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Post by hatchett on Aug 8, 2008 23:31:03 GMT
Happy Days - it's not us chasing for once. We will do what we we know best DEFEND this season and fight, thats me happy as long as we fight!!! (when our players come)
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Post by PotterLog on Aug 8, 2008 23:32:55 GMT
Bloody hell I'd forgotten about that! ;D Good luck tomorrow Cardiff, Wolves, QPR, Burnley etc etc etc...  |
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Post by JoeinOz on Aug 8, 2008 23:34:31 GMT
Reminds me of the old days when we started a week earlier than the big clubs!! |
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Post by bigb35 on Aug 8, 2008 23:42:26 GMT
yeah, aahh good times, goood times |
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Post by sidibegoalmachine on Aug 8, 2008 23:47:09 GMT
who do you all fancy to win it ?
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Post by JoeinOz on Aug 8, 2008 23:49:48 GMT
Palace to win it IMHO
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Post by sidibegoalmachine on Aug 8, 2008 23:58:26 GMT
i agree, looked good towards the end of last season especially when they played us at home. Between Palace and Birmingham but my moneys on Palace.
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Post by Olgrligm on Aug 9, 2008 0:00:21 GMT
Palace by a mile. Reading to follow if they sell no more players. Charlton will finish bottom half, Blackpool and Doncaster will struggle, Swansea should be safe, Forest are dark horses, Derby in or around the play-offs, Watford will be lower mid-table, Burnley mid-table, Wolves play-offs, Bristol should be in the play-offs, QPR in the play-offs, Barnsley and Cardiff are in real trouble.
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Post by premierpotters08 on Aug 9, 2008 0:08:15 GMT
stoke oh i mean bardiff or palace sorry im just not quite use to our prem status.
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Post by Ex-GeordieNeil on Aug 9, 2008 0:11:02 GMT
Think Forest will win it ..... and tomorrow's when it'll all 'sink in'!
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Post by hatchett on Aug 9, 2008 7:12:12 GMT
What about QPR Spaghetti?
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Post by Parksy on Aug 9, 2008 8:41:19 GMT
Whilst in Southampton today, I was in the local shop and the woman behind the counter said "oh it's the football season starting today, isn't it?" to which I replied "Dunno but the Premiership starts next week"  |
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Post by Bick on Aug 9, 2008 9:08:58 GMT
I think Birmingham 1st, QPR 2nd, Playoffs: Derby, Palace, Bristol & Reading: Reading Promoted
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Post by Deleted on Aug 9, 2008 9:53:24 GMT
Think Brizzle will struggle tbh. Lost that surprise factor they had last season.
Birmingham to win, Derby or Wolves to follow. Play offs QPR, Sheffield Utd, Ipswich.
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Post by proudtobeastokie on Aug 9, 2008 9:57:03 GMT
Brum, Derby and Palarse go up and down will be Watford, Donny and.... I'm not actually sure!!
Can't wait watch the classic that is The Championship on Sunday, always means the footy season into full swing, although it'll be wierd not having to wait for Stoke though!!
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Post by Bick on Aug 9, 2008 9:58:53 GMT
It is becoming concerning, that even the campionship is becoming laden with good teams with money to spend. The gap between the prem and champ is closing I think
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Post by ChepstowStokie on Aug 9, 2008 10:08:59 GMT
ah good old jeff stelling is back. I will know the football drought has ended when I see his face on sky sports news
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Post by jeffers on Aug 9, 2008 10:10:14 GMT
Blues to win the Champ, league 1 Leeds or Peterborough, League 2 Shrewsbury
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Post by redrob on Aug 9, 2008 10:11:14 GMT
Palace and Brum to go up in autos QPR via the playoffs
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Post by apb1 on Aug 9, 2008 10:18:42 GMT
Saturday, 09 August 2008
The Coca-Cola Football League Championship
Birmingham v Sheff Utd, 12:45
Blackpool v Bristol City, 15:00
Cardiff v Southampton, 15:00
Charlton v Swansea, 15:00
Coventry v Norwich, 15:00
Crystal Palace v Watford, 15:00
Derby v Doncaster, 15:00
Ipswich v Preston, 15:00
Plymouth v Wolverhampton, 15:00
QPR v Barnsley, 15:00
Sheff Wed v Burnley, 15:00
Is it just me or is there something rather vulgar and provincial about that list of games? ;D
Interestingly the Championship is now the 4th biggest league for attendances in Europe - it beat Italy's Serie A last year! The strength in depth of our football makes a better case for England's right to host the world cup than anything else I think. My local team in Essex often get 2000 crowds and they are only just up to conference south.
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Post by apb1 on Aug 9, 2008 10:36:56 GMT
Well the beeb got that wrong about 4th biggest - that was in 2006-07, when Juventus were in Serie B.
Here are the averages for the major European Leagues last year:
Bundesliga: 39,426
Premier League: 36,076
La Liga: 29,124
Serie A: 23,180
France: 21,840
Holland: 18,732
2nd tier for the same countries:
Germany: 18,140
England: 17,022
Spain: 8,772!
Italy: 6,026!
France: 7,354
Holland: 3,211
Germany's sneaky 'cheap tickets and allowing standing up' policy is clearly working.
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