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After close call with the bottom-three last campaign, Millwall have managed to steady the ship, despite changing managers. It can often be difficult to find bright lights when you sit 14th in the table, but Millwall certainly have one in the form of young winger, Romain Esse.
Last season, Des Buckingham’s Oxford United defied the odds, dominating heavy favourites Bolton Wanderers, to win the League One Play-Off Final 2-0. With a step up, comes new pressure, and Oxford have once again been written off, with many bookies having them as favourites to head straight back down. Despite the media having its day on the Oxfordshire club, I believe this team can stay up, and pick up some scalps along the way.
The final member of the crazy gang that is the EFL, is League Two. The gateway to the league to the EFL is always the hardest to predict, with stories like Crawley Town’s relegation favourites to play-off promotion, Forest Green Rovers double drop and the continuation of Wrexhams upward trajectory being just a few that have occurred in the fourth tier of English football.
The Championship’s middle sibling, League One is as stacked as ever, with big spenders Birmingham City adding to the mix, alongside as Huddersfield Town, who were in the play-off final only two years ago and Hollywood’s sweetheart team, Wrexham.
English professional football returns this week with the EFL getting underway on Friday. Tiers two through four kick off their campaigns as teams up and down the country look to navigate our wonderful football pyramid, hopefully going in the right direction.
A player more than familiar to fans of the EFL is Ronnie Edwards. The highly touted Peterborough defender will get his chance in the top-flight with newly promoted Southampton.
Coventry City face a task on their hands if they’re to keep hold of star midfielder Gustavo Hamer. The Brazilian-born player looks set on a move to a Premier League team after he nearly guided his side there, scoring in the Play-Off Final, albeit in vain.
Michael Olise is a young French attacking midfielder who is currently on the books of Reading.
After being saved from impending doom last week, Wanderer’s began the task of building a squad under new manager Keith Hill.
If you’ve read pretty much anything that I’ve written, then its more than obvious what my view of the English Football League is.
It’s April 2019 and I can name at least four teams that might not make the end of the season.
1-1, probably the right result, all things being considered but I feel this was one of Wanderers better performances over the last couple of months.
Adam Le Fondre, the world’s most potent striker, or at least that’s what he has been to Bolton Wanderers fans over the last three years. And to make it worse, I think he’d make a massive difference to the team today.
