2013/14 Sky Bet Football League

[* Matolo Swazulu *]

Welcome to original discussion thread for the 2013/14 Sky Bet Football Leagues.
This thread is designed for good discussions, debates and hot topics from the most exciting divisions in England.

The Championship

Barnsley Birmingham City Blackburn Rovers Blackpool Bolton Wanderers AFC Bournemouth Brighton & Hove Albion Burnley Charlton Athletic Derby County Doncaster Rovers Huddersfield Town Ipswich Town Leeds United Leicester City Middlesbrough Millwall Nottingham Forest Queens Park Rangers Reading Sheffield Wednesday Watford Wigan Athletic Yeovil Town Can McCarthy's Ipswich switch division? Or can Brighton swoop into the Premier League? Can the Rams dream of the big time? Perhaps Peterborough could power into the Prem? Maybe Middlesbrough might mange to do it? Could Bolton wander back into the top flight? Will it be a struggle or a stroll for Inces' seasiders? Are Leicester going to out-fox everyone? Will it be a walk in the park for QPR? Will Yeovil sink or swim? Could Burnley find some form to challenge for promotion? And THIS is why the English Npower Championship was better than the English Premier League last season... Championship 2013-14 season: Club-by-club guide (BBC):http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/23433504 A good, albeit brief, summary of the championship (SKY):http://www1.skysports.com/watch/vide...onship-preview http://www.football-league.co.uk/pag...,10794,00.html http://asia.eurosport.com/football/c...archives.shtml http://www.skysports.com/

League 1

[=Bright=]

Watford to reach promotion. Don't really care about the rest.

[Erebus Pasha]

Come on you Reds! Forest need to be more consistent this season. Hopefully the owners won't chop and change like last season as well because it got a bit ridiculous last January. Genuinely excited about some of our new signings and there seems to be more on the way. Might take some time for some of the new guys to fit in so I'll be surprised if we come streaming out the blocks. Mind you I'm confident of three points against Huddersfield this weekend.

[* Matolo Swazulu *]

Remember this Erebus??
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xys...?search_algo=2

[♔hammeredalways♔]

I remember this very well

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18044378

[* Matolo Swazulu *]

I remember this very well

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18044378

Sadly I do... we couldn't keep going to wembley and keep winning though: it had to end sometime.
We (Blackpool) have been lucky to even play at the new wembley, so to have been 3 times is amazing!!

Holloway managed to do it again with Palace, with a blackpool player on loan to cp who scored the winning penalty. Kevin Phillips scored it, just so you know...

[* Matolo Swazulu *]

Any score predictions??

[♔hammeredalways♔]

As long as the Blunts lose I'm happy

[* Matolo Swazulu *]

A good read:
http://fl125.co.uk/
There have been 177,626 matches played in The Football League since its inception in 1888 - as of today

[* Matolo Swazulu *]

A good, albeit brief, summary of the championship:
http://www1.skysports.com/watch/vide...onship-preview

THE BIG KICK OFF IS TODAY!!! I will be changing the title of the thread so it covers all 3 football leagues in the next few days.

[♔hammeredalways♔]

Agent Lomas - keep up the good work, Pikeys will be down by Christmas

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

Position Team Played Goal Difference Points
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No movement 1 Nottm Forest 3 5 9
No movement 2 Watford 3 6 7
No movement 3 Blackpool 3 3 7
No movement 4 Burnley 3 3 7
No movement 5 QPR 3 2 7
No movement 6 Leicester 3 2 7
No movement 7 Bournemouth 3 -3 6
No movement 8 Reading 3 1 5
No movement 9 Leeds 3 1 5
No movement 10 Derby 3 0 4
No movement 11 Middlesbrough 3 0 4
No movement 12 Huddersfield 3 0 4
No movement 13 Wigan 2 3 3
No movement 14 Ipswich 3 1 3
No movement 15 Doncaster 2 0 3
No movement 16 Brighton 3 -1 3
No movement 17 Birmingham 3 -1 3
No movement 18 Yeovil 3 -2 3
No movement 19 Bolton 3 -3 2
No movement 20 Charlton 3 -2 1
No movement 21 Sheff Wed 3 -2 1
No movement 22 Blackburn 3 -3 1
No movement 23 Barnsley 3 -5 1
No movement 24 Millwall 3 -5 0

[Erebus Pasha]

Three wins out of three and top of the league. I'm savouring this moment as it probably won't last for long. We played well against what I thought would be a tough Bolton outfit. The defence looks very solid - Wilson seems to have improved as a player up at Celtic, Hobbs looks classy and Lichaj looks very comfortable on the ball at right back whilst Chrissy Cohen always puts a good shift in. Having said all of that watch us concede four against Watford next game out. They're probably the only side that really scares me, even if they still have all those dodgy loan signings.

[♔hammeredalways♔]

Chrissy Cohen - well look where he started, be good to see Forest back up

[Erebus Pasha]

As I've said the defence is looking good, there is plenty of creativity in midfield (Majewski, Reid, Lansbury), and Billy has brought in guys like Paterson, Abdoun and Mackie to add a bit of pace which we lacked last season. Worried about our striking power up front though. Mackie and Cox are hard working players who will run all day but I don't see them them getting 20-25 goals this season. Big Hendo has been around a bit but is more of a target man than a goalscorer although I know he bagged a few at your second favourite team, Millwall.

[♔hammeredalways♔]

Well I expect there will be a few up for grabs when the Premier league squads are finalised, so add a couple and from what I have seen on the box you are looking a good bet (where is that Rams fan, choking on his corn flakes.......), as for the Pikeys, as long as Agent Lomas keeps to the plan all will be well

[Erebus Pasha]

Couldn't understand that appointment at all. I mean Millwall fans are hostile to pretty much anything, but an ex-Hammers player!?! Which genius gave that the go-ahead?

[Petrucci]

Why is this thread still sticky?