Nope. It's still 24 teams.
There’s been a lot more money floating in the Championship since we departed on our excursion to the bottom of the football league. Money talks now. However, the wage cap would come into our favour as a promoted club to put us on an even footing wage wise.
I think now, with the way we are run on a relatively even keel, and with the current situation we might be able to do better. We aren’t going to have big debts like some of the clubs in the championship, so we could have a good crack at it
We are one of the better sides to be promoted in recent years from L1. Our style of play and recruiting department is excellent. We’re still Coventry City and a household name which will attract players. Luton and Barnsley etc aren’t going to excite most players. We’re an attractive proposition especially with the amount of talent that comes through and make it big time. A good result next season is survival and consolidate and then push on as money and income streams raise.
Seem to remember wages of around £11MThere’s been a lot more money floating in the Championship since we departed on our excursion to the bottom of the football league. Money talks now. However, the wage cap would come into our favour as a promoted club to put us on an even footing wage wise.
I understand it’s something like the 5th most supported league in the solar system
Much bigger. More games on TV, generally bigger clubs, big salaries and some big name players.
The average Championship attendance in our relationship season was 17,800 it's now 20,000.
I think it is bigger, but psychologically when we dropped down from the premier league it never was going to excite anyone. Years of playing against the Colchesters, Fleetwoods, Carlisles etc and the idea of now facing Derby, Forest, Wednesday etc look far more appetising . There are lots of teams in there that would not be out of place in the Premier league.I’m not sure if it’s my perspective that has changed since being in Leagues one and two, but I feel the championship is so much bigger now than 8 years ago, and it almost seems like it has become as big of a league as the Premiership was when we were at the top of the football pyramid.
Yes. In years gone by I noticed the near constant drone of a lot of our fans thinking we had a divine right to be in the top flight. It's all now that bit more easy to accept playing in the lower divisions and tremendously exciting looking forward to next season ! If we're down near the bottom next year, I'll happily accept 21st place and survival.Being in the top flight for so long created some entitled fuckwomble fans... so having been to the basement, I think the appreciation level is higher than it was previously.
Norwich (inevitably)
Villa (possibly)
Brighton (possibly)
Bournemouth (possibly)
Fulham
Derby
Birmingham
Sheff Wed
Forest
Middlesbrough
Qpr
Stoke
Blackburn
Bristol City
Leeds (who may go up)
Brentford (always in/around playoffs)
That's like a second Premier League and I may have missed out one or two other big hitters!
Being in the top flight for so long created some entitled fuckwomble fans... so having been to the basement, I think the appreciation level is higher than it was previously.
Spot on. I’d say Sunderland fans are going through that very cycle at present.
Having experienced what we have since relegation from the Premier League, to where we find ourselves today has been very humbling. I feel as though we are going back in to the Championship as a small fish in a large pond, not so much as minnows, but the increase in money being thrown around since our last stint, along with clubs’ spending ability means we are going to be up against it financially, at least for a season or 2.
There may well be a couple of tonkings heading our direction along the way, I just hope people keep perspective and don’t immediately start calling for public lynchings- always optimistic but it’s not going to be easy competing with that lot week in & week out
I think a lot of people are in for a shock in terms of a step up this league is.
If we finish just one place above relegation zone we will have done well.
Average wage bill per team for the league was £34m in 2018 and £54m for top 6.
Derby are currently mid table , if you look through their squad you realise what step up it is
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