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Official Football Thread 2006/2007 (Soccer)
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jamesinclair
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shpankey said:
O Brien has been doing MLS for awhile. He does like every other sport as well. You'd think they could find some soccer specific anouncer, but he's not terrible. The only thing I dislike is his voice talks in baseball format.
Mama Smurf
My penis is still intact.
Should we rename PSV to Alex?
Outdoor Miner
Member
Pretty decent opening match for MLS.
Got really testy there towards the end due to the clueless ref. But man, until the Emilio goal DC was getting DOMINATED. They certainly didn't look like title contenders today.
Can't wait for the Fire opener tonight.
Got really testy there towards the end due to the clueless ref. But man, until the Emilio goal DC was getting DOMINATED. They certainly didn't look like title contenders today.
Can't wait for the Fire opener tonight.
Mama Smurf
My penis is still intact.
So the MLS season runs through the summer? That sounds...hot.
shpankey
not an idiot
it's really the only time of year that it stands a chance here. fall/winter is American football and basketball on both the professional and collegiate levels, and once that's going it's all consuming.Mama Smurf said:
it was really smart for them to try to capitalize on the somewhat dead summer (baseball and nascar are really the only competition, but both of them leave plenty of room for soccer, imo).
but what they REALLY need is to get more teams into states that don't have any professional sports teams in any league, like here in oklahoma, or new mexico, or arkansas, the dakota's, etc, etc. they could easily support an MLS team and sell out season tickets to them. people here are dying for a pro team of any sort and would go gaga to get them. it's really frustrating to see them not recognize this blatantly obvious fact. just look at New Orleans NBA team and how they sell out the Ford Center in Oklahoma City every single time they play there.
jamesinclair
Banned
Mama Smurf said:
Its a tossup between 5f and 100f on which one sucks more.
At least in the summer you can do night games.
Mama Smurf
My penis is still intact.
So you guys have all your best TV shows running Fall to Spring, and all your most popular sports outside of the summer too?
What do you do during the summer?! Like...talk to people?
What do you do during the summer?! Like...talk to people?
Outdoor Miner
Member
Hoo boy Chicago win 1-0 against the Revs, but the score was pretty deceiving. If not for a great game by our goalkeeper Pickens (my personal Man of the Match), it could have easily been 3-1 NE.
Back line looks vulnerable and our midfield completed more passes to Revs than Fire. They were completely unable to retain possession for any amount of time. Our forwards also played pretty disappointing.
I know it's just the first game, but we've had a pretty miserable preseason too.
REGARDLESS, we're at the top of the table for at least this week!
Back line looks vulnerable and our midfield completed more passes to Revs than Fire. They were completely unable to retain possession for any amount of time. Our forwards also played pretty disappointing.
I know it's just the first game, but we've had a pretty miserable preseason too.
REGARDLESS, we're at the top of the table for at least this week!
psycho_snake
I went to WAGs boutique and all I got was a sniff
Congradulations to Pompey, they played well, but thats what is expected when we have richardson, fletcher and o'shea playing together. Yesterdays game and the game against roma goes to show just how important our wing backs have been this season. Evra and Nevilee have been superb at helping the wingers attack. Heinze and O'shea are not at the same standard at all.
Our performance was poor yesterday, but part of the blame has to go to Van Der Sar. He made exactly the same mistake he did against roma. The second goal we conceded was his fault too. Rio was clearly going to get the ball, so it was pointless for van der sar to come out of the goal.
Im pissed off about losing yesterday, but its not a disaster. The way that the fixtures have been arranged and the points difference meant that we could afford to slip up once, but only once. Now we've got a hell of a lot more pressure to win every game from now til the end of the season. We could still afford to lose to chelsea as long we win win all our games before then, but we would be living very dangerously when we play west ham because itas going to be a must win game. Other than the chelsea game, Im concerned about playing 'brough at home and everton away. 'Brough keep casuing us problems everytime we play them, whilst evertaon are a tough side to beat. At the end of the day we cant complain about the position we are in. Our destiny is in our own hands. The only people that can **** up our chances of winning the title are us.
Our performance was poor yesterday, but part of the blame has to go to Van Der Sar. He made exactly the same mistake he did against roma. The second goal we conceded was his fault too. Rio was clearly going to get the ball, so it was pointless for van der sar to come out of the goal.
Im pissed off about losing yesterday, but its not a disaster. The way that the fixtures have been arranged and the points difference meant that we could afford to slip up once, but only once. Now we've got a hell of a lot more pressure to win every game from now til the end of the season. We could still afford to lose to chelsea as long we win win all our games before then, but we would be living very dangerously when we play west ham because itas going to be a must win game. Other than the chelsea game, Im concerned about playing 'brough at home and everton away. 'Brough keep casuing us problems everytime we play them, whilst evertaon are a tough side to beat. At the end of the day we cant complain about the position we are in. Our destiny is in our own hands. The only people that can **** up our chances of winning the title are us.
gollumsluvslave
Member
Great opportunity for Sevilla to back top of La Liga tonight - Barcelona were beat 1-nil by Zaragoza last night.
Of course, it's also a great chance for Madrid to close the gap to just 2 or 3 points as well
Sevilla v Santander
Madrid v Osasuna
Should be 3 points for Sevilla, and *should* be 3 points for Madrid, but with Capello in charge you never know - I bet he doesn't even start Robinho.
Of course, it's also a great chance for Madrid to close the gap to just 2 or 3 points as well
Sevilla v Santander
Madrid v Osasuna
Should be 3 points for Sevilla, and *should* be 3 points for Madrid, but with Capello in charge you never know - I bet he doesn't even start Robinho.
Bruce Arena needs to get a proven striker as soon as possible. Yesterday was the most frustrating game to watch and if I wasnt at a bar singing with my fellow Red Bulls fans my night would've sucked. Columbus had about 1 good chance the whole game and possession was about 70/30. It shouldn't have ended 0-0. Who do we have for forwards? A 17 year old, and two guys that are over 30 that are trying to prove that they're not washed up. I'm hoping something gets done before the trade deadline on the 15th, or we're just going to get a lot of 0-0 draws.
Outdoor Miner
Member
Osorio said:
You guys should use your 2nd DP slot for Borgetti.
gollumsluvslave
Member
La Liga is really hotting up now - Madrid beat Osasuna 2-0 tonight, but Sevilla only drew with Santander 0-0.
56 pts - Barca
55 pts - Sevilla
54 pts - Real Madrid
50 pts - Valencia, Zaragoza
No room for any mistakes now! I still think Barca will grind it out though - they have far the easier run-in; both Sevilla and Madrid still have games against Valencia (Madrid at home though) and Deportivo (Madrid at home again!).
Next week:-
Barca v Mallorca
Santander v Madrid
Valencia v Sevilla
If it gets to the last game of the season, then it's as follows:-
Barca v Getafe
Madrid v Deportivo
Sevilla v Zaragoza
Zaragoza are now on the same points as Valencia, so there is tons to play for!
- Madrid beat Osasuna 2-0 tonight, but Sevilla only drew with Santander 0-0.56 pts - Barca
55 pts - Sevilla
54 pts - Real Madrid
50 pts - Valencia, Zaragoza
No room for any mistakes now! I still think Barca will grind it out though - they have far the easier run-in; both Sevilla and Madrid still have games against Valencia (Madrid at home though) and Deportivo (Madrid at home again!).
Next week:-
Barca v Mallorca
Santander v Madrid
Valencia v Sevilla
If it gets to the last game of the season, then it's as follows:-
Barca v Getafe
Madrid v Deportivo
Sevilla v Zaragoza
Zaragoza are now on the same points as Valencia, so there is tons to play for!
luckily I wasn't here to see the game on Saturday, but I was unfortunate enough to be able to listen to it on the radio.
Needless to say, I'm scared. The season is not over by a long shot and at the moment I have no idea how the team is gonna be picking themselves up after 2 weeks like that. One horrible, lackluster performance followed by a defeat in a game that by all accounts we should have won five nil is difficult to take.
Bolton is breathing down our neck and I have no idea who is going to score the goals that are gonna keep us in 4th place. I've seen the highlights of the game and I still can't believe that we didn't score.
If we can't pick ourselves up now it also isn't looking good for next season, this team desperately needs some self confidence and believe if we are to challenge for the title next year, we absolutely must finish this season on a high for that. Our schedule doesn't fill me with confidence.
And to top it all off there are strong rumours about a possible takeover. ****ing hell.
On the the good news:
at least we won't have to waste our money on a new keeper and can put it where it is really needed.
Needless to say, I'm scared. The season is not over by a long shot and at the moment I have no idea how the team is gonna be picking themselves up after 2 weeks like that. One horrible, lackluster performance followed by a defeat in a game that by all accounts we should have won five nil is difficult to take.
Bolton is breathing down our neck and I have no idea who is going to score the goals that are gonna keep us in 4th place. I've seen the highlights of the game and I still can't believe that we didn't score.
If we can't pick ourselves up now it also isn't looking good for next season, this team desperately needs some self confidence and believe if we are to challenge for the title next year, we absolutely must finish this season on a high for that. Our schedule doesn't fill me with confidence.
And to top it all off there are strong rumours about a possible takeover. ****ing hell.
On the the good news:
at least we won't have to waste our money on a new keeper and can put it where it is really needed.
hadareud said:
I'd think that would be a good thing for you, it would give you more money for transfers, and you could compete with the Man U, Chelsea (and Liverpool judging by the amount of money they spend next summer).
It's happen to all the clubs, I'd say it's only a matter of time Arsenal are taken over.
I reckon you will beat Newcastle today, about 1-0.
I don't really see it this way, because Arsenal have chosen a different policy. Bringing young players through with one or two high quality signings each year should actually keep us in the fight. And with the new stadium we should have enough money to do that.
It might me a strange thing to say, considering I'm not English myself, but I really want the club to stay English. It's not about where the players come from for me, it's who leads the club, the history. So I would personally be very sad to see it happening. However, the 2 main shareholders have gone on record in the past to say that they are not interested in selling their shares and that a takeover "would be very unwelcome indeed" (Peter Hill Wood). So we'll see.
I am scared of the Newcastle game, I shall watch it in the pub with plenty of beer.
It might me a strange thing to say, considering I'm not English myself, but I really want the club to stay English. It's not about where the players come from for me, it's who leads the club, the history. So I would personally be very sad to see it happening. However, the 2 main shareholders have gone on record in the past to say that they are not interested in selling their shares and that a takeover "would be very unwelcome indeed" (Peter Hill Wood). So we'll see.
I am scared of the Newcastle game, I shall watch it in the pub with plenty of beer.
Mama Smurf
My penis is still intact.
They could just be searching for more money.
I think you'll be fine, you have too much quality not to hang onto that Champions League spot. That West Ham game was a fluke, even though you did actually miss a lot of good chances, you also hit the woodwork twice and Green made a number of saves which, on any other day against any other goalkeeper, would have been goals. It's undeniable that you're missing your two best finishers, but you can't keep making as many chances as that without scoring.
Wenger's said he's happy with his squad and Arsenal fans seem happy with the way he does things too, but if next season you're 20 points off the lead again, something has to change. There are only so many seasons we can say youngsters just need to get more experience and new players need to get used to the league.
The more I see Arsenal, the more I think they actually have more problems than they'd care to admit. Some more crucial than others, but things which I think need sorting if they're going to challenge again.
I don't think finishing is as big a problem as people are making out. Take away the top two scorers from almost any side and they'll have a problem. I mean, you guys almost have as many goals as Chelsea as it is. Take away Drogba and Lampard and you take away over half of Chelsea's goals (obviously players taking their place would score, just not as much). That's not to say you couldn't improve on that, I just don't think it';s the main worry.
Anyway, here's what I think Arsenal need to sort out:
- New goalkeeper. Ok, Lehman might be staying another year, but he's off soon and you don't want to be stuck scrambling for a keeper when he goes. If a young enough, good enough keeper is available, snap him up. The last thing you want is to be like United between Schmeichel and Van der Sar.
- A tall, good centre back so Gallas can play at right back. This covers a few problems...strength in the air generally, strength in the air when both attacking and defending corners, and Eboue's defensive frailties. Eboue will be a fantastic reserve right back, and earlier in the season he looked like he'd make it for the first team, but recently I've not been convinced, I haven't even seen him bomb forwards as much as he used to and that's his strength.
- This is a minor one and maybe not necessary, but a left back. Clichy is good, better than Eboue, but I just don't see absolute top quality from him, not like I did when Cole played there. Now if every other player in the team is awesome then a good left back is good enough, but if there's someone world class available, it's a position which can be improved. I think the other big 3 teams all have better left backs, frankly.
- An experienced central midfield hardman. I think everyone here knows I don't rate Gilberto Silva all that highly, though I do think he's a good player. I just don't think he provides the cover that the Arsenal defence needs and he's certainly not a hardman, which Arsenal generally seem to lack, apart from mad Jens. You want someone who makes the crunching tackles, who the opposition are intimidated to go up against. Now I know there's Diaby and Denilson etc coming through and maybe one day they'll be two of the best players in that position in the world, but it's one of those positions where experience rules.
- A goalscoring winger. I've said finishing isn't too much of a problem, but it's rare nowadays to see a top side not having a midfielder who racks up the goals. United have Ronaldo, Chelsea have Lampard, Liverpool have Gerrard, Milan have Kaka, Barcelona have Ronaldinho, Lyon have Juninho etc etc. Now normally, I would just say a goalscoring midfielder, but you can't really do much to your central midfield in that way. You can't drop Fabregas, though he doesn't get many goals, and you can't play Fabregas as a defensive player so you need one of those alongside him. So really, there's no choice but the wings. It doesn't have to be a Lampard or Pires number of goals, about 8 league goals a season would be good enough to support the strikers, but someone needs to do it. Maybe Walcott will come on in his game and become that guy next year, maybe you'll have to buy. Ribery's probably the most heavily linked, but he's not really a goalscorer himself.
- An attacking central midfielder...sort of. For some reason Arsenal have a lot of defensive central midfielders, but Fabregas seems to carry the attacking threat alone from that area. Fran Merida might come through next year and that should be fine, but if not, buy the winger and move one of Rosiscky and Hleb over. These guys weren't wingers before they came to Arsenal, I don't understand what Wenger has against playing one of them in the middle when he thinks Fabregas needs a rest.
- A tall striker, a targetman. Basically, a player who doesn't really fit into Arsenal's style of play. the sort of player who can be thrown on with 20 minutes to go in matches like PSV, Blackburn, West Ham, when for some reason Arsenal's passing way just isn't working, and the ball can be swung into him, either to score himself or cause panic in the defence Crouch style so someone else is left free. Can score from those corners too.
So that's quite a lot of things. The buys would be a goalkeeper, tall centre back, possibly left back, hardman defensive midfielder, goalscoring winger, tall striker.
I think you'll be fine, you have too much quality not to hang onto that Champions League spot. That West Ham game was a fluke, even though you did actually miss a lot of good chances, you also hit the woodwork twice and Green made a number of saves which, on any other day against any other goalkeeper, would have been goals. It's undeniable that you're missing your two best finishers, but you can't keep making as many chances as that without scoring.
Wenger's said he's happy with his squad and Arsenal fans seem happy with the way he does things too, but if next season you're 20 points off the lead again, something has to change. There are only so many seasons we can say youngsters just need to get more experience and new players need to get used to the league.
The more I see Arsenal, the more I think they actually have more problems than they'd care to admit. Some more crucial than others, but things which I think need sorting if they're going to challenge again.
I don't think finishing is as big a problem as people are making out. Take away the top two scorers from almost any side and they'll have a problem. I mean, you guys almost have as many goals as Chelsea as it is. Take away Drogba and Lampard and you take away over half of Chelsea's goals (obviously players taking their place would score, just not as much). That's not to say you couldn't improve on that, I just don't think it';s the main worry.
Anyway, here's what I think Arsenal need to sort out:
- New goalkeeper. Ok, Lehman might be staying another year, but he's off soon and you don't want to be stuck scrambling for a keeper when he goes. If a young enough, good enough keeper is available, snap him up. The last thing you want is to be like United between Schmeichel and Van der Sar.
- A tall, good centre back so Gallas can play at right back. This covers a few problems...strength in the air generally, strength in the air when both attacking and defending corners, and Eboue's defensive frailties. Eboue will be a fantastic reserve right back, and earlier in the season he looked like he'd make it for the first team, but recently I've not been convinced, I haven't even seen him bomb forwards as much as he used to and that's his strength.
- This is a minor one and maybe not necessary, but a left back. Clichy is good, better than Eboue, but I just don't see absolute top quality from him, not like I did when Cole played there. Now if every other player in the team is awesome then a good left back is good enough, but if there's someone world class available, it's a position which can be improved. I think the other big 3 teams all have better left backs, frankly.
- An experienced central midfield hardman. I think everyone here knows I don't rate Gilberto Silva all that highly, though I do think he's a good player. I just don't think he provides the cover that the Arsenal defence needs and he's certainly not a hardman, which Arsenal generally seem to lack, apart from mad Jens. You want someone who makes the crunching tackles, who the opposition are intimidated to go up against. Now I know there's Diaby and Denilson etc coming through and maybe one day they'll be two of the best players in that position in the world, but it's one of those positions where experience rules.
- A goalscoring winger. I've said finishing isn't too much of a problem, but it's rare nowadays to see a top side not having a midfielder who racks up the goals. United have Ronaldo, Chelsea have Lampard, Liverpool have Gerrard, Milan have Kaka, Barcelona have Ronaldinho, Lyon have Juninho etc etc. Now normally, I would just say a goalscoring midfielder, but you can't really do much to your central midfield in that way. You can't drop Fabregas, though he doesn't get many goals, and you can't play Fabregas as a defensive player so you need one of those alongside him. So really, there's no choice but the wings. It doesn't have to be a Lampard or Pires number of goals, about 8 league goals a season would be good enough to support the strikers, but someone needs to do it. Maybe Walcott will come on in his game and become that guy next year, maybe you'll have to buy. Ribery's probably the most heavily linked, but he's not really a goalscorer himself.
- An attacking central midfielder...sort of. For some reason Arsenal have a lot of defensive central midfielders, but Fabregas seems to carry the attacking threat alone from that area. Fran Merida might come through next year and that should be fine, but if not, buy the winger and move one of Rosiscky and Hleb over. These guys weren't wingers before they came to Arsenal, I don't understand what Wenger has against playing one of them in the middle when he thinks Fabregas needs a rest.
- A tall striker, a targetman. Basically, a player who doesn't really fit into Arsenal's style of play. the sort of player who can be thrown on with 20 minutes to go in matches like PSV, Blackburn, West Ham, when for some reason Arsenal's passing way just isn't working, and the ball can be swung into him, either to score himself or cause panic in the defence Crouch style so someone else is left free. Can score from those corners too.
So that's quite a lot of things. The buys would be a goalkeeper, tall centre back, possibly left back, hardman defensive midfielder, goalscoring winger, tall striker.
psycho_snake
I went to WAGs boutique and all I got was a sniff
Pompey managed to beat us on saturday, but now they're losing 4-1 to ****ing watford. Looking at that result just makes me even more annoyed about saturday. Pompey only won 2 games in 2007; it should have been a relatively easy victory, yet we ****ed up.
celestial body
Member
I always thought they saw Adebayor in this sort of role. They seem to go through phases of long balling it to him but it just never seems to work so he ends up trying to pick the ball up in midfield.
psycho_snake
I went to WAGs boutique and all I got was a sniff
As much as I hate to admit it, Liverpool have got a team thats built for the champions league. In 2005 there was some luck involved in winning it, but they still played well in their games. However this year they look different; there's a greater sense of confidence within the team. In 2005 you were the underdogs, but this year Liverpool like like a big threat. I wouldnt be surprised if they won it.Lakitu said:
Mama Smurf
My penis is still intact.
Adebayor is tall (though only an inch taller than Henry, I mean tall like Crouch), but his strength seems to be along the floor, he has a lot of pace and skill.
Watford > Man Utd
Watford > Man Utd
psycho_snake
I went to WAGs boutique and all I got was a sniff
He's not been as good as they hoped. I like adebayor, but he's too inconsistant and in recent weeks, he has been dropping back into midfield or on the wing and he isnt really suited to that role. If trezeguet is available in the summer, then arsenal should really consider buying him. He's a lot like ruud; he wont work as hard as the rest of the team, but he knows how to get into good positions and he's an incredibly good finisher.celestial body said:
psycho_snake
I went to WAGs boutique and all I got was a sniff
Bloody s****horpe are better than a united team with fletcher, richardson and o'shea playing at the same time.Mama Smurf said:
Pompey looked like a different side today. They looked like they couldnt be bothered. Primus was arguably man of the match against us, but today he played like tit**** bramble.
EDIT: The second word of my post is meant to be scun'thorpe without the apostrophe , but it got censored :lol
Mama Smurf
My penis is still intact.
Alan Hansen on Valencia - Chelsea:
"So while I think I'd rather be in Valencia's position, I would never count out Chelsea pulling through."
He thinks he'd prefer to be in Valencia's position? A draw away from home with a precious away goal and the home leg to come? He only thinks he'd prefer to be in their position? Of course you'd prefer to be in their position! They're basically winning, it'd be like halfway through a normal game saying "I think I'd prefer to be the side 1-0 up". There's no question, of course you'd prefer to be there.
EDIT: I think Arsenal are going to tear Newcastle apart today. 3-0.
"So while I think I'd rather be in Valencia's position, I would never count out Chelsea pulling through."
He thinks he'd prefer to be in Valencia's position? A draw away from home with a precious away goal and the home leg to come? He only thinks he'd prefer to be in their position? Of course you'd prefer to be in their position! They're basically winning, it'd be like halfway through a normal game saying "I think I'd prefer to be the side 1-0 up". There's no question, of course you'd prefer to be there.
EDIT: I think Arsenal are going to tear Newcastle apart today. 3-0.
Cornballer
Member
Glad I missed the Arsenal game on Saturday - sheesh. Just when you think it can't get any worse. Here's to a reversal of form today against Newcastle. Come on you Gunners...
Onto MLS action. Goff of the Washington Post wrote up a summary of what happened on the weekend:
Onto MLS action. Goff of the Washington Post wrote up a summary of what happened on the weekend:
Via the link, there's also a youtube compilation of all the goals from the weekend. Some nice one's in there, and those american football lines on the pitch still look awful.Steven Goff said:
Mama Smurf
My penis is still intact.
Or not.
Quite bored by an Arsenal match, that doesn't happen too often.
Quite bored by an Arsenal match, that doesn't happen too often.
Cornballer
Member
The match is on already?!? Oh yeah, crazy British holidays - nevermind... I'll fire up the matchtracker....
Great King Bowser
Property of Kaz Harai
Mama Smurf said:
Good lord i'm falling asleep.
Mama Smurf
My penis is still intact.
That goalmouth scramble :lol
Really can't catch a break at the moment Arsenal. I do love a goalmouth scramble though when, somehow, the ball doesn't go in.
Really can't catch a break at the moment Arsenal. I do love a goalmouth scramble though when, somehow, the ball doesn't go in.
Cornballer
Member
Mama Smurf said:
:lol :lol :lol As a Gooner all I could do is laugh...our goal scoring drought has simply become comical now.
Here's some perspective on just how bad it's gone for us...our last two goals were from an own goal against PSV, and a fluke deflection off a Baptista shot from Diaby.
The last proper goal we scored in a game? Theo Walcott in the Carling Cup final. :lol
We are so ****ed...at this point I'm beginning to make UEFA Cup plans for next season. And even that might be optimistic. :lol
psycho_snake
I went to WAGs boutique and all I got was a sniff
I didnt notice baptista was on until the camera zoomed in on him. He was useless.bud said:
Its good you didnt put money on that.Mama Smurf said:
psycho_snake
I went to WAGs boutique and all I got was a sniff
Solano is a legend. The first block was lucky, he was at the right place at the right time. The clearance off the line was good.Cornballer said:
Cornballer
Member
I know. My reaction flip-flops between:Shinobi said:
:lol
and
Seriously depressed right now...... I don't remember ever being this dissapointed with arsenal in my entire life...... At this point I'm saying we HAVE to bring in someone else who will give us goals other then Henry and Van Persie because without them we are showing there isn't exactly many in us...... SO horrid.
Cornballer
Member
It'll be good to get Bendtner back, but I'm not expecting him to pitch in too many goals next season. Being in the Premier League for the first time is going to take some adjustment. Hopefully he'll prove me wrong, but I think asking for 10-15 goals from him is overly optimistic.
Mama Smurf
My penis is still intact.
I don't know if anyone cares about the Championship, but it's a pretty interesting race.
Birmingham are throwing their promotion chances away at the moment, losing their last two games against nothing teams. They were poised to win the thing, not just get promoted, now neither's guaranteed. Here's the top of the table:
1 Sunderland--------42---24---79
2 Derby--------------42---16---78
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3 Birmingham-------41---21---74
4 West Brom--------42---20---70
5 Wolverhampton--42---/-1---69
6 Preston------------42----9----68
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7 Stoke--------------42---19---67
8 Southampton-----42----20---66
9 Colchester--------42----16---65
10 Cardiff-----------42----8----63
11 Sheff Wed-------42----3----62
The gaps are automatic promotion, play offs, and the rest are the ones who could realistically still make the playoffs.
There are 12 points left for most teams (Birmingham 15), so I'm gonna say only Sunderland, Derby or Birmingham can actually win it. I suppose a few of the other teams could make the automatic promotion spots, but it would take an almighty **** up from at least two of the three teams already up there to do it, so it's unlikely.
As for the playoffs...we could have Colchester in the Premiership next year :lol
Here are the remaining fixtures for Sunderland, Derby and Birmingham (and the positions of the teams they're playing, as you might not know at a glance who's good or not):
Sunderland
H QPR 18
A Colchester 9
H Burnley 17
A Luton 24
Avg: 17
Derby
A Ipswich 14
H Luton 24
A Crystal Palace 12
H Leeds 22
Avg: 18
Birmingham
H Southampton 8
A Leicester 19
A Wolves 5
H Sheff Wed 11
A Preston 6
Avg: 9.8
Keano's back baby! I don't know who's going to win it, Derby have slightly easier fixtures but Sunderland are a point ahead, but they're both well on track to make it.
Birmingham seem to be screwed though. Much harder fixtures, behind even if they win their game in hand...they might well have to go through the playoffs and the playoffs are HARD.
Birmingham are throwing their promotion chances away at the moment, losing their last two games against nothing teams. They were poised to win the thing, not just get promoted, now neither's guaranteed. Here's the top of the table:
1 Sunderland--------42---24---79
2 Derby--------------42---16---78
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3 Birmingham-------41---21---74
4 West Brom--------42---20---70
5 Wolverhampton--42---/-1---69
6 Preston------------42----9----68
''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
7 Stoke--------------42---19---67
8 Southampton-----42----20---66
9 Colchester--------42----16---65
10 Cardiff-----------42----8----63
11 Sheff Wed-------42----3----62
The gaps are automatic promotion, play offs, and the rest are the ones who could realistically still make the playoffs.
There are 12 points left for most teams (Birmingham 15), so I'm gonna say only Sunderland, Derby or Birmingham can actually win it. I suppose a few of the other teams could make the automatic promotion spots, but it would take an almighty **** up from at least two of the three teams already up there to do it, so it's unlikely.
As for the playoffs...we could have Colchester in the Premiership next year :lol
Here are the remaining fixtures for Sunderland, Derby and Birmingham (and the positions of the teams they're playing, as you might not know at a glance who's good or not):
Sunderland
H QPR 18
A Colchester 9
H Burnley 17
A Luton 24
Avg: 17
Derby
A Ipswich 14
H Luton 24
A Crystal Palace 12
H Leeds 22
Avg: 18
Birmingham
H Southampton 8
A Leicester 19
A Wolves 5
H Sheff Wed 11
A Preston 6
Avg: 9.8
Keano's back baby! I don't know who's going to win it, Derby have slightly easier fixtures but Sunderland are a point ahead, but they're both well on track to make it.
Birmingham seem to be screwed though. Much harder fixtures, behind even if they win their game in hand...they might well have to go through the playoffs and the playoffs are HARD.
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