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Championship expectations
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It's too early to be on the drink mate.3
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MuttleyCAFC said:I think Ivanovich is an excellent player for the level and a reason Millwall could do well but I think it is entirely possible we do better than them. It is a bit of a voyage of the unknown but it feels different to last time we went up. If only a couple of the youngsters push on, we will be in a very strong position.
I agree that we will be solid at home and the success of our season will depend on how good we are away from the Valley.13 -
Chris_from_Sidcup said:MuttleyCAFC said:I think Ivanovich is an excellent player for the level and a reason Millwall could do well but I think it is entirely possible we do better than them. It is a bit of a voyage of the unknown but it feels different to last time we went up. If only a couple of the youngsters push on, we will be in a very strong position.
I agree that we will be solid at home and the success of our season will depend on how good we are away from the Valley.1 -
MuttleyCAFC said:Chris_from_Sidcup said:MuttleyCAFC said:I think Ivanovich is an excellent player for the level and a reason Millwall could do well but I think it is entirely possible we do better than them. It is a bit of a voyage of the unknown but it feels different to last time we went up. If only a couple of the youngsters push on, we will be in a very strong position.
I agree that we will be solid at home and the success of our season will depend on how good we are away from the Valley.
I don't have qualms about NJ (any more!), nor do I doubt the owners intentions and willings. But we're a relatively small fish in a much, much bigger pond now and it is going to be a tough season.5 -
MuttleyCAFC said:Chris_from_Sidcup said:MuttleyCAFC said:I think Ivanovich is an excellent player for the level and a reason Millwall could do well but I think it is entirely possible we do better than them. It is a bit of a voyage of the unknown but it feels different to last time we went up. If only a couple of the youngsters push on, we will be in a very strong position.
I agree that we will be solid at home and the success of our season will depend on how good we are away from the Valley.
I don't think we'll be finishing above Millwall who in recent seasons have regularly been getting 66+ points and flirting with the play off spots.3 -
We shall see. My point is Millwall can have a poor season in the same way we can have a great one. There are a lot of unknowns.0
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MuttleyCAFC said:We shall see. My point is Millwall can have a poor season in the same way we can have a great one. There are a lot of unknowns.3
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I'd take 16th today no questions asked. Think we'll come out the traps flying but I think reality might set in against the bigger sides. Wouldn't be surprised if we took a hammering at Sheffield United.0
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MuttleyCAFC said:We shall see. My point is Millwall can have a poor season in the same way we can have a great one. There are a lot of unknowns.1
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I'm pleased with the Rob Apter signing though my first thought was he might be a bit of a luxury seeing as we have Tyreece Campbell. I now wonder if Tyreece is now surplus to Nathan's plans ?
Generally, all in all I am delighted with the signings this summer. They show real intent from the owners to put CAFC into the top rank of Championship clubs this summer.0 - Sponsored links:
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Lincsaddick said:I'm pleased with the Rob Apter signing though my first thought was he might be a bit of a luxury seeing as we have Tyreece Campbell. I now wonder if Tyreece is now surplus to Nathan's plans ?
Generally, all in all I am delighted with the signings this summer. They show real intent from the owners to put CAFC into the top rank of Championship clubs this summer.1 -
Steven81 said:Lincsaddick said:I'm pleased with the Rob Apter signing though my first thought was he might be a bit of a luxury seeing as we have Tyreece Campbell. I now wonder if Tyreece is now surplus to Nathan's plans ?
Generally, all in all I am delighted with the signings this summer. They show real intent from the owners to put CAFC into the top rank of Championship clubs this summer.0 -
Adding a bit of science to this, as recently did a course in negative thinking. What we can see here is catastrophe about to unfold in front of our eyes- at least until October when we might sneak our first win:
Think it will start with 0-3 v Watford.
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Hopefully mid table mediocrity by next May. Its an incredibly competitive league.1
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Correct me but I think we've signed 9 players that are all unproven at this level.
It's exciting to have signed this many players (and paid good money for them) but have any of them excelled in the Championship???3 -
Chris_from_Sidcup said:Wrexham's home record in recent years is incredible. Just 6 defeats in 4 seasons.
Their record will undoubtedly get dented this season, but I don't think anyone truly expected them to be as good as they were in League 1, I thought they'd be play-offs at best and have a hard time adjusting.4 -
Feels like it's been positive, though tbh I always feel this way after new signings and I haven't kept up with the transfer business of other sides.
I imagine we'll be seeing some outs soon but adding another striker/midfielder would be what I'd like to see next.0 -
3G said:Correct me but I think we've signed 9 players that are all unproven at this level.
It's exciting to have signed this many players (and paid good money for them) but have any of them excelled in the Championship???
So no it is not 9 unprovens.13 -
3G said:Correct me but I think we've signed 9 players that are all unproven at this level.
It's exciting to have signed this many players (and paid good money for them) but have any of them excelled in the Championship???
Kaminski - Same as Bell
Burke - bag loads of Championship experience
Carey - almost 50 games in the champ?
Tanto - inexperienced
Apter - inexperienced
Costello - only ever played in the championship
So what you've said isn't really close to being true to be honest.
There are injury concerns, but they've all had a fair bit of championship experience bar 3, and 2 of those 3 are expected to be able to make the step up, that's why we have paid so much.
Be excited8 -
3G said:Correct me but I think we've signed 9 players that are all unproven at this level.
It's exciting to have signed this many players (and paid good money for them) but have any of them excelled in the Championship???
Carey has Championship experience. Only Olaofe and Apter are stepping up for the first time.1 - Sponsored links:
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Lincsaddick said:Steven81 said:Lincsaddick said:I'm pleased with the Rob Apter signing though my first thought was he might be a bit of a luxury seeing as we have Tyreece Campbell. I now wonder if Tyreece is now surplus to Nathan's plans ?
Generally, all in all I am delighted with the signings this summer. They show real intent from the owners to put CAFC into the top rank of Championship clubs this summer.
We've now got; Campbell - Olaofe - Apter - Dixon0 -
3G said:Correct me but I think we've signed 9 players that are all unproven at this level.
It's exciting to have signed this many players (and paid good money for them) but have any of them excelled in the Championship???
IN - Kaminski, Bell, Burke, JRC, Carey, Olaofe, Apter.
OUT - Aneke, Bouzanis, Henry, Hylton, Kedwell, Small, Watson.
A MASSIVE improvement on the quality of the squad, and some decent money spent so far.6 -
Chris_from_Sidcup said:3G said:Correct me but I think we've signed 9 players that are all unproven at this level.
It's exciting to have signed this many players (and paid good money for them) but have any of them excelled in the Championship???
IN - Kaminski, Bell, Burke, JRC, Carey, Olaofe, Apter.
OUT - Aneke, Bouzanis, Henry, Hylton, Kedwell, Small, Watson.
A MASSIVE improvement on the quality of the squad, and some decent money spent so far.2 -
Think it’s a stretch to include Henry and Kedwell in the outs really, the latter was an U21 player and the former spent all the time Jones was here out on loan. If you include academy outs it’s far more than 7, even if the released and retained list was never published1
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fenaddick said:Think it’s a stretch to include Henry and Kedwell in the outs really, the latter was an U21 player and the former spent all the time Jones was here out on loan. If you include academy outs it’s far more than 7, even if the released and retained list was never published1
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Chris_from_Sidcup said:3G said:Correct me but I think we've signed 9 players that are all unproven at this level.
It's exciting to have signed this many players (and paid good money for them) but have any of them excelled in the Championship???
IN - Kaminski, Bell, Burke, JRC, Carey, Olaofe, Apter.
OUT - Aneke, Bouzanis, Henry, Hylton, Kedwell, Small, Watson.
A MASSIVE improvement on the quality of the squad, and some decent money spent so far.6 -
agree with the above, obviously not seen any of them play - but they come with good pedigree and most are a good age.
Not sure Small would be in our starting XI now2 -
I think we will look a comfortable Champ club next season, I don't get the negativity...13
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MillwallFan said:ElfsborgAddick said:MillwallFan said:DOUCHER said:MillwallFan said:Lincsaddick said:I'm feeling optimistic .. our signings are not (so far) spectacular, no neon marquee names, just good solid pros with (mostly) Championship experience .. at the VERY least I expect us to be well clear of the relegation zone .. that might sound negative, but so what, who expects us to get promoted this season ?I know you don’t rate Coburn or now Ivanovich (or rather your ‘Millwall mates’ don’t) but if you had taken our league form from january, which is incidentally when Alex Neil took over, and both Coburn and Ivanovich became regulars in the team, then we would have finished 5th. Which bodes well for next season. But it’s a funny old game as the great man once said so we’ll see.1
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Chris_from_Sidcup said:3G said:Correct me but I think we've signed 9 players that are all unproven at this level.
It's exciting to have signed this many players (and paid good money for them) but have any of them excelled in the Championship???
IN - Kaminski, Bell, Burke, JRC, Carey, Olaofe, Apter.
OUT - Aneke, Bouzanis, Henry, Hylton, Kedwell, Small, Watson.
A MASSIVE improvement on the quality of the squad, and some decent money spent so far.
Based initial opinion on us having signed a number of Luton players relegated two seasons in a row, but feeling optimistic after reading the above1