Nxt seasons final table. What will it look like?

[pipkin112]

If everyone on NSC picked their teams to finish in the top three for next season, i would be very surprised if anyone got all three correct come the end of next season

 

[British Grenadier]

Southampton will finish 7th. On goal difference.

 

[AMEXican Wave]

This year's parachute payments :

West Ham( 16m year 1, 16m yr 2, 8m yr 3, 8m yr 4)
Birmingham( 16m, 16m, 8m, 8m)
Blackpool( 16m, 16m, 8m, 8m)
Burnley( 16m, 8m, 8m)
Hull City( 16m, 8m, 8m)
Portsmouth( 16m, 8m, 8m)
Middlesbrough( 8m)

So Middlesbrough, Hull and Burnley will be 8 million worse off next season, and slashing playing budgets I imagine.

 

[ferring seagull]

I fear that it will come back to haunt us that Gus shouldn't have tinkered as much as did when we were FOURTH with SEVEN games to go this season.

But we will see.

'Bollocks' (as in an expression of sadness and no criticism of your post)

I fear you are absolutely correct. To my simple mind it was fairly apparent that it would be easier to go up this season than it ever will be next given the three coming down with parachute' payments plus the likelihood of seriously large clubs coming back up again from League 1, ie Charlton and potentially both the Sheffield Clubs, both of which are massive.

Sadly, if TB is not prepared to bankroll the team next season, it will prove to be a season less satisfactory than this from the fans' point of view but I hope seriously that I may be proved wrong

 

[strings]

this.

i really dont know why OP thinks Blackburn or Wolves will do anything, they've thrown away their premiership status and i can only imagine one or both are looking to get enough points to go bust and clear debts. Leicester? even their fans would chuckle at that position, they are consistantly inconsistant, only get back to back wins twice. QPR/Bolton, Charlton and the current top 6 who dont go up are the challengers.

Wolves were the only Premier League club last season (2010/11) to not have a penny of debt against their name. I tend to think they will be a threat, because they have no money worries whatsoever.

Their downfall this season has been big names failing to play. For Wolves first 2 seasons in the Premier League, McCarthy's budget was very small and he did well with finds from non-league, players from the youth team, players from Ireland - his only big spend was Ebanks-Blake (£2m).

This season Wolves have been the 8th biggest spenders in the Premier League. Wolves have been failed by their own buying policy - their expensive players have not performed. If they can find the right manager, they will do well - as (from what I have been told) they will be bringing a huge budget with them when they come down.

 

[OSRGull]

Wolves
Birmingham
Blackpool
QPR
Brighton
Leicester


__________
Palace
Barnsley
MK Dons

 

[Beach Hut]

Well if we are not in at least the play offs the booing will get a lot worse than at present.

 

[Silent Bob]

Wolves were the only Premier League club last season (2010/11) to not have a penny of debt against their name. I tend to think they will be a threat, because they have no money worries whatsoever.

Their downfall this season has been big names failing to play. For Wolves first 2 seasons in the Premier League, McCarthy's budget was very small and he did well with finds from non-league, players from the youth team, players from Ireland - his only big spend was Ebanks-Blake (£2m).

This season Wolves have been the 8th biggest spenders in the Premier League. Wolves have been failed by their own buying policy - their expensive players have not performed. If they can find the right manager, they will do well - as (from what I have been told) they will be bringing a huge budget with them when they come down.

Another thing to note about Wolves is that there won't be a huge clamour for any of their players. Because they're rubbish, at Premier League level. There's no sort of Yakubu or Hoillet who people would want if they went down. Steven Fletcher maybe, apart from that it's a bit of a stretch. Their best players are like Jarvis and Kightley who aren't really going to be getting pulses racing for established clubs, maybe a promoted club would try for Jarvis?

Anyway, this could be good or bad, because although they have a terrible Premier League squad, they are good Championship players and mostly try hard type players. Morale will be low but a new manager could turn that around.

We should try and sign Dorus De Vries from them anyway.

 

[Tony Meolas Loan Spell]

We were never going to win the playoffs anyway (record against top clubs, we CANNOT beat them), so this is a moot point regardless of what happens next season.

And thats a FACT then is it? A fact that in the play offs we WOULDNT beat them. Right got you.

Can I have a FACT for next season then please.

Ta x

 

[Mellotron]

And thats a FACT then is it? A fact that in the play offs we WOULDNT beat them. Right got you.

Can I have a FACT for next season then please.

Ta x

Where did I say the word FACT once? It's my OPINION, like your comment is YOUR opinion.

Welcome to a messageboard.

'Sake.

 

[Postman Pat]

Wolves were the only Premier League club last season (2010/11) to not have a penny of debt against their name. I tend to think they will be a threat, because they have no money worries whatsoever.

Their downfall this season has been big names failing to play. For Wolves first 2 seasons in the Premier League, McCarthy's budget was very small and he did well with finds from non-league, players from the youth team, players from Ireland - his only big spend was Ebanks-Blake (£2m).

This season Wolves have been the 8th biggest spenders in the Premier League. Wolves have been failed by their own buying policy - their expensive players have not performed. If they can find the right manager, they will do well - as (from what I have been told) they will be bringing a huge budget with them when they come down.

No debt on premier league money, I know they will get parachute payments, but ticket prices will have to drop, sponsorship will drop, TV revenue will drop and with so many premier league clubs on their doorstep there is bound to be a leakage of supporters (less away support as much as home). They may not cope so easily financially in the championship.

As as stated if they can't move any players on, they will likely be paying premier league wages still.

 

[Seagull58]

Where does this myth that the Sheffield clubs will eb good come from? They're doing well in a weak league which has got Stevenage in with a shout of the playoffs FFS. Don't think either of them will have the momentum we or Southampton had.

Charlton are interesting but again I think they're a good rather than brilliant side.

Wolves, I think, will struggle a bit as this season has been pretty traumatic for them. Blackburn are a bit unknown because of the Venky's factor. I think Bolton would dominate this league and possibly Wigan would too - although I could just as easily see them going into freefall.

Are villa safe? They look dreadful at the moment.

I think a few teams have underachieved - Forest, Leicester, Leeds - and I think we've had a few lucky wins but if we get the right players in a lose the weaker ones then a stronger Brighton side should finish higher up the table in my view. Don't be fooled by stats about having the lowest number of attempts either - it has been frustrating this season but at the same time banging shots miles over the bar from 40 yards is equally pointless.

I wonder what fans from the late 70s thought after the Spurs/Soton stitch up. was there a general wariness that we surely couldn;'t do that well again or was everyone confident that promotion was assured the next year (given a big fish, Spurs, were out of the way)?

I, for one, was convinced we would go up the next season. We had such a good side, manager and, of course, chairman, it seemed inevitable. All the players went into the directors box after the Blackpool game and thousands of fans were on the pitch cheering. I'm pretty sure Nobby had a mike and told us all we were going up next season and we believed it.

 

[Perkino]

Top 6: Brighton, Forrest, Cardiff, Blackpool, Blackburn & Leicester

Bottom 3: Palace, Peterborough & Watford

 

[Mutts Nuts]

'Bollocks' (as in an expression of sadness and no criticism of your post)

I fear you are absolutely correct. To my simple mind it was fairly apparent that it would be easier to go up this season than it ever will be next given the three coming down with parachute' payments plus the likelihood of seriously large clubs coming back up again from League 1, ie Charlton and potentially both the Sheffield Clubs, both of which are massive.

Sadly, if TB is not prepared to bankroll the team next season, it will prove to be a season less satisfactory than this from the fans' point of view but I hope seriously that I may be proved wrong

For what it`s worth without signing a couple of goal scoring forwards you are probably right.

 

[Mutts Nuts]

Top 6: Brighton, Forrest, Cardiff, Blackpool, Blackburn & Leicester

Bottom 3: Palace, Peterborough & Watford

Are you on something

 

[Perkino]

Are you on something

Sorry Mutt's I think they will be the teams but not in that order, I should have said that earlier

 

[sir albion]

Sheff u are in league 1

 

[ferring seagull]

Sheff u are in league 1

If the facepalm refers to my post then you should know that post goes back to last March/April before promotions from League 1 were settled.