League One Fixtures 7th August 2010 Part 3

Sheffield Wednesday v Dagenham & Redbridge
Not long ago, Sheffield Wednesday were in the Premier League while Dag & Red were a non-league side. But now they meet on equal terms.
Tony Roberts will be in goal for Dagenham.

Swindon Town v Brighton & Hove Albion
Swindon were the unlucky team to lose in the play-off final but I’m sure they’ll be in contention for promotion again this season. Brighton looked like relegation fodder but they finished mid-table and I’m sure they’d love to do it again, only without the relegation fodder part.
Billy Bodin is still pretty young but maybe he’ll get into a few more Swindon squads this season. Brighton & Hove Albion have let Andrew Crofts go to Norwich City and Craig Davies go to Chesterfield and they presumably weren’t interested in turning Arron Davies’ non-contract into a contract so their Welshless.

Tranmere Rovers v Oldham Athletic
Both teams came very close to where they didn’t want to be last season so they’ll desperately want to improve.
But they’ll have to do it without their Welsh players. Tranmere’s Ash Taylor is set to be out for four months with a knee injury while Oldham have put Joe Jacobson on the transfer list so they probably won’t play him.

Walsall v Milton Keynes Dons
MK Dons started well last season but then fell away to a disappointing mid-table finish. I think it was kind of the other way around for Walsall.
Walsall have released Rhys Weston (who wanted to go for family reasons) and Mark Bradley but maybe this will give Sean Geddes a chance to get into the team.
Jermaine Easter will be looking to be MK Dons’ top scorer again. And if anyone overtakes him like Jason Puncheon last year, maybe they’ll piss off in the January transfer window to.

Yeovil Town v Leyton Orient
Both teams looked to be in precarious positions last season but they survived. They could be in trouble again this time.
Yeovil were full of Welsh players this season but Shaun MacDonald, Owain Tudur Jones, Arron Davies, Gavin Williams and Craig Davies don’t look likely to sign permanently following their loan spells. Only left back and assistant manager Nathan Jones and young player Rhys Baggridge remain but they probably won’t play very much.