If Sheffield United go up it's going to be so boring. They'll get about 15 points and be straight back down.
I'm hoping Frank Lampard's Coventry go up. I don't expect them to do any better, but at least it's a relatively new team in the PL as they haven't been there since 2001 so unless you're at least 30 years old you won't remember them being in the top flight. Plus there will be a few local derbies with Villa, Forest and Wolves.
Just had to correct it. The media will be fuming 😉
If Sheffield United go up it's going to be so boring. They'll get about 15 points and be straight back down.
I'm hoping Coventry go up. I don't expect them to do any better, but at least it's a relatively new team in the PL as they haven't been there since 2001 so unless you're at least 30 years old you won't remember them being in the top flight. Plus there will be a few local derbies with Villa, Forest and Wolves.
Got a soft spot for Cov, went through similar to us, ownership/ground issues, and was one of the few fan groups to publicly back us against Roland and had the joint protests. Hope they do it.
If Sheffield United go up it's going to be so boring. They'll get about 15 points and be straight back down.
I'm hoping Coventry go up. I don't expect them to do any better, but at least it's a relatively new team in the PL as they haven't been there since 2001 so unless you're at least 30 years old you won't remember them being in the top flight. Plus there will be a few local derbies with Villa, Forest and Wolves.
Got a soft spot for Cov, went through similar to us, ownership/ground issues, and was one of the few fan groups to publicly back us against Roland and had the joint protests. Hope they do it.
I've quite liked Coventry ever since they won the 1987 FA cup final as it was the first one i remember as a kid and afterwards trying to reenact Keith Houchen's diving header in the garden!
Coventry was also the scene of one of Charlton's greatest ever away days in my lifetime.
God knows how the holding from the city player causes both the united players feet to simultaneously drop away.
One of those where modern commentators would say, "he felt a touch and was entitled to go down".
Sadly, as judged by the comments on here, cheating and deception is now an accepted part of the game.
While that’s all very true it’s kind of irrelevant to the actions of the defender which are clearly an attempt to play the man and not the ball, a foul and a red card dismissal.
If that is a foul and a red card dismissal, why isn't there a penalty and multiple dismissals at every corner?
The Sheff Utd player didn't go down because of the hands on, he went down because its now acceptable to cheat.
He could have stayed on his feet and got a shot away. If he had been unsuccessful, the ref could then have awarded a penalty.
I actually agree it was an offense that could have resulted in a penalty if the advantage was not secured - I just get pissed off by the way they are secured.
If Sheffield United go up it's going to be so boring. They'll get about 15 points and be straight back down.
I'm hoping Coventry go up. I don't expect them to do any better, but at least it's a relatively new team in the PL as they haven't been there since 2001 so unless you're at least 30 years old you won't remember them being in the top flight. Plus there will be a few local derbies with Villa, Forest and Wolves.
Got a soft spot for Cov, went through similar to us, ownership/ground issues, and was one of the few fan groups to publicly back us against Roland and had the joint protests. Hope they do it.
I've quite liked Coventry ever since they won the 1987 FA cup final as it was the first one i remember as a kid and afterwards trying to reenact Keith Houchen's diving header in the garden!
Coventry was also the scene of one of Charlton's greatest ever away days in my lifetime.
I’ll second that. I think it’s my favourite ever FA Cup Final and it was a ’Roy of the Rovers’ goal.
I have a feeling about Coventry this season. I think that they could upset the odds. Tonight's match should be very entertaining.
It’s funny how your formative years are just that.
I always think of Coventry City, Norwich City, Southampton and Sheffield Wednesday as top flight mainstays. And of Nottingham Forest and Tottenham Hotspur as great cup sides. Arsenal, Liverpool and Everton as the big clubs. Manchester United & Leeds as floundering sleeping giants.
I'd be fully behind Coventry winning the playoffs if Frank Lampard wasn't there. The media will make it all about him.
The media jump at things that make headlines. IF we win the play offs, then plenty of the media will make it about Jones and his redemption after Southampton etc.
Apparently Bristol City tried to have the ref changed for last night's game because he'd sent off 4 players in games involving them this season and 6 reds in his last 12.
Sunderland look like a team that had the Play-Offs secured for so long, so took their foot off the gas, and now cant get their form back that put them in the Play-Offs in the first place.
They lost their last five League games, so hopefully we'll see similar from Wycombe.
Can’t see either of these bothering the Blades, awful game. So bad I’ve switched to watching my Ulster not come out for the 2nd half as they haven’t all season 🫣😩🙄
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Just had to correct it. The media will be fuming 😉
Coventry was also the scene of one of Charlton's greatest ever away days in my lifetime.
The Sheff Utd player didn't go down because of the hands on, he went down because its now acceptable to cheat.
He could have stayed on his feet and got a shot away. If he had been unsuccessful, the ref could then have awarded a penalty.
I actually agree it was an offense that could have resulted in a penalty if the advantage was not secured - I just get pissed off by the way they are secured.
I have a feeling about Coventry this season. I think that they could upset the odds. Tonight's match should be very entertaining.
At least some of those are still true I guess.
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Apparently Bristol City tried to have the ref changed for last night's game because he'd sent off 4 players in games involving them this season and 6 reds in his last 12.
I believe he did attempt to play the ball, after he’d already pulled back the forward by putting both his arms around him / over his shoulder first.
They lost their last five League games, so hopefully we'll see similar from Wycombe.
Also feels like an actual fight might break out before the end of the game. Bit feisty on both sides.
So bad I’ve switched to watching my Ulster not come out for the 2nd half as they haven’t all season 🫣😩🙄