Championship - 2025/2026

No secrets in football.

 

Looking forward to applauding WBA onto the pitch for their final day heroics (when they could have been on the beach)

 

I do think he was unlucky to get the sack from Hull - they made a meal of it towards the end but he definitely improved them. I think he could go on to be a very good manager in the future. Hull appear to have a madcap owner similar to us so perhaps it wasn't really that much of a shock.

 

Agree.

I stand by this. Jebbison should have gone out on loan at a League One last year and then moved to a Championship side this year. It would have been better for him and not hurt us so much last year up front.

 

That's a shame. The bloke is absolute *****. Was hoping he might lead them to League Two.

 

Pound shop Deeney.

 

Sheffield Wednesday have been hit with a transfer embargo for 3 windows.

 

I worked out on the other thread that you can actually extend that table to 29 games and only Cardiff were worse than us - goes to show how much we need to improve the squad over the Summer otherwise it's going to be a thoroughly miserable season.

 

Regardless, it raises a good point, which is, as ever/every single year/eternally, where the FUCCK IS THE NEW KIT?!?!?!?!?

 

Three. Ipswich, Sheff Wed and Portsmouth.

 

Can't see Rohl staying there now with the transfer ban

 

Frankly I'm amazed he's still there - they're an absolute shambles at the moment.

My manager is a Sheff Weds fan and he's worried they could be the next Bury. I didn't immediately realise this but they also have a wage cap and cannot pay more than (I think) £7k a week, so by all accounts its likely it'll be a bunch of kids from the 18s/21s and one or two freebies on low wages making up the squad next season. A lot of the current squad are apparently free to up sticks should they not be paid this month (after a two week notice period).

 

I would think there's little chance a club the size of Wednesday be the next Bury. Surely far too many (rich)people out there with an interest in the club, whether that be emotional ties or seeing the potential of a bit of success with that club if it can be purchased for the right price.
They're having a tough timer of it now and have had their share of shady characters involved in the last few years, but they'll be back at some point - see Leeds, Forest, Villa, Newcastle, Man City etc. It's clubs like ours that exist on much more of a tightrope in the long term.

 

I know just the wealthy investor.....

 

Whilst I got the concern, I did think he was reaching the point of hyperbole. I think perhaps a better comparison would've been Reading, flirting with disaster before someone eventually comes in on their white horse to save the day.

 

I'm currently just outside Ferrara in Italy and SPAL have been demoted two divisions because the US owner didn't realise he had to register the club for next season and missed the deadline because he was on holiday.

 

Hope he’s having a nice time.

 

Our most enjoyable games were against the "better" sides in the division I felt. The best was of course against the dumpster fire up the road, but still. We somehow need to find out how to beat ****ing Preston North End. Dropped points to all the relegated sides too.

 

Way out of this division is ruthless dispatching of the 15-20 average teams and hold your own against the top 6-8