2023-24 EFL Championship Discussion Thread

Post #21 » by **Shaazzam** » Wed Aug 9, 2023 9:54 pm

Baseline81 wrote:
Shaazzam wrote:Nope, not what was said. Nice strawman.

How?

HIF disagreed with my assertion the aim in sports is to win at the highest level.

I will wait for you to show me multiple examples of players who would rather play in lesser leagues. And yes, I say multiple because there are always outliers.

And no, I won't. I don't engage in propping up strawman.

MetalFingaz · Post #22 » by **MetalFingaz** » Thu Aug 10, 2023 1:13 am

HIF wrote:Where are you Manchester, Arsenal, Chelsea, Spurs ...?

The Championship Toryphy.

HIF · Post #23 » by **HIF** » Fri Aug 11, 2023 5:49 pm

Read on Twitter

Post #24 » by **Baphomet** » Fri Aug 11, 2023 5:59 pm

HIF wrote:

Read on Twitter

Going from Martin Tyler to Peter Drury is like upgrading a Soviet Lada to a Lamborghini. Best thing Sky has done since sacking Richard Keys.

The_Brecht · Post #25 » by **The_Brecht** » Tue Aug 22, 2023 5:35 am

Absolute rocket by Ramsey.
Shame it's in a loss.

HIF · Post #26 » by **HIF** » Tue Aug 22, 2023 12:48 pm

The_Brecht wrote:Absolute rocket by Ramsey.
Shame it's in a loss.

No shame about it at all. any other result would have been a crime. Great goal though - as was the first by academy lad Wanya Marcal.

HIF · Post #27 » by **HIF** » Sun Aug 27, 2023 9:05 am

4/4 - only 7 teams have ever started a season 4/4 in the championship.
Top of the league

Post #28 » by **Baphomet** » Tue Aug 29, 2023 6:37 pm

Leicester are flying, along with Norwich who are scoring for fun.

Hard to see past them for promotion, but it's a long season.

LDNMagic90 · Post #29 » by **LDNMagic90** » Wed Aug 30, 2023 10:20 am

Please do not allow Birmingham to get promoted lol

HIF · Post #30 » by **HIF** » Wed Aug 30, 2023 2:29 pm

We're doing well but we've played teams not expected to challenge. Next up Hull and Both Southampton & Norwich away. That'll give us a better indication of what we still need to do.

Need to offload a few players still : Daka, Souttar, Soumaré, Ward, Iversen and VK

Need a good CB, mid and striker in.

LDNMagic90 · Post #31 » by **LDNMagic90** » Wed Aug 30, 2023 3:07 pm

HIF wrote:We're doing well but we've played teams not expected to challenge. Next up Hull and Both Southampton & Norwich away. That'll give us a better indication of what we still need to do.

Need to offload a few players still : Daka, Souttar, Soumaré, Ward, Iversen and VK

Need a good CB, mid and striker in.

I was surprised that you guys weren’t in for Cam Archer and Aaron Ramsey from us

HIF · Post #32 » by **HIF** » Wed Aug 30, 2023 5:57 pm

LDNMagic90 wrote:
HIF wrote:We're doing well but we've played teams not expected to challenge. Next up Hull and Both Southampton & Norwich away. That'll give us a better indication of what we still need to do.

Need to offload a few players still : Daka, Souttar, Soumaré, Ward, Iversen and VK

Need a good CB, mid and striker in.

I was surprised that you guys weren’t in for Cam Archer and Aaron Ramsey from us

Our DoF is an idiot.

HIF · Post #33 » by **HIF** » Wed Aug 30, 2023 5:58 pm

We could sign that Man city youngster, the double barrelled one who plays CB but they don't want to pay the wages. He'd be a game changer for us.

Post #34 » by **Baphomet** » Sat Sep 30, 2023 9:40 pm

HIF wrote:We could sign that Man city youngster, the double barrelled one who plays CB but they don't want to pay the wages. He'd be a game changer for us.

Good results for your boys today with West Brom smashing Preston and Ipswich being held to a draw by Huddersfield.

Early signs look promising, but of course it's a long season.

HIF · Post #35 » by **HIF** » Sun Oct 1, 2023 7:58 am

Baphomet wrote:
HIF wrote:We could sign that Man city youngster, the double barrelled one who plays CB but they don't want to pay the wages. He'd be a game changer for us.

Good results for your boys today with West Brom smashing Preston and Ipswich being held to a draw by Huddersfield.

Early signs look promising, but of course it's a long season.

We've been playing some lovely football and we are where we deserve to be. Coady is now back from injury but sadly Doyle is out for at least 4 months.

The championship is a tough league as can be seen by Southampton and Leeds starts to the season but teams also make quite a few mistakes and so quality should win through.

This afternoon we're away to Blackburn and any result puts us back on top of the league. I feel as confident as I can be that we can continue our 100% away record and open a little gap over Ipswich and Preston.

btw winks is playing great, all of our summer signings are playing great but the young academy lad Jason McAteer is outperforming everyone.

MetalFingaz · Post #36 » by **MetalFingaz** » Sun Oct 29, 2023 6:36 pm

Filling in for HIF, nice winner from Winks yesterday. Now 14pts clear of Leeds in 3rd.

MetalFingaz · Post #37 » by **MetalFingaz** » Mon Apr 1, 2024 9:07 pm

Leeds have clawed their way back into the automatic promotion spots, though Leicester have a game in hand in 3rd (1 pt off Leeds, 2 pts off Ipswich).

Pipp33 · Post #38 » by **Pipp33** » Tue Apr 2, 2024 1:32 am

MetalFingaz wrote:Leeds have clawed their way back into the automatic promotion spots, though Leicester have a game in hand in 3rd (1 pt off Leeds, 2 pts off Ipswich).

Really interesting end coming, with promotion and relegation (as always).

Leicester have really dropped off over the last month+. Leeds have been on a charge and Southampton were unlucky not to at least get a point today against Ipswich.

Birmingham got a win to give them a boost in the relegation battle...unfortunately :lol:

Post #39 » by **Baphomet** » Tue Apr 2, 2024 5:10 pm

Really interesting climax to the season. While I think they would be the best team in the playoffs should they start as the table is today, dropping into the playoff spots would be a bit of a disaster for Leicester given how dominant their position was. Mentally that has to sting. They did dispatch Norwich quite comfortably yesterday, though.

Post #40 » by **Baphomet** » Yesterday 11:16 pm

Baphomet wrote:Really interesting climax to the season. While I think they would be the best team in the playoffs should they start as the table is today, dropping into the playoff spots would be a bit of a disaster for Leicester given how dominant their position was. Mentally that has to sting. They did dispatch Norwich quite comfortably yesterday, though.

3-4 weeks later, Leicester turned their form around and have been promoted. Now it's a case of whether Leeds or Ipswich will join them in the automatic spots, looks like it will be Ipswich after Leeds got battered by QPR today, but we'll see.