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AndyRM
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- North Shields
I don't quite understand how it's gone so wrong for him there. From what I've seen it's not that the players have given up or look disinterested.
I agree.
I watched the match and was impressed with the effort but Brentford cut through the defence so easily.
AndyRM
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- North Shields
Yeah, that's pretty much my take on it too. And RVN went 7 unbeaten at Man U so he clearly knows how to get players to work for him. Something ain't clicking and he needs to find out what it is sharpish.
That said, I think there's a stupid amount of focus on the Premier League as the mecca of football. The championship is great (as are the other lower divisions) and I'd rather my side were playing exciting and competitive matches there than getting routinely horsed in the top flight.
PaulSB
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- Chorley, Lancashire
Amen to that. I want Rovers to be successful. I'd love the excitement of a win in the play off final. Not so sure I fancy a season of getting routinely leathered for 38 games.
It's a real dilemma. Rovers don't have a single PL quality player. We would need a whole new side. Saying that when we played Wolves a few weeks ago they looked no better than a top 6-8 Championship side. I've formed the view that for most newly promoted clubs there are probably 9/10 teams they need to take points from in order to have a chance of survival.
Promotion though would, or perhaps should, resolve our financial difficulties.
Scrapping the playoffs would help. Its quite ridiculous that a team can finish into double figures points wise behind and end up getting promoted. If they want some way of keeping the season alive they could have the first three or four teams behind the promotion places in each division have a mini tournament between them with financial carrots and the lower team of a fixture allowed to choose where it is played.
StuAff
Silencing his legs regularly
- Location
- Portsmouth
Another three points for Pompey. Third win on the trot, woo. Nine clear of the drop, and only twelve off the play-off spots (OK, that won't be happening!).
Meanwhile, Arsenal again doing their bit to make sure the title goes to Anfield. The neighbours lost at home, about as surprising as a very unsurprising thing.
Meanwhile, Arsenal again doing their bit to make sure the title goes to Anfield. The neighbours lost at home, about as surprising as a very unsurprising thing.
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gbb
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- Peterborough
The results in general today favoured Forest, it's down to Forest now to capitalise on it.
gbb
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- Location
- Peterborough
Never really supported Posh but under Fry there was an oft repeated feeling that they (the management) would prefer to play well in a lower league than struggle if they got promoted. The attendances often plummeted if they did poorly and I guess gate numbers are very important to smaller clubs.
An example perhaps of lack of ambition at a management level for purely business reasons ?
PaulSB
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- Chorley, Lancashire
I don’t disagree with your analogy that the six placed team finishing the normal season many points behind the automatic places is generally a bad thing. My team Aston Villa finished 5th in 2018/19 and won the playoffs.
in my opinion the real reason behind the playoffs is make a lot more money and in that regard they are a success.
There is a gulf of difference between the Prem and Championship. Maybe the latter could be playing the Scottish premier teams.
AndyRM
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- Location
- North Shields
There's nothing you can do about a free kick like that.
StuAff
Silencing his legs regularly
- Location
- Portsmouth
Liverpool currently benefiting from a visit to the St Etihad Hospital, 2-0 up at half-time.
