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Cov98

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I make them 1st, Russell Martins brand of football with better players will be neigh on unstoppable I think.
Based on this they'll piss it. However this is Sheffield Wednesday and their first game back in the championship so we can't judge too much yet. We looked cat piss in our first few games back and never would've expected the past few seasons.
 

Tommo1993

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Been Southampton 's best player for years and a top PL player. Really surprised he hasn't moved on already.

Southampton had 4 top half finishes out of 11. And he’s not been their best players for all of those season in PL. This is the internet, don’t worry about disagreeing.
 

Nuskyblue

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Based on this they'll piss it. However this is Sheffield Wednesday and their first game back in the championship so we can't judge too much yet. We looked cat piss in our first few games back and never would've expected the past few seasons.
Granted, they were my gut feeling for 1st based on squad/manager. They will dominate most teams in this league.
 

SkyBlueSoul

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Take away his set pieces and he’s average at best.
I was waiting for the "he's just a free-kick merchant" brigade as soon as I posted that ;)

While I wouldn't put him at the top of the PL, I'd definitely put him as someone far too good for the Championship.
 

Cov98

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Granted, they were my gut feeling for 1st based on squad/manager. They will dominate most teams in this league.
Yeah for sure, I'm not looking forward to playing them this season. We seem to struggle against this type of play and also given the quality they have I can see us struggling in both games.
 

Nuskyblue

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Yeah for sure, I'm not looking forward to playing them this season. We seem to struggle against this type of play and also given the quality they have I can see us struggling in both games.
Yep, Swansea were always horrible games. This lot will be worse, the front 3 are a handful. Midfield is outrageous at this level and their full backs will probably be worthy of 20+ goals and assists 😩
 

procdoc

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Yep, Swansea were always horrible games. This lot will be worse, the front 3 are a handful. Midfield is outrageous at this level and their full backs will probably be worthy of 20+ goals and assists 😩
Anyone would think they’re prime Barcelona. They got relegated by a country mile last season
 

Cov98

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Anyone would think they’re prime Barcelona. They got relegated by a country mile last season
True, but this is the championship not the premier league. We've seen teams dominate the championship look absolutely woeful in the prem. It's a big jump in quality.
 

SkyblueTexan

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Gonna be a lot of bookings this season.
Going to be ridiculously easy to pick up yellow cards this season. Might be another reason why Hamer might want to head back to Holland.
 

Cov98

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Well all of the promoted teams stayed up last season so the quality jump is over exaggerated
Not always the case promoted teams struggle. Just saying there's been some very strong championship teams really struggle after being promoted.

Anyway, it's the first game of the season so we can't read too much into it.
 

Ian1779

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If they get off to a flyer, half of that team will be gone by the end of August.
 

ovduk78

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Don’t think that’s possible. Now I want to know the most amount of yellows a player could accrue in a league campaign. 🤔
Suspended for 1 game after 5 bookings then for 2 games after 10 bookings, not sure what happens after that 🤔
 

shmmeee

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Suspended for 1 game after 5 bookings then for 2 games after 10 bookings, not sure what happens after that 🤔

But what if they got sent off for two yellows every other game? Then they would get 46 wouldn’t they? All 1 match bans. Though I suspect after your third you might get a few more added on.
 

ovduk78

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But what if they got sent off for two yellows every other game? Then they would get 46 wouldn’t they? All 1 match bans. Though I suspect after your third you might get a few more added on.
I think it's only a 1 game ban for the 1st red, then it doubles. I've just read that for 15 bookings by the 38th game is a 3 game ban so assume every 5 bookings the ban increases by 1
 

Fysnkysc

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Yep, and you can't take his set pieces away so it's pointless discussing it.

He keeps things ticking over nicely, his general play is underated IMO
He is a excellent box to box midfielder he’ll be back making challenges and then he will be there making goals
 

Nuskyblue

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Hadn't realised the scoreboards will keep going after 45/90 minutes so you can see the added time. Not exactly the biggest problem but I'm glad they've finally started doing it.
Looks like they're trying to neutralise all the shithouse time wasters to me.
 

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