Championship 2017/18

[EastNeukFox]

Crazy to think that Accrington Stanley will be playing in the same league as Sunderland next season!!

[urban.spaceman]

The Checkatrade Trophy launched at the beginning of last season, with the first teams of League One & Two playing off against the academies of Premier League and the Championship teams like Sunderland.

 

Next season, Sunderland's first team will qualify.

[Guest FriendlyRam]

Well done Wolves on the league title, they deserve to go up with a 100+ points as well so hope they keep their foot on the pedal and get the 104 points their season merits. 

 

I'm glad we wont make the playoffs, just want this season to end tbh its been a right depressing final 2 months, god help us next season with this aging side, we might be joining Sunderland for the 2019/20 season in League 1  

[ealingfox]

That last playoff place is really up for grabs. Would be great for Brentford to sneak in, big game for them next week at Barnsley considering Boro and Millwall play each other.

[Mr Mister]

Sunderland - This is what happens when clubs show no ambition beyond merely surviving. They just go into complete freefall.

[Raw Dykes]

Cardiff v Forest.

 

Can both teams lose, please?

 

I really don't want Cardiff to get promoted. Feels so wrong wanting Forest to score.

[Great Boos Up]

2 hours ago, lgfualol said:

Remember Sunderland fans during our first 2 seasons in the prem. That was funny. 

Yes I do and I'm enjoying this moment.

Actually with the Championship has been brilliant this year.

[The Bear]

Forest really should be winning. 

[Tuna]

Hilarious that Darren Bent, who Sunderland fans loathe, scored to help send them down.

 

I still shudder at the thought that we lost at the Stadium Of Light last season.

 

 

[Raw Dykes]

Bollocks.

 

Cardiff 1-0 Forest.

[Fox92]

I'd rather Forest win. 

 

I want Fulham to go up automatically.

[Fox92]

21 minutes ago, Tuna said:

Hilarious that Darren Bent, who Sunderland fans loathe, scored to help send them down.

 

I still shudder at the thought that we lost at the Stadium Of Light last season.

 

 

Best thing I remember from that game was me leaving early and as I walked down the steps a woman shouted "oi, support your team"  

[Raw Dykes]

Get in!!!!

 

Cardiff 1-1 Forest.

 

Cardiff very, very nearly made it 2-0 just before.

[martyn]

Cardiff really do just grind results out.

 

I'd much rather Fulham go up ordinarily but Cardiff will surely be relegation fodder, where's Fulham I could see flourishing.

[Raw Dykes]

Buggeration.

 

Forest have been the better side, but are 2-1 down.

[Jaspa]

Soooool, Sol BAMBA!

*skews standard pass across to his defensive partner*

Soooool, Sol BAMBA!

*Slips over in possession and shouts at the ref*

[Ted Maul]

Forest are absolute toilet.

[Fox92]

8 minutes ago, Ted Maul said:

Forest are absolute toilet.

Karanka is a type of manager to build them but will need the time. He turned Middlesbrough into a good defensive unit.

[Ted Maul]

1 minute ago, Fox92 said:

Karanka is a type of manager to build them but will need the time. He turned Middlesbrough into a good defensive unit.

I'm not sure he'll get that much time, given their goalscoring record since he took over.

[boots60]

WTF is going on. Leicester fans wanting forest to win.

A new low for foxestalk.

 

[ealingfox]

You can say already that Cardiff's chances of staying up next season (if they do go up) hinge on who they appoint when Warnock gets binned.

[Fox92]

3 minutes ago, boots60 said:

WTF is going on. Leicester fans wanting forest to win.

A new low for foxestalk.

 

Because Fulham is a better away day then Cardiff. And because it's Cardiff.

[Raw Dykes]

26 minutes ago, boots60 said:

WTF is going on. Leicester fans wanting forest to win.

A new low for foxestalk.

 

It's not so much that I want Forest to win as I want Cardiff to fail.

[Kitchandro]

6 minutes ago, Raw Dykes said:

It's not so much that I want Forest to win as I want Cardiff to fail.

I have to agree, considering we have to play whoever is promoted this season and it's a potential away trip. I find myself wanting Derby to get into the play-offs and go up because at least it's a couple of interesting games for a boring midtable side like us. Fulham would be preferable being a London based team with a nice old fashioned ground, and even Villa has some positives.

 

Nobody wants to go all the way to Cardiff or their half empty boring ground, and no one thinks their fanbase deserves to be in the top flight, with their low numbers and embarrassing reception to kit colour changes.

[Kitchandro]

Good to see Sunderland go down, frankly. Their fans are absolute mouthbreathers.

 

For similar reasons I was hoping Birmingham would follow them down but that's looking more and more unlikely. I've been rooting for Barnsley to beat the drop but they just can't seem to pick up a win.

 

Sunderland is a lesson to all clubs though. Once you start getting comfortable with merely surviving you start to gradually regress until nobody decent wants to play for you. This collapse was only a matter of time after years of having a terrible team. One hopes that we will have the balls to find some ambition again before all the decent players realise we're a stagnating club.