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Title: Championship Team of the year.
Post by: LukeJames on April 03, 2018, 10:53:07 PM
Adomah and Terry in, although for me Terry hasn't even been the best defender at our club, let alone in the League. Harsh that not a single Cardiff player has made it in.

Ruddy (Wolves)

Fredericks (Fulham)
Coady (Wolves)
Terry (Villa)
Sessegnon (Fulham)

Neves (Wolves)
Maddison (Norwich)
Cairney (Fulham)

Reid (Bristol City)
Vydra (Derby)
Adomah (Villa)

Warnock (Manager)
Title: Re: Championship Team of the year.
Post by: SoccerHQ on April 03, 2018, 11:15:23 PM
They vote for this at xmas don't they?

Edit: Vydra's hardly scored a goal since Janaury.
Title: Re: Championship Team of the year.
Post by: QuintonVilla on April 03, 2018, 11:19:34 PM
Chester has been better than Terry.

No Cardiff player speaks volumes about them. Workmanlike and shite but grind out wins.
Title: Re: Championship Team of the year.
Post by: footyskillz on April 03, 2018, 11:57:55 PM
Where's snoddy!!
Title: Re: Championship Team of the year.
Post by: berneboy on April 04, 2018, 12:05:19 AM
Where's SuperJack?
Title: Re: Championship Team of the year.
Post by: PeterWithe on April 04, 2018, 12:10:28 AM
Don’t rate Ruddy at all. Johnstone and Grealish shoe ins.
Title: Re: Championship Team of the year.
Post by: LukeJames on April 04, 2018, 12:11:28 AM
Loan players were inelligable apparantly.
Title: Re: Championship Team of the year.
Post by: PeterWithe on April 04, 2018, 12:15:23 AM
Loan players were inelligable apparantly.

I see, that makes sense and explains why the Wolves forward isn’t there either.
Title: Re: Championship Team of the year.
Post by: cdbearsfan on April 04, 2018, 12:16:48 AM
I've heard of five of them, including the two Villa players.
Title: Re: Championship Team of the year.
Post by: footyskillz on April 04, 2018, 12:17:21 AM
Snoddy most assists in league! But a loan ranger so fair enough

Wolves
Diego Jota not allowed then!
Barry Douglas

Cardiff
Jr Hoillet
Bamba
Morrison

Clear argument for any of them to be in there based on performances.
Title: Re: Championship Team of the year.
Post by: AsTallAsLions on April 04, 2018, 12:19:47 AM
I've heard of five of them, including the two Villa players.

You obviously haven't been paying much attention then.
Title: Re: Championship Team of the year.
Post by: cdbearsfan on April 04, 2018, 12:23:48 AM
Correct.
Title: Re: Championship Team of the year.
Post by: AsTallAsLions on April 04, 2018, 12:41:06 AM
Correct.

👏 Fair play
Title: Re: Championship Team of the year.
Post by: Matt Collins on April 04, 2018, 07:03:19 AM
Grealish didn’t play until January!

I thought it was harsh on the the wolves wing backs
Title: Re: Championship Team of the year.
Post by: eamonn on April 04, 2018, 07:36:55 PM
Manager Neil Warnock? Given the lack of Cardiff players I think he'd tell anyone who asked him to manage this team to fook right off.
Title: Re: Championship Team of the year.
Post by: Pat McMahon on April 04, 2018, 10:39:45 PM
Isn’t Sessegnon a forward too?
Title: Re: Championship Team of the year.
Post by: tomd2103 on April 04, 2018, 11:33:45 PM
Grealish didn’t play until January!

I thought it was harsh on the the wolves wing backs

Cairney was injured in the early part of the season wasn't he?  Only came on us a sub in the latter stages against us at VP if I recall correctly.
Title: Re: Championship Team of the year.
Post by: Pat McMahon on April 04, 2018, 11:42:46 PM
Grealish didn’t play until January!

I thought it was harsh on the the wolves wing backs

Cairney was injured in the early part of the season wasn't he?  Only came on us a sub in the latter stages against us at VP if I recall correctly.

Correct, I was worried about him as he ran the show for Fulham when we lost there on Easter  Monday last year. When fit I think he’s the best passer in this division. When he came on as sub in October I think it was his first game after injury.
Title: Re: Championship Team of the year.
Post by: junxs on April 05, 2018, 12:56:41 AM
I agree Chester has had a better season than Terry.

I don't understand the loan rule, if a player has played the whole season in the championship then why should it matter if hes on loan or not? I get it from the signed in January viewpoint but thats not the case here
Title: Re: Championship Team of the year.
Post by: Matt C on April 05, 2018, 06:59:05 AM
Chester deserves to be in there.

 Terry has been ref of the year.
Title: Re: Championship Team of the year.
Post by: Dave on April 05, 2018, 07:28:17 AM
Isn’t Sessegnon a forward too?

Spent half the season at left-back, before being moved further forward.
Title: Re: Championship Team of the year.
Post by: Ads on April 05, 2018, 07:58:55 AM
Terry has been excellent.

The phenomenon with Cardiff is what you see when you watch them; how is this shower 2nd? Would you have Bamba, Ralls, Laing et al over any of ours, Fulhams, Wolves? Nope.

But there they sit and there they rumble on.
Title: Re: Championship Team of the year.
Post by: Comrade Blitz on April 05, 2018, 12:03:35 PM
Whichever club gets BCFC relegated
Title: Re: Championship Team of the year.
Post by: wittonwarrior on April 05, 2018, 01:46:41 PM
Terry has been emense.
Title: Re: Championship Team of the year.
Post by: Brend'Watkins on April 05, 2018, 03:16:34 PM
Terry has been excellent as has Chester.  I don't know who's opinion this Championship team of the year is and couldn't care less either as it's just an opinion.  Nothing more.
Title: Re: Championship Team of the year.
Post by: cdbearsfan on April 05, 2018, 03:49:38 PM
Isn't it voted on by Championship players?
Title: Re: Championship Team of the year.
Post by: Damo70 on April 05, 2018, 05:24:53 PM
Whichever club gets BCFC relegated

That'll be BCFC then. ;)
Title: Re: Championship Team of the year.
Post by: footyskillz on April 06, 2018, 10:36:58 PM
Don’t rate Ruddy at all. Johnstone and Grealish shoe ins.

Tonight we all vote ruddy!!
Title: Re: Championship Team of the year.
Post by: Richard on April 18, 2018, 01:33:59 PM
This is the PFA Championship team of the year as voted for by players I assume - no Villa representation :

Ruddy

Fredericks
Bamba
Boly
Sesseignon

Maddison
Cairney
Neves

Reid
Vydra
Clarke
Title: Re: Championship Team of the year.
Post by: wittonwarrior on April 18, 2018, 01:40:17 PM
To be fair we have played well as a team rather individually
Title: Re: Championship Team of the year.
Post by: eamonn on April 18, 2018, 01:55:42 PM
Huh? If anything we're too individual-y compared to teams of lesser quality. One of the reasons we'll probably be stuck down here for another year, we don't work hard enough for each other.
Title: Re: Championship Team of the year.
Post by: brontebilly on April 19, 2018, 12:03:52 AM
This is the PFA Championship team of the year as voted for by players I assume - no Villa representation :

Ruddy

Fredericks
Bamba
Boly
Sesseignon

Maddison
Cairney
Neves

Reid
Vydra
Clarke

Chester should be on that team anyway, has Ruddy been better than Johnstone?  Grealish maybe missed too many games.
Title: Re: Championship Team of the year.
Post by: Mossie Hennebry on April 19, 2018, 12:06:08 AM
With any luck, they all fucking hate us.
Title: Re: Championship Team of the year.
Post by: Dave on April 19, 2018, 12:19:29 AM
This is the PFA Championship team of the year as voted for by players I assume - no Villa representation :

Ruddy

Fredericks
Bamba
Boly
Sesseignon

Maddison
Cairney
Neves

Reid
Vydra
Clarke

Chester should be on that team anyway, has Ruddy been better than Johnstone?  Grealish maybe missed too many games.

Well Cardiff have conceded five fewer goals than us and Wolves have conceded four fewer goals so having their best defenders ahead of ours isn't unreasonable.

Yes, Ruddy has been better than Johnstone.

Probably, and also if he's in the midfield three he's not been better than the three that are there instead of him.
Title: Re: Championship Team of the year.
Post by: tomd2103 on April 19, 2018, 12:43:41 AM
This is the PFA Championship team of the year as voted for by players I assume - no Villa representation :

Ruddy

Fredericks
Bamba
Boly
Sesseignon

Maddison
Cairney
Neves

Reid
Vydra
Clarke

Chester should be on that team anyway, has Ruddy been better than Johnstone?  Grealish maybe missed too many games.

Well Cardiff have conceded five fewer goals than us and Wolves have conceded four fewer goals so having their best defenders ahead of ours isn't unreasonable.

Yes, Ruddy has been better than Johnstone.

Probably, and also if he's in the midfield three he's not been better than the three that are there instead of him.

I would personally have Chester ahead of Bamba, but not too much else to argue with in the defence and midfield selections (though I think Grealish probably would have been in if he'd played a full season).  The front three looks a bit weak though
Title: Re: Championship Team of the year.
Post by: Dave on April 19, 2018, 07:34:55 AM
The front three looks a bit weak though

Footballers aren't normally known for their nuance, and haven't they just voted for the three strikers who scored the most goals?
Title: Re: Championship Team of the year.
Post by: Tony Erdington on April 19, 2018, 08:48:56 AM
pin that to the changing room door for the last few games.
Title: Re: Championship Team of the year.
Post by: The Edge on April 19, 2018, 09:28:15 AM
pin that to the changing room door for the last few games.
It's what Neil Warnock would do along with the speel about how everyone hates us etc etc. It's all part of Warnocks detestable raison d'etre. It just might work!
Title: Re: Championship Team of the year.
Post by: Drummond on April 19, 2018, 09:40:33 AM
pin that to the changing room door for the last few games.

Yeah but then we'd have no players as they'd have all fucked off home as they weren't playing.
Title: Re: Championship Team of the year.
Post by: DB on April 19, 2018, 10:22:35 AM
Pah. We'll haveour share of players in the Prem team of the season next year.
Title: Re: Championship Team of the year.
Post by: dave.woodhall on April 19, 2018, 10:50:22 AM
Pah. We'll haveour share of players in the Prem team of the season next year.

I don't think Wolves will be buying any of ours.
Title: Re: Championship Team of the year.
Post by: mr underhill on April 19, 2018, 11:37:10 AM
they might want Jack?
Title: Re: Championship Team of the year.
Post by: dave.woodhall on April 19, 2018, 12:21:14 PM
they might want Jack?

No chance. He'd not get into their reserves next season.
Title: Re: Championship Team of the year.
Post by: tomd2103 on April 19, 2018, 12:44:33 PM
The front three looks a bit weak though

Footballers aren't normally known for their nuance, and haven't they just voted for the three strikers who scored the most goals?

That thought did cross my mind Dave and I'm guessing there is a shortlist of some sort that is passed around otherwise it would take a lot of sorting.  Surprised Jota from Wolves didn't get in, but two of the best wide forwards I have seen against us this season have been Josh Murphy at Norwich and Jarrod Bowen at Hull.     
Title: Re: Championship Team of the year.
Post by: Damo70 on April 19, 2018, 12:55:40 PM
James Maddison of Norwich was the surprise name for me. He had been flying under my radar but apparently he has scored 14 goals from midfield this season.
Title: Re: Championship Team of the year.
Post by: garyshawsknee on April 19, 2018, 01:04:10 PM
they might want Jack?

No chance. He'd not get into their reserves next season.

He's not represented by Jorge Mendes.
Title: Re: Championship Team of the year.
Post by: tomd2103 on April 19, 2018, 01:46:05 PM
James Maddison of Norwich was the surprise name for me. He had been flying under my radar but apparently he has scored 14 goals from midfield this season.

I don't really watch a lot of Championship football apart from us, so have to confess that I didn't know much about Maddison either.  Thought he looked good against us the other week, but looked to be playing quite advanced for a midfielder.   
Title: Re: Championship Team of the year.
Post by: Risso on April 19, 2018, 05:13:56 PM
James Maddison of Norwich was the surprise name for me. He had been flying under my radar but apparently he has scored 14 goals from midfield this season.

I don't really watch a lot of Championship football apart from us, so have to confess that I didn't know much about Maddison either.  Thought he looked good against us the other week, but looked to be playing quite advanced for a midfielder.   

When they played us, they were talking about him in the same terms as Jack, and that he'll almost certainly be sold for a big fee this summer.
Title: Re: Championship Team of the year.
Post by: DB on April 19, 2018, 05:22:25 PM
Pah. We'll haveour share of players in the Prem team of the season next year.

I don't think Wolves will be buying any of ours.

So much for me trying to be stupidly positive about next season.
Title: Re: Championship Team of the year.
Post by: Richard E on April 19, 2018, 05:55:31 PM
Pah. We'll haveour share of players in the Prem team of the season next year.

I don't think Wolves will be buying any of ours.

They’ll be able to announce it in October because they’ll have the title sewn up by then.
Title: Re: Championship Team of the year.
Post by: eamonn on April 19, 2018, 11:42:39 PM
I guess this was all voted for before our barnstorming seven wins on the trot and as we were at best competent up til Christmas, little surprise we don't have any representation although Uncle Albert can feel a little aggrieved.
Title: Re: Championship Team of the year.
Post by: Ad@m on April 20, 2018, 11:45:06 AM
Grealish didn’t play until January!

He started coming off the bench at the start of November and started playing the full 90 mins from mid-December!!!
Title: Re: Championship Team of the year.
Post by: SoccerHQ on April 20, 2018, 09:06:03 PM
James Maddison of Norwich was the surprise name for me. He had been flying under my radar but apparently he has scored 14 goals from midfield this season.

I don't really watch a lot of Championship football apart from us, so have to confess that I didn't know much about Maddison either.  Thought he looked good against us the other week, but looked to be playing quite advanced for a midfielder.   

West Ham bid 15m for him in January.
Title: Re: Championship Team of the year.
Post by: SoccerHQ on April 20, 2018, 09:07:26 PM
Grealish didn’t play until January!

He started coming off the bench three times at the start of November and started playing the full 90 mins from mid-December!!!

Bristol City at home was when he properly started influencing things, was superb that night.
Title: Re: Championship Team of the year.
Post by: VillaAlways on April 22, 2018, 11:18:13 PM
Supporters player of the year - James Chester
Players player of the year- Albert Adomah
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