How excited are you about this season

[Beach Hut]

I think we will do really well however expect difficulties in the January Transfer window as Orlandi and Buckley will be hot stuff by then and bids will fly in.

 

[Finchley Seagull]

Orlandi wasn't with us at this stage last year either.

Absolutely. I was looking at players who have left but Orlandi, Upson and Ulloa of the current squad weren't here (although we still had Noone). Overall, I would say we have a stronger squad currently than we started the season with last year, with left back being the only significantly weakened position.

 

[Icy Gull]

I am shocked at a vote for a relegation battle, what has changed that could make us go from auto promotion form at the end of last season to relegation? I accept Poyet was good but to dismiss what Oscar might bring to the team before a ball has been kicked is mental imo

 

[Goldstone Rapper]

I am shocked at a vote for a relegation battle, what has changed that could make us go from auto promotion form at the end of last season to relegation? I accept Poyet was good but to dismiss what Oscar might bring to the team before a ball has been kicked is mental imo

Who could have predicted in summer 1991 that we would be fighting a relegation battle next after a promotion push? Not saying the club is anything like what it was in 1991, but many things defy the predictable, such as Palace's promotion after several seasons of slumming it in the lower half of the Championship. In other words, anything can happen!

 

[Finchley Seagull]

Who could have predicted in summer 1991 that we would be fighting a relegation battle next after a promotion push? Not saying the club is anything like what it was in 1991, but many things defy the predictable, such as Palace's promotion after several seasons of slumming it in the lower half of the Championship. In other words, anything can happen!

In fairness, 1991 wasn't that hard to believe. We did lose Small and Byrne and our play off place had been a bit of a freak as we had a minus goal difference.

 

[Perkino]

This seems a pretty comprehensive list, taken from a chat room for Championship teams.


AFC Bournemouth
Manager:
Eddie Howe

Ins: Elliott Ward (Norwich City, free), Ian Harte (Reading, free), Mohamed Coulibaly (Grasshoppers, free)

Outs: Jonathan Meades (Oxford United, free), Charlie Sheringham (AFC Wimbledon, free), Frank Demouge (Roda JC, free), Steve Fletcher (retired)


Barnsley
Manager: David Flitcroft

Ins: Dale Jennings (Bayern Munich, £250k), Chris O’Grady (Sheffield Wednesday, undisclosed), Christian Dibble (Bury, free), Lewin Nyatanga (Bristol City, free).

Outs: Stephen Foster (Tranmere Rovers, free), John Rooney (Bury, free), Matt Done (Rochdale, free), Rob Edwards, Marlon Harewood (both released)




Birmingham City
Manager: Lee Clark

Ins: Andrew Shinnie (Inverness Caledonian Thistle, free), Oliver Lee (Barnet, free), Darren Randolph (Motherwell, free), Lee Novak (Huddersfield Town, free), Neil Eardley (Blackpool, free), Tom Adeyemi (Norwich City, free), Dan Burn (Fulham, loan), Matt Green (Mansfield Town, free), Kyle Bartley (Swansea City, loan), Scott Allan (West Brom, loan)

Outs: Adam Rooney (Swindon Town, free), Steven Caldwell (Toronto FC, loan), Curtis Davies (Hull City, £2.25m), Nathan Redmond (Norwich City, £3.2m), Fraser Kerr (Motherwell, free), Deqwon Ebanks (Tamworth, free), Olly Grant (Barnet, free), Akwasi Asante (Shrewsbury Town, loan), Jack Deaman, Graham Hutchison, Morgaro Gomis, Keith Fahey, Pablo Ibanez (all released), Stephen Carr (retired).


Blackburn Rovers
Manager: Gary Bowyer

Ins: Chris Taylor (Millwall, free), Alan Judge (Notts County, free), Simon Eastwood (Portsmouth, free), Todd Kane (Chelsea, loan), Matt Kilgallon (Sunderland, free), Devarn Green (Burton Albion, undisclosed), Alex Marrow (Crystal Palace, undisclosed), DJ Campbell (QPR, free)

Outs: Christian Dilo (St Mirren, free), Adam Evans (Inverness Caledonian Thistle, free), David Goodwillie (Dundee United, loan), Martin Olsson (Norwich City, £2.5m), Micah Evans, Reece Hands, Ryan Humphreys, Danny Laverty, Jamie Maclaren, Osayamen Osawe, Peter Wylie, Nuno Gomes, Danny Murphy (all released)



Blackpool
Manager: Paul Ince

Ins: Gary MacKenzie (Milton Keynes, undisclosed), Bobby Grant (Rochdale, undisclosed)

Outs: Alex Baptiste (Bolton Wanderers, free), Stephen Crainey (Wigan Athletic, free), Ashley Eastham (Rochdale, free), Chris Kettings (York City, loan), Neil Eardley (Birmingham City, free), Gerardo Bruna, Kevin Phillips, Paul Bignot, Alex Addai, Adda Djeziri, Tiago Gomes, Elliot Grandin, Matthew Challoner, Jamie Menagh, Curtis Thompson (all released)


Bolton Wanderers
Manager: Dougie Freedman

Ins: Marc Tierney (Norwich City, free), Alex Baptiste (Blackpool, free), Hayden White (Sheffield Wednesday, undisclosed), Conor Wilkinson (Millwall, fee yet to be agreed), Robert Hall (West Ham United, fee yet to be agreed), Gary Fraser (Hamilton Academical, free), Jermaine Beckford (Leicester City, Undisclosed)

Outs: Alex McQuade (Shrewsbury Town, free), Joe McKee (Greenock Morton, free), Marcos Alonso (Fiorentina, free), Kevin Davies (Preston, free), Rob Lainton (Bury, free), Sam Ricketts (Wolverhampton Wanderers, free), Jack Sampson (Morecambe, free), Gregg Wylde (Aberdeen, free), Adam Blakeman, Ben Hampson, Lewis Fielding, Ben Dennis (all released)


Brighton Hove & Albion
Head Coach: Óscar García

Ins: Matthew Upson (Stoke City, free), Adam Chicksen (Milton Keynes, fee yet to be agreed)

Outs: Stephen Dobbie (Crystal Palace, undisclosed), Anton Rodgers (Oldham Athletic, free), Vicente, Marcos Painter, Gary Dicker, David Lopez (all released)




Burnley
Manager: Sean Dyche

Ins: Tom Heaton (Bristol City, free), Joseph Mills (Reading, free), Alex Cisak (Oldham Athletic, free), Daniel Nizic (Sydney FC, free), Nick Liversedge (Whitby, free), Scott Arfield (Huddersfield Town, free), Ryan Noble (Sunderland, free)

Outs: Lee Grant (Derby County, free), Chris McCann (Wigan Athletic, free), Shay McCartan (Accrington Stanley, free), Martin Paterson (Huddersfield Town, free), Wes Fletcher (York City, free), Alex MacDonald (Burton Albion, free), Brian Jensen, Jon Stewart (both released)


Charlton Athletic
Manager: Chris Powell

Ins: Mark Gower (Swansea City, free), Richard Wood (Coventry City, free)

Outs: John Sullivan (Portsmouth, free), Scott Wagstaff (Bristol City, free), Danny Haynes (Notts County, free), Matt Taylor, Ricardo Fuller, Salim Kerkar, Yado Mambo, Bradley Wright-Phillips (all released)



Derby County
Manager: Nigel Clough

Ins: Johnny Russell (Dundee United, £750k), Lee Grant (Burnley, free), Chris Martin (Norwich City, free), Craig Forsyth (Watford, £150k)

Outs: Gareth Roberts (Bury, free), Frank Fielding (Bristol City, undisclosed), Ross Atkins (Alfreton Town, loan)



Doncaster Rovers
Manager: Paul Dickov

Ins: Marc de val Fernandez (Real Madrid, free), Dean Furman (Oldham Athletic, free), Jean Yves M’Voto (Oldham Athletic, free), Mark Duffy (Scunthorpe United, undisclosed), Harry Forrester (Brentford, fee yet to be agreed)

Outs: Lee Fowler (Kidderminster Harriers, free), Martin Woods, Gary Woods, Jordan Ball, Patrick Mullen (all released), Neil Sullivan (retired)


Huddersfield Town
Manager: Mark Robins

Ins: Jake Carroll (St Patrick's Athletic, undisclosed), Adam Hammill (Wolverhampton Wanderers, undisclosed), Jon Stead (Bristol City, free), Martin Paterson (Burnley, free), James Vaughan (Norwich City, undisclosed).

Outs: Tom Clarke (Preston North End, free), Lee Novak (Birmingham City, free), Scott Arfield, Alan Lee, Connor Loftus, Scott Kay, Israel Johnson (all released)




Ipswich Town
Manager: Mick McCarthy

Ins: Cole Skuse (Bristol City, free), Daryl Murphy (Celtic, free), Jay Tabb (Reading, free), Dean Gerken (Bristol City, free), Paul Anderson (Bristol City, swap deal), David McGoldrick (Nottingham Forest, free), Frederic Veseli (Manchester United, free)

Outs: Jay Emmanuel-Thomas (Bristol City, swap deal), Andy Drury (Crawley Town, free), Lee Martin (Millwall, free), Gunnar Thorsteinsson (IBV, Free), Joe Whight (Bury Town, free), Arran-Lee Barrett, Jack Ainsley, Ronan Murray, Cormac Burke (all released).


Leeds United
Manager: Brian McDermott

Ins: Matt Smith (Oldham Athletic, free), Noel Hunt (Reading, free), Luke Murphy (Crewe Alexandra, £1m)

Outs: Steve Morison (Millwall, loan), Paul Connolly, Davide Somma, Patrick Kisnorbo, Paul Rachubka (all released), Leigh Bromby (retired)


Leicester City
Manager: Nigel Pearson

Ins:

Outs: Joe Jones (Yeovil, free), Jermaine Beckford (Bolton Wanderers, Undisclosed), Conor Brennan, Steven Smith, Karlton Watson, Jide Maduako (all released)





Middlesbrough
Manager: Tony Mowbray

Ins: Josef Varga (Debrecen, loan), Dean Whitehead (Stoke City, free)

Outs: Stephen McManus (Motherwell, free), Nicky Bailey (Millwall, free) Julio Arca, Andre Bikey (released)


Millwall
Manager: Steve Lomas

Ins: Jermaine Easter (Crystal Palace, free), Stephen Bywater (Sheffield Wednesday, free), Steve Morison (Leeds United, loan), Lee Martin (Ipswich Town, free), Richard Chaplow (Southampton, free), Nicky Bailey (Middlesbrough, free)


Outs: Chris Taylor (Blackburn Rovers, free), Steve Mildenhall (Bristol Rovers, free), Tamika Mkandawire (Shrewsbury Town, free), Darius Henderson (Nottingham Forest, free), Shaun Batt (Leyton Orient, free), Conor Wilkinson (Bolton Wanderers, fee yet to be agreed), Therry Racon, Maik Taylor (both released)


Nottingham Forest
Manager: Billy Davies

Ins: Darius Henderson (Millwall, free), Eric Lichaj (Aston Villa, free), Gonzalo Jara (West Bromwich Albion, free), Jamie Paterson (Walsall, undisclosed), Dorus De Vries (Wolverhampton Wanderers, free), Jack Hobbs (Hull City, loan)

Outs: Matt Regan (Tamworth, free), Lewis McGugan (Watford, free), David McGoldrick (Ipswich Town, free)



Queens Park Rangers
Manager: Harry Redknapp

Ins: Danny Simpson (Newcastle United, free), Richard Dunne (Aston Villa, free)

Outs: Tal Ben-Haim (Toronto FC, loan), Chris Samba (Anzhi Makhachkala, £12m), DJ Campbell (Blackburn Rovers, free), Djibril Cisse (FC Kuban Krasnodar, free), Troy Hewitt (Walsall, free), Frederick Champion, Adam Francis, Taylor Parmenter, Tommaso Trani, Jay Bothroyd, Radek Cerny, Rob Hulse (all released)



Reading
Manager: Nigel Adkins

Ins: Royston Drenthe (Alania Vladikavkaz, undisclosed), Wayne Bridge (Manchester City, free), Danny Williams (Hoffenheim, undisclosed).

Outs: Joseph Mills (Burnley, free), Noel Hunt (Leeds United, free), Jay Tabb (Ipswich Town, free), Mikkel Andersen (Randers, loan), Uche Ikpeazu (Watford, fee yet to be agreed), Ian Harte (AFC Bournemouth, free), Nick Arnold (Wycombe Wanderers, loan), Josh Shama (Oxford United, free), Ryan Edwards (Perth Glory, loan), Daniel Carrico (Sevilla, loan), Nicky Shorey, Simon Church, Nick Bignall, Charlie Losasso, Angus MacDonald, Joshua Webb, Brett Williams (all released)



Sheffield Wednesday
Manager: Dave Jones

Ins: Jacques Maghoma (Burton Albion, free), Jeremy Helan (Manchester City, undisclosed),

Outs: Bastien Hery (Rochdale, free), Hayden White (Bolton Wanderers, undisclosed), Chris O’Grady (Barnsley, undisclosed), Stephen Bywater (Millwall, free), Nicky Weaver (Aberdeen, free), Julian Bennett, Necj Pecnik (both released).


Watford
Manager: Gianfranco Zola

Ins: Lewis McGugan (Nottingham Forest, free), Christian Battocchio (Udinese, undisclosed), Marco Cassetti (Udinese, undisclosed), Daniel Pudil (Granada, undisclosed), Uche Ikpeazu (Reading, fee yet to be agreed)

Outs: Chris Iwelumo (Scunthorpe United, free), Jack Bonham (Brentford, free), Stephen McGinn (Sheffield United, free), Craig Forsyth (Derby County, £150k), Mark Yeates (Bradford City, free), Prince Buaben, Piero Mingoia, Stephen Hamilton-Forbes (all released)

Wigan Athletic
Manager: Owen Coyle

Ins: Chris McCann (Burnley, free), Grant Holt (Norwich City, £2m), Marc Antoine Fortune (West Bromwich Albion, free), Scott Carson (Bursaspor, undisclosed), James Perch (Newcastle United, undisclosed), Thomas Rogne (Celtic, free), Stephen Crainey (Blackpool, free)

Outs: Maynor Figueroa (Hull City, free), Antolin Alcaraz (Everton, free), Arouna Kone (Everton, £6m), Mauro Boselli (Club Leon, undisclosed), Ronnie Stam (Standard Liege, free), Peter Aylmer, Albert Crusat, Franco Di Santo, David Jones, Adrian Lopez, Jonathan Lynch, Callum Morris, Filip Orsula, Joshua Sumner, Ryan Watson (all released)

Yeovil Town
Manager: Gary Johnson

Ins: Joel Grant (Wycombe Wanderers, free), Sam Hoskins (Southampton, free), Joe Jones (Leicester City, free), Kieffer Moore (Dorchester, undisclosed), Billy Clifford (Chelsea, loan), Michael Ngoo (Liverpool, loan)

Outs: Reuben Reid (Plymouth Argyle, loan), Dominic Blizzard (Plymouth Argyle, free), Richard Hinds (Bury, free), Gavin Williams (released).

I think only Bolton and Forrest have made significant improvements to their squads, everyone else looks similar to last season.
I think we'll take the title this season. We were good last year and if we didn't have a crazy few months were we drew almost every game we would have gone straight up. We will finish 1st and by a bigger margin than when we won league 1

 

[LamieRobertson]

Well mr bloom has said in his email that he expects further additions to the squad over the next few weeks...so maybe another vote in a months time