Season Preview for Your Team!

[OneDecentLester]

Thought i'd start a new thread for fans of each team to post their personal predictions on what type of season they think their team is going to have , by using the template that I've used below..

Team Name:
Chesterfield FC
Most Important Player:
Sam Hird
One to Watch this season:
Ched Evans / Gboly Ariyibi
Best Player:
Jay O'shea
Worst Player:
Liam O'Neil
Game Looking forward to Most:
Got to be Sheffield United away last game of the season when Ched scores a hattrick infront of the KOP
One Player you would take from any other team in the league and why?:
For me, it would have to be Jimmy Ryan coming back from Fleetwood as Central midfield is weakest area atm and Jimmy has the ability to control the tempo of any game at this level.
Stadium most looking forward to Visiting:
Macron Stadium or the Valley
End of Season Prediction:
7th - 10th (IF we keep key players fit)

 

[Shrimpurh]

Team Name:
Southend
Most Important Player:
Ryan Leonard
One to Watch this season:
Simon Cox / Nile Ranger (if he secures a deal)
Best Player:
Ryan Leonard
Worst Player:
John White
Game Looking forward to Most:
The first game of the season
One Player you would take from any other team in the league and why?:
Ben Reeves to replace Payne
Stadium most looking forward to Visiting:
Macron Stadium
End of Season Prediction:
12th

 

[Gator]

Team Name:
The mighty Gills
Most Important Player:
Bradley Dack (Looks like he'll still be here)
One to Watch this season:
Excited to see how Scott Wagstaff gets on
Best Player:
Dack
Worst Player:
Can't really think of one. Many would say Luke Norris. (Not me). Lee Martin's arrived with less than stellar reviews though.
Game Looking forward to Most:
Opening home game of the season, Bury
One Player you would take from any other team in the league and why?:
Ajose. Goals.
Stadium most looking forward to Visiting:
Always love Charlton away
End of Season Prediction:
7th

 

[JoeJoeJoeJoe]

Team Name:
Coventry City
Most Important Player:
Jodi Jones
One to Watch this season:
Jodi Jones/ Vladimir Gadzhev
Best Player:
Jodi Jones
Worst Player:
Ivor Lawton
Game Looking forward to Most:
Opening day
One Player you would take from any other team in the league and why?:
Zach Clough
Stadium most looking forward to Visiting:
County Ground on the opening day
End of Season Prediction:
Play-offs

 

[07.05.16]

Team Name:
Bristol Rovers
Most Important Player:
Tom Lockyer/ Matty Taylor
One to Watch this season:
Luke James
Best Player:
Tom Lockyer/ Matty Taylor/ Billy Bodin
Worst Player:
Excluding 1st/2nd year pros, Liam Lawrence for me.
Game Looking forward to Most:
Home to Millwall on the last game where we clinch promotion...
One Player you would take from any other team in the league and why?:
Gregory from Millwall, as it would form a devastating strike partnership with Matty Taylor.
Stadium most looking forward to Visiting:
Swindon away (derby) / Bolton away.
End of Season Prediction:
Hard to say really. Heart says playoffs, head says mid table (which I would be delighted with).

 

[Muzzle]

Team Name:
Bolton Wanderers
Most Important Player:
Mark Davies (if he turns up this season)
One to Watch this season:
Zack Clough
Best Player:
Mark Davies (if fit)
Worst Player:
Gary Madine (Attitude problem)
Game Looking forward to Most:
None in particular
One Player you would take from any other team in the league and why?:
Don't know many in league one
Stadium most looking forward to Visiting:
Hmm, so many we haven't been to for a long time
End of Season Prediction:
Hard to say really, this team could be equally great and ordinary

 

[Bobbin']

Team Name:
Charlton

Most Important Player:
Johnnie Jackson

One to Watch this season:
Ademola Lookman if he's still here (unlikely)

Best Player:
Lookman again probably

Worst Player:
Take your pick, Roger Johnson is particularly bad though. No wait, Morgan Fox, definitely Morgan Fox.

Game Looking forward to Most:
Swindon at home, last game of the season and it'll all be over.

One Player you would take from any other team in the league and why?:
Jordan Archer. Because our clever board have sold all our fucking goalkeepers.

Stadium most looking forward toVisiting:
Any of the ones I've never been to, Northampton maybe?

End of Season Prediction:
Lower table 13th/14th

 

[F!RTHY]

Team Name:
Bradford City

Most Important Player:
Pffffft? No idea. Paul Anderson?

One to Watch this season:
Timothee Dieng. Just gotta feeling.

Best Player:
? James Meredith

Worst Player:
Erm? No idea? One of the youth?

Game Looking forward to Most:
Bolton home and away will be interesting.

One Player you would take from any other team in the league and why?:
Deffo gotta be a striker. Erm, Billy Sharp

Stadium most looking forward toVisiting:
The Valley.

End of Season Prediction:
7th

 

[kieran_vale]

Team Name:
Port Vale
Most Important Player:
Anthony Grant (I'm only going off the none foreign players as don't have any clue how good they will be in competitive games)
One to Watch this season:
Paolo Tavares maybe
Best Player:
Anthony Grant
Worst Player:
Ryan Lloyd - not that he's necessarily shit but been here all his career and never even come close to nailing a spot in the first team
Game Looking forward to Most:
Walsall on Boxing Day or as I live near there now MK Dons away
One Player you would take from any other team in the league and why?:
Any decent forward - Gregory from Millwall
Stadium most looking forward to Visiting:
Bolton
End of Season Prediction:
Because of the huge turnover and nobody knows who the hell any of the players we've signed are god knows. I'll guess around 12-15th. One thing am more confident of is our lunatic chairman will at some point(s) make an arse of himself again

 

[Fedora Dale]

Team Name:
Rochdale

Most Important Player:
Jamie Allen (makes us tick)

One to Watch this season:
Donal McDermott. Unplayable, on his day.

Best Player:
Jamie Allen

Worst Player:
Nobody stands out. Possibly the risen-from-the-released-list Reuben Noble-Lazarus, although he has looked reasonably tidy in pre-season.

Game Looking forward to Most:
Gills away. Cos I'm a masochist...

One Player you would take from any other team in the league and why?:
We.could do with a.centre back. While signing Peter Clarke would be tempting, annoying Bury and Oldham at the same time, Rory McArdle is better and a known quantity.

ur tadium most looking forward toVisiting:
Lowestoft Town in the FA Cup. I've never been to the Far East.

End of Season Prediction:
A sneaky 6th.

 

[SaddlerJonny]

Team Name:
Walsall FC
Most Important Player:
Erhun Oztumer, he is our Romaine Sawyers replacement and everything we have seen of him has been incredibly impressive. May even be better than Sawyers, at least to us anyway.
One to Watch this season:
Kieron Morris, if he can stop being so bloody frustrating and inconsistent then he could be a star. Has a rocket of a left foot and loves to cut in from the right, if he can knuckle down and cement a first team place them he could be a fantastic talent.
Best Player:
Erhun Oztumer. This is a hard one to answer considering we've lost 9 players but again, he has looked brilliant in pre-season so far and really makes us tick.
Worst Player:
None are bad, it would be very harsh to say any of them. If I had to pick it would be Reece Flanagan who is a fantastic player until he plays for the first team where he freezes up, gets scared and puts in a performance anywhere from insensible to horror show. Out with ACL till Christmas but he could still turn into a really good player.
Game Looking forward to Most:
All of them.
One Player you would take from any other team in the league and why?:
Whichever is the best "traditional" winger in the league.
Stadium most looking forward to Visiting:
Macron.
End of Season Prediction:
12th to 16th.

 

[Big Bird]

Team Name:
Swindon Town
Most Important Player:
Jon Obika. Our only striker likely to score a goal, if he gets injured we'll be laughable up front.
One to Watch this season:
Johnny Goddard - signed from Woking. Could be a gem.
Best Player:
Jon Obika - near enough the complete forward at this level.
Worst Player:
Anton Rodgers. Just terrible. Tries the Hollywood ball too often, never seen him successfully complete a tackle, a real nothing player in 9/10 games.
Game Looking forward to Most:
Oxford home and away. Won't be looking forward to any unless we bring in 4 or 5 bodies sharpish though.
One Player you would take from any other team in the league and why?:
Ajose. Nothing but goals. Definition of a poacher. Far inferior to Obika in every other aspect of the game but his goals are simply invaluable.
Stadium most looking forward to Visiting:
Work Saturday's. May snag the day off for Oxford and Rovers.
End of Season Prediction:
Current squad - 17th or lower.
If Power brings in what we require - Anywhere in the top half. Said 9th in the other thread so will stick with that I guess.

 

[Agombar stool]

I cut and pasted from Big Bird's post as its fairly similar!!

Team Name:
Swindon Town
Most Important Player:
Jon Obika. Our only striker likely to score a goal, if he gets injured we'll be laughable up front. - Showed in the pre-season game at Woking we were absolutely lost up front without him.
One to Watch this season:
Johnny Goddard - signed from Woking. Could be a gem. And will be looking to replace some of the goals now lost by selling Ajose
Best Player:
Jon Obika - near enough the complete forward at this level.
Worst Player:
Anton Rodgers. Just terrible. Tries the Hollywood ball too often, never seen him successfully complete a tackle, a real nothing player in 9/10 games. Yep, definitely Rodgers, when he keeps things simple he's not a bad league 1 player, I think he has ideas above his station.
Game Looking forward to Most:
All of the London games, particularly Wimbledon away as that's geographically my closest game. Had a great time at Charlton away in 2010 so looking forward to that also (unless we are in the relegation zone as its the last game of the season)
One Player you would take from any other team in the league and why?:
Ajose. Nothing but goals. Definition of a poacher. Far inferior to Obika in every other aspect of the game but his goals are simply invaluable. Agreed, Obika creates, Ajose scores, we haven't replaced Ajose yet which is quite worrying at this stage of pre-season.
Stadium most looking forward to Visiting:
The Valley. Great stadium, friendly fans.
End of Season Prediction:
Current squad - 17th or lower.
If Power brings in what we require - Anywhere in the top half. Said 9th in the other thread so will stick with that I guess. Too early to predict really, need Power to bring some rabbits out of hats and fast.

 

[Jockney]

Team Name:
Millwall
Most Important Player:
Jordan Archer
One to Watch this season:
Think this is going to be Fred Onyedinma's breakout season.
Best Player:
Jordan Archer
Worst Player:
No-one especially, but I wouldn't be particularly upset if Joe Martin or Shaun Cummings left.
Game Looking forward to Most:
Charlton. Local derby and a guaranteed three points.
One Player you would take from any other team in the league and why?:
Maybe Bradley Dack or Marcus Maddison? I'm hoping one of our yoot can become that player for us this year, though. Hoping.
Stadium most looking forward to Visiting:
Can't wait to visit Sixfields again LOL
End of Season Prediction:
1st-3rd

 

[McShambles]

Team Name:
Bury
Most Important Player:
I was going to say Leon Clarke... so, erm, Nathan Cameron now!
One to Watch this season:
George Miller
Best Player:
Danny Mayor
Worst Player:
'Ballon d'Or' Tom Soares
Game Looking forward to Most:
Bolton
One Player you would take from any other team in the league and why?:
Zach Clough
Stadium most looking forward to Visiting:
The Valley
End of Season Prediction:
14th

 

[ccfctommy]

Worst Player:
Ivor Lawton

Dont want to split hairs, but our worst player is someone who have never played for us?

 

[ccfctommy]

Team Name:
Coventry
Most Important Player:
Jordan Willis - big year for him
One to Watch this season:
Jody Jones
Best Player:
Hard to tell as most have left - maybe Chris Stokes
Worst Player:
Maybe Lee Burge or Sam Ricketts
Game Looking forward to Most:
London away games. Millwall and Charlton especially.
One Player you would take from any other team in the league and why?:
Lyle Taylor or Leon Clarke - Anyone who can put the ball in the net.
Stadium most looking forward to Visiting:
I was going to say Bolton but that is midweek. Maybe Memorial Ground or Oxford.
End of Season Prediction:
Who knows? We need about 5 new players to compete for the Play offs. Top ten.

 

[Indian Dan]

Team Name:
Swindon Town
Most Important Player:
Jon Obika. Fantastic hold-up forward. Works his bollocks off
One to Watch this season
James Brophy. This ginger fella is going to be Power's next pension filler
Best Player:
Got a feeling Goddard is going to be vital for us
Worst Player:
Anton Rodgers is gash.
Game Looking forward to Most:
Coventry at home. First game of the season. Anything is still possible.
One Player you would take from any other team in the league and why?:
Ryan Jackson from Gills.
Stadium most looking forward to Visiting:
Any one can I stand at.
End of Season Prediction
14th

 

[The Hand of Dom]

Team Name:
Peterborough United
Most Important Player:
Marcus Maddison
One to Watch this season:
Paul Taylor
Best Player:
Chris Forrester
Worst Player:
Ricardo Santos, by a county mile.
Game Looking forward to Most:
Northampton
One Player you would take from any other team in the league and why?:
Matty Taylor - prolific is what we're missing. I had hopes for Angol this season but he's just broken his leg!
Stadium most looking forward to Visiting:
Never been to Wimbledon yet, so that!
End of Season Prediction:
4th

 

[JoeJoeJoeJoe]

Dont want to split hairs, but our worst player is someone who have never played for us?

Saw him play at Nuneaton last year up until they cancelled his loan. He's embarrassingly awful.

 

[valefan16]

Team Name:
Port Vale
Most Important Player:
Anthony Grant
One to Watch this season:
JJ Hooper or Nathan Smith look like they could come through and push on, Tavares or De Freitas look stand out of the foreign signings though.
Best Player:
No idea how good the foreign players are but Tavares I expect to be very good.
Worst Player:
Adam Yates or Ryan Lloyd
Game Looking forward to Most:
Bolton Away
One Player you would take from any other team in the league and why?:
Leon Clarke - Need someone to put it in the onion bag!
Stadium most looking forward to Visiting:
Bolton/Charlton
End of Season Prediction:
7th-10th

 

[UTS]

Team Name:
Bury FC
Most Important Player:
Hard to say, haven't seen any of the new signings yet, from who I've seen, Mayor and Nathan Cameron
One to Watch this season:
Greg Leigh possibly, Miller from the youth seems to bang them in wherever he plays.
Best Player:
Hard to say again due to making 8 new signings.. Zeli Ismail seems alright as does Neil Danns.
Worst Player:
We no longer have Danny Pugh thank fuck! probably Tom Pope, he's awful.
Game Looking forward to Most:
Bolton at home.
One Player you would take from any other team in the league and why?:
Bury born Nicky Ajose from Charlton.
Stadium most looking forward to Visiting:
The Macron and thats about it.

End of Season Prediction:
Impossible to say at this stage.. yes we've lost the two Clarke's, but we have strengthened in other areas, and have signed two CB's to replace Clarke. If we didn't have the most incompetent manager in the FL managing us, I'd say 12th based off of our team on paper, but with Flitcroft it could be anywhere from 24th to 18th.

 

[ComeOnIrene]

Team Name:
Bristol Rovers
Most Important Player:
Matty Taylor. It could easily have been defender Tom Lockyer but it's goals that win games, not clean sheets.
One to Watch this season:
Billy Bodin. For a lad who was on a pittance when he first signed a short-term deal after a trial last summer, Bodin turned into an absolute diamond of a player for us last year. A striker by trade, he was utilised on the right wing by Darrell Clarke and was the perfect wide man - he scored 13 goals, assisted numerous others and had the ability to put full backs on their backside with his trickery. I think he'll make a similar impact again this season as he is growing in confidence all the time.
Best Player:
Tom Lockyer. The boy is only 21 but is already a solid and reliable centre half. He is getting better all the time and within the next couple of years he'll be playing in the Championship (hopefully with us, but I can't see us progressing quite that quickly).
Worst Player:
I feel bad naming anyone who has been a part of one or both of our back-to-back promotions, but I'll be completely honest and say Ollie Clarke (not counting first or second year pros). I really like him and desperately want him to do well, but frankly for a centre midfielder he isn't really good at anything in particular - he's not a great passer, he's poor in possession, he isn't a presence defensively and he isn't exactly a goalscorer either, so when he's in the team I'm left wondering what he actually brings to the party. The fact he is Bristolian buys him a lot of patience with supporters, but on a personal level I struggle to see him making an impact in League One. I would love to be proved wrong though.
Game Looking forward to Most:
Our games with Swindon always have a bit of spice about them, so I'll go for them. I would have said Sheff Utd or Bolton away, but they are both on Tuesday nights which is massively frustrating.
One Player you would take from any other team in the league and why?:
Jordan Archer. I've heard and seen some very good things about him and the goalkeeping position is one I am worried about, so getting one of the best in League One would be nice.
Stadium most looking forward to Visiting:
The Macron and The Valley.

End of Season Prediction:
Forgot to do this bit originally! I don't think we will be pushing for a third consecutive promotion, but I do think we will surprise a few people. We still need to add a couple of players so hopefully that will improve us further, but even as it stands I think a mid-table finish is realistic. There is a feel-good factor around the club and the team spirit is the best I've known, so I wouldn't rule out a top half finish if we can get off to a good start - that would represent a superb season.

 

[Bottega Don]

Team Name:
Scunthorpe United
Most Important Player:
Paddy Madden - He pretty much carries us.
One to Watch this season:
Hakeeb Adelakun - finished last season in fantastic form and seems to have regained his confidence that Robins shattered.
Best Player:
Jamie Ness - Madden is our most important but Ness is our best, he makes us tick and he's an unreal passer.
Worst Player:
Jack King - One of the worst footballers I've ever seen.
Game Looking forward to Most:
We don't have a derby this year so it will probably be a London trip like Charlton.
One Player you would take from any other team in the league and why?:
Ian Henderson from Rochdale, he's been excellent every time I've seen him.
Stadium most looking forward to Visiting:
Macron Stadium, never been to it myself.
End of Season Prediction:
We will probably do what we do most years. After an excellent end to last season, we will struggle to start with and the fans will get on Alexander's back straight away and he will be sacked. We will then bring in Adkins who guides us to mid table. It's just our way, we think we're Chelsea the way we sack managers nowadays.

 

[Saddlerrad]

Team Name:
Walsall
Most Important Player:
Adam Chambers
One to Watch this season:
Rico Henry/Kieron Morris/Florent Cuvelier
Best Player:
Rico Henry/Franck Moussa
Worst Player:
N/A - haven't seen half the team play yet.
Game Looking forward to Most:
Port Vale away on Boxing Day.
One Player you would take from any other team in the league and why?:
Bradley Dack/Leon Clarke. One is quality and the other is guaranteed 20-25 goals in League One every single season.
Stadium most looking forward to Visiting:
Non, basically been to all the away grounds in this league that I'll be attending this season and most are shit/standard/dull.
End of Season Prediction:
18th. Too many risky players when it comes to injury, got virtually 9 of the first XI to settle into the side. No goalscorers, no cover at full back and a lack of pace, all that tied into a club where expectations will naturally be higher this season and we are working under a rookie manager with a 'risky' kind of work ethic/attitude that could go either way in terms of motivating or pissing players off.

 

[joethegill]

Team Name:
Gillingham
Most Important Player:
Dack
One to Watch this season:
Emmanuel Osadebe
Best Player:
Dack
Worst Player:
Tricky. Our forwards aren't great, so one of Donnelly or Norris
Game Looking forward to Most:
Charlton at home
One Player you would take from any other team in the league and why?:
As mentioned above, our strikers aren't great. Ajose would be good.
Stadium most looking forward to Visiting:
Erm....Bolton.
End of Season Prediction:
8th. Hopefully with not as big a let down as last season though.

 

[SF_]

Worst Player:
Jack King - One of the worst footballers I've ever seen.

Weird how it just doesn't work at certain clubs. King was more than competent for us in the centre of a back three and did a job in midfield and up front on occasion, remember him having a good game at right back too, away at Doncaster.

 

[Strawberry_Jam]

Team Name:
Northampton Town
Most Important Player:
Marc Richards. The focal point and needs to stay fit.
One to Watch this season:
Rod McDonald (probably a bit too early for neo-pro Shaun McWilliams)
Best Player(s):
Adam Smith & John-Joe O'Toole.
Worst Player(s):
Our defence was our weak spot last year, so probably Cresswell and Diamond will be exposed for their lack of pace a division up, they might not be first choice anyway.
Game Looking forward to Most:
Peterborough (also Sheff Utd for Chris Wilder)
One (I'll take three please) Player you would take from any other team in the league and why?:
Ricky Holmes just because. Also we need a goal poacher so Matty Taylor. Obviously haven't seen much League One but Marcus Maddison has scored some great goals and we need a left footed winger.
Stadium most looking forward to Visiting:
Bramall Lane and The Valley (A few would have been to the Reebok a few seasons ago, well 7.) I apologise for anyone having to visit Northampton.
End of Season Prediction:
Bottom half, the aim should be top half. 15th

 

[Matt_]

Team Name:
Shrewsbury Town
Most Important Player:
Very difficult to pick one, but probably either Abu Ogogo (for all the largely unseen but vital work he does in front of the back four) or Jayson Leutwiler for how many points his goalkeeping displays save us over a season.
One to Watch this season:
Again difficult to pick one, but possibly first year pro Ethan Jones who plays up front and looks like he has a chance of making an impact. Of the summer signings Jim O'Brien is likely to be the most eye catching.
Best Player:
Jayson Leutwiler, or maybe Adam El Ebd if he can show the kind of commanding form I know he is capable of.
Worst Player:
Richie Wellens, on his showings at the club so far. A shadow of a once very good player who is now transfer listed.
Game Looking forward to Most:
I guess the games against Bolton will be the most interesting on paper.
One Player you would take from any other team in the league and why?:
Given the lack of quality we currently have in forward positions it would be any one of the proven goalscorers from other League 1 clubs.
Stadium most looking forward to Visiting:
The Valley, it's been a long time since we were last there. I think it predates the redevelopment by some way, a fine old ground it was before the redevelopment.
End of Season Prediction:
Heart (rather optimistically) says 17th to 20th, head says 21st to 24th.

 

[womble76]

Jeez so other than one millwall fan everyone else thinks their side is pretty average. Should be entertaining.