Championship thread 25/26! (42 Viewers)
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mark82
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I don't care that much as long as we go up. We'll have a much more level playing field with them than we've had this year, and we're likely to finish above both this year anyway.
clint van damme
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Yeah, ideally Boro and Millwall come up but as long as we do I'm not overly fussed.
Looks like Hackney is out for 4-6 weeks if the rumours online are anything to go by. If he is out, hopefully its just four weeks which with the international break would not be as bad but could mean he misses Millwall and possibly Ipswich.
Massive game on Saturday with Blackburn. nothing less than a win will do. Will be nearly as many away fans as home fans which should help.
Massive game on Saturday with Blackburn. nothing less than a win will do. Will be nearly as many away fans as home fans which should help.
Ccfcisparks
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Surely you must be worried about Hackney being out. Everything seems to go through him.
clint van damme
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Though he was injured not ill?
Ccfcisparks
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He's out with a strained arsehole
SkyBlueStallion_89
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Hackney out with a bad back from carrying Boro all season.
clint van damme
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There's a few of those on here
Oh absolutely, it's terrible. He is our best player. The only positive is if its 4 weeks then the International break falls into that so its not as many games as it could be. 6 weeks is a disaster, we will see.
Sky Blue Pete
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Same for us without Bobby wright and Rudoni and the top teams have players that come in we need players to step up which they have but it feels he is to you what Rushworth is for us
Mcbean
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Yes because you are strictly a train manMore interested in bus times to be honest.
Or at least, my friend is .
And they don't even acknowledge Boro overtaking us for a week.
fatso
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Sick Boy
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Yeah, winning the league sounds awful.
Terry Gibson's perm
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We have the opposite at work one of their new breed of fans a local lad to Wrexham a suburb called Tamworth, he was a prick before he followed them he’s still a prick and will be a prick long after he has lost interest.
Liquid Gold
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I heard 4-6 games not weeks for Hackney. That could be fatal for them.
I almost want it over because it's all consuming at the moment. This week between games has been a killer and now we have a two week hiatus after Saturday.
I almost want it over because it's all consuming at the moment. This week between games has been a killer and now we have a two week hiatus after Saturday.
lordsummerisle
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Faron Young for me.
torchomatic
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I did really like Andromeda Heights too.
fernandopartridge
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It has us never dropping below 5th but I'm sure we would have after the first game?
We were !4th after this first match, 2025/26 Championship Date Range: 1-JUL-2025 to 14-AUG-2025
Ipad Boro
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That's put your chances at 100% then.
Burnley have it etched upon their very soul now that they are to bounce forevermore.
fernandopartridge
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I think they've got a reckoning coming though similar to Leicester.
shepardo01
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Ipad Boro
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It's a worry against Millwall too that as well as Hackney's rumoured absence, McGree will likely get back too late from international duty for Australia to start and ditto Morris on international duty for the USA.
That's practically our entire midfield out if so, best hope Browne doesn't get injured on International duty as well for Ireland, else we're chucking out a midfield against Millwall composed of kids
We've quite a few others away on Internationals too, but midfield is the biggest potential blow. Not that we could ever stop them, it's always been a principle of Gibson's not to get in the way of any of our players achieving their international ambitions, which doesn't cause a "club v country" issue (unlike many other clubs when we were in the Prem) but does make us a more attractive prospect to players with international ambitions at least.
One thing that gets me though; we have all these players away on Internationals, you would expect us to have more away than Millwall perhaps, but how come what I keep hearing of as the "Best Squad in the League" Ipswich don't have many at all??
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AFCCOVENTRY
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Key Boro midfield and attack all on international duty
Sky Blue Pete
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Not sure Conway’s a miss
fernandopartridge
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Of course he is, he's their second top scorer
Robinshio
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Ignore identical games for us and Boro and we both play Watford and Wrexham with home and away switched
we then have Derby H. Hull A
They have Millwall H Ipswich A
they need 8 more points than us to overtake us
Robinshio
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Also shows that average position calculation must be rubbish as shows us with a harder run in based on average position of opponents
Para1140
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You have to wonder how Sky pick games for tv coverage sometimes.
Southampton V Norwich on Wednesday both teams with a chance of playoffs still and they have no coverage.
Tonight their main event is Preston v Stoke both teams mid table nothing to play for and are hardly entertaining teams. I cant imagine anyone unless your a supporter of either team being remotely interested in watching or being interested in the outcome
Southampton V Norwich on Wednesday both teams with a chance of playoffs still and they have no coverage.
Tonight their main event is Preston v Stoke both teams mid table nothing to play for and are hardly entertaining teams. I cant imagine anyone unless your a supporter of either team being remotely interested in watching or being interested in the outcome
clint van damme
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It's a worry against Millwall too that as well as Hackney's rumoured absence, McGree will likely get back too late from international duty for Australia to start and ditto Morris on international duty for the USA.
That's practically our entire midfield out if so, best hope Browne doesn't get injured on International duty as well for Ireland, else we're chucking out a midfield against Millwall composed of kids
We've quite a few others away on Internationals too, but midfield is the biggest potential blow. Not that we could ever stop them, it's always been a principle of Gibson's not to get in the way of any of our players achieving their international ambitions, which doesn't cause a "club v country" issue (unlike many other clubs when we were in the Prem) but does make us a more attractive prospect to players with international ambitions at least.
One thing that gets me though; we have all these players away on Internationals, you would expect us to have more away than Millwall perhaps, but how come what I keep hearing of as the "Best Squad in the League" Ipswich don't have many at all??
We have our own injury issues, though hopefully some good news on that front soon as far as Rudi and Thomas are concerned.
clint van damme
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I think their may be something in the contract regarding minimum amount of live appearances, I know that's been the case in the past, no idea if it's part of the current deal but it may offer an answer to your question.
On the Southampton v Norwich match, I think there's something about postponed matches can't be broadcast if they were originally scheduled for 3pm on a Saturday.