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For the end of the season. I'm going for;

1.) Luton

2.) Grimsby
3.) Rushden
4.) Crawley
5.) Fleetwood

6.) York
7.) Newport County
8.) AFC Wimbledon
9.) Mansfield
10.) Darlington
11.) Cambridge
12.) Wrexham
13.) Altrincham
14.) Gateshead
15.) Barrow
16.) Kidderminster
17.) Tamworth
18.) K*ttering
19.) Southport
20.) Eastbourne

21.) Forest Green
22.) Hayes & Yeading
23.) Bath
24.) Histon

I'd take that now if offered it. Btw, seeing as you've got Grimsby up there in second, could you tell me your thoughts? Not disputing they might end up there, but I don't really know enough about Grimsby's current squad to make a judgement so would be interested to hear from someone who does.

1. Luton
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2. York
3. Cambridge
4. Crawley
5. Grimsby
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6. AFC Wimbledon
7. Rushden
8. Fleetwood
9. Kidderminster
10. Darlington
11. Newport
12. K*ttering
13. Barrow
14. Wrexham
15. Mansfield
16. Gateshead
17. Altrincham
18. Southport
19. Tamworth
20. Bath
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21. Eastbourne
22. Forest Green
23. Hayes
24. Histon (Doubt they'll make the end of the season, if they do it'll be one of the lowest points totals ever.)

Why do you put K*ttering so low BR? They seem to have re-signed most of their squad from last season and Harper isn't that bad a manager is he?

To be truthful i'm guessing a little bit with Grimsby, but if your going to get consistently high crowds then your going to give yourself half a chance. Also I don't personally think they were that bad a team last season at the end, they had a 23 game (or something like that) winless run mid-season which put them in that position but the manager changed things up a bit at the end.

Re: K*ttering, they were poor since Cooper left them, i do actually think Harper is a poor manager, and they have poor players. Simple as that. Out of interest why have you put Cambridge so high? They were poor last season and have lost Crow and Gleeson since.

1. Lu'un
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2. Grimsby
3. York
4. Cambridge
5. RDFC
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6. Darlington
7. Mansfield
8. Crawley
9.Wrexham
10. Fleetwood
11. Newport Cty
12. Kiddy
13. Barrow
14. Klattering
15. Altrincham
16. Barrow
17. Tamworth
18. Bath
19. Gateshead
20. Southport
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21. Eastbourne
22. Hayes and Yeading
23. Forest Green
24. Histon

I don't think we should all expect so much of us.

We've lost Stoney and Terry, so are weaker than last year and I think we will struggle to emulate last years success. Top 8 is more realistic in my opinion!

Luton
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Grimsby
York
Crawley
Diamonds
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KTFC

Keep telling myself that I don't want to expect playoffs from the lads but more hope for it, but looking down the table I can just feel that we can do it.

BartonRaz wrote:To be truthful i'm guessing a little bit with Grimsby, but if your going to get consistently high crowds then your going to give yourself half a chance.

So going by that Cambridge should also be up in the play-offs? ;)

Ling has got them playing well at the back end of last season, I think they'll push on.

Just a point about high crowds and all that. When Dagenham and Morecambe went up, they were both averaging 1500 that year! Tougher league than when they went up, but just something to point out.

I think K*ttering will finish higher up than 18th, unfortunately.