Wanderingred

I’ll never get justice for the two months I spent as a Covid prisoner at the hands of the state here…absolutely smashing them in a major world tournament is the best I’m gonna get, especially when sporting integrity means everything to them here. Nice one ladies!!!

China based here. Loving this!

PREMIER LEAGUE

Winners: Manchester City

Relegated: Sheffield United, Luton Town, Wolves

CHAMPIONSHIP

Winners: Leicester City

Promoted: Southampton

Playoffs: Middlesbrough (winners) Ipswich Bristol City Hull

Relegated: Rotherham, Cardiff, Birmingham

LEAGUE ONE

Winners: Barnsley

Promoted: Derby County

Playoffs: Reading, Bolton (winners), Lincoln, Charlton

Relegated: Cambridge, Fleetwood, Stevenage, Oxford

LEAGUE TWO

Winners: Mansfield 

Promoted: Stockport, Wrexham

Playoffs: Salford (winners) Bradford, Notts County, Gillingham

Relegated: Morecambe, Harrogate

Promoted from national league: Oldham, Chesterfield

Friendly or not, the scoreline of City 5-1 Swindon rolls off the tongue nicely.

Glad to see our two young strikers both get braces. They should be going into the new season with confidence.

2 minutes ago, City1984 said:

Does this mean we already promoted if we win

 

That’s how it’s always worked for Swindon.

Remember when Bobby Reid was tearing the likes of Bath and Torquay up in pre season,  then went on to have the year of his life? It can breed confidence sometimes, particularly for strikers.

As I said, Europe in two years !

I predict RELEGATION WITH A RECORD LOW POINTS TOTAL. Sell up Landsdown.

Starting to turn things around….. Wasn’t his last game in charge, that home defeat to Sheff Utd? Ask any veteran City fan to list our worst ever performances and that game would be in the top five.

When Joey Barton retires from football, I can see him going down the far right conspiracy weirdo influencer path in an attempt to stay relevant. In fact I’d bet on it. He won’t want to go quietly.

Just now, Lrrr said:

Nothing

Good, so we’re done here.

2 minutes ago, Lrrr said:

What’s wrong with wanting our home grown players to succeed at one of the country’s biggest clubs?

IBournemouth  

I want to see our own Alex play for a genuine big club.

5 minutes ago, Jimbo123 said:

1,700 the allocation. Only 600 less than what we give teams like Leeds, Cardiff, Swansea.

Sorry, I should have been more clear. I was talking about their home capacity. They sold out their home tickets for most of their games last season.

Plymouth’s capacity is woefully inadequate for the sort of demand they will have this season. There don’t seem to be any plans to enlarge the ground either.

1 minute ago, RedM said:

As usual they will be totally wrong, believe me.

To be fair, they were spot on. Just a year too late !

Someone in the know will post the first couple of fixtures very soon. That’s what happens most years.

It seems odd trying to predict our first fixture…. It could be any one of the 23 other league teams, perhaps with the exception of Cardiff.

Man of the match in Ireland’s game against Gibraltar according to my Irish mate.

Powle 

Wow that’s the first time I’ve seen footage of John Atyeo playing! Nice one!

9 hours ago, BCFC11 said:

They are at it again....

 

Bristol Rovers is looking to employ a general maintenance person to help with work around the Stadium and Training Ground facilities.
We are looking for someone who can use pre-existing skills and experience to help with ground improvements, including painting and decorating, carpentry, and general maintenance. You must be able to drive and be available for work during the week.
This is a paid position with full or part-time hours on offer.
Contact louisesmith@bristolrovers.co.uk to discuss hours and pay if this sounds like something you’re interested in. Please do not apply if you are a contractor.

I might apply, I’m quite a handy person.

On a totally unrelated note, can anyone lend me some red gloss paint? Enough to paint a whole stadium.

I would expect Ipswich to spend big and really go for it, to try and capitalize on their momentum. It will be interesting to see how that works out with Ashton pulling the strings.

8 minutes ago, W-S-M Seagull said:

Coventry literally had something like 4 or 5 loan players that have now all departed. Their 3 best players have 12 months left on their contracts. They have to rebuild half their team, I'd not call that shrewd.

Cov got to the final based on momentum and luck. We all know momentum and can take you a very long way in football but it's only a short term thing. 

I actually think Coventry will struggle down near the bottom next season due to the departures and a play off hang over and fans expectations. 

I think you might be right with your last paragraph. I’d expect Millwall to struggle too after their horrific end of season collapse. Psychologically that will be huge. Both will be bottom third imho.

I think it’s a bit unfair to say that Coventry finished sixth after 46 games just because of momentum and luck though. Mark Robins is clearly an excellent manager and they have a really talented player in that Gyokeres. You may not call all the loan signings shrewd management but if just one of those penalty kicks had gone slightly differently, it would have taken them to the Premier League and everybody would be talking about how we need to be emulating them.

For the first time in a few years, I’m confident we won’t struggle. That’s about as optimistic I can be at the moment until the transfer window shuts. It’s not only about our business, but also our competitors. We’re up against some genuinely huge clubs with massive budgets. If we’re going to compete with them, it’s going to need the sort of shrewd recruitment and management that the likes of Luton and Coventry have displayed. As these teams have shown, it’s definitely possible!