Goal is to get this thread to a second page. We'll see. It may make it as a dumping ground for all lower league news...
Our heroes in Blue and White did a masterful job of clearing the decks of a sinking ship and thanks to Darren Moore's efforts have brought in 13 players who will feature for the first team this year. So far so good and the football has been downright delicious at times. I was optimistic coming into the season (I predicted 5th) and barring catastrophy, I think we might even be a bit better, though I haven't seen all of the other teams yet.
Portsmouth and Burton Albion remain the two perfect teams, with 9 from 3, with Wycombe, Wednesday, and Oxford on 7 points. Rotherham rounds out the top six on 6 points with the best GD. Big game this weekend sees Wednesday take the short trip to The New York Stadium to play Rotherham whose fans continue to assure us this is a derby. Should actually be a really fun game as Rotherham's hyper aggressive pressing destroyed us twice last season, but so far this season we seem to have the players with the skill to break a press under control. Good early season barometer for both clubs.
So far I've seen Charlton (under Nigel Atkins) who were solid, Doncaster who were okay, and Fleetwood who was poor. Preseason experts loved Wigan and Ipswich's offseasons, thought Sunderland and Charlton were ready to make the leap, and that Wycombe and Rotherham would threaten to bounce right back up. The quality of this league is not great, although it is miles ahead of where it was last time Wednesday were in this division.
Our heroes in Blue and White did a masterful job of clearing the decks of a sinking ship and thanks to Darren Moore's efforts have brought in 13 players who will feature for the first team this year. So far so good and the football has been downright delicious at times. I was optimistic coming into the season (I predicted 5th) and barring catastrophy, I think we might even be a bit better, though I haven't seen all of the other teams yet.
Portsmouth and Burton Albion remain the two perfect teams, with 9 from 3, with Wycombe, Wednesday, and Oxford on 7 points. Rotherham rounds out the top six on 6 points with the best GD. Big game this weekend sees Wednesday take the short trip to The New York Stadium to play Rotherham whose fans continue to assure us this is a derby. Should actually be a really fun game as Rotherham's hyper aggressive pressing destroyed us twice last season, but so far this season we seem to have the players with the skill to break a press under control. Good early season barometer for both clubs.
So far I've seen Charlton (under Nigel Atkins) who were solid, Doncaster who were okay, and Fleetwood who was poor. Preseason experts loved Wigan and Ipswich's offseasons, thought Sunderland and Charlton were ready to make the leap, and that Wycombe and Rotherham would threaten to bounce right back up. The quality of this league is not great, although it is miles ahead of where it was last time Wednesday were in this division.