Has anyone got it for this time last year? It would be interesting to see where teams were positioned compared to season's end.
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts 1 Wigan Athletic 20 14 3 3 38 12 26 45 2 Shrewsbury Town 20 12 5 3 27 14 13 41 3 Blackburn Rovers 20 12 4 4 37 19 18 40 4 Bradford City 21 12 3 6 33 25 8 39 5 Scunthorpe United 21 11 5 5 26 15 11 38 6 Charlton Athletic 20 10 5 5 29 24 5 35 7 Portsmouth 21 10 2 9 26 24 2 32 8 Oxford United 21 8 6 7 35 27 8 30 9 Rotherham United 21 9 2 10 35 31 4 29 10 Peterborough United 21 8 5 8 33 32 1 29 11 Walsall 20 7 7 6 28 28 0 28 12 Southend United 21 7 7 7 24 32 -8 28 13 Blackpool 21 7 6 8 27 29 -2 27 14 Fleetwood Town 21 7 6 8 29 32 -3 27 15 Bristol Rovers 21 9 0 12 32 36 -4 27 16 Oldham Athletic 21 7 5 9 35 39 -4 26 17 Milton Keynes Dons 21 6 7 8 23 30 -7 25 18 Doncaster Rovers 21 6 5 10 21 26 -5 23 19 Rochdale 20 4 8 8 23 28 -5 20 20 AFC Wimbledon 20 5 5 10 15 22 -7 20 21 Gillingham 21 4 8 9 16 24 -8 20 22 Plymouth Argyle 21 5 5 11 17 30 -13 20 23 Northampton Town 21 5 4 12 16 37 -21 19 24 Bury 20 4 5 11 19 28 -9 17
The way we're playing we'll be lucky to finish in the top 6. Donny have hit a rich vein of form and look better equipped than us. Blackpool,Charlton, Coventry and Wycombe who have already beaten us also looking good. Need Dougall back asap. Midfield looks very weak without him.
That proves nothing, other than the clubs with money usually pull through. Shrewsbury fell back. Bigger teams did well. Portsmouth & Sunderland are "bigger" teams & there are a few of similar stature around us, and a few upstarts. I'm not being negative, but I reckon if we don't strengthen we are 50/50 for the playoffs at best. I know you just play the party line now, so no point having a discussion.
Pomey and sunderland will go up top 2. Luton peterbro us and one other will be in playoffs. Unless we sell off the last bit of silver we have (moore and pinnock). Really cant see us spending any money in jan so its go with what weve got which includes lame ducks like isgrove and hedges.
Still think we will make the play offs just as I did at the start of the season. Got a little carried away with our good start but I'm right back to thinking play offs.
I think you are a bit too down on things. Let's get behind the team for 5 crucial matches & then see what happens. We have all flagged up recruits.
We scored 4 away from home last week. Charlton have lost their last 2, Coventry won 1 from 6 in all competitions, Wycombe don't look top 6 material on yesterday's showing, and that was their best performance in some time according to some of their fans. I think we've a great chance of being in the top 6 at the very least.
Many still question the owners. Surely they wouldn't be daft enough to sell key players when they still have a fanbase to win around. We will soon see.
I think Sunderland and pompey will make up the top 2. Who would of thought it the 2 biggest teams in the division with the biggest budgets going up automatically. Shock horror.
Win around the fanbase? A bit over the top isn't it? There are some fans that aren't happy with anything, ever, admittedly, but the majority are surely giving them a bit of time and patience?
Most teams that challenge usually get stronger throughout the season. We appear to be getting weaker. Think we will finish mid table.
So at this stage last season Rotherham (who finished fourth and got promoted via the play offs) were 6 points worse off than we currently are. I'm sure at the time they were also on a poor run and some of their fans were questioning Paul Warne. They must have had a decent run in the 2nd half of the season.
The OP asked for a table from this time last season, I produced one. Simple as that. I plant trees, others pick apples.
But cant you can only spend what you make under financial fair play. I'd say pompey are making more than us as their fan base is bigger so revenue will be bigger I also think they got bought out by a amreicam billionaire so don't think they are in debt.