2015-16 Championship Thread

[Fernando]

First topic message reminder :

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.

[NickisBHAFC]

Reading 1-0 Ipswich.

[NickisBHAFC]

Reading 1-1 Ipswich - Freddie Sears

[NickisBHAFC]

Reading 2-1 Ipswich. Orlando Sa again.

[Fernando]

Reading 3-1 Ipswich - Blackman

Well that was sh*t defending.

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

Reading 3-1 Ipswich - Blackman

Well that was sh*t defending.

Hilariously bad

[Fernando]

Reading 4-1 Ipswich - Orlando Sa Hat Trick

Comical defending still. Just let him walk past guys and leave the guy on his own in the 6 yard box.

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

We are top of the league say we are top of the league. This is town's year!

Bump

[Fernando]

Ainsley & Murphy on.

Ainsley's mom is batshit crazy.

[Fernando]

Lucas Piazon coming on for vydra

[Fernando]

Ola John on for Blackman

Guessing Reading have been playing a lot of money out.

[Fernando]

Orlando Sa off for Robson Kanu

[NickisBHAFC]

Reading have been assembled quite nicely by Steve Clarke who still till this day I can't believe lost his job at WBA

Shame though reading are such a boring plastic club, the thought of seeing them back in the Prem sends me to sleep!

[Fernando]

Reading 5-1 Ipswich - Norwood

Reading win goal of the week already sensational strike.

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

This is sensational

[Fernando]

Being destroyed by a team which has Anton Ferdinand in it.

#Awkward

[Fernando]

FT Reading 5-1 Ipswich

Just got their anuses smashed in.

[NickisBHAFC]

Incredible result for Reading!

Ipswich though, 2 defeats in a row conceding 8 goals in the process.

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

FT Reading 5-1 Ipswich

Just got their anuses smashed in.

Good job they already won the August chairmanship trophy - THIS IS THEIR YEAR #lolz

[westisbest]

Bad result to say the least for Ipswich.

Early days yet, still fancy them to be up around the play offs.

Am sure they will pick themselves up.

[Dolphin Ziggler]

What happens when you get mad, Westi? You're just such a nice bloke, I would be scared of seeing what tipped you over the edge

[westisbest]

Ha.

I used to have a really short temper, bit more chilled out these days.

Get pretty mad at Villa quite often.

[GSC]

Great win, O'Grady was fantastic, Mendes a handful.

[owen10ozzy]

1 up front....again!! Why oh why!! Baffling and beyond comprehension!

[NickisBHAFC]

Great win, O'Grady was fantastic, Mendes a handful.

[NickisBHAFC]

We're Brighton & Hove Albion were top of the league!

[GSC]

In fairness, I think O'Grady is crap also, but an excellent target man display today. Did more in 90 minutes in that role than Blackstock has all year

[GSC]

"He deserves a goal for not leaving the club"

quality commentating

[GSC]

Lansbury is incapable of having a good haircut or celebration

[NickisBHAFC]

In fairness, I think O'Grady is crap also, but an excellent target man display today. Did more in 90 minutes in that role than Blackstock has all year

He will score goals at this level and is a good target man. I always liked him, under Hypia we could of had Messi upfront and he wouldn't of scored, Hughton has just brought in better strikers so chances are limited, forest are short on strikers so it does make sense. I want him to do well.

[GSC]

Under an embargo we weren't getting better, not sure he'll score many but he can do a job as a target man I guess.

Didn't even hoof it that much today.

[Nico the gman]

1 up front....again!! Why oh why!! Baffling and beyond comprehension!

Stuani came on, we went 2 upfront and looked a lot more dangerous scored 2 and could have had a few more.

[owen10ozzy]

It's the exact reason why it's so frustrating; I can understand the temptation to play with 1 against the top teams away from home (though even then it's something I'd rather us not) but at home against the ill of MK Dons and Bristol City of the worlds there is nothing to excuse it!

[dyrewolfe]

Cheer up! Maybe Karanka will learn from this...at least I flippin' well hope so.

First half was an exercise in frustration but a nice individual goal from Downing and some good play to set up "Ted" Nugent for the second.

We have the talent...it just needs to be used properly and quite obviously we are too easy to predict and close down with only 1 man up front. Fortunately it hasn't cost us too dearly yet, but we are going to have to start getting at teams early on in games and can't always rely on late second-half pushes.

[GSC]

Wont hear a thing against king dexter

[TopoftheChops]

good win after friday's embarrassment

[NickisBHAFC]

We're Brighton & Hove Albion were top of the league!!!

[Nico the gman]

3 wins on the bounce 8 goals for 1 against, good win against Brentford, Nugent tireless performance, brace for Stuani, Adomah comes on tortures the Brentford defence with an assist and a quality goal, runs and hugs Karanka, all's well at the Boro.

[NickisBHAFC]

Tbf Boro should be winning this league. Them and Derby should be absolutely disgusted if they don't get promotion.

[Nico the gman]

Tbf Boro should be winning this league. Them and Derby should be absolutely disgusted if they don't get promotion.

Totally agree, we have a big squad with plenty of quality players, no excuses the chairman Sir Steve Gibson has backed the manager 100% in the transfer market.

[dyrewolfe]

3 wins on the bounce 8 goals for 1 against, good win against Brentford, Nugent tireless performance, brace for Stuani, Adomah comes on tortures the Brentford defence with an assist and a quality goal, runs and hugs Karanka, all's well at the Boro.

Well, its always good when you're winning. Agree though we're making a very handy start to the season and it looks like the team is really starting to gel. 20,000 attendance for the Brentford game...pretty good for a midweek match. Looks like the fans are starting to believe too.

Just don't forget to brace yourself for the traditional Christmas / New year slump...

Tbf Boro should be winning this league. Them and Derby should be absolutely disgusted if they don't get promotion.

We would be if your lot weren't being so jammy right now.

Seriously though, your lads are going great - best of luck to them. For all our quality, Boro still have problems, so I don't expect us to barnstorm the league. We never do things the easy way and if we do win the league, they will make us suffer along the way.

[GSC]

Be a hell of a week if we could finish the job

[Nico the gman]

Be a hell of a week if we could finish the job

I can't ever remember us winning at Forest, not a happy hunting ground for the Boro.

[dyrewolfe]

Best we've done in recent times is get a couple of draws. Probably the best we can hope for this time around too.

According to the Middlesbrough Mad stats site, our record at Forest is:

Played: 38
Won: 6
Drawn: 13
Lost: 19

We've scored a total of 45 goals in those fixtures, while Forest have 65.

Last recorded away win was in 1998-99 season (1-2). Surely that can't be right?

[GSC]

I dunno. This season we're pretty solid at the back, but fairly limited in attack. Usually its route one to McGrady or Blackstock now Antonios gone.

[Nico the gman]

Best we've done in recent times is get a couple of draws. Probably the best we can hope for this time around too.

According to the Middlesbrough Mad stats site, our record at Forest is:

Played: 38
Won: 6
Drawn: 13
Lost: 19

We've scored a total of 45 goals in those fixtures, while Forest have 65.

Last recorded away win was in 1998-99 season (1-2). Surely that can't be right?

Spot on Ricard and Dean for Boro, Freedman for Forest,  season ticket holder and can't remember it, just goes to show.

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

We are top of the league say we are top of the league. This is town's year!

Bump

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[GSC]

Good game that. Boro edged the first half and deserved the lead.

Not entirely sure how we didn't score in the second half though

[Nico the gman]

Sheff Wed and Forest 2 away jinx sides for us and we've taken 6 points.

Good battling performance from us Dimi and Ayala outstanding, midfield and attack got stuck in, job done.

[dyrewolfe]

Yep. Think Forest can count themselves unlucky to not get at least a point.

That said, fantastic defensive performance by Boro second half...in the "last ditch, riding our luck" sense. MOTM performance by Dimi to keep our lead intact...especially with that penalty save! Wasn't the best pen, granted and I think Ayala had a word in his ear before hand, but still did the job required of him.


Some nice attacking moves in the first half and well taken goals by Nugent and Ayala. Second half pretty much belonged to Forest and I watched most of it through my fingers.

If the first 8 games are any indication of how our season is going to go, I think we've got plenty to look forward to.

[NickisBHAFC]

We're Brighton & Hove Albion we're top of the league

Still unbeaten.

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