Championship - 2023/24

Hopefully the Millers' luck will have expired by Saturday.

Two definite penalties from what I have just seen denied to the TBs.

 

I'm on the fence about it. Manning almost took MK up playing some very nice football, but he also got them relegated which makes his time there hard to gauge, but has bounced back by doing well with Oxford. Pearson can probably feel hard by a bit as he definitely hasn't been bad. I would say that now is a great time for Bristol City to try something new though, they're bang mid-table (and probably overachieving slightly) so the mood around the squad is likely good and there's no pressure of a relegation battle (unless things go very wrong!) for Manning to deal with alongside the complete overhaul in terms of playstyle so as a long-term decision it's a good one. As a short term decision - that remains to be seen!

 

Strangely, the sequence of scoring and timings in Rotherham’s game last night was almost exactly the same as those in our last home game v Millwall.

 

Thank you. I’ve passed this on to her!

 

Wagner tends to start well but quickly go downhill. I suzpect he's good at building morale but crap at football.

Delia and Mr Delia were the poorest owners in the Prem, so they haven't had money to strengthen the squad. The fans want them to spend anyway (see also Watford). An American was supposed to be buying in, but I dunno if it's happened yet.

 

Surely only a matter of time until he ends up managing us then

 

Blue Nose Troy must be looking on in horror as his beloved BCFC has plummeted from a heady 6th position play off place to 18th.
No wins and a disastrous start by Wayne’s World Rooney.
Big mistake to let John Eustace go.

 

This is the 2cnd time Birminum have done this i.e. sacking the manager when in the play offs
then plunging into the relegation zone

 

I like Eustace, seemed absurd to me for them to get rid of them not only for where they were but also what he did with them last season, but looking at them against us, I'm wondering if they were in something of a false position because they were pretty mediocre

 

Mitty just made something up about Ipswich wage bill and it’s all blown up on twitter. (International breaks kill me).

 

Maybe, but could compare to Sean Dyche getting us to 11th and being pretty mediocre on limited funds when sacked by Pozzo for a new ‘high profile name’ manager.
Given a chance elsewhere, Dyche has done OK.
I hope Eustace gets the same opportunity.

 

I see what you mean, but the difference is we completely overhauled our squad and our operational philosophy that summer, even Dyche himself would admit he'd have struggled to work under the Pozzos and probably with that squad too

 

Dyche couldn’t speak foreign back then?,
but I’m sure he could have done what most Englishmen do with Johnny Foreigners and just shout louder.

 

Maybe Rotherham aren't that bad after all? Or maybe they're simply a much stiffer test at home!

 

Even with decent performances they dont win enough games to counter their poor away form though.

 

I think it's more the latter from what results have been like this season. Doesn't undermine what we did well against them a few weeks ago though.

 

Will be flipping delighted if we go and win 5-0 up there!

 

So would I, in fact I would be ecstatic!!!

 

6-6-6. Exceedingly mid table but I have the feeling we can poss sneak playoffs this year.

 

Behave!

 

That's such a fitting stat for Watford 6-6-6.

 

After Wednesday lost at Birmingham (who'd picked up 1 point from their previous 5 games) on Saturday after leading 1-0 going into half time, they equalled their catastrophic start to their last season in the Premier League which contributed heavily to their relegation. What's more, they'd already dropped more points (45) in November than they did the whole of last season (42).

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They beat Middlesbrough in their next league game in the 1999/00 season. If they don't win tonight (looking likely) then they surely will have had their worst start to a season at any level, converting wins from earlier seasons from 2 to 3 points.

 

I think Huddersfield should have enough if they believe in the manager, as shown last season. It looks bleak for the two other Yorkshire teams down there, so I think they and QPR will be looking for inspiration from the January transfers to change their fortunes.

 

Ipswich have stuttered a bit recently. I'm hoping Leeds can pip them for that final automatic spot by the end of the season.

 

Preston have looked horrific against QPR onight.

 

I nearly wrote that I fancied the stranglers tonight. Pne have really lost their way.