The Fun Factory Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 (edited) 6 minutes ago, useless said: I think they got an injection of cash from somewhere, because since then I think they've paid their players and have made some good signings, they're one of the favorites for promotion now. Wednesday are a proper old school club like Villa and Everton. They were a big team back in the 90s before it all went t*ts up. Hillsborough is a decaying lump of a ground though. Sometimes I think they get weighed down by all its history, good and bad, of the place. Edited August 7, 2021 by The Fun Factory 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 Looks like SHA getting their usual 1-0 shock win on opening day. Last two seasons they've won 1-0 v Brentford so nothing much to worry about. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 I don't think today's result is a major surprise, they've improved since Bowyer came in and have made some sensible signings, Sheffield United haven't signed anyone and look just as bad as they did last season. Game looked like a match between two midtable championship sides. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 Some big crowds today in the efl- Shef Utd 29K, Sunderland 31K, Ipswich 21K. Good to see the fans back. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 7 minutes ago, The Fun Factory said: Some big crowds today in the efl- Shef Utd 29K, Sunderland 31K, Ipswich 21K. Good to see the fans back. Is this Sunderland's 4th season in league one already? There are sleeping giants in English football and then there's them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 14 minutes ago, VillaChris said: Is this Sunderland's 4th season in league one already? There are sleeping giants in English football and then there's them! When you comfortably average higher crowds than virtually everybody the division above you and a fair smattering of two divisions above you, you have to be a somewhat of an underachieving football club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villaphan04 Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 well their win sort of taints this prediction I was going to make but I sort of fancy Luton to be in the playoff hunt this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 Blackpool quietly having a good season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted November 6, 2021 Share Posted November 6, 2021 Looks like Coventry's form isn't a flash in the pan, they beat Bristol City 3-2 today despite having a man set off just before half-time, and are only two points behind Albion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted November 6, 2021 Share Posted November 6, 2021 (edited) 1st week of November and Aleksandar Mitrović has just hit 20 league goals 20 league goals and 5 assists in 17 games. Edited November 6, 2021 by Genie 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted November 7, 2021 Share Posted November 7, 2021 3 hours ago, Genie said: 1st week of November and Aleksandar Mitrović has just hit 20 league goals 20 league goals and 5 assists in 17 games. Man is a Championship cheat code, like Gayle or Jerome on steroids. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villan-scott Posted November 7, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted November 7, 2021 (edited) 10 hours ago, Genie said: 1st week of November and Aleksandar Mitrović has just hit 20 league goals 20 league goals and 5 assists in 17 games. You’d fancy him to beat the all time record on this form. From memory isn’t the record from Murray about 33 goals? Edit - A quick Google says record in a season is 30 goals, held by Toney and Murray. He should surpass that. Edited November 7, 2021 by villan-scott 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted November 8, 2021 Share Posted November 8, 2021 On 07/11/2021 at 08:02, villan-scott said: You’d fancy him to beat the all time record on this form. From memory isn’t the record from Murray about 33 goals? Edit - A quick Google says record in a season is 30 goals, held by Toney and Murray. He should surpass that. Guy Whittingham surely? Didn't he smash well into the 40's in one season for Pompey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted November 8, 2021 Share Posted November 8, 2021 2 minutes ago, Xela said: Guy Whittingham surely? Didn't he smash well into the 40's in one season for Pompey He did, 42 in the league. I suspect the stat about is specifically for the "Championship" rather than the second tier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villan-scott Posted November 8, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted November 8, 2021 4 minutes ago, Xela said: Guy Whittingham surely? Didn't he smash well into the 40's in one season for Pompey 2 minutes ago, Davkaus said: He did, 42 in the league. I suspect the stat about is specifically for the "Championship" rather than the second tier. Yeah you’re both right. Whittingtham did it in Div 1. I was referring to the Championship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted November 8, 2021 Share Posted November 8, 2021 On 07/11/2021 at 00:24, HanoiVillan said: Man is a Championship cheat code, like Gayle or Jerome on steroids. Apparently he's on about 100k a week now. Imagine thinking even in 2011 players in championship would ever earn that. We probably started it with the ridiculous contracts we gave likes of McCormack in 2016-17. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted November 9, 2021 Share Posted November 9, 2021 1 hour ago, VillaChris said: Apparently he's on about 100k a week now. Imagine thinking even in 2011 players in championship would ever earn that. We probably started it with the ridiculous contracts we gave likes of McCormack in 2016-17. That's a staggering amount. Still though, unlike McCormack he's actually going to fire them back to promotion so hard to say he isn't worth it really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted November 9, 2021 Share Posted November 9, 2021 17 hours ago, VillaChris said: Apparently he's on about 100k a week now. Imagine thinking even in 2011 players in championship would ever earn that. We probably started it with the ridiculous contracts we gave likes of McCormack in 2016-17. £100k a week for a player not good enough for the premier league, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BleedClaretAndBlue Posted November 10, 2021 Share Posted November 10, 2021 Dead & Buried if they werent already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferguson1 Posted November 10, 2021 Share Posted November 10, 2021 8 minutes ago, BleedClaretAndBlue said: Dead & Buried if they werent already. Sad thing is if they’d have won that play off game vs us they’d no doubt be ok now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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