Championship Season Topic

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Opening Day (+ Friday)
Leeds United 1 - 0 Wolves
Barnsley 1 - 0 Middlesbrough
Birmingham 1 - 1 Charlton
Burnley 2 - 0 Bolton
Crystal Palace 2 - 3 Watford
Derby 2 - 2 Sheff Wed
Hull 1 - 0 Brighton
Ipswich 1 - 1 Blackburn
Leicester 2 - 0 Peterborough
Millwall 0 - 2 Blackpool
Nottm Forest 1 - 0 Bristol City
Cardiff 1 - 0 Huddersfield

Pleased with the Forest win, 1st opening day win in 6 years and I expected us to start slow. Negotiating for 2 right wingers too

Well done Cardiff, two welsh sides in the top flight.

Palace throwing it away?

Poor old Barnsley may finally drop this year. Would love Pboro to go, have a real hatred of them

I think Pboro are fighting really well to stay up..

We finally won!!!

Congrats to Cardiff

Be nice having 3 Welsh sides in the PL

Cardiff/Swansea and Gareth Bale

Well I don't fancy Hull to survive in the PL looking at that dross tonight. Damp squib is putting it mildy.

Awful.

They play the wingbacks system, sort of a 5-2-1-2, but I should imagine they will have to improve there squad a fair bit based on tonight

Changing their squad to another would be a good start Olly. That was punishing watching that.

Yeah not getting a shot in anger on goal against the already relegated rock bottom team at home, in a game where a win will all but secure promotion isn't exactly encouraging.

But at times this season I've seen them tear teams apart

To be fair Bruce seems to have done a very good job there. They have been very inconspicuous all season and here they are on the verge. Strange league.

But a great one all the same.

Hull are a decent side, but they'd be my tip to go straight back down. Think Reading level squad

Plus Bruce is a failure at PL level.

I can't see the formation they used tonight working in the Prem.

Especially with the midfielders they used. Quinn, Meyler and Boyd won't cut it as a midfield 3 in the Prem

Crystal Palace v Leicester City today then...

Whats your prediction then Palace fans? Ever since Ian Holloway left us he has had a terrible record against us and I dont think he has managed the winning team yet so Im hoping that run continues. I think its safe to call this a play off 6 pointer...

I dont think any previous encounters is the issue today Shot.

More about how we havent scored for 5 games and picked up only 1 pt out of 15!

The only saving grace is that so many other teams around us have been on a bad run as well. But now that we have dropped to 5th with a real threat of not getting the play off spots- is do or die at the moment!

If the players can play well then we have a chance- I just hope our players have been ripped to shreads- because this is not a run that should be possible with the attacking talent we have!!

by the way i cant really predcict this game with certainty because when you are on a bad run you can lose to anyone and leicester are a pretty decent outfit..

However we do have the quality to win and score goals..

My heart says 2-1 palace, my head says 0-3 leicester

Lets hope your head is right then

Are my eyes decieving me or has Palace scored a goal!!

Inevitably waiting for the Barnsley sucker punch

2 points dropped, opposing keeper MotM by a distance.

Probably it now

It's tough times for us teams around the play offs

Brighton look to have almost sealed it. Watford have for deffo.

Hull are second and Cardiff top.

Palace have an extra game-- will that matter mind.

Leicester Forrest and Bolton with 2 left and catching up to do

mystiroakey wrote:
Brighton look to have almost sealed it.

Nick will probably tell you otherwise Myst.

Brighton are underdogs every week in nicks mind for some reason.

I won't lie, I've enjoyed this forum much more in his absence.

He does seem to take pessimism to a whole 'nother level.

GSC wrote:Brighton are underdogs every week in nicks mind for some reason.

I won't lie, I've enjoyed this forum much more in his absence.

Has he still not been allowed back? Bless him, hes only young! I hope they dont go up though, Poyet thinks hes some sort of footballing messiah and they dont deserve to get it all so quick.

What did he get banned for?

I didnt realise he was banned!

He was being daft about something, possibly flooding chatbox or something, maybe with loads of duplicate accounts. Cant really remember, but it was bloody stupid

He was allright but jeas he would just say the most unappropraite things some times and then grow up after. I had no real problem with him even though my team was the brunt of the majority of his potty mouth

No popping of the fizzy wine ( ok white lightning cider) yet in Hull

Starting to get nervous and im not really a fan , lets hope Leicester can do the Tigers a favour on friday and then the last two games wont matter

Are Wolves going to be the next Coventry?

Kenny its nice to jump on your local team when things are going ok..

PS: I would never do that off course

mystiroakey wrote:Kenny its nice to jump on your local team when things are going ok..

PS: I would never do that off course

Not jumping on , my son plays for the tigerstrust youth team so he gets tickets every game ( i usually let grandad go with him though ) so i have seen a few games over the last couple of seasons . My lad is really getting into his football and its good to see him getting so excited about players he actually sees and gets to talk to .
When we go to Anfield he might get a glimpse of the players but its not the same .

Kenny has always been pro Hull on these boards.

By the way there should have been a whistle after my PS post.. I have been guilty...

It's great that he gets free tickets

Good luck in the prem..

mystiroakey wrote:By the way there should have been a whistle after my PS post.. I have been guilty...

It's great that he gets free tickets

Good luck in the prem..

They ysed to get the odd ticket here and then , but since the Allams took over they have really tried to involve the kids more . They have a couple of players come down to see the kids play and give out autographs and chat to them , and the kids get tickets to games which they take it in turns to use .

I think its a great idea that the club is trying to make the young kids feel apart of things .

Its good to feel part of it all!

Good on your owners

Congratulations to Cardiff city on promotion and buzzing for Craig Noone who will be playing in the Premiership next season. Just 5 years ago i believe, he was fixing roofs in Liverpool. How time flies. If they can spend a bit of money correctly they will be a decent bet to survive.

Bristol City relegated isn't much of a surprise. However im sure with S.O.D in charge next season they will have a real go at promotion. Albert Adomah im sure will go. Likely he will join Palace as the replacement for Zaha.

Hull look set to be promoted, however i would love to see Watford sneak in.

You back dude

Bet your happy arnt ya!

Just watching The Footballers Football Show on Sky Sports with the Peterborough chairman, Millwall Chief Exec, and Simon Jordan.

3 things:
1. You can see why Millwall and Peterborough are well run clubs off the pitch.
2. Learnt some stuff on Financial Fair Play.
3. Simon Jordan's a c*nt

The futures bright, the chairmans orange. Bravo to that fanzine(?). He's outdone himself if he comes across worse than those two c*nts

Great win Rovers

5 points clear with 2 games left, up to 15th with a better GD than those below us, looking safe now, although until mathematically clear I wont settle just yet.

Secure this Saturday, and we can look forward to a massive clear out this summer

Blackburn seem safe now. As you say James a big clear out and maybe put all of these problems behind them, get a new manager in and move on from them. Maybe actually understand to give him time.

I hope so Nick, I would be happy to see Gary Bowyer get the job, as long as he is backed accordingly by the board and given time and funds.

Pick that out! Leicester look well and truly done for.

2-0 to Watford and Chalaboh has just scored one of the best goals I have seen.

No joke, unbelievable strike

Cracking goal.

pretty quiet around here all of a sudden.

Watford really do play some nice stuff.

Olly wrote:Watford really do play some nice stuff.

I bet you don't see a team in yellow do that very often Olly?

FreekShow wrote:

Olly wrote:Watford really do play some nice stuff.

I bet you don't see a team in yellow do that very often Olly?

Yeah but I get to witness the glorious Michael Turner every week, so it's all swings and roundabouts