2015-16 Championship Thread

[Fernando]

With Sky announcing their live games for the start of the Championship season i figured we could use a thread

Who do we think will head up and down this season?

August
Fri 7: Brighton & Hove Albion v Nottingham Forest (7.45pm)
Sat 8: Leeds United v Burnley (12.30pm)
Sun 9: Preston North End v Middlesbrough (12 noon)
Sun 16: Wolverhampton Wanderers v Hull City (12 noon)
Fri 21: Birmingham City v Derby County (7.45pm)
Sat 22: Leeds United v Sheffield Wednesday (12.30pm)
Fri 28: Blackburn Rovers v Bolton Wanderers (7.45pm)
Sat 29: Derby County v Leeds United (12.05pm)

September
Fri 11: Reading v Ipswich Town (8pm)
Sat 19: Nottingham Forest v Middlesbrough (12.30pm)
Fri 25: Fulham v Queen’s Park Rangers (7.45pm)

October
Fri 2 Oct: Rotherham United v Burnley (7.45pm)
Sat 3: Wolverhampton Wanderers v Huddersfield Town (12.30pm)

*Other games may be added.

[Guest]

Bolton relegated, along with Rotherham & Preston

Derby under Clement should be getting promoted.

[NickisBHAFC]

Brighton with another painful season, why were on TV against a side that underachieves every season is beyond me.

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

Blackburn, Huddersfield and MK Dons to be relegated

Middlesborough to be champs, Fulham second and Hull via the playoffs.

[westisbest]

up(in no order)

Boro, Hull, Derby.

Down

MK Dons, Rotherham, Preston

[NickisBHAFC]

Some decent championship signings made today 

Brentford splashing some dosh
Leeds signing Chris wood
Reading signing Paul McShane
Forest signing Jamie Ward (keeping up the tradition of signing a billion strikers pre season)
Birmingham signing Polish Tom

[westisbest]

Do not rate McShane at all.

[Fernando]

Doncaster have won footballing banter of the week.

They mocked Middlesborough's Yellow Away kit (compared it to a yellow highlighter)
Boro fans mocked them with a picture of Where's Wally
Donny shot back with A picture of Where's Wally infront of Norwich celebrating promotion

[Derbymanc]

Up Derby, Brentford, Fulham

Down, Rotherham, Preston, QPR

[westisbest]

QPR to go down. Interesting.

[Nico the gman]

Looks like Vossen's signing for Burnley for 2.5mill decent signing, we didn't fancy the permanent deal by all accounts, more fool us.

Yellow away shirt, which clown or clowns are responsible for that,they should be horse whipped,awful wouldn't have it given.

[Nico the gman]

Espanyol accept Boro £3M for Uruguay International Christian Stuani, West Ham will sell Downing to Boro if price is right, personal terms not a problem apparently.

[dyrewolfe]

Nice to see Downing back. I just hope he can be a bit more consistent and influential than before...especially given what we paid (£5.5m rising to £7m if we go up, as I understand it).

Don't think our first team needs much tinkering with. Could do with better depth in the squad, given our inevitable injury problems.

Yellow away shirt, which clown or clowns are responsible for that,they should be horse whipped,awful wouldn't have it given..

Agreed - its horrible! Makes us look like Watford...not that I've got anything against Watford, but it just doesn't look like a Boro kit. Maybe we'll use it for evening / night games so players can spot their team mates more easily.

[westisbest]

Ill be keeping an eye out this season to see how Weimann does.

Think he will do well for you Derbymanc.

Was a big fan of his at the Villa.

[TopoftheChops]

Boro and ipswich to go up automatically.

[westisbest]

Think Ipswich for play offs again maybe.

Top, who else did you get from Bournemouth for the Mings deal, Pitman &?

[TopoftheChops]

Ryan fraser in loan for the season

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

If only Ipswich had done the right thing and sold Murphy and McGoldrick so they could add much needed depth and quality to the squad they'd be major contenders.

Unfortunately they haven't so will finish 9th

[Nico the gman]

Lee Tomlin to Bournemouth for £3mill, good luck to Lee, very inconsistent player, when he's good he's good and other times you wouldn't know he was on the pitch, not too upset by the sale, hard to see how he gets in our 11 now Downings back.

[Fernando]

My thoughts on this are the following picture.

[Nico the gman]

Boro have bid £12mill for Jordan Rhodes, the player has told Blackburn he wants to speak with the club.

Doubled our money on Tomlin in 18months not bad business, scored 10 goals in 50 starts, don't think he's Premiership quality, never know, Howe might be able to get a bit more out of him, I rate Howe.

[dyrewolfe]

I'd love to know where we've suddenly got all this money from, given it was only a few seasons ago we were having to cut the squad down to bare bones.

Maybe Bulkhaul and Rockliffe Park are doing really well at the moment? Ramsdens decided to be more generous with their sponsorship?

Even so, the £12m bid for Rhodes is the kind of thing we were doing in the Premier League. If we get him I won't complain...I just hope he doesn't turn out to be another Alves...

[Nico the gman]

I'd love to know where we've suddenly got all this money from, given it was only a few seasons ago we were having to cut the squad down to bare bones.

Maybe Bulkhaul and Rockliffe Park are doing really well at the moment? Ramsdens decided to be more generous with their sponsorship?

Even so, the £12m bid for Rhodes is the kind of thing we were doing in the Premier League. If we get him I won't complain...I just hope he doesn't turn out to be another Alves...

Yep lot of dosh, but Rhodes record in the championship is proven, hope we have a few more irons in the fire if this fails, and not putting all our eggs in one basket.

[Fernando]

Remember guys highlights are now on Channel 5 at 9pm

[owen10ozzy]

Buzzing for this campaign if we can get Rhodes; if we don't I have serious concerns as to where the goals will come from. Adomah up front looks like it's worth a shot to begin with..

As for the money chaps, word around the campfire is that Gibson is willing to give it one last roll of the dice in his attempt to put us back in the Premiership right in line with the TV increase. I have heard he is bankrolling the clubs losses personally to the tune of almost one million a month (I believe this is a preference to his company/other ventures i.e. Rockliffe & Bulkhaul taking on the losses). If this is indeed the case then promotion sounds like an absolute must or bust!

[NickisBHAFC]

Another campaign full of disappointment, giving the liver a battering every weekend and seeing us play rubbish football week in week out at a superb stadium. 

FOOTBALL IS BACK! 

Strap me in!

[Nico the gman]

Karanka signs new 4year deal at Boro, brilliant news.

Boro linked with move for Dwight Gayle £10mill asking price, Rhodes still in the frame though.
Stuani described by those in Spain and Uruguay as a goal poacher who is excellent in the air, hope they're right,15 goals in 17 starts for Espanyol last season pretty impressive.

[Fernando]

So Brighton fans don't even turn up for the opening day of the season

#JokeClub

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

Not sure picking a game between sides managed by Chris Hughton and Dougie Freedman was a fantastic decision by Sky #borefest

[GSC]

Dorus De Vries is the frontrunner for player of the season so far

[GSC]

Do wish we'd actually get it down a bit with Lansbury and Vaughan in midfield now

[GSC]

Currently on track to be relegated

[Fernando]

Yeah.

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

Currently on track to be relegated

On the basis of this performance you'll do well to finish not bottom

No ambition, no fluidity, shambles

[GSC]

Hey, we can only go up the table from here

[Fernando]

If you play like this you can't Be lucky to get into double figures.

[GSC]

Baldock winning most pointless booking of the season so far

[GSC]

Freedman looks like he's about to have a cry, going well

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

The tactic seems to be lump it to Gordon Greer everytime - I'd cry too

[GSC]

I miss Assombalonga

[GSC]

Tyler Walker finishes as well as his dad then

[GSC]

So we're going to start playing once we go behind.

So basically like last season without the first 10 games.

[GSC]

Who died?

[Fernando]

The guy who got stabbed in the car cos he crashed into someone.

Dexter is Poopie

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

Lol Dexter Blackstock

[GSC]

Brighton have us well scouted, aware Dex loses all control of his body in the penalty area

[GSC]

This has been alright if you ignore the entirety of the first half and the time they scored

[GSC]

Standard of refs in the Championship: Still crap

[GSC]

On the bright side there are enough sides in this division that haven't discovered passing on the floor for us to scrape 0-0s against

[NickisBHAFC]

YES!!!!!!!!'

Have some of that Freeman you wan*er!!!! 

Too early to tell about Forest, but one thing is for sure we were outstanding tonight. Well deserved win. 

Antonio needs to stop crying every minute, Eric Lijah really is a dirty player and Lansbury is incredibly overrated. 

SEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAGULLLLLSSSSSS

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