Dredd Posted April 29, 2018 Report Share Posted April 29, 2018 So confirmed next year we have Wigan and Blackburn returning. I think Wigan will be in a better position to compete than they were last year, Blackburn possibly depends on how much the Venkys let the manager spend. Rumours already that it may not be much. Coming down from the Prem could be a number of teams but most should be highly competitive in the Championship. WBA Stoke Southampton Swansea West Ham Huddersfield all in the scrap. In all I think it looks a lot harder next season, especially if Villa and Boro fail in the playoffs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sephjnr Posted April 29, 2018 Report Share Posted April 29, 2018 Out of that lot i'm only concerned with Saints, Swans and Ham. Brom have always been a yo-yo team and Huddersfield may have a shot at returning if Villa win the playoffs and Fulham finish 2nd instead of Cardiff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted April 29, 2018 Report Share Posted April 29, 2018 If Fulham get what they`re reported to be asking for Sessegnon we`d all best hope they go up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sticks 1969 Posted April 29, 2018 Report Share Posted April 29, 2018 Can’t see Cardiff slipping up against reading and reckon the top6 will stay as it is.... but who knows? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nogbad the Bad Posted April 29, 2018 Report Share Posted April 29, 2018 Championship 2018/19 Definites. (13) Millwall Brentford Bristol City Sheff.Utd Norwich Ipswich Leeds QPR Sheff.Weds. Nottm. Forest Hull Wigan Blackburn Plus 3 from: West Brom, Stoke City, Southampton, Swansea, Huddersfield, West Ham, Brighton, Watford, Bournemouth, Crystal Palace, (Newcastle) Plus 4 from: Cardiff, Fulham, Aston Villa, Middlesbrough, Derby County, PNE. Plus 3 from: Reading, Birmingham, Barnsley, Burton, Bolton Plus 1 from: Shrewsbury, Rotherham, Charlton, Scunthorpe, Plymouth. Out of the Championship for 2018/19: Wolves, Sunderland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Popodopolous Posted April 29, 2018 Report Share Posted April 29, 2018 We won't go up, but we won't go down either. Stoke won't trouble the top end much IMO, neither would West Brom- both have financial problems potentially- that said West Brom seem revived so it depends. West Ham simply because big club, big gates- could do a Newcastle? Southampton would be strong, hard to judge with Swansea...as with most things, could depend who they keep and similar with Huddersfield. Brighton? Big FFP issues. Really though, coming down should be WBA, Stoke and one of Southampton or Swansea IMO. Coming up? Blackburn- lower midtable probably, Wigan may surprise a few but it's a big jump as we found out when tipped as dark horses 2 seasons ago. None of the potential play off winners particularly worry me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBFC II Posted April 29, 2018 Report Share Posted April 29, 2018 we'll be between 12-15th next season, reckon the three promoted clubs will all struggle as will the likes of reading, brum, and anyon else who doesn't go down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted April 29, 2018 Report Share Posted April 29, 2018 If the records of promoted clubs has proved anything in the last few years it`s that to have a chance of competing you either have to have a solid team unit and keep it together (PNE, Millwall) or significantly improve in a few key positions (Sheff Utd) If you just try and go with what you have and think you can compete without changing anything you`re going to be in a relegation fight (us the first season, MK Dons, Wigan last time, Bolton, Burton, Barnsley although they overachieved last season, particularly in the first half of it - the `solid unit` applies here as they had that until the guts were ripped out of them in January). It all comes down to planning I suppose, get that right you`ll be OK, get it wrong you won`t be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
22A Posted April 29, 2018 Report Share Posted April 29, 2018 The EFL have confirmed that the 2018/19 fixtures will be released on Thursday the 21st of June 2018 from 9am. The new campaign will get underway on Saturday the 4th of August 2018. The First Round of the Carabao Cup will be played the week commencing the 13th of August 2018. The Emirates FA Cup Third Round will be scheduled for the weekend of the 5th of January 2019. The final day of the season looks set to take place on the 4th of May 2019. For those gasheads who visit this site; The Checkatrade Trophy gets underway during the week commencing the 3rd of September 2018. The Emirates FA Cup First Round will be scheduled for the weekend of the 10th of November 2018. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicken George Posted April 29, 2018 Report Share Posted April 29, 2018 4 hours ago, JBFC II said: we'll be between 12-15th next season, reckon the three promoted clubs will all struggle as will the likes of reading, brum, and anyon else who doesn't go down So you think we won’t “progress” then? If your prediction comes true, does “regression” mean the manager can be held responsible? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiale Posted April 29, 2018 Report Share Posted April 29, 2018 I wonder if Southampton's youth network would take a hit if they have a prolonged spell in the Championship - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nogbad the Bad Posted May 5, 2018 Report Share Posted May 5, 2018 Update: Stoke City relegated from PL Championship 2018/19 Definites. (14) Millwall Brentford Bristol City Sheff.Utd Norwich Ipswich Leeds QPR Sheff.Weds. Nottm. Forest Hull Wigan Blackburn Stoke City Plus 2 from: West Brom, Southampton, Swansea, Huddersfield. Plus 4 from: Cardiff, Fulham, Aston Villa, Middlesbrough, Derby County, PNE. Plus 3 from: Reading, Birmingham, Barnsley, Burton, Bolton Plus 1 from: Shrewsbury, Rotherham, Scunthorpe, Charlton. Confirmed play off teams Out of the Championship for 2018/19: Wolves, Sunderland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
22A Posted May 6, 2018 Report Share Posted May 6, 2018 10 hours ago, Nogbad the Bad said: Plus 2 from: West Brom, Southampton, Swansea, Huddersfield. Plus 4 from: Cardiff, Fulham, Aston Villa, Middlesbrough, Derby County, PNE. As I've posted before if Middlesbrough win the play offs, no trips to the North East for us fans to make next season. Then if Swansea are relegated, they get to play Cardiff next season. Worst case scenario for travelling fans; Cardiff go up. Southampton stay up, Reading & Brum go down then Swansea would be our only "local derby" next season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nogbad the Bad Posted May 6, 2018 Report Share Posted May 6, 2018 Update: Cardiff promoted. Burton and Barnsley relegated. Championship 2018/19 Definites. (18) Millwall Brentford Bristol City Sheff.Utd Norwich Ipswich Leeds QPR Sheff.Weds. Nottm. Forest Hull Wigan Blackburn Stoke City Preston Reading Birmingham Bolton Plus 2 from: West Brom, Southampton, Swansea, Huddersfield. Plus 3 from: Fulham, Aston Villa, Middlesbrough, Derby County. Confirmed play off teams Plus 1 from: Shrewsbury, Rotherham, Scunthorpe, Charlton. Confirmed play off teams Out of the Championship for 2018/19: Wolves, Sunderland, Cardiff, Barnsley, Burton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
22A Posted May 6, 2018 Report Share Posted May 6, 2018 6 hours ago, 22A said: Worst case scenario for travelling fans; Cardiff go up. Southampton stay up, Reading & Brum go down then Swansea would be our only "local derby" next season. OK, as it now stands; Reading 78 miles. If Saints come down, that's "only" 75. Swansea & WBA are both 80ish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesBCFC Posted May 6, 2018 Report Share Posted May 6, 2018 20 minutes ago, 22A said: OK, as it now stands; Reading 78 miles. If Saints come down, that's "only" 75. Swansea & WBA are both 80ish. I'd still rather Swansea come down than Southampton. Can't be having 2 Welsh teams in the English top flight again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted May 6, 2018 Report Share Posted May 6, 2018 2 hours ago, 22A said: OK, as it now stands; Reading 78 miles. If Saints come down, that's "only" 75. Swansea & WBA are both 80ish. Millwall 126, Brentford 115 & Fulham 117 Villa 99 & Brum 91, Stoke 128. 130 to Shrewsbury or 115 to Charlton if either of them come up. Other than those we`re up to 150ish at least for the closest of the rest. If Boro go up I reckon Norwich is the furthest away at 244 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nogbad the Bad Posted May 8, 2018 Report Share Posted May 8, 2018 Update: West Brom. relegated from PL. Championship 2018/19 Definites. (19) Millwall Brentford Bristol City Sheffield United Norwich City Ipswich Town Leeds United Queen's Park Rangers Sheffield Wednesday Nottingham Forest Hull City Wigan Athletic Blackburn Rovers Stoke City Preston North End Reading Birmingham City Bolton Wanderers West Bromwich Albion Plus 1 from: Southampton, Swansea, Huddersfield. Plus 3 from: Fulham, Aston Villa, Middlesbrough, Derby County. Confirmed play off teams Plus 1 from: Shrewsbury, Rotherham, Scunthorpe, Charlton. Confirmed play off teams Out of the Championship for 2018/19: Wolves, Sunderland, Cardiff, Barnsley, Burton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Fleuriot Posted May 9, 2018 Report Share Posted May 9, 2018 I think that list of teams is looking pretty tough. Particularly if Hull, Birmingham, Forest, Reading have all got their act together much more compared to last season. Could be a challenging season for the likes of QPR and Ipswich. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRISTOL86 Posted May 9, 2018 Report Share Posted May 9, 2018 You can make a case every year for the division being tougher. On paper it’s hard to think of a league with more genuine top six contenders. Of the confirmed 19, there’s probably 16 or so who will genuinely feel they can achieve it. On paper WBA should be very strong. Can see Stoke and Swans/Hudds having a harder time of it. Hoping Shrewsbury come up in the playoffs but don’t think they will. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
You Do The Dziekanowski Posted May 9, 2018 Report Share Posted May 9, 2018 15 minutes ago, BRISTOL86 said: You can make a case every year for the division being tougher. On paper it’s hard to think of a league with more genuine top six contenders. Of the confirmed 19, there’s probably 16 or so who will genuinely feel they can achieve it. On paper WBA should be very strong. Can see Stoke and Swans/Hudds having a harder time of it. Hoping Shrewsbury come up in the playoffs but don’t think they will. Can see Shrewsbury being like Leyton Orient. A good season then the following they get relegated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
22A Posted May 9, 2018 Report Share Posted May 9, 2018 Some Norwich fans already reckon they'll struggle next season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hampshire reds Posted May 9, 2018 Report Share Posted May 9, 2018 looking at the LG next season. it is going to be as tough as any season I can remember. Brum reading will surely get there act together. stoke west Brom looks like Swansea. still we could have villa and Fulham. we look like loosing our 3 best players Bryan Reid and pos flint. for us to compete we are going to have to spend big. will the club I am not sure. another testing time ahead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
You Do The Dziekanowski Posted May 9, 2018 Report Share Posted May 9, 2018 I’m not worried about the teams coming down in all honesty. West Brom, with a new manager on board will take time to build something, I can see them being like Aston Villa with a smaller budget. Stoke, even if they keep some of there players they were one of the worse teams to visit AG this season (albeit a slightly weakened team) and I’m not confident Lambert is a good enough manager. Swansea/Huddersfield, start with Swansea, don’t have any stand out players that I think would tear this league apart, Jordan Ayew didn’t exactly set the world alight at Villa. Huddersfield, although they have a very good Championship team on paper I can’t see them being as effective as what they were due to the changes they made after going up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BS4 on Tour... Posted May 9, 2018 Report Share Posted May 9, 2018 On 29/04/2018 at 12:59, Mr Popodopolous said: Coming up? Blackburn- lower midtable probably, Wigan may surprise a few but it's a big jump as we found out when tipped as dark horses 2 seasons ago. None of the potential play off winners particularly worry me. All teams in the championship worry me....we only took 2 points from Burton and 1 point from Millwall this season....yet loads were tipping both for relegation before the season started... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamC Posted May 9, 2018 Report Share Posted May 9, 2018 3 minutes ago, BS4 on Tour... said: All teams in the championship worry me....we only took 2 points from Burton and 1 point from Millwall this season....yet loads were tipping both for relegation before the season started... Conversely we took points off of every single team in the division bar PNE.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BS4 on Tour... Posted May 9, 2018 Report Share Posted May 9, 2018 11 minutes ago, GrahamC said: Conversely we took points off of every single team in the division bar PNE.. “Points” ? So more than one off every single team bar PNE...?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamC Posted May 9, 2018 Report Share Posted May 9, 2018 3 minutes ago, BS4 on Tour... said: “Points” ? So more than one off every single team bar PNE...?! Ok, at least a point.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lrrr Posted May 9, 2018 Report Share Posted May 9, 2018 Swansea have some good academy players who could do well if given the chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Popodopolous Posted May 10, 2018 Report Share Posted May 10, 2018 13 hours ago, BS4 on Tour... said: All teams in the championship worry me....we only took 2 points from Burton and 1 point from Millwall this season....yet loads were tipping both for relegation before the season started... I mean, yeah that's true but the overarching point surely is that plenty have their issues, their problems all have issues so relegation may not be such a concern- based on that alone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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