Sky Bet Championship 2016-17 Thread

[Fernando]

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FRI 5TH AUGUST

Fulham 19:45 Newcastle United
Championship, Sky Sports 1 HD (19:00)
SUN 7TH AUGUST

Queens Park Rangers 12:00 Leeds United
Championship, Sky Sports 1 HD (11:30)
Sheffield Wednesday 16:30 Aston Villa
Championship, Sky Sports 1 HD (16:15)
FRI 12TH AUGUST

Brighton and Hove Albion 19:45 Nottingham Forest
Championship, Sky Sports 1 HD (19:00)
SAT 13TH AUGUST

Norwich City 17:30 Sheffield Wednesday
Championship, Sky Sports 1 HD (17:15)
SAT 20TH AUGUST

Derby County 17:30 Aston Villa
Championship, Sky Sports 1 HD (17:15)
SUN 21ST AUGUST

Ipswich Town 12:00 Norwich City
Championship, Sky Sports 2 HD (11:30)
FRI 26TH AUGUST

Burton Albion 19:45 Derby County
Championship, Sky Sports 1 HD (19:00)
SAT 27TH AUGUST

Newcastle United 17:30 Brighton and Hove Albion
Championship, Sky Sports 1 HD (17:15)
FRI 9TH SEPTEMBER

Reading 20:00 Ipswich Town
Championship, Sky Sports 1 HD (19:00)

[westisbest]

Worst display under Bruce, maybe even this season from what I've seen.

Like I said if your going to lose than at least put the effort in.
None at all last night.
No point starting Gabby.
Would play Kodjia up the middle instead of out wide.
Ayew doesn't look interested, hasn't for a while.

Need a new keeper, right back and a midfielder, maybe another cb.

Reminded me of last season that game last night.

Need to improve if we are going to beat QPR Sunday

Who the hell goes for a 1-0 defeat.

[NickisBHAFC]

Great win at Blackburn last night! We don't like to score goals away from home, so to get 3 is excellent. Also great for Shane Duffy, winding the Blackburn fans up Great goal by Stephens and good that Murray has finally got an away goal!

Feel sorry for Greer, always loved him at the club, did us a huge favour as well last night getting sent off. What a man.

Birmingham away saturday, will be a very tough test before Christmas.

[westisbest]

Gary Rowett has parted ways with the Blues.

Was doing well for them.

[Dolphin Ziggler]

He'll be first choice at a few places when they next change, can't see him out of the work for long

[NickisBHAFC]

Mental sacking. One of the best managers in the country.

I would love to see him at a Premiership club, West Ham maybe? Hopefully its not Palace.

[GSC]

Makes some of our sackings look sane.

Need to at least make a call when our new owner cleans house.

[westisbest]

Sky sports saying Zola to take over.

[NickisBHAFC]

Laughable by Birmingham.

Newcastle as expected regain top spot.

[NickisBHAFC]

Alex Neil surely has to go now? Get Rowett in whilst you can i say.

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

Two points against top half sides all season - only Rotherham have a worse record than that.

We've lost all identity, have no backbone or desire - the problem is two fold - manager has lost the plot, but the players aren't actually that good

[NickisBHAFC]

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHA YESSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Probably the worst 65 minutes of the season by a country mile and then Solly March comes on (to a lovely welcome by the Birmingham fans of who are you) well i think the whole of Birmingham and Jon Spector know who Solly is as he just changed the game on its head! Lovely goal by Knockheart. But what a header by Glenn Murray he has been the difference this season, i thought he was terrible tonight, but he just proved what he is all about, one chance and one goal. Passionate scenes at the end, could be a huge win for this football club.

Merry Christmas fellow championship fans! Hopefully we all get the results we want on Boxing day.

[westisbest]

Didn't realise you won, saw it was 1-1.

Almost at the half way mark.

I think Brighton will win it this season.

Also Murray could pip Gayle to top scorer if he stays injury free.

Did you go nick, staying in brum if so?

[NickisBHAFC]

I didn't mate, due to work commitments i wouldn't of got there in time, as much as i love drinking in Birmingham! So ill have to wait till May when we play Vila.

8 points clear at Christmas, whilst we are in a fantastic place, i'm still not getting too excited yet, only have to look at last season and if anything happens to Murray then i dread to think what will happen.

[westisbest]

Last game of the season that one I think.

Hopefully we would have secured a play off spot and not need a win to secure one.

Also hope you dont 'need' to win.

[NickisBHAFC]

I hope we don't need to win as well, as we will obviously balls it up.

[NickisBHAFC]

Outstanding yet again yesterday. 2016 what a year for BHAFC. Chris Hughton what a man.

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

Was possibly the worst red card I've ever seen given

Wasn't even a foul

[NickisBHAFC]

Can't argue with that. Was proper funny though. Bumped into Onuha post match, he was in good spirits about it though.

However in the ref's defence if he thought it was a foul (it wasn't) then he had no choice to send him off as he was last man.

[NickisBHAFC]

The character of this team is just relentless. Insane afternoon of football and an afternoon we could be talking about in May.

Stockdale keeping us in it, Hemed changing the game and Dunk with a man of the match performance (As well as getting booked so he misses the cup game on Saturday) all in all a superb day.

Hopefully we go out of the cup sunday (Don't like saying that as i do love the fa cup) but its the last thing we want at this moment in time.

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

Would very much like to carry Nelson Oliviera's children

[NickisBHAFC]

I know Lua Lua isn't rated by everyone, but i am pretty upset to see him leave on loan, always quite an entertaining player. Does make complete sense though when he will be behind Knockheart,March,Skalak and Murphy in the Peking order.

[GSC]

New owners incoming, Rowetts been linked since he got sacked

[NickisBHAFC]

Would be a sensational appointment.

[NickisBHAFC]

Great stuff QPR!

[NickisBHAFC]

Derby were utter rubbish tonight.

[GSC]

Be funny if Monk passed Swansea this summer

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

Derby were utter rubbish tonight.

More to do with Leeds being good imo

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

We lost today to a team bottom of the league by 12 points, without their top scorer managed by their fitness coach.

And yet somehow the manager will still be backed

We're selling Olsson, but decided to loan out our backup left back anyways

Oh nodge you incompetent fools

[NickisBHAFC]

Olsson is awful so thats no big loss Olly.

A rare defeat on saturday at Preston, these things happen. Its how we bounce back against Sheffield Wednesday on Friday, we had a funny run around January last year, we really can't do that again, with Leeds getting very close.

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

Olsson is awful so thats no big loss Olly.

Just because you play bad against Brighton doesn't make you a bad player

We're keeping Neil anyways, and they've frozen season ticket prices, which is great on the face of it until you realise they have frozen them since we were in the PL and thus we still have to pay ridiculous PL prices

[NickisBHAFC]

Olsson is awful so thats no big loss Olly.

Just because you play bad against Brighton doesn't make you a bad player

We're keeping Neil anyways, and they've frozen season ticket prices, which is great on the face of it until you realise they have frozen them since we were in the PL and thus we still have to pay ridiculous PL prices

Never seen him play well.

[Driver]

Teams of the season so far?

Ward
Bruno , Jannson , Clark , Malone
Shelvey , Mooy
Ritchie , Knockheart
Gayle , Murray/Wood

[westisbest]

off the top of my head.
From what I have seen which isn't a lot.

Maxwell
Egan Duffy Jansson Clarke
Cairney Hourihane Ince Knockaert
Gayle Abraham

Subs

Darlow Dunk Malone Hogan Kodjia Bree McCleary

[NickisBHAFC]

Darlow

Bruno Dunk Jansson Taylor

Ritche Hourihane Mooy Knockheart

Murray Gayle

Subs
Stockdale
Lasscells
Duffy
Stephens
Shelvey
Abraham
Kodja

[GSC]

Timely win for the first time in a month and a half. 5 points and another team put between us and the relegation zone.

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

Villa wtf

[westisbest]

Thought we may lose today before kick off.
Disappointing we couldn't hold on to a 2-0 lead.
Preston are a decent side.

Never gonna win a game with Westwood & Gabby starting.

Olly making out like we were
4-0 up and lost 5-4

[Guest]

It's all about next season, Westy

[westisbest]

Said it before, if we don't go up this season, (looking very unlikely we will make play offs at the monent), then think we will do a Leeds, Derby, Forest, Sheff Wedd and be in the championship for some time.

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

Thought we may lose today before kick off.
Disappointing we couldn't hold on to a 2-0 lead.
Preston are a decent side.

Never gonna win a game with Westwood & Gabby starting.

Olly making out like we were
4-0 up and lost 5-4

Cost me my accy Westi!

[Guest]

Two automatic positions pretty much nailed on for us & Brighton now.

It was a nice short stay, but we should be preparing for the summer now.

[NickisBHAFC]

Still cant get over Friday night, that second half was insane.

Stockdale saving the pen and the rebound. Knockheart scoring, Sheffield Wednesday losing the plot. What a night and the stuff of champions.

Win on Tuesday night and its a 11 points clear of Huddersfield in 3rd.

[Driver]

Can see why Rotherham where bottom of the league on Saturday.

Looked the way it should with Champion contenders against what looked like a mid table league one side.

[westisbest]

Looks like McCormack has played his last game for Villa.
Had high hopes when he signed. Just not worked out for him.

The not turning up for training incident has done him no favours and also seems a bit pathetic.

[Dolphin Ziggler]

Looks like Villa are getting Hourihane and Bree from Barnsley. Hourihane probably one of the better prospects in the Champ.

[westisbest]

He's the signing I've wanted for some time.
I think he's quality.

Don't know much about Bree, seems a good prospect.

If we get those 2, sell McCormack and get another forward, with Kodjia and Ayew to come back, can give the play off push a real go.

[NickisBHAFC]

Hourihane is class. I was hoping we would get him at the end of the season, when Stephens leaves. Great signing for Villa.

[NickisBHAFC]

Well Cardiff are 100% the definition of Anti football. Came to the amex, didn't even look a bad team, but whenever they got the ball, straight to the corners, pinging it long, time wasting at every attempt. Shameful. I love Warnock, but i do feel for the Cardiff fans coming all that way and seeing that shambles.

Frustrating night for us, but a lovely goal by Hemed. Thought Dale Stephens was outstanding.

Lincoln away on Saturday. Hopefully cup romance is in the air.

[Driver]

See we're being linked too Townsend depending on Brady going too Crystal Palace.

Think the league could go down too the last few weeks/games, We're crying out for another creative player.

Think Ritchie will move too an inside position if we get Andros back.

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

Seen a load of people saying they feel sorry for Barnsley, as they've sold a bunch of players.

Hey, how about you don't let your best players get into a position where they only have 6 months left on their contract and you have to sell them for peanuts.

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