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Championship and below 2015/16

Wow what has happened to us ? I go away for a couple of weeks and we plummet down the table.

We could have been three down after twenty minutes today to the bottom team, but for some fantastic saves from the keeper. We score a lucky goal, then score a cracker, and all looks good until we panic when Emile Heskey comes on.:eek: Suddenly revert to three centre backs, and instead of killing Bolton off, try and hang on to a two goal lead. That works for 30 seconds.:whistle:

Players have lost confidence, defence is all over the place and strikers have gone missing. What has happened to the team that beat Burnley, Boro and put five past Ipswich ? Oh well at least we have hopefully got enough points to avoid a relegation battle.:mmm:
 
Wow what has happened to us ? I go away for a couple of weeks and we plummet down the table.

We could have been three down after twenty minutes today to the bottom team, but for some fantastic saves from the keeper. We score a lucky goal, then score a cracker, and all looks good until we panic when Emile Heskey comes on.:eek: Suddenly revert to three centre backs, and instead of killing Bolton off, try and hang on to a two goal lead. That works for 30 seconds.:whistle:

Players have lost confidence, defence is all over the place and strikers have gone missing. What has happened to the team that beat Burnley, Boro and put five past Ipswich ? Oh well at least we have hopefully got enough points to avoid a relegation battle.:mmm:

Your voice seems a little distant.... "where are you, where are you?"
 
well it ended 1-1 . fair result in the end although the penalty was a bit more than harsh.it was a bit of six of one half dozen of the other,but im not the ref .
we are still the only UNBEATEN side in the football league .

so serious question ,who is going to move up a division at the season end .
i think it will be HULL ,BURNLEY and BORO, I cant see Brighton staying where they are.DERBY will be in the mix as well.
 
well it ended 1-1 . fair result in the end although the penalty was a bit more than harsh.it was a bit of six of one half dozen of the other,but im not the ref .
we are still the only UNBEATEN side in the football league .

so serious question ,who is going to move up a division at the season end .
i think it will be HULL ,BURNLEY and BORO, I cant see Brighton staying where they are.DERBY will be in the mix as well.

Fancy Hull and Boro by rights but can Brighton sneaking in via a Wembley playoff
 
We are behind you.:(

Panto season?

I think Boro are lacking a lot of consistency of late. They are frustratingly good but then go missing for a few matches. They're winning ugly. Mind you, their best game is as good as I've seen at the Riverside for a good number of years. If they put a good run together, playing the way they have been in patches, they'll annihilate anything I've seen so far in the Championship.
 
I wouldn't write off the Owls. We are third on the basis of the last 10 games and, after a very slow start to the season, are gaining momentum quickly and looking like a team which is only going to go from strength-to-strength. I can see us asserting ourselves in the playoffs given the football we're playing at the moment. Even without Barry Bannan commanding the centre third on Saturday, we had such resolve and determination. For the first time in years I can not only see real class but real depth in this side - Joao, Forestieri, Lee, Bannan, Hunt, Lees are all amongst the best players in the Championship and it'd be good to see Gary Hooper bring something to the table also.
 
I wouldn't write off the Owls. We are third on the basis of the last 10 games and, after a very slow start to the season, are gaining momentum quickly and looking like a team which is only going to go from strength-to-strength. I can see us asserting ourselves in the playoffs given the football we're playing at the moment. Even without Barry Bannan commanding the centre third on Saturday, we had such resolve and determination. For the first time in years I can not only see real class but real depth in this side - Joao, Forestieri, Lee, Bannan, Hunt, Lees are all amongst the best players in the Championship and it'd be good to see Gary Hooper bring something to the table also.

I did like Barry Bannan on his too few appearances for Palace
 
I did like Barry Bannan on his too few appearances for Palace

I was discussing him with a friend this week. I've been very impressed by his workrate and his quality in midfield though his final product still requires some polish. I was just surprised that a player of his standard (at least for the Championship) had flown under the radar for me somewhat.
 
The Bantams are flying at the moment, 6th place, decent 0 - 0 against Coventry last night, 8 clean sheets on the bounce and a team that's actually looking like a decent side now - not the hoofball dinasaur team that most pundits say we are.
 
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