The Championship Thread 2023/2024

[CrispinLA in Texas]

It'll be typical Ipswich to get the late goal for a draw now

[Koke]

Ipswich had a good run. Respectable.

[Sol thewall Bamba]

No deflections or offside goals to save Ipswich today

[Muzzy_no7]

Ipswich last 10 games:

2 wins, 5 draws, 3 defeats. 
 

Should’ve been even worse to be fair they got lucky on more than one occasion. 

[Arriba Los Zorros]

Just now, Muzzy_no7 said:

Ipswich last 10 games:

2 wins, 5 draws, 3 defeats. 
 

Should’ve been even worse to be fair they got lucky on more than one occasion. 

They came up from league 1 last year. They have no right to even be in the top half. If it was Plymouth doing this there wouldn't be half the amount of people crying about it. Hope they steal second place.

[foxfanazer]

Unlucky Cov you gimps

[FrankieADZ]

15 minutes ago, Muzzy_no7 said:

Ipswich last 10 games:

2 wins, 5 draws, 3 defeats. 
 

Should’ve been even worse to be fair they got lucky on more than one occasion. 

bare in mind a couple of them where in the FA Cup, where they beat AFC Wimbledon then lost to Maidstone

 

but they are certainly on a wobble

[Muzzy_no7]

19 minutes ago, Arriba Los Zorros said:

They came up from league 1 last year. They have no right to even be in the top half. If it was Plymouth doing this there wouldn't be half the amount of people crying about it. Hope they steal second place.

Nothing like Plymouth doing it.

 

At the start of the season Ipswich had comfortably a top 10 budget and wage expenditure.

 

After their January they now have the 6th biggest wage expenditure.

 

Theyve done very well indeed, but not working miracles like many think. They spent in league one and have spent in the championship. 

[weller54]

Dementia is such a sad illness in older age.😪

[Nalis]

2 minutes ago, weller54 said:

Dementia is such a sad illness in older age.😪

'Harry Redknapp claims something absurd in a crap attempt to stay relevant'

[HitchinFox]

11 minutes ago, weller54 said:

Dementia is such a sad illness in older age.😪

How this should have been written:

"Ex-Southampton manager, Harry Redknapp, thinks Southampton can still win the Championship this season.

"Redknapp, a huge Arsenal as a child – and who has hated Leicester City ever since they 'stole' the Premier League title which was 'rightfully Arsenal's' in 2015-16 – would also love to see Leicester City stumble and give Leeds United a chance of finishing in the top two."
 

[whoareyaaa]

More chance of Harry returning to management than Leeds piping Leicester.

[Dr The Singh]

1 hour ago, HitchinFox said:

How this should have been written:

"Ex-Southampton manager, Harry Redknapp, thinks Southampton can still win the Championship this season.

"Redknapp, a huge Arsenal as a child – and who has hated Leicester City ever since they 'stole' the Premier League title which was 'rightfully Arsenal's' in 2015-16 – would also love to see Leicester City stumble and give Leeds United a chance of finishing in the top two."
 

The mans been sniffing too many of my underwear 

[westernpark]

1 hour ago, weller54 said:

Dementia is such a sad illness in older age.😪

The longer he stays away from the being actually involved in football the better.

[FrankieADZ]

1 hour ago, weller54 said:

Dementia is such a sad illness in older age.😪

tbf I could win the lottery if I played it......

 

more waffle

[Tuna]

1 hour ago, weller54 said:

Dementia is such a sad illness in older age.😪

He just says they are a danger and us and Southampton may need to look over our shoulders

 

Click bait article

[don_danbury]

is there some sort of bug in this league where southampton are just playing rotherham and huddersfield every week? when do they start playing half decent sides  

[FrankieADZ]

Coventry fans havent piped up today.....wonder why

[weller54]

2 minutes ago, don_danbury said:

is there some sort of bug in this league where southampton are just playing rotherham and huddersfield every week? when do they start playing half decent sides  

Looking at their fixtures they have left I can only see 2 tough games remaining for them...Us and Leeds on the last day of the season!!

[Happy Fox]

1 minute ago, weller54 said:

Looking at their fixtures they have left I can only see 2 tough games remaining for them...Us and Leeds on the last day of the season!!

They have to play West Brom and Hull , they will drop points at some point.

[Weller Wing]

2 hours ago, weller54 said:

Dementia is such a sad illness in older age.😪

He couldn't even see his own wife on his driveway 😆😆

[FrankieADZ]

1 minute ago, Happy Fox said:

They have to play West Brom and Hull , they will drop points at some point.

they have Ipswich away as well tbf, be very surprised if they dont drop points between now and the end of the season

[orangecity23]

Can't trust the football opinions of a man who is completely unaware that his dog has been opening dodgy overseas bank accounts.

[Koke]

+41 GD is insane. 

 

[Xen]

  Figured this isn't really a 'crazy stat' as much as just an 'opposition watch' so probably fits better in this thread than over there:

 

On 31/01/2024 at 17:33, Xen said:

Update on this after a few more games (that haven't quite gone how we'd have hoped).

 

On the left is our form and projected final points, if we matched each of the top 6's performance so far (a reasonable expectation, you'd think!). Then, what PPG each of those teams would need for the remainder of the season in order to surpass us.

 

Nice to see that even if we were to drop off massively to WBA's season-form for our remaining 17 games (W9, D1, L7), we'd still make automatics if the others kept up their current pace.

Figured I'd do another update as Ipswich dropping points today (and one fewer game remaining) has made a good difference to what might be required. 

Notably, even if we were to drop to Hull's PPG, every side would have to improve on their current PPG in order to catch us, and only Southampton would even come close at their current PPG.

Plus if we maintain our current form until the end of the season, automatic promotion is mathematically guaranteed (you'd hope so, with 110 points! But prior to today, Ipswich and Southampton could have both theoretically caught us even at that total).

 

Note for making comparisons; as I'm updating this I'm keeping it in league order, so rows/columns might shuffle about slightly and I'm only showing the current top 6 at the time.