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He got away with it when he did well in League 1. He won't get away with it in the Championship. If our promotion is confirmed we're in for a tough season, and someone who repeatedly doesn't show up to team meetings, trainings, or even boozes before games is someone who will cause issues in a...

Sorry, not voted. The reports suggest their ‘favoured’ outcome was weighted PPG with no relegation. I just find it interested that the EFL later mentioned unweighted when The Athletic reported their favoured outcome was a weighted PPG outcome.

Unweighted PPG benefits teams like Wycombe. Who have played most of their home games, the majority of their remaining fixtures are away games and their home record is a lot better than their away record. It would also have benefitted us when our away form lagged behind our home form. Either...

I thought L2 voted weighted PPG rather than unweighted?

Clubs are acting in self-interest, which you really can’t blame. Fleetwood probably could catch Rotherham up in the remaining games if we played on. Similarly, Posh had some ‘easy’ home games. Weighted PPG and a promotion playoff is the fairest possible outcome if the season can’t be completed...

I find it interesting that the EFL has changed its stance from a weighted PPG solution to unweighted. Especially after Posh’s Chairman threatened legal action. After all, unweighted PPG takes Posh out of the playoffs, whereas weighted keeps them in. Seems a Machiavellian move from the EFL, as...

The League 2 solution makes total sense and makes sense to apply that logic to League 1 too. With a playoff tournament, the top 6 sides have no complaint there. Whilst Rotherham have been on a downturn of form before the lockdown, you can’t reasonably argue against them getting promoted on a...

This time last year, would 100% want him to stay. After one year of not playing, and the stories around his attitude and lack of team spirit, I’d 100% avoid. It’s a shame because he has more than enough talent to compete, but our success is built on a strong team ethic and commitment to the...

PPG seems to be the most likely outcome, and it’s probably the most fair solution out there. We’re not going to finish 10 games and then the playoffs. The issue of the third promotion spot is interesting. Personally, my favoured solution would be a shortened playoff tournament, behind closed...

It was entirely by choice I chose Coventry City as my team. Didn’t know my dad, so no influence there. My mum doesn’t care about any sports. The only influence really was my grandad, hailing from Belfast and a primarily golfer, a ‘soft’ Coventry (only really going to games in the 60s or 70s)...

With so much of the season played, the most common sense solution would be to end the season with current points totals with teams promoted/relegated based off of that. It's not ideal, but a lot fairer than just nulling and voiding the season as if it never happened. Most of the games have been...

The fairest thing to do if this escalated is to postpone the season until the authorities have got this under control. If this action has been taken, and it’s still deemed unsafe to play the games, they should end the season as it is. Voiding the table shouldn’t be an option, it’s unfair to...

The more that comes out from CCC and Wasps, the more corrupt they seem. Maybe SISU aren’t the boogie man we once thought.

Players often think they’re better than they are, and goaded into big, one time moves to Premiership clubs. When these players get there, they become disposable in a ‘sink or swim’ environment. Whereas before they’re in an environment where their development has been prioritised at their club...

He’d fit in well. Last season, he was one of the best L1 defenders and is currently playing in the 2nd best defence in the league. He’s a good defender. The direct comparison is with McFadzean. He offers something different, he’s a lot more dominant in defence and has greater leadership...

What good is it getting a 2-3yr pay day when your career splutters to a halt at 26. Footballers at that age with that potential (perceived or actual) probably don’t plan to be out of the football league by 25-26. In US sports, the adage is that your second pro contract ‘sets you life’.

For me, momentum is probably with Fleetwood at the moment. Their February was outstanding, and clearly a side that doesn’t lose many games. Rotherham look like they could mess this up, with some sloppy results. That probably benefits us. If we can take advantage and build on the 7 point gap, we...

The teams that blitz teams, like Sunderland, Peterborough and Oxford have found themselves struggling in some games. Peterborough’s record when conceding the first goal is really bad, whilst Sunderland have just lost against Bristol Rovers - what should’ve been 3pts all day. We’re consistent...

We’ve earned the right to not worry about other results because if we win, we cannot drop a place regardless of the other outcomes around us. The team just needs to keep working hard to keep that privilege.

Joey Barton actually deserves it more than anyone for February. Wins against Pompey, Peterborough, Wycombe (with 10 men), Wimbledon, Doncaster and denied a win v Sunderland. Our form was great too, but fair play to Barton and Fleetwood. They are in contention for automatic promotion.