Championship teams vote in favour of six team play offs 3rd and 4th straight through to two-leg semi finals One-off one-leg quarter finals between 5th vs 8th and 6th vs 7th So basically the top 33% of the Championship will either be, or have a chance to be promoted, You could easily see a side sit ...
I have wondered for a long time why the top nations don't break away from FIFA to create their own alternative, and while there are some obvious reasons as to why it would be difficult, but not impossible, I asked AI to give me reason and it gave me 2 I hadn't thought of. FIFA oversees referees and...
Are League Two only allowed to score goals tonight? At least based on the HT scores. As long as Wycombe don't win, that'll be a pretty good result right? Barnsley could be a worry especially with their games in hand but I feel they're too inconsistent to worry about. Wycombe picked up a 1-0 win ton...
Old Firm derby ends in a 2-2 draw which must have been celebrated most loudly by Hearts fans. Hearts have a 6pt lead over Rangers and 8 over Celtic (though the latter play Aberdeen in their game in hand on Weds). 3 of Hearts last 4 games before the split are against 9th placed Dundee and then the bo...
not quite sure how it all works, but with Sheffield Wednesdays prospective new owners pulling out, there is talk of them potentially being hit with another points deduction and so starting on -12 points next season as they are likely to still be in administration by that point also saw something ab...
i think tickets sold will also have a bearing. Serious Question: do League One managers have explicit KPIs linked to Tickets Sold? I'd be (pleasantly) surprised if that was the case, given how few levers a Manager has to pull in terms of pricing, promotional and marketing spend, etc... Can you imag...
It does feel that the biggest driver is the division we’re in, then perceived standing within the league then actual standing within the league. It’s mildly interesting that there’s a bump on actual promotion campaigns vs near misses (00-01 vs 01-02 where the gap is 1 position) but also 10-11 vs 11...
Just chill the oxf*rd out and let the rage go... it's just football. It’s not the end of the world or some sort of disaster. Very much this - sport is of course meant to be entertaining but unlike many other forms of entertainment such as cinema, concerts, theatre you have absolutely no guarantee o...
It does feel that the biggest driver is the division we’re in, then perceived standing within the league then actual standing within the league. It’s mildly interesting that there’s a bump on actual promotion campaigns vs near misses (00-01 vs 01-02 where the gap is 1 position) but also 10-11 vs 11...
Only surprise is they've become the earliest a side has been officially relegated in League football. Even Luton managed to officially remain in the league longer when they had thirty points deducted (although that may have been in League Two, with only two relegation spots). Luton "only"...
Has O’Neills’ jam sandwich become devoid of jam? Two defeats on the spin Great result for Hibs, the bouys ‘catholic brotherhood’ from their rival city. Shaping up for a decent climatic season end Rangers drew as well, albeit recovering from 2-0 down. Just looking at the pre-split fixtures and it ap...
Isn't it pretty much a given in L1 that the vast majority of teams are made up of dross and those whose "star players" fire more than others end up nearer the top. Very few sides play massively attractive football at this level as the risk/reward is to skewed toward risk to do so due to p...
Isn't it pretty much a given in L1 that the vast majority of teams are made up of dross and those whose "star players" fire more than others end up nearer the top. Very few sides play massively attractive football at this level as the risk/reward is to skewed toward risk to do so due to pl...
He may want them back in but would any nation supporting Ukraine really be prepared to play them? Especially in Russia? I think there needs to be a firm rule on what constitutes a country being banned to avoid confusion going forward as to why country A is banned but country B isn't but if a country...
Orion1871 He's in Ireland, and the Irish league season is about to start with the transfer window closing on the 22nd. Any chance he's going to sign for a club over there?
So, it`s gone very quiet, with Marriott and Keane on board do we really need him still here? no word from the club and I`d imagine Brighton aren`t too happy with him not getting game time. I thought it was stated that Brighton refused to take him back because there was no interest from any other cl...
Wigan have tabled a bid for Caylan Vickers (Football League World) Ryan Lowe is on very dodgy ground as Wigan boss currently, fans are calling for him to go after a run of 2 points from 6 league games so would the board back him in the transfer market, whether Loan or perm? Looks like this is happe...
Assuming they were all made available, slightly disappointing we couldn’t find league loans for Camara, Stickland, Rushesha, Abrefa(?) or any of the u21s I do get the feeling there’ll be quite a clear out in the summer I would say all of those will go either permanently or if they remain under cont...