Poll: Where Will Norwich Finish This Season?

[admin]

I don't think anybody has used the poll function yet, so here goes. 

 

[manno_88]

I'm sure most people will be very confident that we will go straight back up. I hope and pray for a play off finish. That should be the minimum requirements for this season. 

 

[splutcho]

I've gone top two. But it's really hard to say til we've seen how we play.

 

[lyb]

I'm sure most people will be very confident that we will go straight back up. I hope and pray for a play off finish. That should be the minimum requirements for this season. 

Fact is we're the most expensive squad in the Championship by a large margin, with the highest average player value by a large margin. Money talks, and going purely on the money side, we shouldn't actually be doing anything less than winning the league. That said, while market value is a strong indicator, it's not the be all and end all, so promotion by any route will be good enough for me. But everyone involved in the team seems very very motivated to get back on track, so I'll be behind them come what may.

 

[Wiz]

Champions.

 

[Robert Brompton]

Its the start of the season, I'm feeling positive so it has to be top two.

 

[bloodwagon]

Got to be top two, bad season if we dont

 

[mrleelee123]

Heart says top 2, head says i'll be alright with top 6.

But both my heart and my head will be able to tell you more come 6pm on Sunday

 

[KeiranShikari]

Voted top 6 but I honestly don't know. Anything 1st to 15th wouldn't really surprise me.

 

[Yellow Fever]

You have to factor in injuries and other imponderables, but so does every other team. At the moment we have a very good and balanced squad and have looked good in the pre-season preparations, which also reassures me about the management team. I'm feeling confident.

 

[Killiecanary]

Promoted.

Always good to be optimistic. I reserve the right to change my mind before Christmas though!

Actually, I think we have a squad as good as any in this division. So logically it should follow that we should be at the top end of the table. However I can't think of any other year where a good start seems to be as important as this one, Neil needs a strong first 6 games including the derby to get momentum going.

 

[Andy]

It's back to Hope & Expectations again. I've voted more in hope than expectation.

 

[Highland Canary]

We will finish lower mid table. We will settle around the playoffs before falling away in February/March and finishing in the bottom half.

 

[The Great Mass Debater]

Football is complicated and its 3 years since we played in this division, whereas most of our opposition know the division well. We will have to adjust far more than a lot of people seem to appreciate, not only to the division, but the change in our approach to games. We have to go from having had defensive discipline drilled into us and an attitude of fear of our opponents and trying not to be beaten, to going out to try and win games.

Prey has to become predator. Not as easy as it sounds. Our ambition should be to win the league, but I think we should be happy if we make the play-offs

 

[Loyal canary]

Promotion via playoffs

 

[Yellow Fever]

We will finish lower mid table. We will settle around the playoffs before falling away in February/March and finishing in the bottom half.

You have a real job to contain your enthusiasm, don't you Highland. 

 

[AndrewNickerson]

3rd. 

 

[AndrewNickerson]

With a glorious win in the play off final against Wigan!

 

[Yellow Fever]

Football is complicated and its 3 years since we played in this division, whereas most of our opposition know the division well. We will have to adjust far more than a lot of people seem to appreciate, not only to the division, but the change in our approach to games. We have to go from having had defensive discipline drilled into us and an attitude of fear of our opponents and trying not to be beaten, to going out to try and win games.

Prey has to become predator. Not as easy as it sounds. Our ambition should be to win the league, but I think we should be happy if we make the play-offs

There is a lot of truth in this, but I also think that our new manager has already brought a new approach well suited to the Championship. Last season, our main outlet was Snods, who held up play to achieve possession football. Now he's gone and we've added two strikers who, along with Hooper, will be well suited to this league. We've also got back Elliot Bennett and Surman and added Gary O'Neil, all three of whom are also well suited. We need another defender, but otherwise the changes are there now. I think we'll see this attacking pace and penetration, starting with Molineux.

 

[Branston Pickle]

I've gone for top 6 - slightly pessimistic but I reckon we should be in or around the automatic promotion places