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Yeah sheffield united who didnt go up and finished 11 points behind Charlton.

They got 90 points - that suggests to me the division was weak. They were awful in the championship and they had to lose their better players on relegation.

You got 101 points, which is a great achievement - but I think you lot are really underestimating the Championship and perhaps reading too much into a season where you beat the likes of Stevenage to promotion.

Maybe it is more hope for our team rather than underestimating the championship...I reckon there are good sides there, and what you saw on the telly is not always a good guide (you have signed Osbourne so Jackett sees some virtue in div 1), and you will find a variety of opinions as to how we think we will do. Personally I will be pleased to stay up, and suspect we may do better than scraping survival.

Yeah sheffield united who didnt go up and finished 11 points behind Charlton.

They got 90 points - that suggests to me the division was weak. They were awful in the championship and they had to lose their better players on relegation.

You got 101 points, which is a great achievement - but I think you lot are really underestimating the Championship and perhaps reading too much into a season where you beat the likes of Stevenage to promotion.

Given our signings so far I'd be happy with mid table ,but given the fact the none of the teams who have been promoted over the last two years have been relegated and two are now in the Prem I would suggest the gap is not quite as big as you say.

The problem with L1 is that there always seem to be relatively big clubs contesting with clubs whose average attendance is below 5,000.This season Coventry and Sheffield United look to be the big fish ,Pompey would have also been if not for the financial problems.

Norwich City and Southampton came up with very good squads already in place and had good backing in a very competitive transfer market.

You're right, the gap between the top 5 in League One and the bottom third of the Championship isn't that big.

As unpalatable as it may be for some I'd put Charlton's current team on a par with the one we got promoted with - good team spirit, organised and some players with the talent & hunger to prove themselves at a higher level. But also with some players that will be found out and a pretty limited squad.

We finished 9th off the back of a good start. No reason Charlton can't do similar. Although you do appear to have quite a tough opening month or so.

Id say you'll finish around 12th, give or take a couple of places up or down.

And I'm not saying we will get promoted because I don't think we will but to compare last years Charlton side with the Millwall side that got promoted is laughable.

Really? Don't think you've got as much as a goal threat as Steve Morison. Nor a winger creating the chances James Henry can. Nor a midfield engine as good as Liam Trotter.

But, we'll see.

Also, that Charlton side that finished a point below us was actually pretty decent on paper - perhaps the man in charge wasn't the righ one. As I think as a whole that Charlton side had more proven talent in it. And remember, with Leeds, Norwich, Southampon, us, MK Dons, Huddersfield and Swindon that was a far more competitive league that year.