Championship 2025/26 Season

[SemperEadem]

Stoke City giving their fans free coach travel for 13th successive season. Fantastic

[DerbyshireFox]

1 hour ago, SemperEadem said:

Stoke City giving their fans free coach travel for 13th successive season. Fantastic

Meanwhile the club coaches have gone up in price again this year to £30! Not bad for a return trip long distance, but a lot for local trips!

[Ric Flair]

I think Norwich will push automatic promotion close this season.

[UniFox21]

6 hours ago, DerbyshireFox said:

Meanwhile the club coaches have gone up in price again this year to £30! Not bad for a return trip long distance, but a lot for local trips!

£30!? Club travel being about as much as the actual ticket itself is laughable 

[FoxesTez]

7 hours ago, DerbyshireFox said:

Meanwhile the club coaches have gone up in price again this year to £30! Not bad for a return trip long distance, but a lot for local trips!

Got to pay for the really necessary army of LCFC stewards' (another one of those 'PL initiatives') travel and wages somehow. 

[Sol thewall Bamba]

Terrible news for all the Ipswich Town fans on here.

[Mickyblueeyes]

Quite intrigued to watch tomorrow’s friendly. Very little positivity for me and I’ve struggled to get excited for the season. However, with the young kids and the relative unknown with Marti, it be interesting to see how his style is starting to work and how many of the kids have impressed him to be part of the final friendly. 
 

looking at guys like Mavididi, Fatawu, Alves, Monga, Page, Evans, Bilal (for now), Jacob and Mads (for now). Adding (as much as I don’t want to) guys like Faes, Vestegaard, Soumare, Hamza, Skipp. I still think we have one of the strongest if not the strongest squad in the division. How the manager gets the going is key. Tomorrow will be a big test for me. Don’t expect it to be perfect by any stretch but definitely some progress. 
 

 

[Chelmofox]

13 minutes ago, Mickyblueeyes said:

Quite intrigued to watch tomorrow’s friendly. Very little positivity for me and I’ve struggled to get excited for the season. However, with the young kids and the relative unknown with Marti, it be interesting to see how his style is starting to work and how many of the kids have impressed him to be part of the final friendly. 
 

looking at guys like Mavididi, Fatawu, Alves, Monga, Page, Evans, Bilal (for now), Jacob and Mads (for now). Adding (as much as I don’t want to) guys like Faes, Vestegaard, Soumare, Hamza, Skipp. I still think we have one of the strongest if not the strongest squad in the division. How the manager gets the going is key. Tomorrow will be a big test for me. Don’t expect it to be perfect by any stretch but definitely some progress. 
 

 

Im looking forward to seeing the style and the young players. I expect to be beaten by a much better Italian team, but im looking for us to stick to our style and work out how to play a better team.

[Ric Flair]

7 minutes ago, Chelmofox said:

Im looking forward to seeing the style and the young players. I expect to be beaten by a much better Italian team, but im looking for us to stick to our style and work out how to play a better team.

I hope Marti's statement of intent is a team of players who he wants to work with and any that want to leave are not starting the game. Would be brilliant if Aluko, Nelson, Page/Alves and Monga all start.

[coolhandfox]

2 minutes ago, Ric Flair said:

I hope Marti's statement of intent is a team of players who he wants to work with and any that want to leave are not starting the game. Would be brilliant if Aluko, Nelson, Page/Alves and Monga all start.

I think there is a great chance of Monga and Nelson, outside chance of Alves.

 

Be happy we those 3, think Page and Aluko still have a lot to learn, Monga is just a freak.

[Chelmofox]

3 minutes ago, Ric Flair said:

I hope Marti's statement of intent is a team of players who he wants to work with and any that want to leave are not starting the game. Would be brilliant if Aluko, Nelson, Page/Alves and Monga all start.

I think we will see Faes unfortunately. I'd like to start Okoli / Nelson but i think he will think this is too inexperienced.  Nelson has been all over the socials lately so think it will be Faes / Nelson. I think we won't see JJ and with Riccy injured we have to see Aluko. Alves must start. My fear is we see Soumare start. 

 

A bit statement intent this starting 11.

[Ric Flair]

1 minute ago, coolhandfox said:

I think there is a great chance of Monga and Nelson, outside chance of Alves.

 

Be happy we those 3, think Page and Aluko still have a lot to learn, Monga is just a freak.

Yeah i don't expect Page and Aluko to start but the statement of intent to try and move on the players in their position could be powerful. 

 

There's not really any full back we own who is integral they stay. Even Ricardo who will be on massive wages and will go for free next summer. 

 

Likewise central midfield. Not a single one of them who i'm fussed about keeping.

[Unabomber]

Never heard of aluko where does he play 

[TheGoldenGod]

Anyone seen Brussell Martins PM interview after the friendly today? Blokes heads gone 1 preseason game in! So glad we shirked him

[Guest Electric Yetis]

Just now, TheGoldenGod said:

Anyone seen Brussell Martins PM interview after the friendly today? Blokes heads gone 1 preseason game in! So glad we shirked him

It was a league match.

 

But yes, can tell already how this ends.

[TheGoldenGod]

14 minutes ago, Electric Yetis said:

It was a league match.

 

But yes, can tell already how this ends.

Yeah my bad! Forgot propa footy has started already.

[Unabomber]

23 minutes ago, TheGoldenGod said:

Anyone seen Brussell Martins PM interview after the friendly today? Blokes heads gone 1 preseason game in! So glad we shirked him

Holy shit just watched that. He is unreal. 

[MattFox]

29 minutes ago, TheGoldenGod said:

Anyone seen Brussell Martins PM interview after the friendly today? Blokes heads gone 1 preseason game in! So glad we shirked him

It wasn’t pre season…

 

Imagine this guy after an old firm or a big European game 

[cropstonfox]

13 minutes ago, Unabomber said:

Holy shit just watched that. He is unreal. 

We swerved one massive bullet there.

An absolute delusional  ****

[Sol thewall Bamba]

1 hour ago, TheGoldenGod said:

Anyone seen Brussell Martins PM interview after the friendly today? Blokes heads gone 1 preseason game in! So glad we shirked him

Don't hate it tbh. If someone like Pearson or O'Neil had said that back in the day we'd have all loved it.

[Unabomber]

13 minutes ago, Sol thewall Bamba said:

Don't hate it tbh. If someone like Pearson or O'Neil had said that back in the day we'd have all loved it.

Big time if Pearson had said it I would’ve loved it. He’s earned the right though 

[TheGoldenGod]

49 minutes ago, Sol thewall Bamba said:

Don't hate it tbh. If someone like Pearson or O'Neil had said that back in the day we'd have all loved it.

He's gone so early imo. Admits later that they've only played a couple of games under him! It'll come down in a blaze no doubt!

[dmayne7]

1 hour ago, Sol thewall Bamba said:

Don't hate it tbh. If someone like Pearson or O'Neil had said that back in the day we'd have all loved it.

Nigel Pearson who famously never got too up or down about his team's performance (would redirect his ire towards the press). Certainly wouldn't have been calling out all the players in the first couple of games in charge.

[Dr The Singh]

14 hours ago, SemperEadem said:

Stoke City giving their fans free coach travel for 13th successive season. Fantastic

Thats cus no one wants to watch the coooonts.  We have a 1000's of happy clappers to take over our lot.

[Dan]

6 hours ago, Sol thewall Bamba said:

Terrible news for all the Ipswich Town fans on here.

He's too good for that move. He's good enough to get something like Palace - possibly higher.