I SEE that Nottingham Forest have been quoted at 12-1 to win the Championship next season. And 7-2 to get promotion.
Now I've been known to have a bet or two in the past and I might just be tempted to have a flutter on them....but I think I'll look round for better odds first. Every pound in my pocket is a prisoner!
Obviously, the relegated clubs are going to have to shed some of their best players. But there will still be plenty of quality in the Championship next season.
There's Brighton, Wigan, Reading, QPR, Bolton and Leeds for starters. It is going to be an even tough league to get out this time around.
I tipped Brighton go up via the play-offs. I thought they would go through 2-0 or even 3-0, but all credit to Palace.
Palace also had a match-winner in Wilfried Zaha, who joins Manchester United next season. Give a player like him any space and he will punish you nine times out of ten.
Brighton have now suspended Gus Poyet and some of his backroom staff. What's that all about? It can't be for failing to get promotion, because he's done a great job there.
Was it something he said? Or have they heard that he has been tapped up by another club?
The clubs coming down from the Premier League might have their parachute payments and all that, but just look at what happened to Wolves last season!
They couldn't win a game in the Championship and have gone down for a reason.
In Forest's case, a lot will depend on how much cash is made available to the manager and who he decides to bring in.
Forest have already been linked with the old Stags lad, Baptiste, at Blackpool.
Scottish international Charlie Adam is another whisper, as is Reading striker Adam Le Fondre.
Now Le Fondre scores goals for fun. But would he come to Forest?
Midfielder Adam also has a proven track record and has a good head on him. He's also got a great left foot, is good a dead-ball situations and knows how to look after himself in midfield.
But I wasn't too impressed when I saw him play against Wales. He looked to be sulking. It might just be that his best days are behind him.
A club like Forest is always going to be linked with players. But I take it with a pinch of salt until I see that they have signed.
It doesn't look as though Billy Sharp is coming back to the City Ground, and that would be a shame.
I wouldn't blame him because he spent too much time warming the bench. And, when he did get a game, they didn't play to his strengths.
There is talk of him joining Reading. But why would Nigel Atkins sign him? Didn't he send him out on loan when he was Southampton boss?
It's a shame that Forest have parted company with John Pemberton again, because he always does a good job for the club. But Forest's loss is Bristol City's gain as he links up with Sean O'Driscoll again.
I wonder where Chris Fairclough these days? Last I heard he was looking after the kids at Charlton.
I was sorry when he left Forest after the departure of Billy Davies because he had been a fantastic servant to the club.
He is the ideal man to have on the coaching staff and is a great example to the kids.
He was a tremendous footballer and a credit to his profession. He was also a very nice lad, by the way.
You wouldn't find him rolling about the pitch pretending to be hurt or waving imaginary yellow cards at the referee.
