2014/15 Championship Thread

[Dolphin Ziggler]

First topic message reminder :

Well, it's all decided now.

Birmingham City
Blackburn Rovers
Blackpool
Bolton Wanderers
Bournemouth
Brentford
Brighton & Hove Underdogs
Cardiff City
Charlton Athletic
Derby County
Fulham
Huddersfield Town
Ipswich Town
Leeds United
Middlesbrough
Millwall
Norwich City
Nottingham Forest
Reading
Rotherham United
Sheffield Wednesday
Watford
Wigan Athletic
Wolverhampton Wanderers

Forest have Pearce, Leeds may have investment, Olly has reasons to be cheerful and Wigan don't have European distractions.

[FootballLight]

This Financial Fair Play doesn't seem to be very fair (pardon the pun but it had to be done. Re-read this and see if you can spot what I'm laughing at).

The FFP seems to be hindering a lot of clubs in the Championship and the Premier League. Although, it is very good for Burnley, their FFP is so good European football is coming their way apparently! You just have to be so careful nowadays with these rules it's untrue. Shows how prices in football are going sky high now. I preferred the days when FFP was virtually unspoken about and clubs in the Premier League could buy a good player (if they were mid-table or below) for £5m. I remember the summer when Reading sold Shane Long for £7m and Matt Mills for £5m. I'd say 5 years before that those would be European quality prices (not players) we were looking at! Shows how much time moved on.

10 years ago, Bony is worth £10m.
2015, Bony is worth almost £30m!

Hindering City, potentially? Step down with your prices please. It's just moronic.

[dyrewolfe]

As far as I can tell, (just judging from transfer news) it doesn't seem to be stopping any of the Premier league elite buying whoever they want, regardless of their financial situation.

I will agree it seems to be hurting a lot of Championship clubs though.

My club (Boro) for instance are having to rely on a number of loan players (thank god our manager is mates with Mourinho) and have to be extremely careful about who we buy. We have to buy and sell pretty much on a 1-in, 1-out basis.

I do worry though about what will happen if/when our loan deals end, as we will be significantly weaker without them.

[FootballLight]

I saw it when City signed Bony than the FFP may be involved somehow. Read the BBC page where the headline is Man City sign Bony it has a short paragraph on that.

Reading don't sign many players thankfully it some cases.

We only sign players that are available on the cheap and are good quality really as most clubs should be looking for. We have that and have no trouble with the FFP at this moment in time.

[NickisBHAFC]

Derby 1-0 up. Another 5-0 win i recon for derby.

[NickisBHAFC]

*2-1 win

[GSC]

Ben Mother****ing Osborn

[GSC]

Hahahahahahahahaha

[Dolphin Ziggler]

Youve gone out there and cost me money!

[GSC]

Shout out to that Meat trombone soloist Danny Mills

[GSC]

Stuart Pearce on Danny Mills' criticism. "I do apologise for putting Micah Richards in his (Mills') place at Manchester City" #nffc

Hahahahahah

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

Alex Neil for the ballon d'or

[Derbymanc]

Good win by forest and well deserved. We were shocking in the second half, long journey home back from there but we've still got it all to play for. COYR's

[GSC]

https://vine.co/v/OjvW0edFWKm

Kelvin did well not to deck the c***

[Derbymanc]

Was you there GSC? Was pretty shocking behaviour and hopefully he gets done for assault and banned for life.

We weren't too far from it and fair to say when Wilson stood up (I think i was Wilson, big bald geezer) and looked at him (last part of the vid) the 'assailant' crapped himself a little bit. Hope they all got a couple of digs in on him whilst he was held down.

[GSC]

Nah wasn't sure id have this weekend free with work.

Wilsons built, Osborn would've been a better bet, looks like he's 12

[Derbymanc]

Doesn't kick like a bloody 12 year old though (pity

Fawaz's car got some damage to it as well, dunno what goes through the minds of some of these people. We lost fair and square and got outplayed in the 2nd half. Gutted we lost but not enough to do something like that.

[GSC]

Some people are just tossers tbh

[NickisBHAFC]

What an absolute nob. Kelvin Wilson should of smacked the little cu*t

[GSC]

Kelvin Wilson would currently be held under arrest for murder if he did

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

So um, yeah, about this win in the derby kickstarting the season thing...

[NickisBHAFC]

Ipswich looked a woeful team tonight. Once again backs my theory up that the standard in this league has dropped quite considerably. Derby and Boro the only 2 legit teams that look up to going up.

Tyrone Mings - Premiership class. Give me a break.

[dyrewolfe]

I think all the top 6 teams have looked woeful at times.

As far as promotion is concerned, I think it will be a case of who is poor the least often. Its been a very tight league so far and I don't see it changing...no real standout teams.

Only been to a few games so far (also caught a couple on TV) and the general standard of football hasn't been bad...things just tend to get a bit scrappy inside the 18-yard boxes. Will admit I've seen a fair bit of woeful finishing (much of it from Boro). The amount of chances we create, we ought to have won more games, more comfortably.

Quite often games turn on mistakes or rare moments of brilliance. Still quite entertaning though...when its not hugely frustrating, that is.

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

Steven Whittaker and Bradley Johnson starting centre midfield due to injuries and suspensions today

What a time to be alive (get on the double chance Brentford/draw while it's above evens btw)

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

Told ya

Ain't gonna win many games when you're missing your three best midfielders

[GSC]

2 clubs owe nearly a combined 300m.

Neither has a transfer embargo

#FFP

[Fernando]

Watford have had a player sent off after 48 seconds...

Should be a matter of time for Bournemouth...

[Fernando]

Bournemouth 1-0 Watford

Kermogant Pen

Lee Probert is having a shocker which is why he doesn't ref PL games anymore

Was a soft pen

[Fernando]

Bournemouth 2-0 Watford - Ritchie

[Fernando]

Watford very lucky not to be down to 10 men. That was a shocking tackle by Pudil was ankle breaker that.

[Fernando]

FT Bournemouth 2-0 Watford

the Cherries go rolling on...

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

Lol Ipswich

[GSC]

Stuart who?

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http://www.backhenrystreet.co.uk/thread-24075.html#.VNaDxJ2sWSp

Just in case anyone wanted to comment on Blackpool

[Dolphin Ziggler]

Sad state of affairs

[GSC]

I'm sure Dolph would like to state for the record his comment about a sad state of affairs did not refer to either the Oystons or Blackpool Football Club

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

Seriously how the heck are the FA/FL not stepping in, it's actual persecution

[GSC]

I don't think enough is being made of the fact that Danny Collins scored

[NickisBHAFC]

It was against a Brighton? I would fancy myself on crutches to score against them.

[NickisBHAFC]

Who do we think for promotion and relegation then? 

Promoted - Derby, Boro and Bourenmouth for me. 

Relegated - Blackpool, Millwall then either  Brighton, Wigan or Rotherham.

[Guest]

Bournemouth and Derby for sure. Can't decide on the play off winner.

Blackpool, Wigan and Millwall to go down.

[westisbest]

Promotion. Derby, Bournemouth, play off winner Boro

Going down, Rotherham, Millwall, Blackpool.

[dyrewolfe]

Well we still have to play Derby and Bournemouth again, albeit away. If we can get a point from both those games, I'd fancy our chances of a top 2 spot.

[westisbest]

Be a good game tomorrow night at Dean Court.

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

Derby and Brentford to go up Autos, the might Nodge via the playoffs. Bournemouth will tail off

Blackpool all but gone, Millwall are utter Poopie and then I think Wigan will go as well

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

Jonny Howson = best player in the league

[westisbest]

Did think Bournemouth would tail off couple of months ago.

Think they may keep it up this season.

Cant see Brentford going up.

Bournemouth 1 up.

[NickisBHAFC]

Tell you what. Unless vetokle starts scoring for Charlton, they might go down.

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

Apparently Charlton fans booed there players back on the pitch from half time, you read that correct. 

Already chanting for their manager to be sacked.

[Fernando]

Can someone explain why Brentford are looking for a new manager? He's in 4th place yet they want rid?

[NickisBHAFC]

Why they got of peeters I'll never know. Joke club.

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