Championship - 2023/24

A season under Eustace or Mowbray and they stay up relatively comfortably I reckon, but they were absolutely honking under Rooney, Mark Venus proved utterly out of his depth, and while they did pick up points under Rowett, they dropped four points against the two worst teams in the division

 

The Championship is the best league in the world. Brilliant entertainment.

 

Brum were 5th when they sacked Eustace. I can't wait to we get american owners and become a soccer project!

 

Yeah, I had lost a bit of faith in it not long ago, but recent results have shown just how crazy and unpredictable it can be.

To be fair to the Prem, although the gap between the bottom three and top three has been huge this season, between Arsenal and Luton it’s been reasonably competitive. It’s mainly teams like Man City (along with the huge financial gulf between the top two divisions that makes it so hard for most promoted clubs) that are ruining the competition - even at Arsenal Arteta has just built a bloody good team over the years and I don’t recall them spending all that much. As a comparison, recently Plymouth beat Leicester (who went on to lose at home to Blackburn today) and anything less in the end would’ve seen them relegated. In the equivalent fixture, Forest vs City, Forest had next to no hope of winning, as is so often the case when the weaker sides play City, especially at the business end of the season.

 

I agree with your over all points, but Arsenal have spent an awful lot of money too, I mean they spent £100m alone on just one player. It’s still preferable to City either way.

 

Yes - a stark reminder that a change of ownership can also make things worse.

 

How's this for a dramatic change in fortunes--last season Ipswich and Forest Green were in the same division, next season there'll be FOUR tiers between them!

 

Congrats Ipswich.

What a season they've had.

Best manager in the league by far.

 

The table from just after our game at Loftus Road, doesn't make for great reading does it?
https://twitter.com/JTSupple/status/1786764800149553566

 

Maybe if they'd signed him up they wouldn't have gone down!

 

Hahaha, excellent, relegated over (the very best part of) half a season. We should all bookmark that tweet and revisit every day as a form of microdosing to help deal with the upcoming full season possibility.

 

And I think those 3 wins were against sides in that bottom 6 along with us

 

Don't think I've seen it mentioned here, but is the CEO Mark Ashton who has masterminded Ipswich getting promoted our ex CEO Mark Ashton?

 

The table after the first QPR Game looks a little better, in what was a brilliant start! happy days!
Watford 4-0 QPR: Valerien Ismael begins Hornets reign with big Championship win - BBC Sport

 

Liam Rosenior sacked. Shame.

 

That is a bizarre decision. They were on track to mount a serious challenge next season.

 

Such a shame. Real shame. Such a likeable bloke. Absolutely gutted for him!!

Hull fans are mostly baffled. Who does their owner think they are? Us?! Birmingham?!!

 

Hull have had a very Watfordy moment there.

 

I mean, Hull did spent a small fortune and not even make the playoffs. Their wage bill is pretty eye-watering I’m told and they could be in trouble next season with the EFL financially. Wage bill rose by 86% and made a loss of over £20m. The will need to be selling this summer if they don’t want the EFL to come knocking for points deductions…

I suspect Rosenior knew he was under pressure to get them up from within - and failed.

 

Can we return Cleverley to the bargain bin and hire Rosenior? He comes across as a prat but had Hull playing pretty well.

 

Those no-hopers Ipswich, Leeds, Leicester and West Brom should have all sacked their managers after that terrible start and come calling for Val.

 

Surely 'would of'??

 

Absurd decision, in my opinion, by Hull to fire Liam Rosenior after his first bad run. He’ll be snapped up very quickly and Hull will almost certainly get someone less talented

 

Rooney.

 

I’m not sure he did any better than was expected given the players he had available. His team achieved some impressive results and performances largely on the road (like the win at Southampton) but only eight home wins all season, near relegation form at the MKM Stadium in the new year and a very mixed record against the strugglers suggest a manager who got results pretty much purely down to the players at his disposal rather than someone who’s tactically astute and able to get the best out of his players individually and as a team (a la Rohl and McKenna).

 

There are some interesting Hull reactions to this over on r/Championship: