Easyodds have us 5th fave for the title next year.

Behind Cardiff and Fulham - but also Derby and Wigan?

http://www.easyodds.com/online-bett...ampionship-201415/outright-winner?&1626523382

All fairly meaningless until we see everyone's ins and outs, once the transfer window has shut.

 

That's fine by me, we have been served well by the "Leeds effect" in the past!

 

Has more to do with where the bets are being made, IMO.

 

don't think its far out, the only possible dodgy one is Derby. yet to see if they can maintain what was an incredible season for them last year.

My money is on Wigan to win the league this year.

 

I think it's a fair position. Both Derby and Wigan finished the season strongly and that is a fair indication that, having not lost huge numbers of players this year, they will be there or thereabouts. Contrast this to relegated teams being much less predictable, could go either way. That's probably factored in to people betting

 

I would argue that this is mostly due to the confidence of each teams fans. The questionable appointment of Adams and not a great deal of belief with our fan base although I do see this turning around a bit. Basically we haven't been betting on norwich to win.
Cardiff fans as a whole seem, I feel rather unjustifiably, certain they're gonna win the league and Fulham fans also seem more confident than us. It's easy to see why there is confidence in derby and Wigan, they had great seasons last time out and both nearly gained promotion. Wigan will be hoping that the lack if European will help.
Personally I don't care how people are betting now. In 10 games time once we know how teams are shaping up I'd hope the odds on a norwich league win have be one very short though.

 

Spot on Dave.
The longer we go under the radar the better. Less pressure on players & manager.

 

If our fans expectations are lower this season, it will take pressure off. There are still those, misguidedly IMO, who say that if City are not in the top two after 10 games Adams should go. I doubt the Board will agree with them though. Under Lambert, we started slowly then acquired momentum as the season went on and finished second. This year, we have a much stronger squad, but also there will be players settling in. Having said that though, I'd say the odds on City are generous at the moment.

 

Well a lot of people have said they'd be happy with a play-off berth, so that tallies quite nicely. I'll take 5th then promotion through the play-offs any day.

 

i feel that's about right and its all down to the manager effect. adams is an unknown while the four above us have solskjaer (media luvvy - not that good imo), magath, rosler and mcclaren. we're fifth based on our squad rather than our manager and our squad is arguably the strongest in the division. people just aren't sure about adams so we are being written off by some

 

I fancy Derby and Wigan this year, and will take a top 6 finish happily, particularly if we get worthwhile game time to the yoof. Fancy Leeds to go down - club chairman playing a dangerous game. Trying to find odds for Redderz to finish top scorer - odds will be ridiculous. Felix to be first manager shown the door.

 

Speaking of which, anyone fancy a flutter thread when things kick off?

 

Definitely, thought about starting one last season but reckon we should have a thread where we can discuss any bets we put on.

 

Definitely munky... - really useful free app is futbol24, if you've not come across it...

 

I'd take a day out at Wembley, win or lose.

 

I have no idea why Cardiff and Fulham are so high, I think both will finish in the bottom 10, I think Solskjaer is just a disaster waiting to happen and they are worth a punt to go down.

I wouldn't swap our squad (as it stands) for any other, it is significantly better than anybody elses.

Its our manager that will give us the problems, too big an ask for someone of such little experience and I do question whether he has the nous to adapt to situations when a bad run occurs.

 

Excellent post carrabuh - especially your last paragraph. My other concern is what will happen if we get a bad run of injuries as happened to E Bennett last year.

 

5th will be great my boys really want to go to Wembley!

 

I would love to go to wembley to see norwich too but would rather not in the playoffs. Would obviously take it if automatic isn't an option but the tension would mean I hated every minute of it.

 

Correct me if I'm wrong, but the table shows the odds for winning the league ONLY. Just because we're 5th favorites to win the league doesn't necessarily me we're expected to finish 5th.