Championship season 2019-20

[Bigdoggsteel]

3 minutes ago, DE. said:

Highlights the risk of bringing in somebody like that I guess. Although saying that Berg was a club legend here and he got 60 days or so ?

Ya,that was all part of the carnival back then. Things are a bit more personal and I suppose respectful at Boro now. I'm sure it would pain Gibson to have to sack Woodgate. It's a tricky one because if he kept them up,who knows,it could be a starting point and they could be good next season. Dropping to leave 1 would obviously be very bad though! 

[speeeeeeedie]

3 hours ago, Bigdoggsteel said:

No,but he is a club legend so it's not as straight forward sacking him, I am sure he would have been gone by now if it was anyone else. 

I know a bloke over here who is a Boro fan. He's been slating Woodgate since last August. His take is that he should never have been given the job in the first place as he wasn't up to it. So far he is being proven right.

They are dropping like a stone. Others around them are waking up.

[JHRover]

Hull looking a prime example of what happens if you sell your best players mid season and don't reinvest properly. Luckily for them they were in a decent position before the sales began but still not safe yet.

Reading also looking poor again. Bowen has surpassed expectations there but that's a shocker against Wigan and suddenly a potential 11 point gap becomes 5 with Barnsley up next.

[chaddyrovers]

Is Gibson willing to stay the course with Woodgate or is he willing to admit he was wrong to appointed Woodgate in the 1st place? 

Also what money is he willing to spend on a potential replacement and their staff? Plus who could their attract on what Gibson is willing to offer? 

[chaddyrovers]

 

[DE.]

Salary caps always tread rocky legal ground in this part of the world, but something has to be done to stem the financial losses incurred by practically every club in the Championship. The league itself is completely unsustainable as a business model, relying almost entirely on owners bailing out clubs to the tune of tens of millions of pounds season upon season. 

[47er]

Prediction----we will comply with it but others will get round it. And they'll be the ones promoted!

[Kie_BRFC]

12 hours ago, chaddyrovers said:

 

Why have you posted an article that requires a subscription to read?

[chaddyrovers]

31 minutes ago, Kie_BRFC said:

Why have you posted an article that requires a subscription to read?

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My apologies it does. Didn't last night when I read it. 

Edited February 28, 2020 by chaddyrovers

[chaddyrovers]

Leeds keeper Casillas banned for 8 games for racist comments to Charlton's player Leko. 

 

[chaddyrovers]

Hull behind already against Leeds 

[Mattyblue]

Serious collapse from Hull.

A point from the top 6 on New Year’s Day to a relegation battle.

Edited February 29, 2020 by Mattyblue

[Blue blood]

Don't suppose their injury list helps them much. Not selling your best players. 

[Mattyblue]

Owners that have washed their hands of it.

[frosty]

22 minutes ago, Mattyblue said:

Serious collapse from Hull.

A point from the top 6 on New Year’s Day to a relegation battle.

Reminds me of us in 12/13 a bit. After Appleton’s honeymoon period we were just behind Brighton in 6th, that was in February. Then we completely fell away and didn’t get going again until after we fell into the bottom three April time ish. Thoroughly miserable season.

[Cherry Blue]

This ref puts me off football. He's just awarded leeds a free kick when leeds defender fell to floor. What a plonker. 

[roversfan99]

Looking like the top 2 places are sewn up and Leeds' outlay on a proven manager will look like peanuts.

[LDRover]

This Hull side are shite. They've no chance of getting enough goals to stay up with puddings like Magennis on the pitch.

[chaddyrovers]

Leeds haven't achieve yet. 

Hull are dogshit and going down

[Sparks Rover]

12 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

Leeds haven't achieve yet. 

Hull are dogshit and going down

They put teams away at home chaddy, we need to start doing that sharpish to have any hope

[Bigdoggsteel]

If we win next weekend and Bristol city don't,  ,we are in the play off places. 

Closest we have ever been!!

 

Edited February 29, 2020 by Bigdoggsteel

[SIMON GARNERS 194]

Bloody coupon buster Wigan!

[Tom]

20 minutes ago, Bigdoggsteel said:

If we win next weekend and Bristol city don't,  ,we are in the play off places. 

Closest we have ever been!!

 

If we beat Brentford we were in the play off places so by default we were closer then! We were 3 points from the play offs before that game and still are 
 

Are we just discounting Preston now?

[chaddyrovers]

Preston's Ben Pearson out injured for a month

[DE.]

Just noticed that Wigan's win today has dropped Boro into the relegation zone. Hell of a run Wigan are on at the moment, fair play to them. 

If Barnsley keep picking up points then the likes of Hull, Charlton and Stoke will be sweating big time as well. Huddersfield not safe yet either, but think the teams above them should be okay.