MANAGER: Phil Brown (Dec 2006)

MAJOR INS: Steven Mouyokolo (Boulogne, £1.8m), Seyi Olofinjana (Stoke, £3m), Jozy Altidore (Villarreal, loan), Stephen Hunt (Reading, undisclosed), Kamel Ghilas (Celta Vigo, undisclosed)

MAJOR OUTS: Sam Ricketts (Bolton, undisclosed)

KEY MAN: Michael Turner (142 apps, 13 gls)
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LAST SEASON: 17th

OUR VERDICT: 20th. If winning one of their final 22 Premier League games last season does not bode well, neither does a relatively frustrating summer in the transfer market.
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