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[Football] The Championship is Brilliant



MattBackHome

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Jul 7, 2003
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There's an absolutely stonking battle for automatic promotion heating up. Loads of talent, loads of drama, loads of goals and Norwich are playing some well sexshy football. Leeds only have one tactic and it's 'all out insanity'. Baggies still clinging on for dear life and have the quality to go the distance. Blades looking nigh on unbeatable at the moment.

Then you could make a reasonable top 6 case for anyone down to Preston (solid as a rock) and Villa (utter flair).

Tune in.
 




Gritt23

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Jul 7, 2003
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Always said the "best league in the World" nonsense that Sky perpetuate about the Premier League, in actually far more justifiable when talking about The Championship, which is regularly an absolutely fantastic League to watch and follow.
 




Giraffe

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I work with a Leeds fan. Was very confident earlier in the season, now not so confident. Would love them to miss out again. However I think they have a decent run in after the next 2-3 games which are fairly tough.

Not seen a lot of Sheff Utd, but they seem to be scoring a lot of goals.
 




Gwylan

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Jul 5, 2003
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I'd like Sheff Utd and Brizzle to go up, just because they both have ex-Albion players as managers (and in the former's case because it would mightily piss off Massive)

I do miss the Championship, it's a fantastic league to watch
 


Brovion

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Old hat for us and I hope it stays like that. :wink:

Indeed. People say "Oh I wouldn't mind us getting relegated, the Championship is more fun." Well it was when it was all shiny and new for us, but when we eventually get back into it the 'wrong way' it will more likely than not prove to be a frustrating grind. (As is often the case for relegated teams)

We WILL have a sense of entitlement and the feeling we should be beating the 'little' teams as we march towards promotion, and if we don't the atmosphere both on here and in the half-full ground will be toxic.
 


Weststander

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Indeed. People say "Oh I wouldn't mind us getting relegated, the Championship is more fun." Well it was when it was all shiny and new for us, but when we eventually get back into it the 'wrong way' it will more likely than not prove to be a frustrating grind. (As it often does for relegated teams)

We WILL have a sense of entitlement and the feeling we should be beating the 'little' teams as we march towards promotion, and if we don't the atmosphere both on here and in the half-full ground will be toxic.

As a mid size club we can’t stay up forever. We will very probably always be a non-top 7 club, so nothing is certain for the other 13 clubs. Even Newcastle, Villa and West Ham have tasted Championship football.

Hopefully we will stay up, but nothing is written in stone.

The PL is a funny old beast. Fans of clubs like Brighton and Palace take it on the chin that wins can be rare, losing streaks commonplace, goals hard to come by, and for us going into matches against City/Chelsea without a hope in hell. You soon get accustomed to all that, looking forward to those potentially winnable home games 2 months away. Was football always that way?
 




crodonilson

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Jan 17, 2005
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Then you could make a reasonable top 6 case for anyone down to Preston (solid as a rock) and Villa (utter flair).

Tune in.

Villa have won 1 game in their last 10, a scrappy 2-1 home win against rock bottom Ipswich, so I'm not so sure they're 'utter flair' at all.
 


Simster

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Jul 7, 2003
54,110
Surrey
For me, the only real dividend of staying up is the increased likelihood of a decent cup run. Get to the Prem in order to improve the squad. We'll never win the league, but a cup should never be beyond a club of this league stature.

The day we do what cost Claude Puel his job is the day we may as well pack it all in. To clarify, with Leicester safely in mid-table, he played a feeble side to Man City in the league cup and lost not with a whimper but when it should have been within their grasp. Then unforgivably did even worse at Newport in the cup. Now what do they have to look forward to? Sleep walking into a relegation battle albeit a bit too late to be taken seriously? With that squad? He deserved what he got.
 


Gazwag

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Oliver Norwood going for his third consecutive promotion to the premier league, he will be hot property in the summer if Sheffield Utd come up
 




Invicta

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Loved the Championship but happily avoid dropping back for a while. Enjoying the Prem League ride, even more so when we've got another 6 points on the bag soon.
 


Knocky's Nose

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May 7, 2017
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Eastbourne
I have to say I loved the Championship. We used to win a lot, too!

The PL is the stage to be on, but for sheer footballing thrills and excitement (as a fan of BHAFC) the Championship was way more fun.

However, all that said, I'd rather we were in the PL.
 


Green Cross Code Man

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Mar 30, 2006
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Eastbourne
I hated the Championship. Found it too frustrating. Too many fixtures & disappointments - too competitive and difficult to escape it. The quality of football was too high to give the grass roots experience, but too low to really inspire awe like the Premier League.

That said, I loved the time we spent there at Withdean as underdogs... also our first season at Amex was great, but mainly because it was our first season... and of course there was Vicente.

I really hope we don't get relegated. It will potentially be years of frustration and disappointment again.
Well you must have hated the last couple of years when we were over one calendar year the most successful club in the country in terms of on the pitch form. And awe in the premier league? Please let me know what that looks like? The current leaders for example, won through a half dodgy penalty and scrapped and wasted time against the mighty Brighton. There hasn't been much in the way of awe.
 




Charlies Shinpad

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Jul 5, 2003
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I watched most of 3 games yesterday on Sky and by far the most entertaining game of the day was Luton v Coventry.
Two teams who were both going for it.
The other two games were terrible and if they are professional players in that Man Utd game they should hang there heads in shame as no one could pass a ball to save there lives

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maltaseagull

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Indeed. People say "Oh I wouldn't mind us getting relegated, the Championship is more fun." Well it was when it was all shiny and new for us, but when we eventually get back into it the 'wrong way' it will more likely than not prove to be a frustrating grind. (As is often the case for relegated teams)

We WILL have a sense of entitlement and the feeling we should be beating the 'little' teams as we march towards promotion, and if we don't the atmosphere both on here and in the half-full ground will be toxic.

Even worse if, like some clubs, the decline continues to League 1 :(
 


Guinness Boy

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There are many, many good things about the Championship and I won't shed a tear if we go down, so long as we keep Hughton who I think would get us back up again within two seasons.

However, that's not a view that chimes well with the owner's bank balance or the long term ambition of the club (or its facilities for that matter). We need to be PL, though as [MENTION=21158]Weststander[/MENTION] correctly points out, that's far from a God given right.
 


MattBackHome

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Villa have won 1 game in their last 10, a scrappy 2-1 home win against rock bottom Ipswich, so I'm not so sure they're 'utter flair' at all.

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Weststander

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Well you must have hated the last couple of years when we were over one calendar year the most successful club in the country in terms of on the pitch form. And awe in the premier league? Please let me know what that looks like? The current leaders for example, won through a half dodgy penalty and scrapped and wasted time against the mighty Brighton. There hasn't been much in the way of awe.

From Jan 15 to April 17, I witnessed so many home wins, countless goals, brilliant counter attacking football, the destruction of teams such as Derby, Leeds and Norwich. Thank you CH.

My favourite time to be an Albion fan, along with Mullery up to May 79.

Great memories.
 



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