Championship 2018-2019

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There doesn't appear to be any decent footballing sides left, which is a positive.

[VinnieChase84]

The better footballing sides have now moved on. Surely we can get close from this lot?

[David_Nab]

We were out performed this season by one of the least footballing sides you are likely to see in Cardiff so I wouldn't be dismissing so called nonfootballing sides so easily ...

Derby if they employ Lampard I would think would be a side who would play decent stuff. Mclaren plays ok football now at QPR Hull improved alot under Atkins who has previous in getting sides promoted.Monk with a preseason is likely to change Birmingham into a passing side as well

[Five Villa Tattoos]

Things to look forward to:
1) Stoke away on a Friday night in December in a minus 6 gale.
2) Club captain Micah Richards having his contract renewed for four more years.
3) Jed Steer sporting a snazzy Luke 1977 goalie top.
4) Small Heath and the Smethwick Brazil spending both their games against each other singing about a club that has won more than they can ever dream of.
5) Kick offs against said “clubs” being at 10:00 on a sunday morning.
6) Bruce, if still here, abandoning the old fashioned playing strikers thing and opting for a 7 at the back and three defensive midfielders system.
7) Scott Hogan scoring goals for fun at his next club.
8)Loan players from Bury, Scunthorpe and Tamworth.
9) Vice Captain Ross McCormack, on the front cover of the first programme.
10) Season ticket holders being tempted to renew in September at the bargain price of £500 for the following season.
11) Alex Tunzebe once again flirting with John Terry on Twitter whilst being injured from a freak skydiving injury whilst being out injured for 4 months with a “hurty foot”. Don’t worry, he’s the next big thing at Man Utd.
12)Dr Tony with cryptic messages on Twitter in January before signing someone that you’ve never heard of ever, from Barnet’s youth team.
13) England goalkeeper Sam Johnstone. Also Man Utd’s number one.
14) Onamoh going back to Tottenham reporting back for training  and being refused entry as no one has a pissing clue who he is.
15) Cardiff captain James Chester.
16) James Bree earning rave reviews and an England call up at Everton.
17) Hoping Glenn Whelan stays fit.

[TheMalandro]

There doesn't appear to be any decent footballing sides left, which is a positive.

Agree, if we lose Bruce.

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Others and Green to have bigger roles. Kodjia and Grealish (touch wood) match fit from August to May. Add Grabban and some out and put pace, a mobile central midfilder a d be prepared to risk more and we'll be in good shape.

[mr underhill]

fotget Grabban, he's not wat we need , we have too many journeyman 30 somethings as it is.

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Top scorer in the league. We'd be up automatically if him and Super Jack had been playing since August.

[Gareth]

What we need is leadership & a frank statement from the top - I hope that the conversations today have not been wallowing & ‘see you after holidays’ type but that Dr T & Keith have sat down with Bruce and a decision on his future is publicly known in next 24 hours. 

Would also hope that they have sat down with Jack and likewise a decisive statement of intent is issued that says ‘going nowhere’ if that is the outcome of those discussions.

[john e]

without buying a single player you could swap Davis for Grabban, O'hare for well any midfielder apart from Grealish and you have not weakened the side at all
and given more game time probably improved it

there might be others,
if we have younger players who can't make more of a difference in the team than Lansbury, Conor H, Whelan, Elmo, Taylor, Samba, then they really must be a bunch of useless lemons

[Sexual Ealing]

Things to look forward to:

5) Kick offs against said “clubs” being at 10:00 on a sunday morning.

They are clubs.

[robleflaneur]

without buying a single player you could swap Davis for Grabban, O'hare for well any midfielder apart from Grealish and you have not weakened the side at all
and given more game time probably improved it

there might be others,
if we have younger players who can't make more of a difference in the team than Lansbury, Conor H, Whelan, Elmo, Taylor, Samba, then they really must be a bunch of useless lemons

Valid point.Would suggest that RHM and Doyle-Hayes are even better than Davis and O'Hare and that Bree and Clark will make excellent full backs.Tactics Tim raved about Green who has been subject of interest from better judges at Arsenal and Spurs.

[TheMalandro]

Top scorer in the league. We'd be up automatically if him and Super Jack had been playing since August.

Do I sense your confidence in our promotion chances subsiding? 😋

[Toronto Villa]

Top scorer in the league. We'd be up automatically if him and Super Jack had been playing since August.

And if we just played positively to win every game we wouldn't have had the play offs to deal with. We showed that when this team wanted to be it was outstanding. Unfortunately most of the time the manager in his subservience, like yesterday sent the team out to play with a ball their mouth and a gimp outfit on.

[sickbeggar]

i'd be a bit hesitant about grabban too unless he's peanuts. signing up a 30 year old forward on a 2 year or more contract with no resale value at the moment doesn't sound good financial sense