The League One Promotion Race

Discussion in 'Association Football Discussion' started by GIMH, Apr 4, 2013.

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  1. GIMH GIMH Martyn

    Easily the most exciting league in England this year & I'm not being sarcastic.

    So who's going up?

    My tips:

    Autos:
    Doncaster, Bournemouth

    Play-offs:
    Brentford, Sheff U, Swindle, Tranmere

    :D
     
    GIMH, Apr 4, 2013
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  2. Riddy JH Ridd

    MK to sneak in there.
     
    Riddy, Apr 4, 2013
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  3. HeathDavisSpeed HT Davis

    Would be a great story for Bournemouth to get promoted.
     
    HeathDavisSpeed, Apr 4, 2013
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  4. morgieb MC Burridge

    I wonder how supporters of a lower division club cope. Sounds awful.
     
    morgieb, Apr 4, 2013
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  5. Mariner CL Warrington

    It can be very bad sometimes, gets really frustrating.
     
    Mariner, Apr 4, 2013
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  6. GIMH GIMH Martyn

    Hope not, but they are sneaking up on us like a train. Only blind optimism has me sticking us in the final top six atm.

    Aye, almost as romantic as City's journey towards the Prem title
     
    GIMH, Apr 4, 2013
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  7. mouse MJ Edwards

    Come on Tranmere!
     
    mouse, Apr 4, 2013
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  8. GIMH GIMH Martyn

    It is what it is. You grow up watching your hometown team, wouldn't have it any other way.
     
    GIMH, Apr 4, 2013
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  9. GIMH GIMH Martyn

    :thumbsup:
     
    GIMH, Apr 4, 2013
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  10. HeathDavisSpeed HT Davis

    You wot, mate? They were on the brink of being chucked out of the league in 07-08 and then again in 08-09; they've stuck by their young manager (Cricsim favourite Eddie Howe) throughout that time. What's the problem?
     
    HeathDavisSpeed, Apr 4, 2013
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  11. Riddy JH Ridd

    best manager.

    cheering for MK tbh
     
    Riddy, Apr 4, 2013
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  12. GIMH GIMH Martyn

    Tongue in cheek mate, but they have spent big (in L1 terms) this season. Cracking rise up the table under Howe though. I've not actually seen them play this season (they were the first team to beat us, and are our last opponents) so have no comments on their style of play but to go on a run like they did takes some doing.*

    Even in L1 there is a definitive split of haves and have-nots though and Bournemouth definitely fall in the haves category nowadays. Widely preferable to a Coventry or Swindle, spending money they don't have and benefitting from it though.

    * I initially typo'd and wrote 'doping' instead of 'doing', considered leaving it in tbh.
     
    GIMH, Apr 4, 2013
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  13. GIMH GIMH Martyn

    DOn't take this the wrong way, but why the fuck would anybody do that?
     
    GIMH, Apr 4, 2013
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  14. Riddy JH Ridd

    whenever i stick them in my acca they always win.
     
    Riddy, Apr 4, 2013
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  15. GIMH GIMH Martyn

    :laugh: seems a fair enough reason

    Definitely the most despicable club in English football though, when viewed objectively rather than through my parochial eyes
     
    GIMH, Apr 4, 2013
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  16. Riddy JH Ridd

    i do leove league 1 though. gutted yeovil fell away in the last 5 games :(
     
    Riddy, Apr 4, 2013
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  17. HeathDavisSpeed HT Davis

    I've missed a lot then. When I lived down that way, they always seemed to be a week from going all Aldershot/Maidstone/Newport. Just hope they're not spending beyond their means as they're never going to attract huge gates.

    It's one thing I can commend Colchester on doing and that's surviving in the Football League within their very limited means. Those heady days of the Championship... Sigh.
     
    HeathDavisSpeed, Apr 4, 2013
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  18. Riddy JH Ridd

    oi, watch what you say about the Shots! :p
     
    Riddy, Apr 4, 2013
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  19. HeathDavisSpeed HT Davis

    Well, I was simply referring to the fact that the old stately Aldershot FC went bust and were thrown out of the League and that Bournemouth nearly went the same way.
     
    HeathDavisSpeed, Apr 4, 2013
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  20. GIMH GIMH Martyn

    They're getting better gates than us this season IIRC, which certainly wasn't the case a few years ago.

    And yeah, Col U do well to be competitive in League 1 on their crowds tbh. And getting into the Championship now is almost like it was getting into the Prem in the late 90s. Look at the names in that division, nearly all have Prem history. Mad to think we were on the brink of going up from the league when I was a kid. Never had it so good and doubt we ever will again.
     
    GIMH, Apr 4, 2013
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