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Bury - bit of a head case club the last few years, appear to have reverted to a more sensible approach but the remnants of previous season could leave a hangover. Mid table.

Cambridge United - my perennial dark horse. Nothing much appears to have changed from last season to this. Upper mid table.

Carlisle United - nothing but doom and gloom emanating from the league’s most northerly club. A lack of backing from the boardroom despite decent crowds seems to have sucked the life out of this once top flight club. In the relegation mix.

Cheltenham Town - our personal nemesis. Lost Eisa but have bulked up the squad with a number of decent additions. Wily old fart Gary Johnson should steer them to a comfortable mid table position.

Colchester United - another of my dark horses. Appear to have recruited well, Norris notwithstanding, and can look forward to an improved season. Knocking about the POs.

Crawley Town - yet another club that has seen some decent additions to their squad which should see them fluctuate between mid table and the POs.

Crewe - the ultimate lower league spawning ground for young talent. Their fortunes always rely on those youngsters available at any given time being poor, decent or very good. Difficult for an outsider to know what to expect. Lower mid table.s

Exeter City - last season’s PO losers. Ditched Tisdale and gone for a rookie ex player. Kept hold of Stockley, so far, but I feel the dramatic management change may take a season to bed in. Upper mid table.

FGR - Mr Charisma still in charge down on the farm. Couple of good additions but still a real dodgy defence. Another season flirting around the relegation mix.

Grimsby Town - awful old shit last season, including doing the double over our good selves. Surely can’t go on such a dreadful run again. Solid mid table this time round.

Lincoln City - very strong first season backhas been built upon with some impressive signings. Only slight doubt is any supposed change of style may blow them off course initially. Potential champions.

Macclesfield - loss of manager a huge blow and haven’t appeared to have recruited adequately for L2. A real struggle lies ahead. Relegation candidate.

Mansfield Town - ultimately blew up after a very good two thirds start to last season. Recruited very well, but can’t discount the Flitcroft factor. Should be right up there until the inevitable Flitcroft injury crisis hits. Play Offs.

Franchise - for some reason the pre season favourite. Can’t see it myself and a bland mid table campaign beckons. Beat Oxford in a pre season friendly. Kudos!

Morecambe - difficult to see anything other than another season of struggle. I think we may well have an even older striker than Ellison this season. Relegation.

Newport County - really good season last, just petering out at the finish. Lost a lot of goals with Armand and Nouble leaving. Could well struggle replacing them adequately and could well be knocking around the bottom 6.

Northampton Town - load of old Cobblers last season but should be capable of flirting with the POs this. Any other cast offs would be welcome at the County Ground!

Notts County - very confident noises emanating from Meadow Lane. Should build on last season’s campaign. Another’s club which could change style and may struggle initially. Potential champions.

Oldham Athletic - the trapdoor finally opened for the Latics last season and they don’t appear to have strengthened much this. Could be a slog to see them finish mid table.

Port Vale - headcase club for a couple of seasons. Sense seems to have returned to Burslem and I fancy them to have a strong season. Play offs.

Stevenage - another of the so called smaller clubs that have appeared to have recruited well. Could be a surprise challenger this season.

Swindon Town - a real flat season last year with some horrendous Flitcroft induced home performances. Potentially we have the league’s best midfield. Recruitment ongoing which should see improved defence and attack which, at the moment, both look suspect. Play offs beckon at worst.

Tranmere Rovers - nice to welcome them back to proper football! Got a feeling their fans have underestimated how strong a lot of clubs are in L2. Nobody stands out in their recruitment so a bit of a struggle beckons. Should be safe.

Yeovil Town - lost a main man and appear not to have recruited much. Raft of red cards last season didn’t help. My idea of a relegation candidate.
 
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I was going to chime in with my thoughts, until I saw the word 'definitive' :(
 

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Yep. It’s all pre ordained you know. But all comments refuting or confirming my insightful analysis are welcome.
 

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Mr Charisma? You're giving him too much credit. In all seriousness, if we have a bad start I can see him being on his way by Christmas.
 

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Give it a couple of months and I’m sure Smurthwaite will do or say something to show Vales status as a headcase club has not gone away. In fact it’s the only thing I can predict with confidence for us.
 

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If flitcroft can sort his management out - which he appears to have done in pre-season - id be disappointed if we didn’t go up, or give it a really good go at least. It’ll either be a total disaster or promotion IMO
 

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I realise you Stags think I’ve an axe to grind re Flitcroft, but we were the same as you lot when the Bury fans were spouting bile - obviously turned out true. Unless he has changed his approach - which is a difficult thing for anyone to do - I don’t see how he will do things differently. He talks a good fight, occasionally the team does well, but he can’t sustain it over a period of time before either injuries pile up or he falls out with players - or both.

You certainly seem to have the squad to challenge for the top, but I’ve got major doubts about the manager.
 

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If he still has Futcher with him watch out for player fights
 

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Give it a couple of months and I’m sure Smurthwaite will do or say something to show Vales status as a headcase club has not gone away. In fact it’s the only thing I can predict with confidence for us.

He’s hopefully to busy with his Nuneaton involvement now to let us get on with it!
 

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Bury - bit of a head case club the last few years, appear to have reverted to a more sensible approach but the remnants of previous season could leave a hangover. Mid table.

Cambridge United - my perennial dark horse. Nothing much appears to have changed from last season to this. Upper mid table.

Carlisle United - nothing but doom and gloom emanating from the league’s most northerly club. A lack of backing from the boardroom despite decent crowds seems to have sucked the life out of this once top flight club. In the relegation mix.

Cheltenham Town - our personal nemesis. Lost Eisa but have bulked up the squad with a number of decent additions. Wily old fart Gary Johnson should steer them to a comfortable mid table position.

Colchester United - another of my dark horses. Appear to have recruited well, Norris notwithstanding, and can look forward to an improved season. Knocking about the POs.

Crawley Town - yet another club that has seen some decent additions to their squad which should see them fluctuate between mid table and the POs.

Crewe - the ultimate lower league spawning ground for young talent. Their fortunes always rely on those youngsters available at any given time being poor, decent or very good. Difficult for an outsider to know what to expect. Lower mid table.s

Exeter City - last season’s PO losers. Ditched Tisdale and gone for a rookie ex player. Kept hold of Stockley, so far, but I feel the dramatic management change may take a season to bed in. Upper mid table.

FGR - Mr Charisma still in charge down on the farm. Couple of good additions but still a real dodgy defence. Another season flirting around the relegation mix.

Grimsby Town - awful old shit last season, including doing the double over our good selves. Surely can’t go on such a dreadful run again. Solid mid table this time round.

Lincoln City - very strong first season backhas been built upon with some impressive signings. Only slight doubt is any supposed change of style may blow them off course initially. Potential champions.

Macclesfield - loss of manager a huge blow and haven’t appeared to have recruited adequately for L2. A real struggle lies ahead. Relegation candidate.

Mansfield Town - ultimately blew up after a very good two thirds start to last season. Recruited very well, but can’t discount the Flitcroft factor. Should be right up there until the inevitable Flitcroft injury crisis hits. Play Offs.

Franchise - for some reason the pre season favourite. Can’t see it myself and a bland mid table campaign beckons. Beat Oxford in a pre season friendly. Kudos!

Morecambe - difficult to see anything other than another season of struggle. I think we may well have an even older striker than Ellison this season. Relegation.

Newport County - really good season last, just petering out at the finish. Lost a lot of goals with Armand and Nouble leaving. Could well struggle replacing them adequately and could well be knocking around the bottom 6.

Northampton Town - load of old Cobblers last season but should be capable of flirting with the POs this. Any other cast offs would be welcome at the County Ground!

Notts County - very confident noises emanating from Meadow Lane. Should build on last season’s campaign. Another’s club which could change style and may struggle initially. Potential champions.

Oldham Athletic - the trapdoor finally opened for the Latics last season and they don’t appear to have strengthened much this. Could be a slog to see them finish mid table.

Port Vale - headcase club for a couple of seasons. Sense seems to have returned to Burslem and I fancy them to have a strong season. Play offs.

Stevenage - another of the so called smaller clubs that have appeared to have recruited well. Could be a surprise challenger this season.

Swindon Town - a real flat season last year with some horrendous Flitcroft induced home performances. Potentially we have the league’s best midfield. Recruitment ongoing which should see improved defence and attack which, at the moment, both look suspect. Play offs beckon at worst.

Tranmere Rovers - nice to welcome them back to proper football! Got a feeling their fans have underestimated how strong a lot of clubs are in L2. Nobody stands out in their recruitment so a bit of a struggle beckons. Should be safe.

Yeovil Town - lost a main man and appear not to have recruited much. Raft of red cards last season didn’t help. My idea of a relegation candidate.
Amond hasn’t left us!! He scored on Saturday!
 

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Latics have signed a couple of strikers since you originally posted but I can't say wether or not that changes where you think we'll end up. I really can't judge this league yet.
 

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All pretty much tongue in cheek. All I know really is the crap people post on here!
 

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Wait so you don’t think we’re going to piss this tinpot league?
 

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You attending Saturday?

Nah got some family commitments. Going to the Tranmere game and almost certainly going to Crawley as that's easy for me to get to. Did you get a ST?

Quite looking forward to Saturday now, will be really interesting to see how we get on, seems a good blend of youth and (pretty old) experience. I think Twine may surprise a few this season and Brown seems to fancy him and Romanski. About time we had a couple of decent players from the yoofs!
 

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Nah got some family commitments. Going to the Tranmere game and almost certainly going to Crawley as that's easy for me to get to. Did you get a ST?

Quite looking forward to Saturday now, will be really interesting to see how we get on, seems a good blend of youth and (pretty old) experience. I think Twine may surprise a few this season and Brown seems to fancy him and Romanski. About time we had a couple of decent players from the yoofs!
Getting a couple of STs next month. Got tickets for Lincoln today - we’ve been given 700 which should probably be enough.
 

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Some half decent predictions there.

Apart from County, of course!
 

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Some half decent predictions there.

Apart from County, of course!

Well you were right about county, they’re making a cracking effort of getting out of the division :lol:
 

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Apparently we underestimated the strength of L2? Appears we overestimated it. :fl:

To have only 3 sides better than you after coming up is a good effort, we were about 10th on our first season.
 

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Apparently we underestimated the strength of L2? Appears we overestimated it. :fl:

It's been a bit of a freak season for Tranmere to be fair, that sudden turn of form was bizarre.
 

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It's been a bit of a freak season for Tranmere to be fair, that sudden turn of form was bizarre.
Tranmere Rovers in 'season lasts 46 games' shocker.
 

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It's been a bit of a freak season for Tranmere to be fair, that sudden turn of form was bizarre.
Not really. We were very unlucky over Christmas at Bury, Macclesfield, Yeovil. We then brought in a few players to bolster what was a very small squad. Once they gelled we’ve been the form team - 29 from 12.

We haven’t done anything yet though.
 

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Tranmere Rovers in 'season lasts 46 games' shocker.

My point is when we beat you 3-0 I remember Tranmere fans hoping for Play-off at best (still a good effort) but you came out of nowhere and put yourself in contention for the automatics.

That's all :)
 

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We haven’t done anything yet though.
Yes, very true. It will still be very difficult to go up automatically, and the play offs are a lottery.

However, play offs are now virtually guaranteed, which means it has been a successful season for us whatever happens.
 

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Failing in the POs isn’t success - it’s progression. Just ask Notts County how making the POs last season worked out for them this.
 

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