The Football.....

[craigwend]

As much as I dislike the song


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[The Crofted Crest]

Well, Lake IJssel Birds romped home 4-0 and are champions. Great afternoon in the sun on a terrace with a beer. Flares, smoke bombs, streamers and a pitch invasion.

 

[StuAff]

As much as I dislike the song


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An honourable draw. But do try and take six points off our neighbours next season!

 

[Accy cyclist]

I watched Accrington Stanley lose to Chesterfield today. We played ok and should've got a point for our efforts. Chesterfield filled the away end and half the new stand as they needed their win to secure a play off place. On another note, it was good to see Leeds win the Championship title on goal difference, beating Burnley to top spot!

 

[Mike_P]

Walsall, Wimbledon, Notts and Chesterfield in the league 2 playoffs. Suspecting a Wimbledon v Chesterfield final. Notts on past history have no chance, the only times they have gone up through the playoffs is when they have finished in the top playoff spot and if the playoffs did not exist would have gone up automatically.

 

[The Central Scrutinizer]

Ah well. The dream is over for another year. Losses to Derby, Cardiff, Portsmouth and Stoke have cost us dearly. I blame the manager, five losses from his first six games wasn't good enough.

I've renewed my season tickets.

commiserations @PaulSB .Mind you if there is one silver lining you have said before you'd rather Blackburn stay in the championship.

 

[PaulSB]

commiserations @PaulSB .Mind you if there is one silver lining you have said before you'd rather Blackburn stay in the championship.

Thank you. This is very true and in my heart I know we're well placed competing in the Championship. The current squad doesn't contain a PL quality player and next season, had we gone up, would be miserable.

The money would be useful as the owners have underwritten the club to the tune of £300m in the last 15 years.

I'll be there next season, and the next, and the next..........it is Rovers till I die!

 

[PaulSB]

Looking at the PL table a thought struck me. Last season and this the promoted clubs were relegated. I wonder if the "established" PL clubs are growing to be quite content with the situation?

Without failing promoted Championship clubs Wolves (possibly), Everton, Utd, Spurs and West Ham would be in deep trouble.

Is this becoming a way to preserve the status quo and effectively do away with relegation? If a club is safe in the knowledge 2 or 3 of the promoted clubs will be relegated that must make a difference? None of the play-off contenders this year look strong enough and I know Burnley supporters who have real doubts that they can survive.

I know if Rovers had gone up we would be straight back down again.

 

[Chislenko]

Looking at the PL table a thought struck me. Last season and this the promoted clubs were relegated. I wonder if the "established" PL clubs are growing to be quite content with the situation?

Without failing promoted Championship clubs Wolves (possibly), Everton, Utd, Spurs and West Ham would be in deep trouble.

Is this becoming a way to preserve the status quo and effectively do away with relegation? If a club is safe in the knowledge 2 or 3 of the promoted clubs will be relegated that must make a difference? None of the play-off contenders this year look strong enough and I know Burnley supporters who have real doubts that they can survive.

I know if Rovers had gone up we would be straight back down again.

Must admit I pay no attention to the Premier League but love watching the EFL. Just seems more exciting to me. I think the highlight for me this season was Burton Albion's "great escape"

 

[The Central Scrutinizer]

Looking at the PL table a thought struck me. Last season and this the promoted clubs were relegated. I wonder if the "established" PL clubs are growing to be quite content with the situation?

Without failing promoted Championship clubs Wolves (possibly), Everton, Utd, Spurs and West Ham would be in deep trouble.

Is this becoming a way to preserve the status quo and effectively do away with relegation? If a club is safe in the knowledge 2 or 3 of the promoted clubs will be relegated that must make a difference? None of the play-off contenders this year look strong enough and I know Burnley supporters who have real doubts that they can survive.

I know if Rovers had gone up we would be straight back down again.

You are probably right there Paul.West Ham have been at seventeenth for quite a few weeks now but knowing that the gap between them and eighteenth was so big there was no fear of going down.
The table doesn't lie and we deserve to be where we are and the new manager "bounce" hasn't happened for Potter.whether he is the man for the job we will find out next season because there might not be three clubs worst than us next season.
Like you i will be renewing my season ticket because you cannot actually beat being there and watching live football as opposed to watching it on the box.

 

[PaulSB]

Must admit I pay no attention to the Premier League but love watching the EFL. Just seems more exciting to me. I think the highlight for me this season was Burton Albion's "great escape"

I keep a vague eye on it for various reasons. This year I was watching LFC's progress, a club I really admire. Then Ipswich to see how Sammie Szmodics got on but especially Palace to keep an eye on young Adam Wharton. A truly wonderful footballer who is Blackburn born and bred. He came through our academy. Fabulous player who should be in the England team. I'm very excited to see him in the Cup Final.

 

[AndyRM]

Big day in non league football for Telford who are away in the playoff final to Kidderminster.

I'm going with Telford to win 2 - 0 and get promoted to whichever random Northern League means they end up in my neck of the woods for some inexplicable reason.

 

[Chislenko]

Big day in non league football for Telford who are away in the playoff final to Kidderminster.

I'm going with Telford to win 2 - 0 and get promoted to whichever random Northern League means they end up in my neck of the woods for some inexplicable reason.

Kidderminster played Chester yesterday in the National League North play off semi.

 

[AndyRM]

Kidderminster played Chester yesterday in the National League North play off semi.

I meant Kettering. Clumsy fingers!

Some fun stuff about the game - Telford have sold out their allocation of 600 so have put up a big screen at the The Bucks Head for 1,000 people, charging £2 a head.

We'll be watching the live stream on a phone in a pub somewhere in Scotland somewhere and probably confusing a lot of people.