2017/18 League TwoTable Predictions

[PaulHaddock]

1. Barnet
2. Lincoln
3. Grimsby
4. Coventry
5. Notts County
6. Cambridge
7. Forest Green
8. Luton
9. Mansfield
10. Port Vale
11. Wycombe
12. Exeter
13. Swindon
14. Chesterfield
15. Carlisle
16. Stevenage
17. Colchester
18. Cheltenham
19. Crewe
20. Yeovil
21. Newport
22. Crawley
23. Accrington
24. Morecambe

Best post I've ever seen on this site.

 

[WH_Stag]

1. Coventry
2. Luton
3. Mansfield
4. Swindon Town
5. Colchester
6. Exeter
7. Wycombe
8. Crewe
9. Stevenage
10. Chesterfield
11. Port Vale
12. Mansfield Reserves / Lincoln
13. Accrington
14. Barnet
15. Cambridge
16. Notts County
17. Yeovil
18. Carlisle
19. Cheltenham
20. FGR
21. Morecambe
22. Grimsby
23. Newport
24. Crawley

 

[Indian Dan]

We're in twice!

 

[GTFCfish]

We're in twice!

Shows how well he thought it out to have you 4th and 15th.

 

[Tom_CUFC]

1. Luton
2. Coventry
3. Mansfield
4. Chesterfield
5. Colchester
6. Swindon
7. Exeter
8. Port Vale
9. Notts County
10. Crewe
11. Cambridge
12. Lincoln
13. Forest Green
14. Grimsby
15. Stevenage
16. Wycombe
17. Barnet
18. Accrington
19. Carlisle
20. Yeovil
21. Cheltenham
22. Newport
23. Morecambe
24. Crawley

 

[oakroader]

oh how we'll laugh.....
all you cocky fuckers saying luton gonna win the league...
all you johnny big bollocks saying its luton's for the taking..
you fuckers give luton a bad name....
fuck off you "think you know it all" shits.....
ahem!!...for the record...you have more faith than some of us luton fans....
oakey

 

[Indian Dan]

Any team who have had a decent season but not got promoted and then build on it instead of selling everything that moves (see Swindon 2 years ago) , must have a great chance the following season.

Our Boxing Day game looking tasty!

 

[PoolieTom]

1. Hartlep... oh for fucks sake.



1. Colchester
2. Coventry
3. Luton
4. Mansfield
5. Exeter
6. Chesterfield
7. Cambridge
8. Swindon
9. Notts County
10. Wycombe
11. Port Vale
12. Carlisle
13. Lincoln
14. Accrington
15. Grimsby
16. Stevenage
17. Barnet
18. Crewe
19. Yeovil
20. FGR
21. Cheltenham
22. Crawley
23. Newport
24. Morecambe

 

[Vanni]

Any team who have had a decent season but not got promoted and then build on it instead of selling everything that moves (see Swindon 2 years ago) , must have a great chance the following season.

Our Boxing Day game looking tasty!

Agreed. Oakey may think otherwise but Luton look like genuine title contenders and personally I think they'll make the top 3. I have my doubts on their manager as he's still relatively young and therefore inexperienced , but their squad should be good enough to go up. But, to be fair to Oakey and his fellow Hatters, this is certainly not the first time they're everybody's favs for promotion so the fans scepticism is somewhat justified.

 

[jacobncfc]

I think that Luton have got the best team on paper but would have Coventry and Mansfield ahead of them still when you factor in the managers.

 

[joethegill]

1. Coventry
2. Chesterfield
3. Luton
4. Port Vale
5. Mansfield
6. Swindon
7. Wycombe
8. Cambridge
9. Notts County
10. Exeter
11. Stevenage
12. Colchester
13. Lincoln
14. Carlisle
15. Grimsby
16. Crewe
17. Morecambe
18. Crawley
19. Barnet
20. Yeovil
21. FGR
22. Newport
23. Cheltenham
24. Accrington

 

[HadleyBee]

1. Coventry
2. Luton
3. Chesterfield
4. Mansfield
5. Swindon
6. Exeter
7. Cambridge
8. Accrington
9. Wycombe
10. Port Vale
11. FGR
12. Barnet
13. Notts County
14. Crewe
15. Carlisle
16. Lincoln
17. Grimsby
18. Stevenage
19. Colchester
20. Morecambe
21. Cheltenham
22. Newport
23. Yeovil
24. Crawley

 

[LongEatonPie]

Well we managed to get Grant back on a season loan so that top half finish now looking like a play off spot. Another quality defender and a CF and we will be looking decent.

 

[jacobncfc]

Grant is the kind of player that can turn a solid, organised team into one capable of challenging, feeling pretty confident now.

 

[George Reilly's Hairpiece]

1. Barnet

1. Barnet

12. Barnet

What the hell man?! There's no way this prediction league is being scored in May. Get with the programme.

 

[CrazyImp]

I think the majority of posters need to revise their current placing for us.

I shall do mine at the start of August.

 

[Big Bird]

Luton and Cov would be my top two currently. Expect Chesterfield, Mansfield, Exeter to have good seasons, Lincoln could get themselves into the play offs.

Not predicted the table yet but just want it on record that I was always a Lincoln believer.

 

[cufc17]

I think the majority of posters need to revise their current placing for us.

I shall do mine at the start of August.

Thanks for the advice, I've changed it now

1. Exeter
2. Luton
3. Colchester
4. Coventry
5. Notts County
6. Accrington
7. Mansfield
8. Cambridge
9. Lincoln Grimsby
10. Carlisle
11. Stevenage
12. Chesterfield
13. Crewe
14. Wycombe
15. Swindon
16. Port Vale
17. Forest Green
18. Grimsby Lincoln
19. Newport
20. Barnet
21. Cheltenham
22. Morecambe
23. Yeovil
24. Crawley

 

[Baratheon]

1.Luton
2.Coventry
3.Exeter
4.Mansfield
5.Swindon
6.Port Vale
7.Cambridge
8.Colchester
9.Carlisle
10.Wycombe
11.Notts County
12.Crewe
13.Lincoln
14.Accrington
15.Cheltenham
16.Grimsby
17.Stevenage
18.Chesterfield
19.Forest Green
20.Barnet
21.Yeovil
22.Newport
23.Crawley
24.Morecambe

 

[valefan16]

1 Luton Town
2 Coventry City
3 Mansfield Town
4 Chesterfield
5 Swindon Town
6 Port Vale
7 Wycombe Wanderers
8 Exeter City
9 Notts County
10 Cambridge United
11 Lincoln City
12 Stevenage
13 Colchester United
14 Carlisle United
15 Barnet
16 Crewe Alexandra
17 Grimsby Town
18 Forest Green Rovers
19 Accrington Stanley
20 Yeovil Town
21 Cheltenham Town
22 Newport County
23 Crawley Town
24 Morecambe

That's my stab at it, Morecambe's financial woes catch up with them and Crawley struggle as their continue there recent downward spiral since making League One.

All 4 relegated teams have decent seasons but Luton and Mansfield's heavy spending see them promoted along with a rare success for a shrewd Coventry outfit. Lincoln have a decent first season and Notts County continue to improve under Nolan. Forest Green Rovers have a steady debut season and consolidate.

 

[GloverGing]

1. Luton
2. Coventry
3. Mansfield
4. Port Vale
5. Chesterfield
6. Notts Co.
7. Exeter
8. Cambridge
9. Lincoln
10. Swindon
11. Wycombe
12. Colchester
13. Stevenage
14. Carlisle
15. Grimsby
16. Barnet
17. Crewe
18. Accrington
19. Forest Green
20. Yeovil
21. Newport
22. Cheltenham
23. Morecambe
24. Crawley

 

[AdamStag]

https://footyaccumulators.com/league-two-1718-betting-tips-odds/

 

[jacobncfc]

One of the relegated teams almost always struggles, Vale being my bet for that this year.

 

[valefan16]

One of the relegated teams almost always struggles, Vale being my bet for that this year.

Long as we sign a half decent left back I expect us to do well. Comparing the last side we had that struggled at this level (Glovers awful 2008-09 side) this side is far better, most of that side ended up in the Irish, Lower Scottish or local non league sides such as Stafford Rangers and Kidsgrove.

We've kind of flew under the radar building a modestly decent outfit, have arguably one of the best centre halves in the league (Nathan Smith) and think we will be strong, especially at home (although weve been decent at home for a couple of years now). Our hopes of challenging are and will be how we do away from Vale Park after only 2 away wins in all comps in 16 months.

 

[jacobncfc]

You look to ring all of the alarm bells to me. Average looking squad, completely unproven manager, owner who doesn't really want to be there. Don't think you'll go down or anything but you've got a disappointing 17th placed finish all over you IMO.

Please note that this is my opinion and it's unlikely to have any correlation with anything that actually happens.

 

[leedsvaliant]

You look to ring all of the alarm bells to me. Average looking squad, completely unproven manager, owner who doesn't really want to be there. Don't think you'll go down or anything but you've got a disappointing 17th placed finish all over you IMO.

Please note that this is my opinion and it's unlikely to have any correlation with anything that actually happens.

From the outside, I can see where you are coming from. Add to the fact that this is virtually a brand new team 1-11, which doesn't always go smoothly. Also, it's often the case that relegated teams don't do as well as they think they will.

Having said that, our owner has virtually zero input into anything to do with the club, and I suspect as soon as he receives the likely windfall from the sale of Hugill, he will accept one of the offers on the table. The place is ran by our Chief Executive, who makes all the major decisions on transfers etc. and seems like a guy who knows what he is doing.

Brown and Morgan lack experience yes, but I'm certain they won't tolerate anything less than 100% effort and commitment, which at this level often means winning more than losing.

I believe that Brown has recruited wisely so far with the likes of Pope, Kay, Wilson and Barnett providing the experience alongside slightly younger players such as Pike and Montano. Pope is still a good player at this level and he could really create the space for Pike to score. That amount of experienced old heads and leaders will see us through a number of games. Supplement this with a decent couple of loan signings in the next couple of weeks and I think our squad looks more capable than a lot in this league.

Put it this way, our squad looks far better than last season and we got relegated on the final day from the league above. I expect us to be top half minimum - 17th would be a disaster considering our size and budget relative to others in the league (believed to be in the top 8 budgets).

 

[valefan16]

Agree with most of that, the aim from top to bottom of the club is play offs minimum and anything less would be disappointing all be it not necessarily expected.

Smurf taking a backward seat is a positive as he was a PR disaster and lacked football experience, the CEO running it has improved PR and knows what he is doing so if anything it is a positive. Budget is decent but some may have been used to pay off the unwanted players who were under contract like Mbamba, Reg, Kiko.

Nathan Smith should stand out at this level and if he isn't sold during the next 10 months will be a huge plus, add a half decent left back to Lawrie Wilson, Nathan Smith, Anthony Kay and you have a decent defence mixed with experience and youth.

Brown and Morgan are hard men of football so should get us physically up for it and Kellys experience will be key. Brown has built this squad so will have no excuses if he fails, he cant say he hasn't had the tools to build it this time, its just a shame he only finally cracked the solution to our away issues in the last 2 games of the season leaving us to much to do or we wouldn't be here!

Decent left back, Callum Guy returning on loan, hopefully get Chris Eagles to sign or another attack minded midfielder and I believe we will do well... but this is Vale after all so wouldn't shock me if we did flop!

 

[oakroader]

Luton reserves only lose one nill at home to ex premiership champions Leicester city.....
ha ha ....go on you mugs....shit yourselves now !!!!

 

[kieran_vale]

The defence should be alright but I just don't see this team scoring enough goals or indeed creating enough chances. There's going to be a lot of clubs who will come to VP like last time we were down here and just shut up shop and I'm not convinced unless Eagles does re-sign there is anywhere near enough creativity to counter that. I'd say around 11th and 14th for Vale at a rough guess right now.

 

[Lance Stoe]

1 Luton
2 Lincoln
3 Accrington
4 Colchester
5 Mansfield
6 Exeter
7 Notts County
8 Swindon
9 Port Vale
10 Barnet
11 Cheltenham
12 Smellys
13 Chesterfield
14 Crewe
15 Morecambe
16 Crawley
17 Newport
18 Coventry
19 Carlisle
20 Wycombe
21 Forest Green
22 Cambridge
23 Yeovil
24 Stevenage