It's easy to see why some EPL/Arsenal fans are despised isn't it? A general lack of awareness and respect for the rest of the game aren't good qualities... The Championship is the fifth most watched league in Europe.
I'm off up to Vale Park tomorrow. Not been before, cheap train tickets and should be an interesting game. We've looked awesome in preseason, ripping apart a strong Millwall team 3-0, narrowly losing to Celtic 2-1 and beating Cardiff 3-2 earlier in the week (which involved a 23 pass, minute and a quarter possession winner!?). Will be interesting to see how we actually perform when the pressure is on.
Picked up Will Grigg on tribunal, with Norwich, WBA and Villa all looking at him last season. George Saville from Chelsea on loan looks like he could be incredible, Martin Filo the former Czech Rep U21 captain, Javi Venta who was playing CL football with Villareal recently (and was in the Spain 2006 30 man WC squad!), Alan McCormack from Swindon and just signed David Button in goal.
Great time to be a Bee. New 20,000 stadium on the way, biggest and most advanced backroom staff in the league - with almost every single one having turned down a job in the Champ or Prem recently - and we're also one of the only clubs outside the top two leagues to have been granted a Category Two Academy (same level as QPR, Swansea, etc.), with an indoor training pitch being built in Uxbridge.
Not seen a season preview that features us outside the top 6, and most of the betting companies have us in the top two. Easy money for you betters (be mindful that we've only spent one season since WW2 outside the bottom to divisions though
). If any of you lot are looking for a team to follow in L1, look no further