Championship thread 25/26! (22 Viewers)

[clint van damme]

Watford drawing twice with Sheffield Wednesday and needing injury time equalisers to do so on both occasions is criminal. They are such a weird team.

Watched them Leicester at the weekend, good up until the 18 yard box and have clearly got some decent players but somethings just not right with them.

 

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[TomRad85]

Watched them Leicester at the weekend, good up until the 18 yard box and have clearly got some decent players but somethings just not right with them.

Some very talented individuals. You get some teams who are better than the sum of their parts, i'd say Watford are a classic example of the exact opposite.

 

[Liquid Gold]

I think Watford are overrated by our fanbase following the game against them at the CBS.

They had a cracking second half and really came at us but that's because we were just seeing through the game that we'd won in a half. If it was in any danger we'd have had multiple gears to go through.

 

[Otis]

I think Watford are overrated by our fanbase following the game against them at the CBS.

They had a cracking second half and really came at us but that's because we were just seeing through the game that we'd won in a half. If it was in any danger we'd have had multiple gears to go through.

I may be going mad, but didn't they have some great chances in the first half too?

 

[Nick]

Several decent posters were lost. I don’t remember numbers specifically but at least one it was because of the racism on here and nothing being done iirc. Another because of transphobia which I’m probably partly to blame for. It does drive people away when arseholes get a free pass. A large reason GMK died was lax moderation and trolls running wild. Most people just can’t be arsed with it. It’s killing Twitter and BlueSky as well. A very noisy 5-10% can drive everyone else away if not managed properly.

Drove away that much they still post.

It's always those who shout "inclusivity" but then when people have different viewpoints or political views they dont want them included.

Might make sure I tell everybody I am never ever ever ever ever ever ever going to a city game again over and over again and just go with a different coat on.

 

[TomRad85]

I think Watford are overrated by our fanbase following the game against them at the CBS.

They had a cracking second half and really came at us but that's because we were just seeing through the game that we'd won in a half. If it was in any danger we'd have had multiple gears to go through.

I agree, i think there were some who thought they might catch us at one point
They do have some talented individuals though imo.

 

[shmmeee]

Drove away that much they still post.

It's always those who shout "inclusivity" but then when people have different viewpoints or political views they dont want them included.

Do they? I don’t have access to people’s IPs so I don’t know if people are coming back with another name.

 

[Nick]

Do they? I don’t have access to people’s IPs so I don’t know if people are coming back with another name.

One of them is so obvious it doesn't even need IP checking (which isn't really any good anyway).

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

If Lesta go down it will be the first time ever that we have been two leagues above them…

 

[Otis]

It's funny that I haven't even looked up who might be joining the Championship from League One.

I usually have a gander, but we have been top for so long, it just doesn't seem relevant and that's not said with any kind of degree of arrogance.

 

[Nick]

If Lesta go down it will be the first time ever that we have been two leagues above them…

Would be mad to have their training ground and facilities for a league one club. If they didn't bounce back first season they would probably be in trouble.

 

[shmmeee]

One of them is so obvious it doesn't even need IP checking (which isn't really any good anyway).

I’ll take your word for it as the admin.

 

[TomRad85]

If Lesta go down it will be the first time ever that we have been two leagues above them…

How the turntables

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

Would be mad to have their training ground and facilities for a league one club. If they didn't bounce back first season they would probably be in trouble.

They will surely have to sell some of that stuff off to stay afloat I’d reckon.

 

[Nick]

I’ll take your word for it as the admin.

I don't doubt some will have just logged off never to login again for various reasons and probably some for that.

 

[TomRad85]

They will surely have to sell some of that stuff off to stay afloat I’d reckon.

Delicious isn't it. Fatawu will go for big money and they'll be able to sell Monga for quite a bit too as Prem clubs will pay for the potential. Those values drop if relegated though and i don't see too many others being in high demand for the wages they'll be on. That wage bill could be crippling in League One.

 

[Nick]

Delicious isn't it. Fatawu will go for big money and they'll be able to sell Monga for quite a bit too as Prem clubs will pay for the potential. Those values drop if relegated though and i don't see too many others being in high demand for the wages they'll be on. That wage bill could be crippling in League One.

I wonder if they even expected it and had relegation clauses.

 

[TomRad85]

I wonder if they even expected it and had relegation clauses.

I sure i read somewhere that most of these players did not have relegation clauses upon relegation from the Prem. So i think we can assume nothing is in place for League One relegation.

 

[rob9872]

they'll be able to sell Monga for quite a bit too

Which one?

 

[Nick]

I sure i read somewhere that most of these players did not have relegation clauses upon relegation from the Prem. So i think we can assume nothing is in place for League One relegation.

Please tell me they signed Harry Winks for 10 years.

 

[TomRad85]

Please tell me they signed Harry Winks for 10 years.

Sadly i think his 90k a week contract is up in the summer.

 

[Ccfcisparks]

I’d sign Monga

 

[rob9872]

Please tell me they signed Harry Winks for 10 years.

There was that lad Sunderland couldn't get rid of in L1 who was on about £70k a week

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

Delicious isn't it. Fatawu will go for big money and they'll be able to sell Monga for quite a bit too as Prem clubs will pay for the potential. Those values drop if relegated though and i don't see too many others being in high demand for the wages they'll be on. That wage bill could be crippling in League One.

There is also the added tainting of these players by how poorly they’ve performed this season.

A pretty amusing thought is that Wout Faes still has a year left there and has performed terribly at Monaco. He could be turning out for them away at Bromley on the opening day.

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

There was that lad Sunderland couldn't get rid of in L1 who was on about £70k a week

Jack Rodwell, think he left in the summer following relegation

 

[rob9872]

I’d sign Monga

He's from Cov, so I assume he's already rejected us at some point.

 

[TomRad85]

I’d sign Monga

I'd like to but i think we probably need more than 'potential' for the outlay. More established Prem clubs will be in.

 

[Marty]

Deleted member 5849 came across like a decent poster. I didn't really see why he left but I think he fell out with some on here.

I'm not getting usernames just deleted member 5849. So not sure if we're talking about the same person, but I have been threatened multiple times by that northern wisdom on here just for having different views on things. Glad he's flounced off tbh. This place is better without him.

 

[Hutch11]

He's from Cov, so I assume he's already rejected us at some point.

Wasn't he on our books as a kid

 

[TomRad85]

Wasn't he on our books as a kid

Ironic Leicester having to sell off the training ground that they would have used to tempt him away from us. Fucking mugs.

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

As an aside, it’s a bit ridiculous that Sheff W will get a 15 point penalty if the new owner refuses to give Chansiri a huge payoff when he’s the one who fucked the club.

Bloke should be getting fuck all.

 

[rob9872]

Wasn't he on our books as a kid

Not sure at all tbh, just know he's from here. I'll check Wiki

Ok - it says began his career with Coventry City but then only lists Lesta as his youth team .. so remains unconfirmed!

 

[skybluecam]

Because Farage would then say he’s been marginalised and the “establishment” is trying to stop him - as he said I’m sure that’s what he actually wanted

He might well have done that but it would look stupid even for him. No one, political figure or not, would be allowed to do a whole promo shoot on a stadium tour.

Anyway turns out he was invited by an Ipswich exec and the club have just cocked up their response to it.

 

[edgy]

Monga was never in our Academy. He was picked up by Leicester scouts playing locally. He probably knows a lot of our Academy lads from school and grassroots football.

Was thinking about the possibility of tempting him back to his home city. But for such a potentially big price tag, he hasnt really set this division alight. We would be paying for a project and not a PL starter. Not sure we would be in the position to do that.

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

Basically nobody at Lesta has covered themselves in glory this season except for Jordan James who’s not even their player. Aside from him I wouldn’t even look at any of their squad.