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Post by baselswh on Aug 4, 2024 11:44:30 GMT
I like these Rovers finishing position prediction threads,although i'm no Nostradamus.
Hmm,right now,today,I think we're not exactly world beaters,I've a feeling the phrase "lack of quality " may be heard amongst Gasheads quite often,but we do have a squad of workers that will give their all.
I think it probable we'll improve as the season progresses.
I'll think about it a bit more before making my prediction.
Answers in before ko against the Cobblers please.
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Post by bluetornados on Aug 4, 2024 12:46:44 GMT
8th
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Post by Cheshiregas on Aug 4, 2024 12:58:38 GMT
6th
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Post by rowdenhill on Aug 4, 2024 13:10:24 GMT
11th
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Post by eppinggas on Aug 4, 2024 13:22:02 GMT
16th. The last 2 seasons have seen KP kingswood Polak with the best vision of the future. Will he be more pessimistic than me this time... |
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Post by Delsy on Aug 4, 2024 13:37:38 GMT
14th for me , another season of mid table mediocrity sadly.
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Post by swissgas on Aug 4, 2024 13:44:17 GMT
15th
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Post by rufustfirefly on Aug 4, 2024 14:15:38 GMT
7th
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Post by JeffNZ on Aug 4, 2024 16:18:28 GMT
13th
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Cheshiregas
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Post by Cheshiregas on Aug 4, 2024 16:30:31 GMT
Flipping heck, some of those forecasts are depressing.....
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Post by baldrick on Aug 4, 2024 16:35:04 GMT
11th
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Post by JeffNZ on Aug 4, 2024 18:44:55 GMT
Flipping heck, some of those forecasts are depressing..... For me it's a reflection of how many good teams are in League 1 this season. The squad MT has put together over this summer would have probably pushed for a 6-10th place last season. |
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Post by Mrs V Smegma on Aug 4, 2024 19:28:01 GMT
Genuinely have no idea how good or otherwise Taylor is as a manager or the players he has signed. A sitting on the fence 12th then - gradual improvement but another boring season
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Post by bondigas on Aug 4, 2024 19:46:16 GMT
17th is probably the best we can hope for. Scoring enough goals to win a game is going to be a problem.
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Post by TaiwanGas on Aug 4, 2024 20:20:02 GMT
12th.
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Post by swissgas on Aug 4, 2024 20:48:15 GMT
My guesstimate of 15th is based on the number of teams I thought we would finish above.
But of these I think Mansfield, Cambridge and Shrewsbury do have managers capable of achieving over performance.
The recruitment so far hasn’t been quite what I’d been expecting what with paying fees for some and with four of them, Omochere, Senior, Hutchinson and Sotiriou being over 23 and relatively well exposed in the EFL so not exactly fitting the bill for development and resale.
This made me look more closely at Matt Taylor’s record at Exeter where I’d thought he should be given credit for signing and developing young players and also bringing on young players from their Academy. But what I found surprised me because in the period 2018/19 to 2022/23 it looks as though he never actually paid a transfer fee and the average age of players signed was 28. Of the ten or so players 22 or under which were signed during this period only Sam Nombe seems to have been sold on for a fee. But Matt can take credit for bringing through Academy graduate Joel Randall who joined Peterborough for decent money after only playing 45 first team games.
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Post by russiangas on Aug 4, 2024 23:27:36 GMT
I think we will do better than last season, maybe 10th-13th, I wouldn't be surprised if results are not great to start with though as we have had quite a high turnover of players, but hopefully by October things will be falling into place.
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Post by Swedish Gas on Aug 5, 2024 12:44:19 GMT
What is concerning is that pre season is over yet we don't really have an idea of our First XI.
Optimists might say that this talks to a squad that has strength in depth, pessimists might say that we don't have a clear plan. Realists might say that both these things are true.
Pragmatists might say that modern football is a squad game. Is it though? At 3rd division level? Naaah. 2 First team players in every position? Naaah
I'm also concerned that MT has mistaken the word "football", for "running" and the words "just lacking that bit of quality in the final third" are looming large in many a press conference.
Delighted to be proved wrong but we are unlikely to finish in the top third
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Post by o2o2bo2ba on Aug 5, 2024 13:25:01 GMT
8th please.
If so, I'm on a Promise....
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Post by harold on Aug 5, 2024 13:31:25 GMT
I like these Rovers finishing position prediction threads,although i'm no Nostradamus. Hmm,right now,today,I think we're not exactly world beaters,I've a feeling the phrase "lack of quality " may be heard amongst Gasheads quite often,but we do have a squad of workers that will give their all. I think it probable we'll improve as the season progresses. I'll think about it a bit more before making my prediction. Answers in before ko against the Cobblers please. |
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