Don Goodman backtracking (11 replies)
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Goodman believes the relegated sides from the Premier League will all be in the mix for a top two spot, depending on Leicester City’s potential points deduction.
He has also changed his mind on Birmingham City, claiming they could compete, while also expecting more from Middlesbrough, West Brom, Coventry City and Norwich City.
“That’s obviously a very difficult question at this stage, with so long left to go in the transfer window, but without wishing to be boring you’d have to go for the obvious ones,” Goodman exclusively told Football League World.
“When I say obvious, I would say Ipswich.
“When you look at the calibre of player they have at their disposal, you would expect them to be up there.
“Southampton same, they have some quality players, I do think that squad might look a little different though.
“Leicester, we don’t know how the points deduction is going to impact them, so we’ll have to wait and see on that one.
“And in terms of some of the others, with every passing signing and every passing week, having written Birmingham City out of it, you’d have to say they are assembling a really strong squad, which reminds me of Ipswich.
“And when Ipswich got into the Championship [in 2023], I kind of figured they would be in and around top half, maybe pushing for a play-off, which is how I felt about Birmingham.
“And then you look at what Ipswich have done.
“Coventry you would expect to be strong as well, Middlesbrough you would expect to do better, Norwich you would expect to do better and West Bromwich Albion you would expect to do better.
“So I’ve just rattled off a whole load of teams there.
“The one thing I do think is it’s going to be better quality, more depth to it and a really exciting race"
He has also changed his mind on Birmingham City, claiming they could compete, while also expecting more from Middlesbrough, West Brom, Coventry City and Norwich City.
“That’s obviously a very difficult question at this stage, with so long left to go in the transfer window, but without wishing to be boring you’d have to go for the obvious ones,” Goodman exclusively told Football League World.
“When I say obvious, I would say Ipswich.
“When you look at the calibre of player they have at their disposal, you would expect them to be up there.
“Southampton same, they have some quality players, I do think that squad might look a little different though.
“Leicester, we don’t know how the points deduction is going to impact them, so we’ll have to wait and see on that one.
“And in terms of some of the others, with every passing signing and every passing week, having written Birmingham City out of it, you’d have to say they are assembling a really strong squad, which reminds me of Ipswich.
“And when Ipswich got into the Championship [in 2023], I kind of figured they would be in and around top half, maybe pushing for a play-off, which is how I felt about Birmingham.
“And then you look at what Ipswich have done.
“Coventry you would expect to be strong as well, Middlesbrough you would expect to do better, Norwich you would expect to do better and West Bromwich Albion you would expect to do better.
“So I’ve just rattled off a whole load of teams there.
“The one thing I do think is it’s going to be better quality, more depth to it and a really exciting race"