2014/15 Championship Thread

[Dolphin Ziggler]

First topic message reminder :

Read an awful article on top 50 managers under 50. Katanga higher than Howe and Dyche, to name just two.

[Nico the gman]

Sherwood is da man.

Dont really care what his personality is like(seems ok to me).
Very passionate unlike Lambert was.

He is doing well for us and thats all that matters in the end.

Can't argue with that, results that count, hope you wallop Arsenal.

[GSC]

Probably the most overly defensive post I've seen on this site.

Until a United fan next posts

[GSC]

I'm still laughing at FLs temper tantrum

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

Abysmal defending just awful

[Nico the gman]

Abysmal defending just awful

How bad is that Brighton defence 2 chances to clear, my granny could have defended it, and you don't  give bullhead a chance like that.

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

Chances of a Chris hughton side pulling off a comeback #0% #hughtonball

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

Frak off Brighton you useless Muppet, seriously how hard is it to just put the ball in the net

[Nico the gman]

Didn't expect Brighton to do anything today, and they didn't disappoint, the league doesn't lie Brighton are garbage.

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

Grabban punches someone and now misses the playoff semis as well

Idiot

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

Pringle does the same top Dorrans, Ruddy ends up getting booked

One of these refs it seems

[Fernando]

#UndercoverCherry

[Fernando]

Fulham 1-0 Middlesborough


As it stands Watford are promoted....

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

MICHAEL TURNER WHAT A MAN

[Dolphin Ziggler]

FOR THE GOOD OF FOOTBALL DERBY WILL YOU PLEASE SORT YOUR SH*T OUT

[Fernando]

Today's Live Matches►

HT Birmingham City (0) 0 0 (0) Charlton Athletic
FT Brighton & Hove Albion (0) 0 2 (1) Watford
HT Cardiff City (2) 2 0 (0) Blackpool
HT Fulham (1) 1 0 (0) Middlesbrough
HT Huddersfield Town (1) 1 2 (2) Blackburn Rovers
HT Ipswich Town (1) 1 0 (0) Nottingham Forest
HT Millwall (2) 2 1 (1) Derby County
HT Reading (0) 0 1 (1) Brentford
HT Rotherham United (0) 0 0 (0) Norwich City
FT Sheffield Wednesday (1) 1 2 (0) Leeds United
HT Wigan Athletic (0) 0 1 (1) Wolverhampton Wanderers


Live League Table

P W D L F A +/- Pts
P Watford 45 27 7 11 90 49 +41 88
2 AFC Bournemouth 44 24 12 8 92 45 +47 84
3 Middlesbrough 45 25 9 11 65 34 +31 84
4 Norwich City 45 24 11 10 83 45 +38 83
5 Ipswich Town 45 22 12 11 69 50 +19 78
6 Derby County 45 21 13 11 83 52 +31 76
7 Brentford 45 22 9 14 74 59 +15 75
8 Wolverhampton Wanderers 45 21 12 12 66 54 +12 75

[Fernando]

Daniel Ayala you beautiful man

Fulham 2-0 Middlesborough - Ross McCormack Pen

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

GOAL GOAL GOAL GOAL GOAL GOAL GOAL GOOOOOOAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLL

[Fernando]

You ****

Middlesborough 1-2 Fulham
Norwich 1-0

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

DEFEND FOR YOUR LIVES YOU GLORIOUS YELLOW BASTARDS

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

FOOTBALL IS HAPPENING

[Fernando]

Fulham 3-1 Middlesborough - Ross McCormack pen

George Friend S/O

[Fernando]

Fulham 3-2 Boro

Daniel Ayala you utter ****

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

I can't handle this

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

Oh my god they just missed an open goal

[Fernando]

Fulham 3-3 Middlesborough

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

[Fernando]

Rotherham 1-1 Nodge

WTF is going on here

cmon Fulham

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

They're gonna score again in a minute

[Fernando]

Fulham 4-3 Middlesborough

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

This league is just mental, properly mental

[Fernando]

FT Fulham 4-3 Middlesborough

All down to your lot now Olly. If don't win then Bournemouth can effectively go up on Monday with monster GD

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

All over - red card screwed us over

[Fernando]

FT Rotherham 1-1 Norwich

Watford are promoted to the Premier League

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

I need a strong drink

What an afternoon

[Fernando]

Today's Live Matches►

FT Birmingham City (0) 1 0 (0) Charlton Athletic
FT Brighton & Hove Albion (0) 0 2 (1) Watford
FT Cardiff City (2) 3 2 (0) Blackpool
FT Fulham (1) 4 3 (0) Middlesbrough
FT Huddersfield Town (1) 2 2 (2) Blackburn Rovers
FT Ipswich Town (1) 2 1 (0) Nottingham Forest
90+ Millwall (2) 3 3 (1) Derby County
FT Reading (0) 0 2 (1) Brentford
90+ Rotherham United (0) 1 1 (0) Norwich City
FT Sheffield Wednesday (1) 1 2 (0) Leeds United
90+ Wigan Athletic (0) 0 1 (1) Wolverhampton Wanderers

Live League Table

P W D L F A +/- Pts
P Watford 45 27 7 11 90 49 +41 88
2 AFC Bournemouth 44 24 12 8 92 45 +47 84
3 Middlesbrough 45 25 9 11 68 37 +31 84
4 Norwich City 45 24 11 10 84 46 +38 83
5 Ipswich Town 45 22 12 11 70 51 +19 78
6 Derby County 45 21 14 10 85 53 +32 77
7 Brentford 45 22 9 14 75 59 +16 75
8 Wolverhampton Wanderers 45 21 12 12 66 54 +12 75

[GSC]

Well played Watford

[GSC]

Bournemouth effectively promoted with a win in their last 2 games

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

Well played Watford

Indeed - they'll be good to watch in the prem next season

[owen10ozzy]

Absolutely gutted! Thrown it away today..we had a corner with less than 50 seconds to play and we concede. Football basics...down to 10 men...draw away from home, keep hold of the fecking ball! #Idiots! Karanka will be furious, regardless of the grit and determination shown in getting back to 3-3.

Today showed exactly why we have fallen away from the automatic chase. I'd have taken top 6 at start of season. But given we had lost 1 in 20 heading into March...had the best form and best defence in the league...now I'm struggling to feel any joy at reaching the playoffs. We have thrown away our season due to atrocious defending and some very poor tactics against the big teams in the seasons final run in.

Whilst Watford deserve the automatic spot, I do worry massively as to just how many managers they end up going through next year. Seems both them and the Cherries will be the two definitely going up...and oddly enough I think they are the two less suited to survival in the Premiership. Not many teams get promoted and play that kind of expansive football and survive in the Top Flight..out of all the teams involved in the Race for Top 2...Boro have probably played the type of football that would give the best chance of survival next year.

[Dolphin Ziggler]

What a day for Bournemouth.

My apologies (to Olly) for enjoying that Rotherham goal so much, but Millwall going down even after a harsh points deduction for Rotherham, that would be perfect.

[Nico the gman]

Never played in the 1st half against a bag of crap like Fulham, and 4th goal was a joke, keeper up for a corner don't know why, McCormick stands on the half way line, nearest player 15 yards away, absolutely stupid and we played excellent with 10 men.

No excuses you finish in the league where you deserve to be, but we've had a good season, no-one fancied us, proud of the players, and still got a great chance in the play offs.

Bolton 2nd worst away record in the division next to Blackpool, easy win for Bournemouth on Monday 3 or 4 nil.

Full house 33600 next week against Brighton non event, might as well rest a few players and give a few others a chance.

[Nico the gman]

Not sour grapes, but I think Watford and Bournemouth will come straight back down, not big enough to stay up, but they'll be there on merit.

Deeney's a championship striker, no more than that, Bournemouth will attack and get ripped to shreds.

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

Am I right in thinking Derby's loan players go back to their parent clubs before the playoffs?

[Nico the gman]

Absolutely gutted! Thrown it away today..we had a corner with less than 50 seconds to play and we concede. Football basics...down to 10 men...draw away from home, keep hold of the fecking ball! #Idiots! Karanka will be furious, regardless of the grit and determination shown in getting back to 3-3.

Today showed exactly why we have fallen away from the automatic chase. I'd have taken top 6 at start of season. But given we had lost 1 in 20 heading into March...had the best form and best defence in the league...now I'm struggling to feel any joy at reaching the playoffs. We have thrown away our season due to atrocious defending and some very poor tactics against the big teams in the seasons final run in.

Whilst Watford deserve the automatic spot, I do worry massively as to just how many managers they end up going through next year. Seems both them and the Cherries will be the two definitely going up...and oddly enough I think they are the two less suited to survival in the Premiership. Not many teams get promoted and play that kind of expansive football and survive in the Top Flight..out of all the teams involved in the Race for Top 2...Boro have probably played the type of football that would give the best chance of survival next year.

Got to agree owen, we had no need to send the keeper forward, we were doing alright with the outfield players.
Karanka on radio now, thinks player's played 1st half like a friendly game as if nothing was at stake, and called it embarrassing, and difficult for him to understand, he said after today he has doubts about the players, sums it up owen, very honest assessment.

[Derbymanc]

I don't think so Olly, this has been asked a few times and every answer I've seen has been that they stay until after the playoff final (if we make it of course)

[NickisBHAFC]

Frak off Brighton you useless Muppet, seriously how hard is it to just put the ball in the net

You were warned

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

Has made me chuckle that you Boro fans have moaned all season about Karanka not being attacking enough, or taking enough risks - soon as they take one at the end today (a draw is no good for Boro at all realistically) you chastise him for that - can't have it both ways

[Dolphin Ziggler]

Frak off Brighton you useless Muppet, seriously how hard is it to just put the ball in the net

You were warned

[The Best in the World]

What a day for us! Fantastic atmosphere before and after the game, thank you very much Rotheram and Fulham:)
What a day to get promoted, up the orns!!

[owen10ozzy]

Has made me chuckle that you Boro fans have moaned all season about Karanka not being attacking enough, or taking enough risks - soon as they take one at the end today (a draw is no good for Boro at all realistically) you chastise him for that - can't have it both ways

You are joking right Olly? You don't take a risk when down to 10 men...away from home...having pulled back a 3-1 deficit to 3-3, simple as that. You say a draw was no good but it would have taken us to 2nd in table till Monday...ahead of Norwich and Bournemouth. When your chasing a 60+ million pound promotion the best you can do is put pressure on those around you and hope they crumble. I'd have rather sat 1 point in front of Bournemouth than level with a hugely inferior goal difference heading into Monday.

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