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Tommo1993

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  • Nov 9, 2025
  • #5,951
shmmeee said:
If the league is so poor why isn’t anyone else winning it?
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I think it comes from bitterness from elsewhere, and Cov fans putting ourselves down.

Or maybe we’ve just been the best team in a still very good league. We’ve licked our wounds from the P/O’s and have stepped up.
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Nov 9, 2025
  • #5,952
Tommo1993 said:
I think it comes from bitterness from elsewhere, and Cov fans putting ourselves down.

Or maybe we’ve just been the best team in a still very good league. We’ve licked our wounds from the P/O’s and have stepped up.
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Except for Norwich there aren't any honking sides in this league, even Sheff Weds despite their troubles have fought hard in every game. The truth is that the Championship is one of the strongest leagues outside of Europe's big 4 and even then I think the best teams in it would be competitive in La Liga/Serie A/Bundesliga.
 
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Londonccfcfan

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  • Nov 9, 2025
  • #5,953
Tommo1993 said:
I think it comes from bitterness from elsewhere, and Cov fans putting ourselves down.

Or maybe we’ve just been the best team in a still very good league. We’ve licked our wounds from the P/O’s and have stepped up.
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People confusing competitive with poor.
 
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KenilworthSkyBlue

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  • Nov 9, 2025
  • #5,954
Surely that argument would make more sense in season's like last season where for the most part the parachute clubs completely blew away the rest of the league?

It's proving to be one of the most competitive seasons the Championship has seen in years which surely is a good thing.
 

Alkhen

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  • Nov 9, 2025
  • #5,955

652K views · 5.8K reactions | You asked, he delivered! 💪 | Middlesbrough FC

You asked, he delivered! 💪
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Adi needs to work on his fist pumps.

I do wonder if they would do well seeing if he'd take the job himself
 

Sky Blue Pete

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  • Nov 9, 2025
  • #5,956
Alkhen said:

652K views · 5.8K reactions | You asked, he delivered! 💪 | Middlesbrough FC

You asked, he delivered! 💪
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Adi needs to work on his fist pumps.

I do wonder if they would do well seeing if he'd take the job himself
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Hope so and then they’ll find hes not a manager
 

Danceswithhorses

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  • Nov 9, 2025
  • #5,957

Rob Edwards agrees Wolves contract on three-and-a-half-year deal after Middlesbrough compensation agreed

Edwards was granted permission to speak with Wolves on Saturday after being stood down as Middlesbrough manager; Edwards only joined Boro in June; Wolves announcement expected soon
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£3-4m compensation...not bad
 
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Mercian In Anglia

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  • Nov 9, 2025
  • #5,958
Danceswithhorses said:

Rob Edwards agrees Wolves contract on three-and-a-half-year deal after Middlesbrough compensation agreed

Edwards was granted permission to speak with Wolves on Saturday after being stood down as Middlesbrough manager; Edwards only joined Boro in June; Wolves announcement expected soon
www.skysports.com

£3-4m compensation...not bad
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Handy war chest for Jan- you could get yourself either a Matt Grimes or Patson Daka's toenail clippings for that, depending on your preferred transfer strategy.
 
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Tommo1993

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  • Nov 9, 2025
  • #5,959
Even though Wolves already look pretty doomed, it’s an underwhelming appointment imo.
 
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Alkhen

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  • Nov 9, 2025
  • #5,960
Adi doesn't sound like he's ruling it out:

Asked after if he’d have any interest in stepping up to be head coach, Viveash said: “The only thing I'm interested in at the minute is finishing this interview and going to have a glass of red wine. Today is about the players and supporters. Tomorrow, we'll wake up, it'll be another day, life moves on and that's a subject for the club and the powers that be"

“I'm grateful I was given the opportunity and I hope I took it in the right way. Thankfully we've given the fans a good day at the end of a difficult week. And I mean playing as well. We've had three tough games. There was a lot of tiredness anyway but it was a very, very important three points and that's the main thing.”
 

Danceswithhorses

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  • Nov 9, 2025
  • #5,961


Latest Opta prediction...it's getting better all the time
 
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blunted

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  • Nov 9, 2025
  • #5,962
TomRad85 said:

Adi beating Blues then getting in on the fist pumps. Don't think they'll miss Edwards much tbh, he'll flop at Wolves.
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Wonder if Adi still lives near us? May influence his future especially if new manager wants his own staff. Adi has said he wants to be a number 2 in the past.
 
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skyblue025

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  • Nov 10, 2025
  • #5,963
Wolves in talks to see which backroom staff they take from M'boro being reported on Sky.
 

Danceswithhorses

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  • Nov 10, 2025
  • #5,964
skyblue025 said:
Wolves in talks to see which backroom staff they take from M'boro being reported on Sky.
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Based on Adi's post match interview, it didn't sound like he was keen on leaving (he didn't dismiss taking over though, despite historically saying that didn't interest him).
He seems the loyal sort, but you never know of course.
If they paid him 10x his M'bro salary (like Edward's reported salary), he might be tempted.
 
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skyblue025

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  • Nov 10, 2025
  • #5,965
Danceswithhorses said:
Based on Adi's post match interview, it didn't sound like he was keen on leaving (he didn't dismiss taking over though, despite historically saying that didn't interest him).
He seems the loyal sort, but you never know of course.
If they paid him 10x his M'bro salary (like Edward's reported salary), he might be tempted.
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Wouldn't we all.
 
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wingy

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  • Nov 10, 2025
  • #5,966
Danceswithhorses said:
Based on Adi's post match interview, it didn't sound like he was keen on leaving (he didn't dismiss taking over though, despite historically saying that didn't interest him).
He seems the loyal sort, but you never know of course.
If they paid him 10x his M'bro salary (like Edward's reported salary), he might be tempted.
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Are Wolves planning for the Championship as automatics or genuinely trying to avoid, I'm not convinced particularly?
 

Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Nov 10, 2025
  • #5,967
wingy said:
Are Wolves planning for the Championship as automatics or genuinely trying to avoid, I'm not convinced particularly?
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Well put it this way, no PL team on two points at this stage has ever stayed up.
 
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CovFan

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  • Nov 10, 2025
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Rumour that Boro are looking at possibly appointing James Morrison (The player not the singer) as their new manager, which would be a very leftfield appointment.
 
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tom88

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  • Nov 10, 2025
  • #5,969
I bet Carrick is laughing at Boro.....
 
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alexccfc99

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  • Nov 10, 2025
  • #5,970
CovFan said:
Rumour that Boro are looking at possibly appointing James Morrison (The player not the singer) as their new manager, which would be a very leftfield appointment.
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They can't play on broken strings
 
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Danceswithhorses

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  • Nov 10, 2025
  • #5,971

Spotted on reddit

EDIT...damn reddit took down the pic, sorry, i should have saved the pic first
 
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SkyBlueStallion_89

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  • Nov 10, 2025
  • #5,972
Danceswithhorses said:

Spotted on reddit
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Frank said Ellis is low maintenance, reckon he'd just pull out a spoon instead, a gun would bring too much attention on simmo
 

Terry_dactyl

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  • Nov 10, 2025
  • #5,973
CovFan said:
Rumour that Boro are looking at possibly appointing James Morrison (The player not the singer) as their new manager, which would be a very leftfield appointment.
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James Morrison & Leftfield…they’re going for an eclectic appointment.
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Nov 10, 2025
  • #5,974
tom88 said:
I bet Carrick is laughing at Boro.....
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He was given a long time by Championship standards and fell short too many times. One of the favourites for the Norwich job it looks like
 
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fernandopartridge

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  • Nov 10, 2025
  • #5,975
Tommo1993 said:
Have noticed that old ‘the league is poor this year’ nonsense doing the rounds again. Are we really gonna go through all this again?
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The malign influence of the PL on football fans. For a league to be considered good it must be won by only select teams who win it by miles. It must not, under any circumstances, be unpredictable.
 
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Sky Blue Pete

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  • Nov 10, 2025
  • #5,976
Second tier podcast expect us to fall off
Did mention Rudoni
I think everyone has forgotten just how good Rudoni is
 
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fernandopartridge

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  • Nov 10, 2025
  • #5,977
Sky Blue Pete said:
Second tier podcast expect us to fall off
Did mention Rudoni
I think everyone has forgotten just how good Rudoni is
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The Second Tier podcast is mostly clickbait
 
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Tommo1993

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  • Nov 10, 2025
  • #5,978
fernandopartridge said:
The Second Tier podcast is mostly clickbait
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And people rise to it every single time.
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Nov 10, 2025
  • #5,979
An SBT podcast would be great entertainment
 
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KenilworthSkyBlue

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  • Nov 10, 2025
  • #5,980
Sky Blue Pete said:
Second tier podcast expect us to fall off
Did mention Rudoni
I think everyone has forgotten just how good Rudoni is
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I wouldn't bother listening to those pair of geeks.

Literally an abysmal podcast and they just engagement farm on their socials.
 
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Ccfcisparks

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  • Nov 10, 2025
  • #5,981
Brighton Sky Blue said:
An SBT podcast would be great entertainment
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Would love it. hosted by Baldy Fatso and Matt Smith banging together their 3 collective brain cells
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Nov 10, 2025
  • #5,982
Ccfcisparks said:
Would love it. hosted by Baldy Fatso and Matt Smith banging together their 3 collective brain cells
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Let’s make it happen
 

clint van damme

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  • Nov 10, 2025
  • #5,983
Sky Blue Pete said:
Second tier podcast expect us to fall off
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What is their reasoning?
I can't see how any objective analysis can come to that conclusion.

Of course we might shit the bed, but I can't see how that would be anything other than unexpected.
 

Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Nov 10, 2025
  • #5,984
clint van damme said:
What is their reasoning?
I can't see how any objective analysis can come to that conclusion.

Of course we might shit the bed, but I can't see how that would be anything other than unexpected.
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I assume it’s to do some edgelording and provoke the usual suspects on Twitter for engagement. The underlying data don’t suggest over performance.
 

SBAndy

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  • Nov 10, 2025
  • #5,985
clint van damme said:
What is their reasoning?
I can't see how any objective analysis can come to that conclusion.

Of course we might shit the bed, but I can't see how that would be anything other than unexpected.
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Don’t think it’s that mental of a take tbh. I think they are referring more to the short-term than over the season as a whole. The underlying data suggests we’re probably not quite as convincing as early season (which is an almost impossible pace to keep) and we’re heading into a particularly difficult month. Would be amazing if we did get to the turn of the year on 54 points but I ain’t holding my breath.
 
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