi/english/football/eng_div_2/newsid_1472000/1472123.stm

Take a look for yourselves

</font>

Well the odds are shorter for that than Promotion,and bookies don't get it wrong that much????

 

[West Ealing Bee]

I would like to think this is a very inaccurate prediction, however I agree with most of what they are saying about other teams.

I believe that we will have a good season with our younger players coming through and our experienced players improving with different coaches, but, we don't know what is going to happen until the season starts. Lets wait and see.

 

[saffrey]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by West Ealing Bee:
we don't know what is going to happen until the season starts</font>

...indeed we'll have an even clearer picture when the campaign's over!

 

[Edmundo]

I listened to Radio5's preview for all 72 League clubs this evening. All they found to say about Brentford is that we haven't signed any new players. Sums up what the BBC knows about Second Division football IMHO!

 

[Santa Barbara Bee]

Check out my posting in "Football World" -- Football 365 has QPHa for the drop but not us. Or access it here: http://www.football365.com/content/features/365features/fw_genfeatur_573671.htm

 

[Billy Bee]

Well this could be a sprinkle of hope Alvin Martin from Talksport has tipped us for Relegation. What would he know after managing Southend!

 

[Park Royal Ben]

They've actually named 4 other teams as 'Relegation' and us as surprise relgation candidates, a load of old tosh as are all these predictions. Fair enough go for your top 6 but to predict 24 posotions is just a lottery.

 

[SCHIZOBEE]

i hope we dont go doun,i dont like it if they go down on me

 

[Railway Side Bee]

I don't think we're going to set the world alight but I'd be surprised to see us get sucked into a relegation scrap. We've retained a good squad and we've got some key players coming back from injury (notably Ijah). Coppell is a decent coach and, providing events off the field don't dominate, we are well capable of finishing in the top half. Play-offs are probably a bridge too far but we're capable of doing well this year.

 

[Stanley]

Most predictions I have seem do not fancy our chances at all for even a play off place and at 50/1 Beesbet clearly did'nt fancy us at all, most probably get much better odds for relegation.

Will make it all the more enjoyable when we make it into the top three as I think we could.

Most predictions play it safe with the "big" fancied clubs like Stoke and Huddersfield, but in this division anything is possible. Most probably had Rotherham to go down last year.

 

[Boscombe Bee]

Personally, i don't think we will be relegated. To be perfectly honest most of these "pundits" wouldn't have heard of half the players outside the premiership/1st division. I think in Coppell we have a very talented and canny coach, plus the backbone of the side is very solid, our main problem (like the last few seasons) is not having a good goalscorer. I think we will be comfortable mid-table by the end of the season.

PS Who did the BBC predictions? i hope it isn't that guy on Breakfast News who also writes columns on the BBC site because as far as he is concerned he would like to see smaller clubs go out of business. Therefore i do not value his opinion whatsoever.

 

[saffrey]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Boscombe Bee:
To be perfectly honest most of these "pundits" wouldn't have heard of half the players outside the premiership/1st division</font>

How so!

The bloke on Virgin this afternoon (not the presenter, but a reporter) consistently called Che$terfaild's ground "the Recreation
Ground", and on ITV Brentford beat Barnsley 4-0 at Valley Parade!!

 

[Houghton Bee]

SAY WE ARE GOING UP

 

[Brickie Chap]

No chance of us going down.

QUite good effort and display yesterday given it was the first proper game the lads had played together.

IF we can only get a 20 gola a season striker we might just surprise a few teams. Wigan didn't look that good - can't see them going up.

 

[Wee Dave]

Originally posted by Santa Barbara Bee:
Check out my posting in "Football World" -- Football 365 has QPHa for the drop but not us. Or access it here: http://www.football365.com/content/features/365features/fw_genfeatur_573671.htm[/QUOT E]

Nice one SBB, but it'd be a lot more reassuring if the same site didn't also tip QPHa for a play-off spot in their Who's Going Up section (check it out)

[This message has been edited by wee_dave31 (edited 13 August 2001).]

 

[Whitton Bee]

No chance of relegation for us, that prediction is a load of crap. Who is ALVIN MARTIN anyway, some ex WestHam player who knows F..k all about Brentford.