Fourfourtwo / Setanta / Times predictions:

AFKABartram

Fourfourtwo

1. Birmingham City
2. Crystal Palace
3. Charlton Athletic
4. Reading
5. Derby County
6. QPR
7. Coventry City
8. Sheffield United
9. Wolves
10. Bristol City
11. Watford
12. Ipswich Town
13. Preston North End
14. Cardiff City
15. Norwich City
16. Burnley
17. Nottingham Forest
18. Southampton
19. Sheffield Wednesday
20. Swansea City
21. Doncaster Rovers
22. Plymouth Argyle
23. Barnsley
24. Blackpool

Setanta

1. Birmingham City
2. Reading
3. QPR
4. Wolves
5. Charlton Athletic
6. Watford
7. Crystal Palace
8. Swansea City
9. Sheffield United
10. Bristol City
11. Ipswich Town
12. Nottingham Forest
13. Derby County
14. Cardiff City
15. Southampton
16. Norwich City
17. Sheffield Wednesday
18. Coventry City
19. Plymouth Argyle
20. Burnley
21. Preston North End
22. Barnsley
23. Blackpool
24. Doncaster Rovers

ShootersHillGuru

Wold be happy with either of those to be honest.

ThreadKiller

palace runners up?

Paddy7

Wow! They still think highly of us. I wonder if that's still the case with the recent departures, and if they're a little bit stuck for teams they think will finish above us. If they both still consider us one of the more likely teams, do other teams within the division feel the same? IF the likes of Ambrose, Thomas, and ZZ (if he stays) perform, perhaps we still have more quality than most after all, but it just has to be married this time with a tighter bond and work ethic. I'd take 3rd or 5th right now.

budgie

[quote][cite]Posted By: ThreadKiller[/cite]palace runners up?[/quote]

Find that one strange myself, god knows why the bookies and 442 and rating Palace so highly, as I can't see where the goals are coming from.

_MrDick

[cite]Posted By: budgie[/cite]

[cite]Posted By: ThreadKiller[/cite]palace runners up?

Find that one strange myself, god knows why the bookies and 442 and rating Palace so highly, as I can't see where the goals are coming from.

They feel sorry for Tangoman and felt they had to do something to cheer him up

guinnessaddick

You can get 18-1 with an 11 pts start with Paddy Power to win the league.

Goonerhater

Pards says any of 12 teams to go up and puts us about 7/8 th AT THE MOMENT in that 12. I think thats about right.

ShootersHillGuru

Me too GH

Oggy Red

At this stage of last pre-season, what were the predictions for Stoke, Hull & Bristol City?

golfaddick

both 4-4-2 & Setanta must be most of yous on here - not sen us play this pre-season.

best we can hope for is a top-half finish.

Badger

Fourfourtwo will cost us a grand to Holmsdale.net if we do come 3rd.

nth_london_addick

i reckon we will win the league and i aint bulshitting every other team in this league are shit fact :-)

Oggy Red

Love it, NLA, love it .......(!)

;o)

nth_london_addick

and i aint pissed ogg either which is surprising to me.

i am just glowing on the air of charlton i cant wait for shelvey,racon crab man, moots, JT, Varney, elliot to have pucker seasons and then the older ones chip in as well its gonna happen oggs it is gonna happen

Oggy Red

Keep chipper, NLA ...... it's a lot more fun than picking holes in everything - because that's all you're only looking for .......

;o)

Nutte11a

nth london addick i like your style but can you really see us win the league compared to the likes of the brummys and Reading who really shouldnt have been relegated from the top.

BlackForestReds

[cite]Posted By: Nutte11a[/cite]nth london addick i like your style but can you really see us win the league compared to the likes of the brummys and Reading who really shouldnt have been relegated from the top.

West Brom were a good shout last year to win the league, but you'd have got long odds against Bristol City, Hull, Stoke etc challenging them. Last year the best team won the division while the teams around them had a great team spirit, but few stars. Reading and Birmingham are good sides, but both have lost a number of decent players and will have to regroup a bit. Think to when we got relegated a decade or so ago - other than Danny Mills going the squad virtually stayed the same. That doesn't happen these days.

This year the division could be just as open as last season and if we can develop a good team spirit then I see no reason why we shouldn't be up there.

AllLeftFoot

This is from The Observer's Championship predictions today.

Presume it was written before the sale of Bougherra etc ('The squad may not have changed much...'), although I'm not pinning too many hopes on Chris 'Dickinson'.


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CHARLTON
Last season 11th
Promotion 4-1 Relegation 18-1
Manager Alan Pardew

ONES TO WATCH Andy Gray and Luke Varney up front could potentially be a very good partnership at this level. Apart from them, it will be interesting to see how Chris Dickinson does.

BOO-BOYS Midfielders Jerome Thomas and Darren Ambrose could take some stick unless they pull their socks up and really get stuck in.

The squad may not have changed much and we're still badly lacking in central midfield, but the teams that came down don't look particularly good, so that gives us some hope. The vast majority of fans really want Alan Pardew to do well for us as he's a former player and a decent man. I'm just not sure about his tactical nous or ability to raise the confidence of the players, and it was these two factors which cost us dearly last year.

WE'LL FINISH 4th.
GOING UP Reading, Birmingham and Wolves.
GOING DOWN Crystal Palace, Doncaster and Swansea.
Tom Furber NetAddicks.com

golfaddick

glad to see it was written with a objective slant and by an onlooker with no affliation to the club. NOT.

aliwibble

[cite]Posted By: nth london addick[/cite]i reckon we will win the league and i aint bulshitting every other team in this league are shit fact :-)

I dunno what you're on mate, but can you share it around the forum a bit? I don't reckon we're going to win the league, in fact I think it's likely we won't get promoted, but I am looking forward to seeing the youth break through this year. They may be a bit lightweight, they may be inexperienced, and they won't play every game, but this is their big chance to shine.

cafcinperth

Last year was bad this year will be a lot better maybe a top 6 finish lets hope so.

stoneroses19

NOTW prediction - 8th.

nth_london_addick

i am convinced that with 10 or 12 games to go last season pards knew we wernt going up, i just feel that this team may have gelled together better than we think and that we will be consistant this year picking up points where last year we didnt, I think Reading and brum much like us last year will beat top teams or not loose to them but will slip up with the shitier teams.

i have gone to my bookie pal and he has given me 16's that we wont go up and 25's that we wont win the league and i am parting with my hard earned to the amount of 50 squid


Jon jo to hit dble figures this season


my main concern is varney & gray i dont rate either i am hoping for a toddy and dicko combi

ThreadKiller

varney and toddy are about 150-1 for top championship goal scorers. a lot wider than lisbie and bent.

BigRedEvil

Times has us as 16th


http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/football_league/article4454042.ece?token=null&offset=12&page=2

1. Birmingham City
2. Derby County
3. QPR
4. Reading
5. Sheffield United
6. Burnley
7. Crystal Palace
8. Norwich City
9. Ipswich Town
10. Wolverhampton Wanderers
11. Bristol City
12. Nottingham Forest
13. Cardiff City
14. Swansea City
15. Preston North End
16. Charlton Athletic
17. Watford
18. Coventry City
19. Sheffield Wednesday
20. Southampton
21. Plymouth Argyle
22. Barnsley
23. Doncaster Rovers
24. Blackpool

Charlton Athletic

The failure to challenge convincingly last season means that Alan Pardew’s position has inevitably come under scrutiny and a summer spent trimming budgets has done little to enhance the manager’s prospects of steering the club back into the Premier League before the loss of the relegation parachute payments next summer. Madjid Bougherra became the ninth senior professional to leave the club when he joined Rangers for £2.5 million last week and, ominously, Pardew has so far managed to recruit only Mark Hudson, the Crystal Palace central defender, and Stuart Fleetwood, the forward signed from non-league Forest Green Rovers.

Predicted final position: 16

Oggy Red

What do they know ?.... they just look at statistics.

AFKABartram

Nute11a said:

My opinion is that it is vital we stabilise and increase our finacial situation by raising funds through player sales.
However we have to have worthy replacments for these departures and that is where i feel we shall ever strick gold with the numurous young players and determined non-league wannabez or suffer with a lack of experience and polish quality. Hopefully Mr. Pardew (who i have the fullest faith in) will be willing to spend at least £500,000 on two 1/4 million players in defence and middfield, we should also give players such as Basey, Dickson and Co the chance to show their colours and prove their worth if not i believe the Times maybe correct.

how do you my fellow Charlton supporters think our side will get on this season?

Ketman

The Scum have predicted a Mid-Table finish today for us in their Championship pullout.

Oggy Red

Everyone should know that we'll win our last 6 matches (on the spin...) grab a last gasp playoff place, win through to Wembley. And lads & lasses, it'll be just like 1998.



Or you can wake me up right now........

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NorthStandUltra

When Saturday Comes has us mid-table as well.