The Championship Thread 2023/2024

[goose2010]

3 minutes ago, Pliskin said:

Hull are a surprise. 
 

I think we will lose to Leeds, Hull and West Brom, which will then pave the way for Leeds to eventually overtake us. 
 
I just don’t feel comfortable about us, and it sound insane considering our current position, but I just have this feeling we will drop off over the next few games and will end up scrapping for second. I hope I’m wrong, I really do but I can’t see us having the fight in us if it comes down to a slog. 
 

Southampton losing was huge, because if we beat them then that could mean they’re confined to the playoffs. 

to be fair at least you are consistent. You have predicted us to lose pretty much every game this season. 

[TheGoldenGod]

Just now, goose2010 said:

to be fair at least you are consistent. You have predicted us to lose pretty much every game this season. 

It's mad ain't it! Lets just ignore everything we've seen this season to suggest we'll be fine

[st albans fox]

There aren’t many teams in this league with nothing to play for 

 

nearly all games are difficult for that reason 

 

as we approach the last half dozen games, there will be a group of teams ‘on the beach’ 

 

I think Southampton and us will have the easier last half dozen games in that regard but not by much 

[ClaphamFox]

7 minutes ago, Pliskin said:

Hull are a surprise. 
 

I think we will lose to Leeds, Hull and West Brom, which will then pave the way for Leeds to eventually overtake us. 
 
I just don’t feel comfortable about us, and it sound insane considering our current position, but I just have this feeling we will drop off over the next few games and will end up scrapping for second. I hope I’m wrong, I really do but I can’t see us having the fight in us if it comes down to a slog. 
 

Southampton losing was huge, because if we beat them then that could mean they’re confined to the playoffs. 

I honestly don't know where this stuff about us not having any fight is coming from. I really don't. There have been plenty of games this season where we've had to scrap our way to a win despite not playing well. We did it just recently at Watford. The reason we've won more games than anybody else is because we win in different ways - sometimes by completely outplaying the opposition, sometimes by battling harder than them. We do both.

We're not going to win every game and even in the games we've lost we've been in it until the end. We were fighting desperately on Saturday and could easily have got a point or three with better finishing. Where has this perception that we can't fight come from?

Edited 21 February 2024 by ClaphamFox

[Chelmofox]

1 minute ago, Pliskin said:

Hull are a surprise. 
 

I think we will lose to Leeds, Hull and West Brom, which will then pave the way for Leeds to eventually overtake us. 
 
I just don’t feel comfortable about us, and it sound insane considering our current position, but I just have this feeling we will drop off over the next few games and will end up scrapping for second. I hope I’m wrong, I really do but I can’t see us having the fight in us if it comes down to a slog. 
 

Southampton losing was huge, because if we beat them then that could mean they’re confined to the playoffs. 

I can literally hear the panic in your posting.  I wish I could drag you out for a pint or something and calm you down a little. 

 

Southampton are 11 points behind us. That's a 4 game cushion with 13 games left.  If we drop off to those levels we deserve to be stuck in the playoffs. Nothing so far this season suggests that we will drop off like that. Leeds may or may not catch us. Fair play if they do. Our priority needs to be in either 1st or 2nd. Southampton have a mountain to climb and Ipswich will have to have the run in of their lives.

 

Lets just get promoted.  

[orangecity23]

I'm hoping that although they are pretty crap, Sheffield Wednesday and Huddersfield will have a decent go at Leeds, given that it's a local derby and they are at home. They'll probably roll over and get pantsed though.

[purpleronnie]

Anyone read this about beale?

 

 

[Les-TA-Jon]

36 minutes ago, Pliskin said:

Hull are a surprise. 
 

I think we will lose to Leeds, Hull and West Brom, which will then pave the way for Leeds to eventually overtake us. 
 
I just don’t feel comfortable about us, and it sound insane considering our current position, but I just have this feeling we will drop off over the next few games and will end up scrapping for second. I hope I’m wrong, I really do but I can’t see us having the fight in us if it comes down to a slog. 
 

Southampton losing was huge, because if we beat them then that could mean they’re confined to the playoffs. 

Have the 33 games so far not been a slog? Have we not already shown fight and consistent high standards to get to and maintain where we are? 

 

Winning 13 out of the opening 14 games. Winning from behind vs Coventry on the opening day. Last minute winner vs Cardiff. Battering Southampton 4-1 at their place. 2-0 away at an in-form Norwich. Ground out 1-0 at home vs Bristol. 4-1 away at Blackburn with them in decent nick at the time. 3-0 vs Preston when they were top half had a few scalps already and turned up with the most negative bus parking I've seen. 3-1 away win vs Swansea who were playing good stuff at the time. Late winner with a worldie from Winks vs QPR, after their late equaliser. 

 

Responding to the double loss vs Leeds and Middlesbrough with 10 games unbeaten, including 8 wins - including grinding out the 2-0 vs Watford, last minute winner vs West Brom, two tight 3-2s vs Millwall and Birmingham, 1-1 away to Ipswich

 

Etc etc. 

[goose2010]

4 minutes ago, purpleronnie said:

Anyone read this about beale?

 

 

yeah its mad, my best mate is a Sunderland fan and he reckons there is loads going on behind the scenes which is a bit dodgy. Rumours the board want Alex Neill back but are worried about fan backlash! 

[The Doctor]

23 minutes ago, purpleronnie said:

Anyone read this about beale?

 

 

Now that's some proper David Brent behaviour, take note Gucci belt

[coolhandfox]

59 minutes ago, Pliskin said:

Hull are a surprise. 
 

I think we will lose to Leeds, Hull and West Brom, which will then pave the way for Leeds to eventually overtake us. 
 
I just don’t feel comfortable about us, and it sound insane considering our current position, but I just have this feeling we will drop off over the next few games and will end up scrapping for second. I hope I’m wrong, I really do but I can’t see us having the fight in us if it comes down to a slog. 
 

Southampton losing was huge, because if we beat them then that could mean they’re confined to the playoffs. 

Leeds will not overtake us.

 

We will finish 1st by somewhere between 6-12 points. 

 

[whoareyaaa]

53 minutes ago, ClaphamFox said:

I honestly don't know where this stuff about us not having any fight is coming from. I really don't. There have been plenty of games this season where we've had to scrap our way to a win despite not playing well. We did it just recently at Watford. The reason we've won more games than anybody else is because we win in different ways - sometimes by completely outplaying the opposition, sometimes by battling harder than them. We do both.

We're not going to win every game and even in the games we've lost we've been in it until the end. We were fighting desperately on Saturday and could easily have got a point or three with better finishing. Where has this perception that we can't fight come from?

I think it stems from when Rodgers was in charge and we blew two chances of being in the Champions League and then eventually got relegated.

 

I think Enzo will not allow us to fall into that rot that Rodgers could never get us out of.

[CloudFox]

9 hours ago, The Doctor said:

Now that's some proper David Brent behaviour, take note Gucci belt

I'm not sure it is necessarily. It looks very stupid, but I seriously doubt Beale is the one looking after that Twitter account. It's his business, so likely a family member or friend. Still very, very stupid, but it's not like he's the one commenting and retweeting.

Edited 21 February 2024 by CloudFox

[ClaphamFox]

7 minutes ago, whoareyaaa said:

I think it stems from when Rodgers was in charge and we blew two chances of being in the Champions League and then eventually got relegated.

 

I think Enzo will not allow us to fall into that rot that Rodgers could never get us out of.

You're probably right that it stems from the Rodgers era. But we have a different manager now and a largely different team. At no point this season has the team showed the kind of mental fragility and tactical confusion that it showed under Rodgers. I understand that the scars run deep, but people seriously need to let go of the Rodgers era...

[whoareyaaa]

5 minutes ago, ClaphamFox said:

You're probably right that it stems from the Rodgers era. But we have a different manager now and a largely different team. At no point this season has the team showed the kind of mental fragility and tactical confusion that it showed under Rodgers. I understand that the scars run deep, but people seriously need to let go of the Rodgers era...

largely the players get the blame though not Rodgers and because a few are still here from then it runs on I agree people need to let it go and back the team 100%

[KingsX]

 

“Electricity use has trebled in the east midlands.  Have those ****s all started mining bitcoin?”

 

“Actually we’ve traced it to … laptops, sir.  Excel, if you can believe it.  Something about Championship table modeling.  It’s 24/7 in most households.”

[Raj]

41 minutes ago, coolhandfox said:

Leeds will not overtake us.

 

We will finish 1st by somewhere between 6-12 points. 

 

[An Away Move]

1 hour ago, ClaphamFox said:

I honestly don't know where this stuff about us not having any fight is coming from. I really don't. There have been plenty of games this season where we've had to scrap our way to a win despite not playing well. We did it just recently at Watford. The reason we've won more games than anybody else is because we win in different ways - sometimes by completely outplaying the opposition, sometimes by battling harder than them. We do both.

We're not going to win every game and even in the games we've lost we've been in it until the end. We were fighting desperately on Saturday and could easily have got a point or three with better finishing. Where has this perception that we can't fight come from?

It’s called negativebastarditis. Virulent in parts of our fanbase. 

[Chelmofox]

1 hour ago, ClaphamFox said:

I honestly don't know where this stuff about us not having any fight is coming from. I really don't. There have been plenty of games this season where we've had to scrap our way to a win despite not playing well. We did it just recently at Watford. The reason we've won more games than anybody else is because we win in different ways - sometimes by completely outplaying the opposition, sometimes by battling harder than them. We do both.

We're not going to win every game and even in the games we've lost we've been in it until the end. We were fighting desperately on Saturday and could easily have got a point or three with better finishing. Where has this perception that we can't fight come from?

Edited 21 February 2024 by Chelmofox

[gurru991]

7 hours ago, TheGoldenGod said:

Does anybody else get hung up on the fact Burnley only lost 3 games last season and we're currently on 5 and will probably end up on 6/7? I know it probably doesn't mean a great deal in terms of translation to the PL as they've been woeful but....THREE games?!?! Pretty mad that!

For me, Enzo Maresca is a much better manager than Vincent Kompany !!   I  fully expect to struggle the first season back but I think we have a good core of players & hopefully with Enzo's help we can make some quality additions.

[Lambert09]

I see a lot of negativity around the Leeds game and not a single person pointing out that i’f we win, that’s essentially the whole thing wrapped up. 

 

There’s no way anyone would even see us as a rival after that. Hoping we bring our A game and give them a bit of a stuffing! 

 

[Pliskin]

3 hours ago, goose2010 said:

to be fair at least you are consistent. You have predicted us to lose pretty much every game this season. 

Come on, I’ve predicted one or two wins!

[Paninistickers]

28 minutes ago, Lambert09 said:

There’s no way anyone would even see us as a rival after that.

The Comms on Southampton feed last night never mentioned us once in the context of chasing. The only mention we got was Hull being the best team they'd seen except for us and maybe west Brom. 

 

It was all about game in hand on / points behind or ahead of  Leeds etc 

 

 

[trugerkem]

Just an aside ….. in the 1980/81 season Aston Villa won the league using only 14 players the entire season …. Last night Ipswich used 17 players at home to Rotherham … how times change 

[trugerkem]

Probably should have put that in the crazy stat section