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The Dragon
13 Aug 26 16:32
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As ever a brutally hard league to make money out of so i thought id start this thread to see if anyone has useful info to help each other out.

West ham will be very populat at 7/4 to win it having retained a decent manager and some prem League quality players. They could well romp it but its tough and 7/4 is short in anyones book.

Fellow relegated teams Wolves and Burnley have new managers and new squads so im leaving them for the time being.

The team that for me has gone under the radar is MILLWALL. They missed automatic promotion by a point last season and had the highest win record both home and away. $0 plus on here is crazy so ibe had a bit of that and backed them in Promotion and top six markets.

Others who finished well last year are Norwich and Southampton (4 pt deduction) but i reckon they should go well again and are worth a go at current prices .

In terms of first games Ive had a small dip on the above to get the season off to a winning start.

Any views?
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Report stocks August 13, 2026 5:36 PM BST
Hi Dragon sensible comments as always As every season proves ie Hull last season a team no one considers is up there this year I wish to put forward is WBA got 10,s from a greyhound bookie round the poker table for top 8 finish him being Wolves  fan probable helped good luck with your selections but laying Norwich on Saturday
Report The Dragon August 13, 2026 7:01 PM BST
Hey stocks - shoved a few quid on top 8 for WBA so good luck to us both.

I was looking at last years final table and form lines for the teams that have remained in the div. A stark figure that hit me was the difference between BRUM;s home and away form . At home very solid and the second best in the league- away form totally different with only WBA having a worse away record.

Its something ill keep my eye on as the season gets going to see if the trend continues.
Report The Dragon August 13, 2026 7:03 PM BST
10,s is an amazing price for top 8 . 7/2 on here
Report stocks August 13, 2026 7:37 PM BST
He was drunk and won a few quid on poker but he an honest old school bookie. nice bloke
Report The Dragon August 14, 2026 5:49 AM BST
nice one but wont pay for a trip to Vegas i guess if it landsWink
Report stocks August 14, 2026 12:42 PM BST
Won't pay for trip to Bongor just a pony on
Report The Dragon August 20, 2026 6:49 AM BST
well it was a great start for both Millwall and WBA- vwd stocks great shout. Very happy with my Millwall punt.

QPR off to a flier after beating Portsmouth 1-3 with the promoted teams all drawing. Soton was disappointing so they will need to bounce back at home to Stoke this weekend.

In terms of this weekend MILLWALL v Norwich should be a cracker- Millwall were very solid at home last season with 13 wins 3 draws and 7 defeats. Norwich's away form was pretty good with 10 away wins and 5 draws - only 5 defeats. Should be goals in it so maybe overs is the way to go?

Dont think there any stand out bets in this league at the weekend but Birmingham and wrexham shd be hard to beat at home v Bristol and Watford respectively.

GL if u have a bet this weekend.
Report The Dragon August 23, 2026 7:33 AM BST
great win for Millwall with overs landed- didnt get btts unfortunately.

Charlton win at west hamShocked and brum and Wrexham both draw at home.
Report The Dragon August 26, 2026 9:26 AM BST
just noticed how many goals there have been in the championship so far this season- 136 with an average of just under 3 goals per game so far.

This is higher than in both league 1  and two  who have 112 and 118 goals respectively.

overs could be an angle looking at in this division
Report differentdrum August 27, 2026 1:19 PM BST
I don't follow domestic football at all closely, but I do keep an eye on WBA. Caught the Burnley game, and I thought they looked better than they have done for many years. Decent follow up effort against Newcastle, and probably not a bad thing that they lost. At least they now look as if they can score goals, something that has been a massive issue. Long way to go, but I thought the 25/1 was too big - obviously the 10/1 top 8 was very good - in the outright. I don't see why Birmingham are a shorter price. Their performance against Brentford was as bad as it gets.
Report The Dragon August 28, 2026 10:23 AM BST
some belting games this weekend including Boro v WBA and Soton v Millwall - i fancy all 4 teams to be up there at the end of the season.

In terms of value the two away teams Millwall - 3/1 and WBA -4/1 look overpriced given their great starts to the season and soton and boro dodgy starts so ive had two singles on a double on them.

Wrexham play Brum tonight and given Brums poor away form last season - lost 13 and only won 5 ive gone for a lay of them together with an under 2.5 goals and a draw.

Blackburn and QPR look to have goals in it but they are very high on my draw ratings so ive backed the draw.

Wolves and Charlton look solid home wins -but a watching brief on that one.

West ham must come good shortly and maybe they can get an away win at Watford.

Gl if you have any bets on the champ this weekend.
Report differentdrum August 28, 2026 11:14 AM BST
I backed WBA 5/2 draw no bet. Hopefully, it will cover my ante-post stake money plus a little bit.
Report The Dragon August 28, 2026 11:36 AM BST
decent shout that DD
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