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.

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

I'd rather Ipswich went up than Middlesbrough tbh - horribly cynical side

[Fernando]

HT 1-0 Boro

[dyrewolfe]

C'MON BORO!

Lovely goal from "Jelly". Should have actually had two...

I'd rather Ipswich went up than Middlesbrough tbh - horribly cynical side

Thats very harsh! We're not known for fouling / playing dirty. We've been a bit more aggressive than usual...but I've seen far worse from other teams.

Adomah certainly didn't deserve his booking either. Anyhow we're going to have to be a lot more careful 2nd half if we're going to finish with 11 players.

[Fernando]

Brentford 1-1 Boro - Andre Grey

Dimi you utter pillock

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

GGGGOOOOOOOAAAAAALLLLLLL DDDDDEEEEEEEE BBBEEEEEEEEESSSSSS

[dyrewolfe]

Gah! What a gift from Dimi!

What a time for Mr Reliable to screw up!!!

GGGGOOOOOOOAAAAAALLLLLLL DDDDDEEEEEEEE BBBEEEEEEEEESSSSSS

We obviously thought you needed some help

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

What a save that is by button

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

What a freakin game of football this is

[dyrewolfe]

Who the heck is Button?

Agree its turned into a cracking game...

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

That should be a red card

[Fernando]

Love sacks he barely touched him.

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

Love sacks he barely touched him.

So we judge reckless late lunges by how many studs they implant into the opponents leg then?

[Fernando]

Ive seen worse this evening

[Fernando]

Brentford 1-2 Boro - Fernando Amorebieta

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

What an injustice

[dyrewolfe]

CAN YOU HEAR THE DRUMS FERNANDOOOOO!!!!

AMOREBIETA GIVES BORO THE 1ST LEG WIN!!!!

What an injustice

Oh hush! We could have had 3 in the first half alone...

[dyrewolfe]

Well, barring any screw-ups in the return leg, its looking like Boro versus either Norwich or Ipswich in the final.

If its any consolation for Olly, I don't fancy us to beat either of them.

[NickisBHAFC]

Good stuff Boro.

[TopoftheChops]

The big one tomorrow in front of a sold out portman road... COYB!!

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

I'm weirdly calm - maybe it's because my cricket game is in the middle of nowhere meaning I'll get to see none of the game

Probably because it's going to 1-0/1-1/0-1 and all fall on the second leg

[Josiah Maiestas]

Can see Norwich scoring a few Ipswich haven't had a clean sheet since March. Berra in defence

[Fernando]

Unsurprisingly Lee Clark has quit Blackpool

#JokeClub

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

He's a joke manager too tbf

[Fernando]

Would you put up with things at Blackpool right now?

Probably better off in unemployment Let's face it people will probably be impressed just for his willingness to work through the crap there.

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

No I wouldn't but he took the job knowing that was the case anyways!

Add in the fact he's a god awful manager and a complete bell he ain't really got a lot going for him

[Fernando]

He is the championship version of Brendan Rodgers - Coasting on the back of a top forward except it was Jordan Rhodes & not Luis Suarez

[FootballLight]

Got to remember, who would want to take the hot seat at Blackpool? As somebody rightly pointed out, surely he should get credit for even going near that club with the rut they have been under throughout all of the season, on and off the field. Good luck to the next Tangerine's manager though I guess.

I'll miss the little day out at the Seaside however.

[Nico the gman]

What an injustice

We gifted Brentford their goal, they were lucky to come off at halftime only 1-0 down,you say we're a cynical team, we'll keep quiet about Hoolahan's Tom Daly impression down at your place a couple of weeks ago and Jerome hitting the deck without been touched.

[Fernando]

Luke Varney going off, Having a leg brace put on doesn't look good.

[NickisBHAFC]

When I went to blackpool away,there fans didn't seem to like him. He's a Karl Oyston guy apparently. 

Any manager to take over at blackpool has to be a yes man.

[Dolphin Ziggler]

Gwan Freddie

[Fernando]

1-0 Nodge - Howson

[Dolphin Ziggler]

The Championship's Ben Foster with a lovely bit of handling

[Fernando]

1-1 - Anderson

[dyrewolfe]

Really don't know who I'd want us to face.

Reckon Norwich are the better team, but Ipswich have a bit of a hoodoo over us, historically.

Old Farm derby living up to expectations then?

[Nico the gman]

30000 plus at the  Riverside next Friday it will be an inferno, Brentford are a decent side but I will be shocked if they beat us.

All to play for in the Ipswich Norwich 2nd leg, think Norwich will edge it though, better players, but Murphy is always a threat.

[NickisBHAFC]

All the pressure on Norwich in the 2nd leg.

[Dolphin Ziggler]

I think they'll be happy.

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

Haven't seen the game or goals yet but if you'd offered me 1-1 at midday I'd have snapped your hand off

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

Yep draw the fair result it seemed - hope we start hoolahan at home think we missed his creativity.

We miss grabban greatly - his movement and ability to bring others into play is something Jerome just doesn't offer.

[Nico the gman]

Dave Button the Brentford keeper wasn't happy the way our fans, dugout and players celebrated after scoring the injury time winner, like we'd already won the tie.

I'm sure if Brentford had hit the winner in the last minute theirs would have been a muted celebration.

One thing has become abundantly clear during the build up to these ties, Warburton and his players can't keep their mouth shut, and have shown a total lack of respect towards our team.

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

Putting 50 quid on Ipswich to qualify to help heal the pain of Saturday

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

The prices for final tickets are freaking outrageous

[westisbest]

How many tickets does each team for the final usually get?

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

How many tickets does each team for the final usually get?

Think around 38-40,000

[Dolphin Ziggler]

More than the FA Cup I think

[Nico the gman]

Derby got 37249 tickets last year according to our local rag, strange number mind.

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

Category 1 tickets (behind the goal lower tier) £98

Ridiculous

[dyrewolfe]

Category 1 tickets (behind the goal lower tier) £98

Ridiculous

I'm inclined to go with "disgusting" myself, considering they'll likely fill Wembley (or at least not far off).

Just got this from the East Anglian Daily Times (seems Ipswich have been provisionally allocated 38,888 seats if they reach the final):

Ticket Prices

Adult [Concession]

Cat 1 £98.00 [£49.00]

Cat 2 £76.00 [£38.00]

Cat 3 £64.00 [£32.00]

Cat 4 £52.00 [£26.00]

Cat 5 £36.00 [£18.00]


Booking Fees

There will be a fee of £1.50 per match ticket and fees for delivery per booking of £7.50 (Royal Mail Special Guaranteed Next Day Delivery).

So even the cheapest ticket will cost a total of £45!

[westisbest]

More than the FA Cup I think

Shocking.

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