Chindie Posted October 6, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted October 6, 2019 2 hours ago, VillaJ100 said: Leeds 3rd biggest city eh? Surely its London Brum then Manchester and Liverpool? It's usually considered London Brum Liverpool/Leeds/Manchester/Sheffield Manchester doesn't like this so argues that Manchester is actually most of the North West. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted October 6, 2019 Share Posted October 6, 2019 2 hours ago, VillaJ100 said: Leeds 3rd biggest city eh? Surely its London Brum then Manchester and Liverpool? Nah, London, Brum, Leeds and Sheffield before Manchester based on city population. Possibly Bradford too as they breed like rabbits there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted October 6, 2019 Share Posted October 6, 2019 No team looks like running way with it this year which is great to see. Very open this year. Delighted to see forest up there. Hope they win it this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted October 8, 2019 Share Posted October 8, 2019 Not in the Championship yet but could this mean that Wycombe Wanderers will become an unlikely powerhouse in years to come? Quote Henrik Larsson, together with Dennis Bergkamp, Dirk Kuyt and Ronald Koeman, want to buy and run the English football club Wycombe Wanderers, writes The Athletic . Henrik Larsson has been negotiating with Southend United for the coach job at the club in recent weeks . Now The Athletic claims that Larsson has been very topical for another club in the third league League One - but this time as the owner. According to the site, Larsson, together with Dutch legends Dennis Bergkamp, Dirk Kuyt and Ronald Koeman, wants to buy and operate Wycombe Wanderers. The Legends have a combined 21 league titles from England, Scotland, Spain and the Netherlands and apart from Koeman have also played in the English Premier League. Wycombe Wanderers ended last season in 17th place in League One and since 2012 is owned by an association of supporters to the club. However, there is now a crossroads for the club who are financially poor. The supporters have therefore been looking for a new investor and, according to The Athletic, during the spring were in long negotiations with Larsson and his Dutch partners. According to the site, the trio Larsson, Bergkamp and Kuyt made a bid that would make Wycombe "famous overnight." The idea was to rebuild every part of the club with his own knowledge, and Ronald Koeman in an advisory role. The plan was to keep coach Gareth Ainsworth at his post with Henrik Larsson in the sporting management. Kuyt would be given responsibility for the coach development at the club while Bergkamp would take care of the academy. The legendary league negotiated with Wycombe in March and the noises were positive all the way to the summer when everyone met in Dennis Bergkamp's house. The club's chairman, Trevor Stroud, must have said, among other things, that the home arena would sell out immediately when the legends were presented. But on June 21, everything changed. According to The Athletic, the fans' biggest concern is the economy and so they decided to honor the legendary league and continue their collaboration with American investor Rob Couhig. His bid has now been presented to the fans who will decide on the sale before October 29. https://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/fotboll/a/e80a9y/larsson-vill-kopa-engelska-klubben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted October 8, 2019 Share Posted October 8, 2019 Barnsley sacked their manager 4 months after getting them promoted. 11 games into the season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted October 8, 2019 Share Posted October 8, 2019 On 06/10/2019 at 14:09, Demitri_C said: Delighted to see forest up there. Hope they win it this year. Agreed. Always liked them. One of the few set of fans down there that showed respect to us. They don't suffer from the inferiority complex syndrome lot of smaller clubs seem to have. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted October 8, 2019 Share Posted October 8, 2019 1 hour ago, Zatman said: Barnsley sacked their manager 4 months after getting them promoted. 11 games into the season Weird how bad they've been this season. They were a thrilling attacking outfit last year, and I was sure they would be a challenge at Oakwell at least, but they have been utterly disorganised at the back and toothless up front. Maybe you can say what do Barnsley's board expect, exactly, but the problem is Charlton had a worse squad on paper and have been very competitive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam-AVFC Posted October 8, 2019 Share Posted October 8, 2019 (edited) 12 minutes ago, HanoiVillan said: Weird how bad they've been this season. They were a thrilling attacking outfit last year, and I was sure they would be a challenge at Oakwell at least, but they have been utterly disorganised at the back and toothless up front. Maybe you can say what do Barnsley's board expect, exactly, but the problem is Charlton had a worse squad on paper and have been very competitive. They sold Pinnock, Lindsay and their keeper who by all accounts were very important players in their team as defenders and how they played out from the back. Not sure if their attack has changed much, but it could just be that they don't have the same base to build on. I think Stendel is a good manager and I'd be surprised if the next Champ team with an ambition to play good football that sacks their manager doesn't at least interview him. Edited October 8, 2019 by Sam-AVFC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted October 8, 2019 Share Posted October 8, 2019 I don't know if this is right but I read somewhere that they won't sign any players over the age of 26 and won't offer deals to any of their current squad if it means them staying beyond that age. It might be true because if you look at their squad none of the players are over the age of 26 and this summer they sold both Pinnock and Moore just as they reach 26 or over, and they also lost Adam Davies to Stoke on a free transfer again because they wouldn't give him a contract because of his age (turned 27 this August). Also all the players they signed in the summer were 22 or under with the exception of Sahin-Radlinger who's 26, but they only gave him a one year contract. Don't know if all that's why they're strugglng but seems as well as loosing some good players they also lost a lot of experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted October 8, 2019 Share Posted October 8, 2019 Reading have sacked Jose Gomes and appear to be about to swiftly replace him with Mark Hughes, and their fans on Twitter do not seem very happy about that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted October 8, 2019 Share Posted October 8, 2019 14 minutes ago, HanoiVillan said: Reading have sacked Jose Gomes and appear to be about to swiftly replace him with Mark Hughes, and their fans on Twitter do not seem very happy about that. He will do Ok if he gets no budget. Good see him reach his level Amazingly Hughes has never managed a club below the Premier League Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 On 08/10/2019 at 11:07, HanoiVillan said: Weird how bad they've been this season. They were a thrilling attacking outfit last year, and I was sure they would be a challenge at Oakwell at least, but they have been utterly disorganised at the back and toothless up front. Maybe you can say what do Barnsley's board expect, exactly, but the problem is Charlton had a worse squad on paper and have been very competitive. The fans have thrown him a leaving party in Barnsley for him which he turned up to. Seems fans are pissed by this 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 On 08/10/2019 at 18:33, HanoiVillan said: Reading have sacked Jose Gomes and appear to be about to swiftly replace him with Mark Hughes, and their fans on Twitter do not seem very happy about that. On 08/10/2019 at 18:33, HanoiVillan said: Reading have sacked Jose Gomes and appear to be about to swiftly replace him with Mark Hughes, and their fans on Twitter do not seem very happy about that. Been utter shite for several years, spent a modest (in today's terms) amount on a pair of strikers and expected to rocket up the league and make a promotion push. Championship doesn't work like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted October 26, 2019 Share Posted October 26, 2019 Enjoyed watching this again. You really get some cracking games of football in The Championship. Also highlights how crap of a goalkeeper Nyland is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted October 26, 2019 Share Posted October 26, 2019 Preston came from 2 down to beat Blackburn 3-2, up to second now. Hope they do it this time, not played in top flight since the 60s. West Brom would be such a boring promotion, were up for years and did little, don't like those sort of teams going down and coming quickly back up (likes of Hull, Reading and Boro are similar although all three are pretty poor now). 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted October 26, 2019 Share Posted October 26, 2019 As long as Leeds doesn't get promoted i don't care what happens to the rest. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted October 26, 2019 Share Posted October 26, 2019 19 minutes ago, villalad21 said: As long as Leeds doesn't get promoted i don't care what happens to the rest. They must be the most wasteful team in football history...considering they create so much they've failed to score more than once in TEN championship games, indeed they haven't score more than a goal in any game since 15th september. Think it's weaker at the top than last season so they could still sneak into top 2 but they're obviously not going to run away with things and neither will WBA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted October 26, 2019 Share Posted October 26, 2019 As said previously, i be happy with Forest and Wednesday to show up the previous managers 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted October 26, 2019 Share Posted October 26, 2019 Just 5 points separating 1st and 11th. The league is so tight that SHA are ostensibly in a promotion race despite being gash . Best league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted October 27, 2019 Share Posted October 27, 2019 6 hours ago, VillaChris said: Preston came from 2 down to beat Blackburn 3-2, up to second now. Hope they do it this time, not played in top flight since the 60s. West Brom would be such a boring promotion, were up for years and did little, don't like those sort of teams going down and coming quickly back up (likes of Hull, Reading and Boro are similar although all three are pretty poor now). They've got no squad it's incredible. I just don't think they'll have enough for top 2. Would love them to get up. Their only big buy in the last few years is Tom Bayliss who can't even make the bench. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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