Championship/EFL Thread 23/24

marinersfan · 23 Sep 2023 at 17:21

Droolinggimp said:
I have been keeping a eye on Wrexham and Notts County after their 100+ points race last season. I'm wondering if they will end up battling it out again for 1st and 2nd place again. Both seem to be doing well so far.

Thankfully Wrexham lost 5-0 today.

Droolinggimp · 23 Sep 2023 at 17:22

marinersfan said:
Thankfully Wrexham lost 5-0 today.

Yeah I was keeping an eye out. Last I looked it was 4-0. Notts county doing well though.

marinersfan · 23 Sep 2023 at 17:29

They're both doing better than Grimsby. Though it could be worse. Lincoln think they're a big club, and Scunthorpe are in the Poundshop under 13s league.

mysticsniper · 23 Sep 2023 at 18:25

We're back at the top, a good performance against our old Manager Pearson who clearly came to put 11 men behind the ball for 90+ mins.

Andybtsn · 26 Sep 2023 at 10:14

Kenai said:
I think Russell Martin has just used up whatever little goodwill was still left in the Southampton fanbase.

I was convinced he'd have been sacked if Boro beat you but that seems not to be the case. Every goal I have seen you concede in the last few games is trying to play out from the back!

mysticsniper · 1 Oct 2023 at 13:49

Another cracking away win, beating Blackburn.

Has been a great weekend with both Preston and Ipswich slipping up.

Gutted for young McAteer getting injured.

Andybtsn · 4 Oct 2023 at 23:49

mysticsniper said:
Another cracking away win, beating Blackburn.

Has been a great weekend with both Preston and Ipswich slipping up.

Gutted for young McAteer getting injured.

You will run away with it like Burnley did last season. I think Ipswich will slip up eventually, as Preston has (their team on paper, looks so poor) - I guess Leeds still needs to get going, and I hope we can as the standard in the league is poor. Some sides can play football, but the majority are so bad; QPR, for example, did nothing, yet our 2nd half performance was just poor; we need to put these games to bed earlier.

Robzere31 · 9 Oct 2023 at 18:30

Another great decision by the Birmingham City board, sack the manager when we're 6th in the league. Last time they did that it went so well!

Rumour is Rooney is being lined up by our American owners.

CliffyG · 9 Oct 2023 at 18:35

Robzere31 said:
Another great decision by the Birmingham City board, sack the manager when we're 6th in the league. Last time they did that it went so well!

Rumour is Rooney is being lined up by our American owners.

Utterly bizarre.

RobDogDog · 10 Oct 2023 at 13:18

Ipswich are playing good stuff. We've got fortunate in a few games with our keeper having to bail us out, but on the whole the football is exceptional. We create at least five good goalscoring chances every game. Can't quite believe how well they've taken to the Championship!

C Kent · 11 Oct 2023 at 11:43

Rooney officially confirmed as Birmingham manager, 3 and a half year contract.

Ayahuasca · 11 Oct 2023 at 11:49

Mental

mysticsniper · 21 Oct 2023 at 16:52

A good away win for us after coming from behind against Swansea.

Some daylight between us and Ipswich who didn't play last night.

JamesH85 · 21 Oct 2023 at 16:57

Rooney's first game looks like a defeat to Carrick, Carrick has Boro storming again.

ryu · 21 Oct 2023 at 19:53

Rooney will be back in America by Christmas

Participant · 26 Oct 2023 at 06:15

ryu said:
Rooney will be back in America by Christmas

Another loss, 0-2 at home to Hull. Doesn't look like he'll last long.

He seems a bit thick to me whereas surely decent managers need to be intelligent, rather than just good at football.

Kill_Phil · 26 Oct 2023 at 06:29

Participant said:
Another loss, 0-2 at home to Hull. Doesn't look like he'll last long.

He seems a bit thick to me whereas surely decent managers need to be intelligent, rather than just good at football.

Yup can't imagine the players took it well either. Serves them right sacking an over achieving manager when they were 6th

Droolinggimp · 28 Oct 2023 at 14:16

I watched the Welcome to Wrexham episode where Foster was signed to play in goal. He said that Wrexham has a squad for League 1/Championship. Looking at the League 2 table today, both Notts county and Wrexham 2nd and 3rd, only topped by Stockport. With both Notts county and Wrexham finishing on 100+ points pretty much fighting for 1st most of the season last year, will we see the current top 3 as it stands get promoted this season. I find it most interesting to see the 2 teams promoted last year fighting for promotion again. Notts C and Wrexham play today, that will be a cracking game I think. If Wrexham win, they will be on equal points with Notts C.

I am not a supporter of Wrexham but since this Documentary came out I have an interest in how they fare like millions of other people around the world. Same with Notts C, really.

I wonder if Wrexham have plans in order to get everything up to Premiership standards in the next few years? I Know they are building the new stand. Would they get more fans wanting to attend home matches if they do get to the Championship/Premiership?

A very interesting story, this Wrexham thing.

Droolinggimp · 28 Oct 2023 at 16:39

2 quick goals from Wrexham. Looms like 3 points in the bag, 15 mins to go

Vandle · 31 Oct 2023 at 21:10

Not just a computer (or some nerds excel spreadsheet) but a SUPER computer has Leicester and Sunderland taking top spots with the foxes smashing the second tier points record. Coventry vying for promotion too even though they are currently near the bottom.

Championship supercomputer predicts Leicester City to achieve MAMMOTH points tally

Championship sides have settled into their spots in the table now, and Leicester City are by far and away the favourites to gain promotion to the Premier League

www.fourfourtwo.com

Load of tosh