No it was before it got rebranded to the Championship. The first season of the championship was the 2004/05 season it was called the First Division before that. Before that league one was the Second Division, and League two was the Third Division.
Thought he looked absolutely terrible against us in the summer.
Doesn't time fly when you're having fun. Must be nearly 20 years age then
I know, I miss the proper First Division before the Premier League yearsDoesn't time fly when you're having fun. Must be nearly 20 years age then
Lamps putting his boots on ? Good cost saving there
He also played for Soton before joining us.
Was great but took it for granted. Always something to play for at the end of the season. Players took a 2 footed tackle and got straight back up most of the time.I know, I miss the proper First Division before the Premier League years
Loans and experience can be mutually exclusive, we tried signing Joe Worrall on loan in the summer and there are plenty of players out there not getting game time.
A try-before-you-buy deal is one of the only scenarios I’d want us to hit the loan market in January. If we’re not going up or down this season then we shouldn’t be spending tons of money to develop another team’s youngsters.
While its obv a good thing the he is prepared to u-turn on things it would be nice to have someone in charge who doesn't make so many mistakes in the first place.Doug King Redemption Arc?
King has not banned loans or experienced players. We tried to sign both in the summer.
We surely can't afford to have 4 first team keepers in the squad.
I trust when he said he’s looking to recruit one. Ultimately people make mistakes football people or not (look at Stoke on that one
) but rather people who come out to front decisions or make changes when they admit it hasn’t gone to plan than people who hide away like our previous owners.
Painful for them.Collins going on loan to plymouth in Jan
I really hope so as it glaringly obvious we need a fourth goalkeeper, along with the youth goalkeepers, to see us through to the end of the season.
Collins going on loan to plymouth in Jan
Hasn't played in 3.5 years!
The narrative is he does not want to pay the sort of money experienced players or Prem loans cost. We were not gazumped apart from possibly Browne (although there are rumours he was canned in favour of Stamenic). King would rather buy a development player to make money.
Hardly a narrative is it, the guy doesn’t want to spend a penny more than ‘he’ feels appropriate which is clueless
My take is that he does not want to run the club into massive debt and he will trade to break even in the long run whilst striving to get into the premier league. There are plenty of clues in what he says. What I am not too sure about is what he will do if and when we get that promotion.
Which I believe to be incorrect based on Kings own comments…. The next few weeks might prove that
Every player has a value and if you’re priced out on wages or transfer fee, move on or else you end up like Man U with a stable of players they paid too much for and pay too much to get rid of.
Rumors were that Collins was off on loan to Plymouth. Haven’t heard anything on Kitching but it’s not like he’s featuring.
Already sentCollins going on loan to plymouth in Jan
Only been crying out for it since hamer
Heard that Tavares to reading bindon to us
