BHA top competitors this season? A division more interesting than the Premiership?

[twickers]

My wife asked me who I thought were our biggest competitors this season, good question I thought. Monday nights clash with QPR is a good starter for 10, so after QPR what about the rest?

If the bookies are anything to go by:

To Win (6 Bookmakers) Best Book 110%
Q P R (4/1), Sheff Wed (11/2), Bristol City (6/1), Brighton (9/1), Tranmere (10/1)

For promotion Paddy Power has:
QPR (6/5), Sheff Wed (6/4), Bristol City (2), Brighton (11/5), tranmere (3), Grimsby (4), Rushden (5), Barnsley (6), Plymouth (13/2), Luton (13/2) , Oldham (13/2).

After all that and some contemplation I'm sitting firmly on the fence still aside from saying I think QPR are, but key loans (particularly for us), transfers and back room cash flow will make all the difference in this division (nothing profound there I know). Which got me to thinking, does that make it more interesting than the Premiership? If you're a betting man I'd bet it's a more difficult division to place a bet in than the Premier.

 

[Shizuoka Dolphin]

9/1 seems pretty generous if you ask me - as you say, a couple of well timed loan signings (and who would be better than Coppel to get the right man at the right time?) and we'll be up there.

And in answer to your question,. yes it's certainly more interesting than the Prem, and a lot harder to pick a winnder from. There's gong to be a few teams, like those mentioned, and there will always be a suprise package or two, so unlike the Premanchestership (doesn't work, I know...) there's no obvious choice.

 

[Curious Orange]

I can't see anyone running away with it this season, no team has any cash and even Bristol City haven't been able to spend much. I think it'll be as close as when we won it the season before last. And I think the lack of any teams with sugar-daddies like Wigan and Cardiff will definitely make it a more competitive division than the Premier League.

 

[BrightonBird]

Going to be close, but I reckon QPR. R&D are my suprise team to go up.

 

[Scotty Mac]

i reckon plymouth could sneak it, or maybe even luton.........

 

[Beach Hut]

A thread about Football !!

QPR should be there or there abouts but no definite run away winners - says he who might be eating his words by Easter.

For us depends on the forward situation as we may lose both of them in a short space of time.