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Predictions for 05/06?

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Where will we finish in 05/06?

Top 2
12
16%
Play Offs
42
57%
7 - 13
16
22%
14-20
4
5%
Drop zone
0
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Predictions for 05/06?

Mon Jul 11, 2005 5:39 pm

Where do you think we will finish this season?

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Mon Jul 11, 2005 6:17 pm

PLAY OFFS 4 ME

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Mon Jul 11, 2005 7:04 pm

Top 2 Have faith

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Mon Jul 11, 2005 7:08 pm

14th - 20th

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Mon Jul 11, 2005 7:16 pm

Personally I think play offs although we should have enough strength to make the top 2.

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Mon Jul 11, 2005 8:12 pm

I m hoding fire at the moment,as it stands I can't see us conceding many,but on the other hand, I can't see us scoring many as well,but the signing of a couple for good forwards would almost certainly put in at least a play-off place and may-be even better.

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Mon Jul 11, 2005 8:26 pm

Anywere between 5th and 8th depending on what strikers we can bring in.

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Mon Jul 11, 2005 8:38 pm

It's about time we won the thing.

Put me down for Champions.

saddler from burton
 

Mon Jul 11, 2005 9:03 pm

i belive we will be clear champions , wiv bournemouth 2nd n forrest losing in the play-off final 2 tranmere .. CHAMPIONS , btw we dnt need ANYMORE signings, JORGE n FRYATT WILL DO A GR8 JOB

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Mon Jul 11, 2005 9:34 pm

play offs

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Tue Jul 12, 2005 8:26 am

7 to 13th for me, more specifically, 8th - 10th.

That's based on the current squad though, as I don't know who we'll add to it.

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Tue Jul 12, 2005 8:51 am

Play offs?........snigger

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Tue Jul 12, 2005 9:02 am

I like to think that we have a squad now that can get into the playoffs, if not automatic promotion. It remains whether to be saeen if we can achieve this under the guidance of merson.

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Tue Jul 12, 2005 9:05 am

I'm in the 7-13 category too, realistically. I really hope we can do better, but I can't see it happening. Ask me after 15 games :wink:

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Tue Jul 12, 2005 10:09 am

Exile wrote:I'm in the 7-13 category too, realistically. I really hope we can do better, but I can't see it happening. Ask me after 15 games :wink:


I think we will know after 1 game :lol:

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Tue Jul 12, 2005 10:38 am

wednesbury Saddler METFAN wrote:I think we will know after 1 game :lol:


oh dear, don't say that... you bring back memories of west brom. :(

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Tue Jul 12, 2005 10:55 am

Playoffs

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Tue Jul 12, 2005 10:58 am

i'll remain positive, playoffs for me too.

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Tue Jul 12, 2005 11:50 am

hoping for an entertaining season culminating in promotion.

here's the facts as i see them.

POSITIVE.
Last Season the goalkeeping problem cost us a lot of points, as did the nervous defence (No suprise with the keepers).

We have sorted out the goalkeeping issue and have what looks like a good defence (from what we saw end of last season, plus westwood).

NEGATIVE
Upfront Joachim (£4500 per week at Burton) converted and made a lot of chances which made us look very good, before that the goals all came from Merson assists.

Who is going to get the goals that will take us up?

Jorge - 5 if he is lucky
Matty - 15 maybe more
Atieno - 5 if he plays
Ruben?

A N Other most likely if he sign's for us

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Tue Jul 12, 2005 11:58 am

I presume you mean "Joachim (£4500 per week at Boston)" and not "Burton"...

Either way, I can gurantee its not £4500 and can gurantee its less than £3k/week. In fact, I can go further and say he isn't even the top paid player at Boston Utd this season.

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Tue Jul 12, 2005 12:12 pm

At the mo, somewhere in the middle. Now with a decent striker...... :wink:

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Tue Jul 12, 2005 12:14 pm

My Mistake "Boston"

£4500 you may not have the same supply source, obviously out of our bracket.

Walsall wouldn't want to pay him that much and I don't blame them.

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Tue Jul 12, 2005 12:20 pm

Boston wouldn't want to pay him that much either and aren't. I know exactly what he is earning as I know a Director at Boston, thats how I know he is on less than £3k and isn't the top paid player.

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Boston United have denied speculation new recruit Julian Joachim is on £4,000 a week at York Street.

Pilgrims officials are furious about the claims, which appeared in two daily newspapers yesterday.

Joachim, a former England Under-21 international, arrived from Leeds on a free transfer on Monday to become the Pilgrims' sixth summer signing.

He said he signed for Boston to return to the town where he spent his childhood and where his family still live.

Director of football Jim Rodwell dismissed the speculation about Joachim's wages as a pack of lies.

"It is absolute garbage," he said. "It is fabrication of the highest order.

"I dealt with his contract and can assure everyone he is not on any such amount.

"If anybody can prove he is on that amount I will tender my resignation. That's how confident I am about this story being a complete load of nonsense.

"I honestly do not know where they dream it up.

"There is no way this football club can afford to pay that sort of money. It's just ridiculous."

Pilgrims chairman Jon Sotnick was equally upset. "I am livid," he said. "This speculation undermines everything we are trying to do at Boston."
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Tue Jul 12, 2005 1:04 pm

My source is obviously wrong, but was from inside Walsall not the papers.

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Tue Jul 12, 2005 1:29 pm

Should be up there in the play-offs this (next) season !!!!!!

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Tue Jul 12, 2005 2:02 pm

Dut wrote:Should be up there in the play-offs this (next) season !!!!!!


And then lose 10 points when they lose JJ to a long term hamstring injury, spend more money they have not got to get a replacement, and then go into administration dropping them into the relagation dogfight which they lose and get relegated back to the conference.

Oh well, we can but dream. :lol:

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Thu Jul 14, 2005 1:05 pm

That's reassuring - at least no-one up to yet thinks we are going down

Ace
 

Thu Jul 14, 2005 1:09 pm

Should go without saying, i still think we should aim for the sky. I just can't see it happening. Also, i'd rather be suprised than disappointed 8)

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Thu Jul 14, 2005 2:07 pm

Playoffs, hopefully better, this squad is capable of it!

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Thu Jul 14, 2005 2:52 pm

AC_Loyalist wrote:Should go without saying, i still think we should aim for the sky. I just can't see it happening. Also, i'd rather be suprised than disappointed 8)


I agree with you AC. It's just that usually some joker would come on and predict the drop.

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