Championship 22-23 (1 Viewer)

shepardo01 · Mar 3, 2023

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....

Nuskyblue · Mar 3, 2023

shepardo01 said:
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 · Mar 3, 2023

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

Doesn't sound like us at all

Happy_Martian · Mar 4, 2023

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 · Mar 4, 2023

Happy_Martian said:
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 · Mar 4, 2023

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

no_loyalty · Mar 4, 2023

Cardiff 1-0 up.

Happy_Martian · Mar 4, 2023

no_loyalty said:
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 · Mar 4, 2023

Stoke leading at Sunderland 1-0 like it.

lifeskyblue · Mar 4, 2023

thekidfromstrettoncamp said:
Stoke leading at Sunderland 1-0 like it.

And Stoke score….5

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fernandopartridge · Mar 4, 2023

Just realised it was Alex Neil going back to wallop them

no_loyalty · Mar 4, 2023

fernandopartridge said:
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 · Mar 4, 2023

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

thekidfromstrettoncamp · Mar 4, 2023

thekidfromstrettoncamp said:
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 · Mar 4, 2023

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

Was it money to come back.

Grendel · Mar 4, 2023

Mowbray never changes does he @covcity4life

Sky Blue Harry H · Mar 5, 2023

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 · Mar 5, 2023

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 · Mar 6, 2023

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 · Mar 7, 2023

Watford sack Bilic wilder to replace for a few games.

skybluepm2 · Mar 7, 2023

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

skybluepm2 · Mar 7, 2023

Terry Gibson's perm said:
Watford sack Bilic wilder to replace for a few games.

Beat me to it

Terry Gibson's perm · Mar 7, 2023

skybluepm2 said:
Beat me to it

Seems madness to me

skybluepm2 · Mar 7, 2023

Terry Gibson's perm said:
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 · Mar 7, 2023

Terry Gibson's perm said:
Watford sack Bilic wilder to replace for a few games.

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

no_loyalty · Mar 7, 2023

It’s currently

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

HuckerbyDublinWhelan · Mar 7, 2023

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 · Mar 7, 2023

HuckerbyDublinWhelan said:
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 · Mar 7, 2023

fernandopartridge said:
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 · Mar 7, 2023

HuckerbyDublinWhelan said:
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 · Mar 7, 2023

fernandopartridge said:
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 · Mar 7, 2023

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 · Mar 7, 2023

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

Yorkshire SB · Mar 7, 2023

HuckerbyDublinWhelan said:
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 · Mar 7, 2023

Brighton Sky Blue said:
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!!!

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