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07 Mar 17
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dear lord, just had a look through some of the teams there, cant say ive ever watched a game from this division and while I thoroughly expected it to be overrated, im actually taken aback by the level of player populating this league, can only imagine the money they are on as well
Grant Hanley, Matt Ritchie, Daryl Murphy all starting for the champions elect, talk about absolute cart horses
Just seen Kyle Bartley is playing in the league
I was under the impression that it was some sort of decent league the way people talk about it in comparison to scotland, it appears to be a glorified scrap heap with smatterings of mediocrity
It has now become utterly apparent why the scotland national team is failing so miserably, players are getting picked for playing well in this football backwater, some of these nomark journeymen who would be unknown in their own country if it wasnt for Strachan picking them for the national team will keep the likes of Stuart Armstrong, Kieran Tierney and and to a lesser extent, Barry Mckay out of the scotland team in the next matches.
Im flabbergasted.... im astounded by the incompetence of my country in being unable to identify the depressing affair, that is the English Championship and below, for the tinpot tribute act, most unsavoury assortment of nomadic mercenaries it so unmistakably is
I wouldnt bet on these mugs with cownterfit
Grant Hanley, Matt Ritchie, Daryl Murphy all starting for the champions elect, talk about absolute cart horses
Just seen Kyle Bartley is playing in the league
I was under the impression that it was some sort of decent league the way people talk about it in comparison to scotland, it appears to be a glorified scrap heap with smatterings of mediocrity
It has now become utterly apparent why the scotland national team is failing so miserably, players are getting picked for playing well in this football backwater, some of these nomark journeymen who would be unknown in their own country if it wasnt for Strachan picking them for the national team will keep the likes of Stuart Armstrong, Kieran Tierney and and to a lesser extent, Barry Mckay out of the scotland team in the next matches.
Im flabbergasted.... im astounded by the incompetence of my country in being unable to identify the depressing affair, that is the English Championship and below, for the tinpot tribute act, most unsavoury assortment of nomadic mercenaries it so unmistakably is
I wouldnt bet on these mugs with cownterfit
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To show up the sad state of Scottish football, if Newcastle were in the Scottish premier, they would beat Celtic to the title. I mean Dwight Gayle would get 50 goals and Matt Richie and Shelvey would walk into that side.
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Shelvey is the only Newcastle player that would get in Celtics squad and im going on him from a few years ago, could be gone at the game with the majority of that league for all I know, and he wouldnt start ahead of Brown or Armstrong
Matt Ritchie is possibly he worst player ever to don a Scotland jersey |
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never heard of Dwight Gayle in my life, thankfully
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Id fancy Aberdeen to give 95% of the championship a doing, even Rangers would give most of them a game
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Leading scorer in the championship despite missing many games through injury. Played in the premiership with Palace. Not a Newcastle fan but I think they would certainly be on a par with Celtic. Would put up a much better fight than the rest of that shower in the scottish.
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Newcastle as good ,if not a better team then Celtic imo - (but agree the 'championship' wtf does that title mean btw ?) is poor -but not as poor as the SPL which woiuld make sense because of the POPULATION difference .
Towns the size of Inverness ,Perth and Ross would be playing in the NATIONAL league not the second tier Newcastle would be around 8th- 11th in the EPL at present |
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8th to 11th with a weaker squad than last season when they were relegated?
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gonna obviously win it now but they've hardly been impressive. lost 7 times already including twice to a terrible blackburn side (i think)
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it doesn't work like that tenpins .
otherwise Norwich would be first in the division not half way down . likewise why are Leicester not top ? and Chelsea not half way . it's all about morale ,confidence , direction and leadership . Newcsatle at the end with Benitez were playing like a top 4 team - they beat Spurs 5-1 in one of their last games |
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ha ha tenpins - just noticed you are a Sunderland fan
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Sunderland beat Chelsea and then hammered Everton.
Newcastle are the best team in the championship by a distance. Can't compare that league with the premier though.....as I will soon find out  |
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next season you could be top like 'castle or down near the bottom -it's a very random league - it's sometimes all down to who has the fight in them not neccesarily the players on the pitch .
Like all football success ,all built on a bedrock of confidence |
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I think even the most ardent Newcastle fan will tell you with the current squad they will head straight back down.If Ashley doesn't invest seriously in the summer, Benitez will walk.
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Spot on RoGib; out of the current squad only Darlow; Shelvey;Ritchie and Gayle could be guaranteed a start
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What a load of old tosh... The Championship is the most competitive league on the planet. The rewards for promotion huge! The sheer number of games over a long season........you need to wake up and smell the roses mate!
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Hope your other 78 posts in almost 14 years have been as comical as that one
Championship is a shocking standard of football imho |
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How many more managers are going to depart from the mighty SPL to better themselves and manage in league one relegation battles this season
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Dingwall (Scots: Dingwal, Scottish Gaelic: Inbhir Pheofharain) is a town and former royal burgh in the Highland council area of Scotland. It has a population of 5,491. It was formerly an east-coast harbour but now lies inland.Dingwall (Scots: Dingwal, Scottish Gaelic: Inbhir Pheofharain) is a town and former royal burgh in the Highland council area of Scotland. It has a population of 5,491. It was formerly an east-coast harbour but now lies inland.
Ross Countys stadium has more seats in it than the whole town ffs, they shouldnt even be in the Scottish 4th tier in a town that size, its no wonder the leagues dead. |
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Newcastle and Brighton are by far and away the best two teams in the division, and probably both will go up. What will be interesting will be what will happen if they both do. Newcastle don't seem to invest and perhaps won't heavily. Given their financial structure and ownership they are not a proper borrowing club. Brighton are, on the other hand and for right or wrong, a "serious" borrowing club and are sailing close to the wind on debt (which of course will largely be irrelevant if they are promoted). They will borrow heavily, against their infrastructure, their chairman, the ground potential to grow, the agreed American Express franchise, and their huge, growing and planned to grow catchment area/population numbers. Interesting next couple of years for both clubs.
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lets be honest, most football globally is pretty sh1t, its individual games that throw up belters and they can happen anywhere.
ive seen some great stuff in spain, italy, france and even england this season. even the championship has had some decent fare, the huddersfield v brighton match recently and the wolves v birmingham game for different reasons spring to mind. even this past week i thourghly enjoyed the leicester vv liverpool match and the man united v bournemouth game, if you watched just chelsea v west ham and man city v sunderland youd say its the most dull league in the world. for me the most overall dour league to watch is actually the german, theres something about it that bores me to tears, the whole thing feels too clinical with sh1tty quality. |
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Hmm,now it is the championship's fault that Scotland are *hit you couldnt make it up
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op is typical, working class Celtic supporters are not capable of logical thought.
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Will Brighton remove specialist championship coach Hughton in summer with a premiership survival specialist coach, or getting be him another shot at it
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its an awful league made worse by referee mentality that we want
to see a kick fest in which only the strongest survive |
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The Chump is apparently the 4th most watched league in Europe
 http://www.skysports.com/football/news/12040/9859876/championship-keeps-place-as-fourth-most-watched-league |
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you have to bear in mind that there are more 'big' clubs in the championship than in the premier league . Historically at least .
the championship looks a little like the top division from years ago .,missing of course the likes of evergreen clubs Liverpool ,Everton .Man U ,Spurs and Arsenal it's great to see the likes of Bournemouth,Burnley,Swansea and co lording it for atleast a few seasons . give it a few years and a lot of the Championship sides will be back in the big time -it HAS to work like that . It's very much like gravity . The same way Rangers returned to the top in Scotchland. Oil /water , cream/ milk etc it's all about populations and support |
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Wigan and Wimbledon lasting a few good years at the top bless 'em - but it COULDN'T last
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As a Villa fan who has to witness Championship football for the first time I've actually been quite impressed by the 'better than expected' standard. Teams like Huddersfield and even bloody Brentford are good footballing team who will give any team in the Premiership a game, barring the top 6.
I believe this is due to some very decent young and upcoming coaches plying their trade down there. We've spent 70 million which is obscene for that league and are midtable. Dinosaur managers like Bruce and Warnock struggle down there now. |
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Scotland as a Country has gone.
The SNP has actually written the longest suicide note in history.. You could actually win their league with a Lincoln City or Barrow. Or come close with a Gretna or Ross County.. I could actually pick ten other people in this pub and we could beat Ross County.. And I have had eight pints and am wearing my best suit.... |
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homefortea with his trademark deluded muggery
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I like that.Shows the poster knows what he/she/it is talking about...
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Scotland actually has a very good league for it's population
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take the whole of south england south of london to get the same population and who do you have in the top league ?
Southampton Bournemouth Brighton Reading Yeovil Portsmouth Exeter Plymouth and a pair of Bristols |
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And Celtic would be tits up...
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glasgow is the football capital of europe
Hampden, Paradise and Ibroke in a city this size england has nothing close to celtic vs rangers |
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If half the population supports one team and half another then yes..
Check out some of the attendances in the 1970's when the League was more competitive and went baa 1985/1986 25,094 41,670 12,731 18 1984/1985 21,538 44,000 8,424 18 1983/1984 22,429 40,760 7,500 18 1982/1983 17,969 42,092 8,500 18 1981/1982 18,519 43,231 6,000 18 1980/1981 20,055 34,000 7,000 18 1979/1980 22,265 33,843 7,655 18 1978/1979 25,014 53,941 6,000 18 1977/1978 27,793 54,421 12,282 18 1976/1977 21,009 53,743 8,000 18 |
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That was Rangers.
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