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2018-19 Championship League (English Second Tier)

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ATLLonghorn

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Mario Vrancic rescued a point for Norwich today. They moved 5 points clear of Sheffield United and Leeds with three to play so they'll really have to fuck it up to not get promoted. They've scored 9 goals in the 75th minute or later and earned NINETEEN points from those nine goals. That doesn't seem to bode well for their future in the Prem...

Sheffield United has a +6 goal differential edge on Leeds. Both teams have to play already relegated Ipswich Town and 5th place Aston Villa so the second automatic promotion spot should have a fun finish.

4-6 are West Brom, Villa and Middlesbrough. Middlesbrough is one point clear of Bristol City and two points clear of Derby County, but both of those teams have played one fewer game but play each other. The race for sixth will be tight.

 

 

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I'm going to assume that Norwich is safely through.  It won't happen, but I'd like to see the other two spots go to Bristol City and Leeds.  Bristol last played top flight football in 1980, twelve years before the Premier League existed.  All other contenders have played in the Premier League at one time or another, but Leeds has had the longest absence (2004).  I would also be okay with Sheffield United. 

Villa is a blue blood, and absolutely belongs in the Premier League from a historical relevance point of view, but I won't shed any tears if they miss out again, especially if it means that some clubs who haven't been promoted in over a decade get a shot.

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3 hours ago, ATLLonghorn said:

Mario Vrancic rescued a point for Norwich today. They moved 5 points clear of Sheffield United and Leeds with three to play so they'll really have to fuck it up to not get promoted. They've scored 9 goals in the 75th minute or later and earned NINETEEN points from those nine goals. That doesn't seem to bode well for their future in the Prem...

Sheffield United has a +6 goal differential edge on Leeds. Both teams have to play already relegated Ipswich Town and 5th place Aston Villa so the second automatic promotion spot should have a fun finish.

4-6 are West Brom, Villa and Middlesbrough. Middlesbrough is one point clear of Bristol City and two points clear of Derby County, but both of those teams have played one fewer game but play each other. The race for sixth will be tight.

 

 

Norwich have Stuart Webber as their Sporting Director. He’s the same guy that built the Huddersfield team that got promoted to the PL. Their big issue is likely to be a general lack of money. In an interview the other day, Webber was saying they weren’t going to be able to go out and spend £15m on a player. The club is similar to the Packers in that it’s owned by the fans. The majority owners’ net worth is around £35m. 

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On 4/19/2019 at 10:04 PM, Schulz2.0 said:

Norwich have Stuart Webber as their Sporting Director. He’s the same guy that built the Huddersfield team that got promoted to the PL. Their big issue is likely to be a general lack of money. In an interview the other day, Webber was saying they weren’t going to be able to go out and spend £15m on a player. The club is similar to the Packers in that it’s owned by the fans. The majority owners’ net worth is around £35m. 

Just missed guaranteeing themselves a spot in the PL today with a 2-2 draw versus Stoke. 

 

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14 minutes ago, Jograves said:

Just missed guaranteeing themselves a spot in the PL today with a 2-2 draw versus Stoke. 

 

And Sunderland drew late in their game. That means Luton and Barnsley likely get the automatic promotion from League One and Sunderland will have to go through the playoffs.

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Leeds is down 2-0 to Brentford in the 68th minute so without a miracle Norwich will be up 6 points with two games to play and a +9 GD edge on Leeds meaning they're practically promoted.

Leeds will be three back of Sheffield United and play Aston Villa next who have won 10 straight games. Aston Villa closes with Leeds and Norwich but even so have to be the favorites to win the playoff based on form.

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Fucking Leeds.

This was a chippy match to begin with, with Leeds being the better side today, but also a bunch of hard fouling that's.

Then, in an obvious shitty move, faked like they were going to put the ball out of play for an injured player... And then didn't and busy through the stationary players to score a go ahead goal.

Fights among the players, stewards on the pitch to separate players, and a red/2 yellow cards... And the goal stands. When John Terry is the voice of calm and reason, you know we've entered bizarro world.

To give Leeds some credit, their manager didn't like it and immediately told his team to stand still and let Villa equalize unopposed.

Still. Fuck Leeds.

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10 minutes ago, RamjetFDO said:

Fucking Leeds.

This was a chippy match to begin with, with Leeds being the better side today, but also a bunch of hard fouling that's.

Then, in an obvious shitty move, faked like they were going to put the ball out of play for an injured player... And then didn't and busy through the stationary players to score a go ahead goal.

Fights among the players, stewards on the pitch to separate players, and a red/2 yellow cards... And the goal stands. When John Terry is the voice of calm and reason, you know we've entered bizarro world.

To give Leeds some credit, their manager didn't like it and immediately told his team to stand still and let Villa equalize unopposed.

Still. Fuck Leeds.

From The Guardian’s live blog of the game, “typical dirty Leeds, no wonder the Kingslayer is a fan.”

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I just saw the videos, it wasn't 

20 minutes ago, RamjetFDO said:

Then, in an obvious shitty move, faked like they were going to put the ball out of play for an injured player... And then didn't and busy through the stationary players to score a go ahead goal.

Fights among the players, stewards on the pitch to separate players, and a red/2 yellow cards... And the goal stands. When John Terry is the voice of calm and reason, you know we've entered bizarro world.

To give Leeds some credit, their manager didn't like it and immediately told his team to stand still and let Villa equalize unopposed.
 

Except they didn't. One of their players tried to stop the goal!!!  Fuck those guys.

 

 

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Aston Villa shouldn't have stopped playing. Sportsmanship isn't what it used to be and it's not uncommon in the sport nowadays for teams to play through it so they should've kept going.

Tyler Roberts is a punk for faking that he was going to put it out of play though. Bamford's a punk for the flop that drew the red card and Jansson is a punk for trying to stop the tying goal.

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21 hours ago, ATLLonghorn said:

Aston Villa shouldn't have stopped playing. Sportsmanship isn't what it used to be and it's not uncommon in the sport nowadays for teams to play through it so they should've kept going.

Tyler Roberts is a punk for faking that he was going to put it out of play though. Bamford's a punk for the flop that drew the red card and Jansson is a punk for trying to stop the tying goal.

 

This is where I fall. There is so much fucking flopping anymore it's impossible to know if someone is really injured. There is plenty of blame to go around. 

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23 hours ago, ATLLonghorn said:

Aston Villa shouldn't have stopped playing. Sportsmanship isn't what it used to be and it's not uncommon in the sport nowadays for teams to play through it so they should've kept going.

Tyler Roberts is a punk for faking that he was going to put it out of play though. Bamford's a punk for the flop that drew the red card and Jansson is a punk for trying to stop the tying goal.

Villa had put the ball out for an injured Leeds player maybe 10 minutes earlier. Everyone was expecting the ball to be played out when Roberts got the ball. Everyone was pulling up except Klich who ran upfield for Roberts to pass him the ball. Pretty much all of the English media I’ve seen have shit all over Leeds for it.

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15 minutes ago, mdmost said:

Not so sure about that. They went from League One in 2017 to back to the Premier League in under 2 seasons. That's not bad. 

Wilder is a good manager. They’re also pretty organized defensively so that should help them in their quest to stay up.

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On 4/19/2019 at 8:11 PM, idigTexas said:

I'm going to assume that Norwich is safely through.  It won't happen, but I'd like to see the other two spots go to Bristol City and Leeds.  Bristol last played top flight football in 1980, twelve years before the Premier League existed.  All other contenders have played in the Premier League at one time or another, but Leeds has had the longest absence (2004).  I would also be okay with Sheffield United. 

Villa is a blue blood, and absolutely belongs in the Premier League from a historical relevance point of view, but I won't shed any tears if they miss out again, especially if it means that some clubs who haven't been promoted in over a decade get a shot.

After all the shit Leeds has been doing, fuck them.  They can stay down. 

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Leeds shits the bed against a 10-man, last place Ipswich team, but West Brom lost to Derby County who needed the win to make the playoff so it's Leeds vs Derby and West Brom vs Aston Villa in the playoff semifinals. 

Both semifinals start on Saturday. The return leg for West Brom-Villa is Tuesday, the return leg for Derby-Leeds is Wednesday.

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On 5/5/2019 at 11:22 AM, ATLLonghorn said:

Leeds shits the bed against a 10-man, last place Ipswich team, but West Brom lost to Derby County who needed the win to make the playoff so it's Leeds vs Derby and West Brom vs Aston Villa in the playoff semifinals. 

Both semifinals start on Saturday. The return leg for West Brom-Villa is Tuesday, the return leg for Derby-Leeds is Wednesday.

Are these on TV anywhere in the US? ESPN+?

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On 5/5/2019 at 11:22 AM, ATLLonghorn said:

Leeds shits the bed against a 10-man, last place Ipswich team, but West Brom lost to Derby County who needed the win to make the playoff so it's Leeds vs Derby and West Brom vs Aston Villa in the playoff semifinals. 

Both semifinals start on Saturday. The return leg for West Brom-Villa is Tuesday, the return leg for Derby-Leeds is Wednesday.

That's a lot of travel for West Brom/Villa not sure they'll be ready Tuesday.

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