We are going up as champions. We will slaughter every **** that plays us, home or away.
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We are going up as champions. We will slaughter every **** that plays us, home or away.
Will depend a great deal on our start. I think there are likely to be worse teams than us, there was a lot of dross in the division last year, this season likely the same. Hopefully mid table, 12th, but who knows.
There's nothing there that suggests to me that we'll finish in the top half of the table.
Hopefully we can stay above the relegation zone, but time will tell. We need some confidence boosting points in the early part of the season.
The Racing Post's annual 80-page season preview 'The Big Kick-Off' was published today. They predict City will finish 18th. The write-up on the Bluebirds reads:
"Steve Morison is wasting no time in putting his stamp on the Cardiff team, but the sheer scale of the changes could lead to a short-term dip in performances. Many of Morison's signings have scope to improve, but their worth to the side may not be seen until the second half of the season. Patience will be required, but the Bluebirds should do enough to avoid any relegation concerns."
The Post's top six is:
1 - Norwich City
2 - Watford
3 - Sheffield United
4 - Middlesbrough
5 - West Bromwich Albion
6 - Burnley
They have Bristol City to finish 16th and Swansea 17th.
As for the major bookmakers, City's average position in the pre-season Championship betting is 16th.
It's surprising to hear players talk about promotion given the sheer amount of incomings to be fair.
If they were big-time players who could hit the ground running, maybe you could be more optimistic, but I'd be surprised if we achieved much of anything this season given the player turnaround.
Slade had an equally difficult job as Morrison and he didn't last long. The knives will be out for Morrison soon. Personally I would be happy to remain in the Division. Any talk of a possible play off place is wildly premature.
I’ve grown more optimistic. I started out predicting 18th but I’ve now moved us up to 14th. As we know finding a couple of double figure strikers is golden, with them I think maybe 10th is possible.
I've listened to "Second Tier", "The ChampionshipChat Podcast" and just finished "Not The Top 20 Podcast" and they all have us finishing in the same part of the table, just a few spots above relegation.
They all pretty much have the same Top 6 as well.
Here's the last one's prediction table. They also predict League 1 & 2 but the Championship is always their most accurate each year:
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One thing I noticed in each of the podcasts is the recurring theme of, "if they manage to bring in a good striker or two then they'll shoot up the table." Said that for so many teams which makes me wonder if our neighbours will do well with Piroe and Obafemi ready to go :puke:
City classed as a “relegation candidate” by the Guardian, but an interesting choice by them when it comes to one of the three young players to watch;-
https://www.theguardian.com/football...and-strugglers
NTT20 have us 19th.
Yeah, he'd be perfect in a side like this one - he was a footballer and a target man whose heading ability was as good as any forward we've had here in the twenty first century I'd say. I'm among those who wouldn't be bothered if we didn't recruit a big lump type target man, but a Thorne type would be so useful defending the near post at corners - that's something we look short of at the moment.
Three Wales Online hacks have us finishing between tenth and twelfth - apparently we made a "languid" start to last season, that's hardly the word which springs into my mind when I remember last autumn :hehe:
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/...tions-24464574
Jobi McAnuff has us as a surprise package in this preview. Makes me hate the Adams injury even more:
Who will be the surprise package this season and why?
"The other club I fancy is Cardiff City. There have been lots of departures and lots of new faces in. Ebou Adams from Forest Green is a player I know well, I think is a really good signing and he provides an energy they lacked last season, as do some of their other recruits. I’d expect them to have a much better season and cause a few teams problems. "
https://www.efl.com/news/2022/july/c...p-predictions/