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Post by foxysgloves on Aug 28, 2022 12:57:57 GMT
Early signs suggest it’s a poor division this year.
Nobody looks head and shoulders above the rest like Fulham.
All sides look beatable.
Given Neil’s record for quickly transforming sides it looks like a good opportunity for us.
But it is Stoke….
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Post by Deleted on Aug 28, 2022 12:59:33 GMT
Early signs suggest it’s a poor division this year. Nobody looks head and shoulders above the rest like Fulham. All sides look beatable. Given Neil’s record for quickly transforming sides it looks like a good opportunity for us. But it is Stoke…. To be fair has it ever been anything but? Fulham were an exception in quality but it's hardly ever been good football in any sense |
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Post by foxysgloves on Aug 28, 2022 13:01:24 GMT
Early signs suggest it’s a poor division this year. Nobody looks head and shoulders above the rest like Fulham. All sides look beatable. Given Neil’s record for quickly transforming sides it looks like a good opportunity for us. But it is Stoke…. To be fair has it ever been anything but? Fulham were an exception in quality but it's hardly ever been good football in any sense I thought Forest were decent. But to be fair they were shite at the start. And Bournemouth seemed to have the measure of most teams. Which is a worry considering the way they are struggling now! |
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Post by crouchpotato1 on Aug 28, 2022 13:06:40 GMT
There is no standout team this season but it’s as competitive as ever week in week out and always will be
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Post by Vadiation_Ribe on Aug 28, 2022 13:11:56 GMT
The Championship is never any different. It may seem a poor standard, but it's competitive and still probably one of the top 10 leagues in the world.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 28, 2022 13:12:24 GMT
There is no standout team this season but it’s as competitive as ever week in week out and always will be Spot on. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 28, 2022 13:13:46 GMT
There is no standout team this season but it’s as competitive as ever week in week out and always will be Quite often the standout team is the one with the striker who gets 20/25 odd goals. Makes a huge difference between say 6 th and top 2. The amount of times Norwich were second best in games then Pukki popped up , say |
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Post by leesandfordstoupe on Aug 28, 2022 13:36:18 GMT
The Championship is never any different. It may seem a poor standard, but it's competitive and still probably one of the top 10 leagues in the world. I love it and I hate it. The quality is poor but virtually every team thinks they can get promoted at the start which is exactly how it should be. If you could mix that with the quality of the Prem it would be magic. |
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Post by cvillestokie on Aug 28, 2022 13:50:16 GMT
Early signs suggest it’s a poor division this year. Nobody looks head and shoulders above the rest like Fulham. All sides look beatable. Given Neil’s record for quickly transforming sides it looks like a good opportunity for us. But it is Stoke…. Every year. It’s a poor standard every year. It’s a massively overrated division. A pale imitation of the Premier league that it so desperately longs to be. |
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Post by bayernoatcake on Aug 28, 2022 14:00:31 GMT
It’s always a poor standard.
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Post by lordherefordsknob on Aug 28, 2022 14:23:44 GMT
There’s no way we’ll finish in the top 2.😜
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Post by spitthedog on Aug 28, 2022 14:26:21 GMT
As it ever been anything but?
One or two big name teams don't make it a high quality division and there doesn't seem to be any team that is hopelessly doomed for relegation either.
It all depends what you measure it by though. Compared the Northern Counties League it seems pretty good, compared to the Prem or La Liga its a bit ropey to say the least.
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Post by nonameface on Aug 28, 2022 14:27:08 GMT
probably the strongest second division in the world. It's a tough division, as we've shown it to be for the majority of the time we've been in it.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 28, 2022 14:47:28 GMT
It’s always a poor standard. Compared to what? |
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Post by y_oh_y_delilah on Aug 28, 2022 14:48:15 GMT
Notwithstanding the quality of the competition, The Championship is a very difficult and highly competitive league.
Given our squad, a new manager bounce, one or two additions and a reasonably free injury free run there’s no reason at all why we can’t be challenging next spring.
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Post by spitthedog on Aug 28, 2022 15:08:41 GMT
Whatever the quality and however you judge it, its a bit more competitive than Scottish Premiership and English Premier League going on results from this weekend.
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Post by marylandstoke on Aug 28, 2022 15:11:54 GMT
Down among the muck and nettles.
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Post by PotterLog on Aug 28, 2022 15:20:54 GMT
The Championship is never any different. It may seem a poor standard, but it's competitive and still probably one of the top 10 leagues in the world. I love it and I hate it. The quality is poor but virtually every team thinks they can get promoted at the start which is exactly how it should be. If you could mix that with the quality of the Prem it would be magic. Exactly why MON’s “we’ll never be top two” attitude was just not acceptable. Almost every team in this division should be realistically aiming for promotion, and good, motivated coaches make it happen all the time with mediocre teams. |
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Post by wakeypotter on Aug 28, 2022 15:27:33 GMT
Very competitive it’s a good league
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Post by cvillestokie on Aug 28, 2022 15:31:43 GMT
Very competitive it’s a good league But only competitive in that “anyone can beat anyone”. It doesn’t matter that it’s essentially two limited teams trying to play a style of football that they aren’t capable of, conceding goals mostly through cock ups than the skill of the opposition. It would only be good if that competitiveness equates to two teams always going all guns blazing at each other. The Championship is just a war of attrition. |
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