Another championship preview

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  1. driver

    driver New Member

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    not giving us much of a chance.
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    Prediction: Another struggle is likely this year, after losing 9-goal Daniel Nardiello to QPR and the club&rsquo;s longest serving player, Antony Kay. At times they were woefully na&iuml;ve last time around, shipping 4 goals or more on their travels a scary six times, culminating in a 7-0 tonking at the hands of the Baggies. It was only the fact that Leeds were quite so inept that Barnsley aren&rsquo;t in League 1, so inexperienced manager Simon Davey must be looking to tighten his defence. Goals also didn&rsquo;t come easily, though a full season for Istv&aacute;n Ferenczi should go some way to alleviating that pain, especially if either of the unknowns that are Miguel Mostto or Kayode Odejayi come off. Faced with little money, the outlay on Mostto in particular needs to be repaid, while Kozluk and Ricketts are both solid Championship players, if little more. Organisation and a keen work ethic seem to be the watchwords for 07/08.

    Key player: Paul Reid &ndash; the captain has to marshal the defence better this year

    One to watch: Miguel Mostto &ndash; The biggest Barnsley price tag since Neil Shipperley in 1999, the Peruvian must make good on Davey&rsquo;s confidence in him
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    http://notbignotclever.wordpress.com/2007/07/24/the-championship-0708-part-1/ </p>
     
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  2. Journo Tyke

    Journo Tyke Well-Known Member

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    If you don't finish in the bottom 3 - er yes - it means they were worse than you. Not rocket science is it?!

    Anyway, I'm glad we're getting written off.
     
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  3. Redstone

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    saved only by leeds being terrible

    despite finishing above 4 teams last season, lucky us
     
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  4. La Dent de Crolles

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    Why would anyone be talking us up when nobody knows anything about 90% of our signings?</p>

    Based on what everyone knows about the signings in the division this season I am not the least bit surprised we are favourites to go down.</p>

    I am sure that when we start off with 3 or 4 wins in a row they will be changing their minds though.</p>
     
    La Dent de Crolles, Jul 24, 2007
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  5. Gaz

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    Love the 'key player' line.

    Obviously someone who's never seen us play. Ever.
     
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    ^ i agree with that un nt
     
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