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  • sam3110
    sam3110 Posts: 24,968
    Stansfield is dogshit haha 
  • soapboxsam
    soapboxsam Posts: 24,556
    Wolves has hit the crossbar twice but still 0-0 at the taxpayers stadium.

    West Ham score against the run of play and now they are playing with more freedom. 
  • Bowen stepping up for a pen today 
  • sam3110
    sam3110 Posts: 24,968
    Sends the keeper the wrong way, makes the Castellanos moment look even sillier
  • DamoNorthStand
    DamoNorthStand Posts: 13,677
    This league literally is a muddle. Everyone and anyone can get a result...... think it will be harder than ever to predict our results this year.
  • sam3110
    sam3110 Posts: 24,968
    Mavropanos, cor I reckon Gillesphey would outstrip him for pace
  • crookester
    crookester Posts: 1,687
    sam3110 said:
    Mavropanos, cor I reckon Gillesphey would outstrip him for pace
    The funny thing is that people were raving about him in the prem last season. He's really found the championship a shock to the system.
  • Alwaysneil
    Alwaysneil Posts: 14,822
    sam3110 said:
    Stansfield is dogshit haha 
    Do worms like dogshit? 
  • Pelling1993
    Pelling1993 Posts: 8,135
    West Ham & Wolves really don’t look like title challengers at present. Neither side can defend for toffee 
  • soapboxsam
    soapboxsam Posts: 24,556
    Decided to watch Preston V Bristol City  for a while and Harry Clarke gets into the area and on the edge of the six yard box misses his header with the goal gaping.
    Wiley on loan from Chelsea scored with a powerful shot to make it 1-1.

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  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 101,735
    Good to see the likes of Pompey struggling against Derby who have been poor this season - Won't get too carried away with our start, and still want to keep an eye on the teams you'd expect to see us fighting come the end of the season.
  • Wolves looking all at sea at the back. 
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 101,735
    Terrible defending from Preston for the third; Heckingbottom must be on borrowed time now?
  • soapboxsam
    soapboxsam Posts: 24,556
    Terrible defending from Preston for the third; Heckingbottom must be on borrowed time now?

    Lindsay and Clarke got in a pickle and the sub Ballard scores to make it 1-3 for Bristol City.
    Preston heading for 4 straight defeats.
    Thierry Small only getting on in the 89th minute !
  • Redvalleyeast
    Redvalleyeast Posts: 5,269
    Terrible defending from Preston for the third; Heckingbottom must be on borrowed time now?
    For sure. Harry Clarke and the other preston defender got in a right pickle,both left the ball for each other only for Ballard to run between them,nick the ball and score.
  • Leuth
    Leuth Posts: 24,707
    Are you both run by the same LLM? 
  • Chunes
    Chunes Posts: 19,168
    I watched the last thirty minutes of Lincoln v Blackburn. They are both awful. 
  • stoneroses19
    stoneroses19 Posts: 8,020
    There’s not many more enjoyable things in football right now as watching Stansfield missing multiple opportunities to score for Birmingham. Delightful stuff. 
  • stoneroses19
    stoneroses19 Posts: 8,020
    edited September 2
    Maybe just because it’s the start of the season and sides need time to settle etc. but the level of defending so far in most championship games is dreadful. Every time I watch all the game highlights, at least half the goals are from embarrassing/poor defending. 
  • Pelling1993
    Pelling1993 Posts: 8,135
    Terrible defending from Preston for the third; Heckingbottom must be on borrowed time now?
    I think Preston will sink even faster without Heckingbottom. He's a miserable bastard but a very good manager.

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  • Lovely goal by Swansea, they look good:

    https://x.com/secondtierpod/status/2094910620214657091
  • stoneroses19
    stoneroses19 Posts: 8,020
    I hadn’t realised how far Ramsdale had dropped down. Only 28 and now 4th choice in Championship! 

    Southampton head coach Tonda Eckert says Aaron Ramsdale still has a role at the club to "support the team" despite becoming their fourth-choice goalkeeper. 

    The 28-year-old moved from Arsenal to Saints in the summer of 2024 having been number two to Spaniard David Raya.

  • CaptainRobbo
    CaptainRobbo Posts: 2,825
    edited September 5
    I hadn’t realised how far Ramsdale had dropped down. Only 28 and now 4th choice in Championship! 

    Southampton head coach Tonda Eckert says Aaron Ramsdale still has a role at the club to "go and buy some binoculars and camouflage fatigues" despite becoming their fourth-choice goalkeeper. 

    The 28-year-old moved from Arsenal to Saints in the summer of 2024 having been number two to Spaniard David Raya.


  • soapboxsam
    soapboxsam Posts: 24,556
    edited September 5
    I hadn’t realised how far Ramsdale had dropped down. Only 28 and now 4th choice in Championship! 

    Southampton head coach Tonda Eckert says Aaron Ramsdale still has a role at the club to "support the team" despite becoming their fourth-choice goalkeeper. 

    The 28-year-old moved from Arsenal to Saints in the summer of 2024 having been number two to Spaniard David Raya.


    This is all to do with the politics of Football when a big earner loses his place and in many cases, they even train with the U21 to encourage the player and agent to look for pastures new.

    Just checked and Ramsdale is on 120k a week  and he was playing for the U21'S.
    If no Premier team want him then he will need to be wanted in Saudi Arabia to get close to his Saint's wage.
    You can see why he didn't move on in the window unless he was going to take a massive drop in wonga.

    Also Aaron's contract at the Sinners doesn't run out until June 2028.

    Is football a crazy business; it sure is !
  • fenaddick
    fenaddick Posts: 23,440
    I hadn’t realised how far Ramsdale had dropped down. Only 28 and now 4th choice in Championship! 

    Southampton head coach Tonda Eckert says Aaron Ramsdale still has a role at the club to "support the team" despite becoming their fourth-choice goalkeeper. 

    The 28-year-old moved from Arsenal to Saints in the summer of 2024 having been number two to Spaniard David Raya.


    This is all to do with the politics of Football when a big earner loses his place and in many cases, they even train with the U21 to encourage the player and agent to look for pastures new.

    Just checked and Ramsdale is on 120k a week  and he was playing for the U21'S.
    If no Premier team want him then he will need to be wanted in Saudi Arabia to get close to his Saint's wage.
    You can see why he didn't move on in the window unless he was going to take a massive drop in wonga.

    Also Aaron's contract at the Sinners doesn't run out until June 2028.

    Is football a crazy business; it sure is !
    I think part of the new player welfare regulations are that you can’t do this anymore, along with bomb squads. If he’s training with the U21s I’m pretty sure that’s his choice 
  • Crispywood
    Crispywood Posts: 2,973
    Maybe just because it’s the start of the season and sides need time to settle etc. but the level of defending so far in most championship games is dreadful. Every time I watch all the game highlights, at least half the goals are from embarrassing/poor defending. 
    Think we’re just so used to having such a good defence over the last 3 years we aren’t used to conceding many of these goals anymore. Still don’t get why so many championship clubs are adamant of playing out from the back 
  • soapboxsam
    soapboxsam Posts: 24,556
    edited September 5
    fenaddick said:
    I hadn’t realised how far Ramsdale had dropped down. Only 28 and now 4th choice in Championship! 

    Southampton head coach Tonda Eckert says Aaron Ramsdale still has a role at the club to "support the team" despite becoming their fourth-choice goalkeeper. 

    The 28-year-old moved from Arsenal to Saints in the summer of 2024 having been number two to Spaniard David Raya.


    This is all to do with the politics of Football when a big earner loses his place and in many cases, they even train with the U21 to encourage the player and agent to look for pastures new.

    Just checked and Ramsdale is on 120k a week  and he was playing for the U21'S.
    If no Premier team want him then he will need to be wanted in Saudi Arabia to get close to his Saint's wage.
    You can see why he didn't move on in the window unless he was going to take a massive drop in wonga.

    Also Aaron's contract at the Sinners doesn't run out until June 2028.

    Is football a crazy business; it sure is !
    I think part of the new player welfare regulations are that you can’t do this anymore, along with bomb squads. If he’s training with the U21s I’m pretty sure that’s his choice 

    Yes, it was his choice but Southampton definitely want him to move on for the obvious reason that they are paying a reserve championship keeper a Premier keeper wage (most of the keepers may well earn more than this now)

    At Chelsea the Bomb squad used to train at a different time but now they train at the same time on a pitch near the 1st team squad.
    There had been a clear out with more leaving than coming in at Cobham.
  • Maybe just because it’s the start of the season and sides need time to settle etc. but the level of defending so far in most championship games is dreadful. Every time I watch all the game highlights, at least half the goals are from embarrassing/poor defending. 
    Think we’re just so used to having such a good defence over the last 3 years we aren’t used to conceding many of these goals anymore. Still don’t get why so many championship clubs are adamant of playing out from the back 

    It’s because most teams have basically given up on playing forwards to kick the ball towards, or if they do it just one token, often static chap, miles from any other player in the same coloured shirt, that’s in the pocket of the opposing defence from the kick off. Leaburn, TC and Grant must starting to be a fucking nightmare for opposition managers this season.
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 73,411
    Not the Championship, but amusing to see Oxford 3-0 up at Russell Martin's Leicester City.


  • 4-0 now.

    And at home 😬