Football - The Championship

[nookiebear]

Always has been one of the toughest divisions. Easy to get into but a bugger to get out of, unless through the trap door.

So many "big" teams down there. Usually the 3 teams going down from the  prem would be amongst the favourites to get promotion but this year I think they will all lose too many players and will struggle.

As Garytaffy said to early for predictions. Need to see who is where.

The usual suspect will be there though:- Forest, Cardiff, Leeds.

Ipswich are due a good year. Good manager there. Binnsy??

Anyway I'm off to look at League 2. See you guys in 2 years.

I never have a problem getting in or out of trap doors here in Thailand

[garytaffy]

Hi Adam, thought i wouldn't clog up the shout box for our non footballing friends. Bellamy is still a Man City player who was on a seasons loan to Cardiff they paid £50K of his weekly wage and we paid the other £30k. He has expressed he only wants to play for Cardiff or Man City.......the latter making it obvious he was surplus to requirements.He is a Cardiff lad and his family lives locally. He is currently on holiday now but Malky Mackay will be speaking to both Man City and the player imminently to see if we can bring him back to the Cardiff City stadium. 

[Adam]

Haha, all good Gary, just a bit of banter, you know that.

So what's the deal with Cardiff? No money or what, are they likely to go tits up?

Any players likely to go to the Prem this season? Bothroyd?

[garytaffy]

Hi Adam, hey no offence taken as i could "talk  sport" till the cows come home....or should i say with my Thai connections ....the water buffalo!!!!!!

Since our Malaysian billionaire owners took over about a year ago from the dreaded Peter Ridsdale we have been in the money for the first time in living memory.Guess Man City have too much money if they wanted to subsidise Bellamy's wages as they didn't want to loan him out to any Premier league side.....If memory serves me right Everton,Fulham,Spurs, Sunderland and your goodselves wanted him.

I believe he will be back at Cardiff but not as a loan player.......but football is so unpredictable we'll have to wait and see.

Bothroyd is out of contract and has left the club. He was very good up until his cameo appearance for England against France.....then his form dipped and many a time appeared to be going through the motions.Koumas   who we were paying premier league wages to has returned to Wigan.He was a shadow of the player he was in an earlier stint with us. Olofinjana has returned to Hull where he was on Premier league wages resulting from their brief stint there. Unfortunately too many of our players appeared to give the impression that they could turn up and just take 3 points without really putting a shift in!! Chopra had a bad season in comparison to others with us.

As long as we can rely on the charitable deeds of Nookies lot and hopefully a good few more the good ship " Bluebird" should sail in the top half of the table at least. 

[garytaffy]

hi aficionados, slowly but surely the Bluebirds are starting to add new faces under our new boss Malky Mackay. Earnie has returned "home" a 20 goal a season striker at our level. Sad to see him go CC? i see you let his contract wind down. Less familiar faces include: Don Cowie ( Watford) Colin Conway ( Dundee Utd ) both Scottish Internationals and Andrew Taylor ( Boro ) all signed as free agents.
Sounds like we are in poll position to sign Goodwillie ( Dundee Utd ) for £2m subject to whether he get charged with an alleged rape/assault.....verdict to be known by 10th. Rangers want him but can't afford the price tag.

Mackay also raided Watford for his backroom staff which is usually the case. Still waiting to hear the verdict on Bellamy with Stoke and Celtic in the running....but the bookies on the radio today thought he would return to Cardiff with money not being his main motivator......time will tell.

I thought it was a joke but apparently an Icelandic international from Nookie's lot keeps being mentioned!!!! I'll have to remind the manager that his brief of getting us out of the championship means in an UPWARD direction!!!

[binnsy]

   Have a feeling its going to be THE year of the TRACTOR     

  Bye Bye Championship 

 

[garytaffy]

Hope not for your sake Binnsy. The tractor boys are too big for division 1 surely!!! 

[garytaffy]

Looks like Aron Gunnarson is on his way out of the Ricoh to the Bluebirds  are you going to miss him Nookie?

[binnsy]

  Have a feeling its going to be THE year of the TRACTOR     

  Bye Bye Championship 

 

Its going to be a great year for TRACTORS but a bad year for BUDGIES

[Vombatus]

  Have a feeling its going to be THE year of the TRACTOR     

  Bye Bye Championship 

 

Dream on Binnsy  !! 

I doubt they will make the top 6 (unless they have a storming start - and they don't usually).

Squad is too small, not enough experience and there are a lot of good teams this year.

Brighton and Southampton will beat a few teams and West Ham and Birmingham must be 2 of the strongest relegated teams.

Reading and Cardiff will be contenders and I take Forest to finish above Town (at least a large bottle of Leo says they will ).

[Adam]

Don't worry about the blouse  (Blue scum from the second city), with an owner likely to end up Bankrupt in Malaysia (possibly in jail) , all of their decent players set to leave and the worst ground in the league, they won't be any threat.

The only thing they have going for them is a decent young manager, but that won't be enough.

Sh*t on the City, Villa til I die.

[smithy99]

Having read some of the comments in this thread i think you guys should stick to drinking

Fizzy Pop

[smithy99]

  Have a feeling its going to be THE year of the TRACTOR     

  Bye Bye Championship 

 

Dream on Binnsy  !! 

I doubt they will make the top 6 (unless they have a storming start - and they don't usually).

Squad is too small, not enough experience and there are a lot of good teams this year.

Brighton and Southampton will beat a few teams and West Ham and Birmingham must be 2 of the strongest relegated teams.

Reading and Cardiff will be contenders and I take Forest to finish above Town (at least a large bottle of Leo says they will ).

A lot of good teams? Is this some kind of delusional belief amongst a lot of big time failures from the past,do it on the pitch and you get to the premiership.

A lot of average teams with mediocre players is more accurate imo.

[JAI P.E.A.]

Hi Guy's , championship is tough this season as nookie said but here is my prediction. CHAMPIONSHIP TOP 3 , LEICESTER CITY, CARRDIFF CITY, IPSWISH TOWN , maybe not in that order . p.s.My team back in the UK is LEEDS UTD ! ? but i think this season struggle as they haven't signed any one and our two strikers are injured, hope I'm wrong about my team, let's all enjoy a happy season !!!

[nookiebear]

Hi Guy's , championship is tough this season as nookie said but here is my prediction. CHAMPIONSHIP TOP 3 , LEICESTER CITY, CARRDIFF CITY, IPSWISH TOWN , maybe not in that order . p.s.My team back in the UK is LEEDS UTD ! ? but i think this season struggle as they haven't signed any one and our two strikers are injured, hope I'm wrong about my team, let's all enjoy a happy season !!!

Leicester & Cardiff I'll go along with but I dont think Ipswich will even be in the playoffs