Championship 22-23 (5 Viewers)

[shepardo01]

Hull... our next opponents at home...
Lost only 4 of last 17 apparently* (may have misheard this)- now 4 pts behind us.... good win vs WBA
....Karl Darlow - signed end of Jan- very good keeper at this level...
Another game some people perceive as being an easy home fixture....

 

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[Nuskyblue]

Hull... our next opponents at home...
Lost only 4 of last 17 apparently- now 4 pts behind us.... good win vs WBA
....Karl Darlow - signed end of Jan- very good keeper at this level...
Another game some people perceive as being an easy home fixture....

They are a hard, hard working team. Got lucky today tho IMO, the baggies tore them apart but couldn't finish their dinner!

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

the baggies tore them apart but couldn't finish their dinner!

Doesn't sound like us at all

 

[Happy_Martian]

Had a choice of watching Blackburn vs Sheff Utd or Bristol City vs Cardiff. Chose the Brizzle game as with a win, they'd be only 1 point behind us.

It's DIRE !! I genuinely think this game would finish 0-0 if they played till next Christmas. Or if there is a goal, it's from a set piece that went wrong. The football on display is terrible. Long balls to noone, niggling fouls to break up play and when the ball gets close to the goal, the attackers conspire to avoid hitting the target, even giving the ball away on occasions.

Think I picked the wrong game :/

 

[Terry_dactyl]

Had a choice of watching Blackburn vs Sheff Utd or Bristol City vs Cardiff. Chose the Brizzle game as with a win, they'd be only 1 point behind us.

It's DIRE !! I genuinely think this game would finish 0-0 if they played till next Christmas. Or if there is a goal, it's from a set piece that went wrong. The football on display is terrible. Long balls to noone, niggling fouls to break up play and when the ball gets close to the goal, the attackers conspire to avoid hitting the target, even giving the ball away on occasions.

Think I picked the wrong game :/

I read this shortly after my Mrs reported from the Cardiff match that, “it’s been a good game so far”.
Tbf it’s a low bar…

 

[no_loyalty]

Could do with Blackburn losing against Sheff United, but their home record is excellent.

 

[no_loyalty]

Cardiff 1-0 up.

 

[Happy_Martian]

Cardiff 1-0 up.

And as is my luck recently, they scored while I had changed the TV feed back to my PC screen so I could check this site And the Sky Red Button doesn't show replays

 

[thekidfromstrettoncamp]

Stoke leading at Sunderland 1-0 like it.

 

[lifeskyblue]

Stoke leading at Sunderland 1-0 like it.

And Stoke score….5


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[fernandopartridge]

Just realised it was Alex Neil going back to wallop them

 

[no_loyalty]

Just realised it was Alex Neil going back to wallop them

Ex Newcastle striker Dwight Gayle also scored a couple of goals, and he has been shite this season.

 

[no_loyalty]

Sunderland fans throwing things at Alex Neil during the game, unlike them isn’t it.

 

[thekidfromstrettoncamp]

IMHO from here on in there aren't many game that could be forcast with any certainty.Take a look at the fixtures at the weekend only Middlesborough and Burnley would I say are bankers.Very often form goes out the window when your fighting promotion or religation.

I even got 1 of them wrong .Like I say form goes out the window at the end of the season.(dog eats dog)Think WBA v Wigan could be very interesting

 

[thekidfromstrettoncamp]

Sunderland fans throwing things at Alex Neil during the game, unlike them isn’t it.

Was it money to come back.

 

[Grendel]

Mowbray never changes does he @covcity4life

 

[Sky Blue Harry H]

Blackpool attack: Man critically ill after football fans fight

A 33-year-old is held after a fight between 15 fans after the Blackpool v Burnley game, police say.

www.bbc.co.uk

Sad, and a timely reminder before our fans travel up on the 18th. Enjoy, but behave.

 

[SkyblueDad]

Blackpool away can be dodgy, remember they grow up with partying away fans coming down for the game and the bright lights of Blackpool, they are well prepared for a bit of knuckle dragging.

 

[thekidfromstrettoncamp]

Just watched Sunderland highlights I doubt Stoke will score any easier goals than those.Their defence (Sunderland's) was worse than MU's and thats saying something.

 

[Terry Gibson's perm]

Watford sack Bilic wilder to replace for a few games.

 

[skybluepm2]

Watford sack Bilic and appoint Wilder until the end of the season. They really are a bizarre club.

 

[skybluepm2]

Watford sack Bilic wilder to replace for a few games.

Beat me to it

 

[Terry Gibson's perm]

Beat me to it

Seems madness to me

 

[skybluepm2]

Seems madness to me

Crazy. At first I couldn’t believe it, but then I realized it was Watford.

He will undoubtedly give them the new manager bounce with a few wins and get a long term deal. Will be sacked by next Christmas because they’re either 3rd in the Championship or rock bottom of the Prem.

 

[Sky Blue Harry H]

Watford sack Bilic wilder to replace for a few games.

Is that 3 or 4 managers Watford have had this month?

 

[no_loyalty]

It’s currently

Huddersfield 0 Bristol City 0
Reading 0 Sheff U 0
Albion 1 Wigan 0

 

[HuckerbyDublinWhelan]

I read an article on Watford - it’s their business model. They don’t believe in longevity for managers. In their eyes they hire managers to reach a specific target in moving forward.

wilder will be expected to get them promoted with a hefty bonus to do so - but either way he won’t be there next year. They’ll let him go for failing or they’ll hire a European manager to move them forward in the prem (that’s the principle anyway)

 

[fernandopartridge]

I read an article on Watford - it’s their business model. They don’t believe in longevity for managers. In their eyes they hire managers to reach a specific target in moving forward.

wilder will be expected to get them promoted with a hefty bonus to do so - but either way he won’t be there next year. They’ll let him go for failing or they’ll hire a European manager to move them forward in the prem (that’s the principle anyway)

In a strange way you could argue it's broadly successful

 

[HuckerbyDublinWhelan]

In a strange way you could argue it's broadly successful

It is. It’s unconventional and I don’t necessarily agree with it. But at least you know there’s a strategy in place

 

[fernandopartridge]

It is. It’s unconventional and I don’t necessarily agree with it. But at least you know there’s a strategy in place

They should get Industrial Temps on a retainer, good old temp to perm for the right candidate

 

[HuckerbyDublinWhelan]

They should get Industrial Temps on a retainer, good old temp to perm for the right candidate

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41710640

Found the article if you fancy light reading on Watford

 

[fernandopartridge]

Bottom 3 starting to look a bit locked in in the Championship, even despite QPR's awful form they're 7 points clear. Cardiff & Rotherham picking up results and Blues should do enough. Goal differences of the bottom 3 are significantly worse too.

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

Warnock’s comments strongly suggest he’s accepted relegation already. Lucky for QPR as they’re in absolute free fall

 

[Yorkshire SB]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41710640

Found the article if you fancy light reading on Watford

Interesting. Not dissimilar to how Chelsea operated for a long while.

I suppose the ‘success’ in this case depends how you frame it. They have plenty of resources to give them a big advantage in the Championship, and then have been a bit of a yo-yo team.

 

[shepardo01]

Warnock’s comments strongly suggest he’s accepted relegation already. Lucky for QPR as they’re in absolute free fall

Away at West Brom on Saturday- hope he can get a performance out of them!!!