The Championship Thread 2023/2024

[Pita]

If the results go our way the table could look very good for us in January 

[Lutterworth Fox]

3 hours ago, Number 6 said:

Personally will be cheering the draw this weekend. I quite like the idea of us gaining 2 on both of them. I know the gap to third is most important but a little dominance at the top would be nice too.

Leeds win and Morsy to get booked for Ipswich so he's suspended against us. Then Leeds lose away to baggies 2 games later for me

[Cincinnati Fox]

15 hours ago, southfox66 said:

Do we want a draw at the weekend Leeds v Ipswich or Leeds win to create a gap ?

I just want them both to lose. 

[Lillehamring]

14 hours ago, BenTheFox said:

15 more wins and we hit 100 points. I think our fixtures in the second half of the season are more difficult on paper than the first as we have to play Ipswich twice, Leeds away, Hull away, Sunderland away and Cov away but hopefully we can do it!

Good job we have a fractionally better away record then

[WigstonWanderer]

Probably all been said but the Leeds Ipswich match result can be viewed optimistically regardless of result.

 

Leeds win - gives us the chance to go further ahead of Ipswich while still leaving plenty of gap to Leeds.

Ipswich win - puts more space between the top 2 and the chasing pack making automatic promotion more likely 

Draw - opportunity to forge further ahead of both of them

 

Obvious downsides to the this as well so I dunno 

[Fox seen in Norwich]

46 minutes ago, Pita said:

If the results go our way the table could look very good for us in January 

Have a merry xmas Captain Obvious

[KingsX]

Ipswich at Leeds will be on ESPN+    I'll be setting an alarm. 

[Number 6]

4 hours ago, tom27111 said:

 

The best scenario is Ipswich beat Leeds, then we beat Rotherham and Ipswich.

 

16 point gap to Leeds, 6 point gap to Ipswich.

 

Although Southampton could still be 13 behind in third.

Yeh fair point, if we beat Ipswich then result becomes a bit redundant, but that above would be awesome. 

[Fox92]

1 hour ago, Pita said:

If the results go our way the table could look very good for us in January 

It's looking very good now tbh.

[PAULCFC]

Coopers gone.........strange from Notts

 

[Mark 'expert' Lawrenson]

1 minute ago, PAULCFC said:

Coopers gone.........strange from Notts

 

Wishful thinking but Forest are still Premier League 😩😂

[Vazman]

17 hours ago, southfox66 said:

Do we want a draw at the weekend Leeds v Ipswich or Leeds win to create a gap ?

I'd like a draw, and Leeds to run Ipswich ragged, tire them out, in preparation for our clash Boxing day.

[Vazman]

1 hour ago, WigstonWanderer said:

Probably all been said but the Leeds Ipswich match result can be viewed optimistically regardless of result.

 

Leeds win - gives us the chance to go further ahead of Ipswich while still leaving plenty of gap to Leeds.

Ipswich win - puts more space between the top 2 and the chasing pack making automatic promotion more likely 

Draw - opportunity to forge further ahead of both of them

 

Obvious downsides to the this as well so I dunno 

Come on Wigston Wanderer make a decision, call it, dont be indecisive its Christmas 

[StevieH]

Looking ahead would be really good if we secure promotion with a few weeks spare. Give the club a chance to concentrate on recruitment and prepare well for the Premier league. 

[Staffs Fox]

A draw would probably be the best result but failing that an Ipswich victory would be my preference. It’s nice being at the top but the gap to third is the really important bit. 

[Lionator]

Schumacher leaving Plymouth for Stoke seems absolutely stupid to me. 

[purpleronnie]

Just now, Lionator said:

Schumacher leaving Plymouth for Stoke seems absolutely stupid to me. 

Most managers/players don't seem to care as long as the money is better.

[trugerkem]

8 minutes ago, Lionator said:

Schumacher leaving Plymouth for Stoke seems absolutely stupid to me. 

It’s to be nearer his family and maybe a bit of kerching too …. 

[Lionator]

5 minutes ago, trugerkem said:

It’s to be nearer his family and maybe a bit of kerching too …. 

Yeah but Stoke

[MattFox]

Stoke seem to attract decent managers despite never doing anything 

[Wymsey]

48 minutes ago, MattFox said:

Stoke seem to attract decent managers despite never doing anything 

Despite their billionaire owners (Bet365, whose founders/chairpeople are all from Stoke-on-Trent), they seem to get worse after each season.

[Lambert09]

I think the key thing a lot of people are missing, is that if ipswich win. There’s a very good chance their better players lose faith and try to leave in january. 

 

I’m not expecting anyone we want to keep to be looking to move.  Ipswich aren’t a team of individuals… leeds would suffer if james, summerville or rutter wanted to get out 

[Lillehamring]

If you actually think about the numbers, if we beat rotherham, and leeds beat ipswich, and then we beat ipswich - we'll suddenly be 9 points ahead of them - that's a massive lead.

 

[Lillehamring]

1 hour ago, trugerkem said:

It’s to be nearer his family and maybe a bit of kerching too …. 

I'd love it if that was some really obscure verb!

[Leicester_Loyal]

Totally relaxed about the Leeds Ipswich game, I don't really care about the result, whatever it is has it's positives for us. If Leeds catch us from here they'll have to put together one of the best runs of all time, and/or we'll have to totally collapse (or a mixture of both).

 

I'm expecting 92/93 points to be enough for automatic promotion.