The Lower Leagues Thread

[Professor]

I'd like to think that too, but the Colwills, Davies, Ashford, Lawford, Kpakio will have a season regular senior football under their belts by then. They were paying 5mill for players last season in the Championship so if they strengthen around those youngsters they could definitely stay up.

Better players than the swill they bought. They may well go up and arguably should, but let's see how young heads and legs fare in cold, wet November.

 

[Raynor94]

Unfortunately if you look at their bench tonight, they have plenty of experience and senior players to come in if their youngsters start waning.

I hope im wrong but unless they lose a few before the window shuts, I'd stand by my prediction that they'll comfortably be top 3/4 this season.

If they can't finish in the top 6 there's something radically wrong there, and as an aside what's happening at Plymouth

 

[Dewi1jack]

Watching them pop up on Twitter is interesting. After being all Gung Ho during the Summer there seems to be a creeping realisation that perhaps they don't have the best squad in the division after all.

Should be even more fun in a month or two.

Hopefully they scrape a win in the next 5 games, so their delusions of grandeur increase a thousand fold.
Then get into a relegation battle before mid October after a heavy losing streak being mauled home and away.

Be really funny if they swap places with Newport next season. I know, unlikely....

But possible

 

[ABSwan]

Its too early to say if they will be a top team in League One or not, they have had a fairly easy start, two home games against teams expected to struggle and two away games against teams promoted from League Two, one in particular is in everyone's pick for relegation.

Nice to see their board having them promoted already though.

Plymouth look to be struggling, losing their top scorers and a new manager, their fans must be worried right now.

I'm guessing they'll be top half, maybe in the play-off's, but none of us will know until they have played a few of the other promotion challengers.

 

[MrSwerve]

Scraping a win against a club that didn’t exist a handful of years back.

Massive club.

 

[Cinio Dydd Sul]

If they can't finish in the top 6 there's something radically wrong there, and as an aside what's happening at Plymouth

They'll easily be top 6. There are a lot of swans fans predicting them to be a lot lower but that's heart over head, which ironically we accuse them of doing a lot.

 

[Cinio Dydd Sul]

Fuck em

Wouldn't touch them with yours.

 

[AusinIsOurHero]

If they can't finish in the top 6 there's something radically wrong there, and as an aside what's happening at Plymouth

What is happening at Plymouth?

 

[Deleted member 1454]

I'm perfectly comfortable with them having a decent start. They'll start to think they're going to piss the division, and that's when reality will bite. This lot have previous for overestimating their capabilities.

 

[ABSwan]

What is happening at Plymouth?

Well, they've lost every game so far, one thing when you look at their fixtures so far, they've had a tougher start.

Barnsley and Orient at home, with Lincoln and Bolton away. You'd have thought they would have picked up 4-6 points with that but much tougher than Peterborough and Rotherham at home, with Port vale and Wimbledon away.

 

[Raynor94]

What is happening at Plymouth?

Lost every game under new manager Tom Cleverly

 

[ABSwan]

Well, they've lost every game so far, one thing when you look at their fixtures so far, they've had a tougher start.

Barnsley (3rd) and Orient (9th) at home, with Lincoln (7th) and Bolton (16th) away. You'd have thought they would have picked up 4-6 points with that but much tougher than Peterborough (24th) and Rotherham (17th) at home, with Port Vale (19th) and Wimbledon (14th) away.

Just to highlight, the current position of teams after 4 games

 

[eteb]

I'm perfectly comfortable with them having a decent start. They'll start to think they're going to piss the division, and that's when reality will bite. This lot have previous for overestimating their capabilities.

Where you reckon they'll finish?

 

[eteb]

Just to highlight, the current position of teams after 4 games

Yep, they literally couldn't have had an easier start. They edged past Peterborough, got battered by port vale and 92nd winner at wimbledon

 

[Ringwood]

Plymouth have lost the spine from last season especially the Ukrainian CB, Randall and Hardie and a few others. They are protesting to the board the fees have not be reinvested in the squad