Championship Season 25-26

[KentExile]

7 minutes ago, B16Rover said:

To me the much more interesting football manager trivia is that we are Antoine Griezmann's favourite football manager team.  Wonder if he fancies a loan in Jan!

player manager maybe

Although I think that's another exaggerated one, he had Rovers in a football manager save once, hardly his fave football manager team.

He has also managed Arsenal & Newcastle apparently

Edited Sunday at 13:53 by KentExile

[DE.]

Still was definitely considered a bright prospect before joining Southampton. Huge risk to hire a 32-year-old, though. Rohl and McKenna were 34 & 35 respectively when they joined Sheff Weds and Ipswich, and were at the time considered young and risky appointments. That's at clubs with players who would have been on a much more modest wage than the likes of Southampton. 

Still had left Reims by mutual consent after a dismal end to the 23/24 season and at Lens finished one place lower than the previous season - debateable that such performance in Ligue 1 merits a three-year deal at a club just relegated from the PL.

Not complaining mind - could be a decision that helps us keep our heads above water come the season's end, although sadly I imagine he won't last too much longer. 

[chaddyrovers]

1 hour ago, DE. said:

 

Marti Cifuentes is seeing things go from average to outright poor at Leicester. They have us next so will likely get some reprieve, but it's been a rough start for a team expected to go straight back up. 

He ain't doing that bad there, only 2 points off top 6. They seems to be biggest problem off the field these days. 

1 hour ago, DE. said:

Javi Gracia has lost two of his first three matches, so he'll soon be given the chop at Watford, one imagines. I only partially kid.

nothing would surprise there but lose his next 2 and I expect them to sack him

1 hour ago, DE. said:

Birmingham's owners may have expected a better start, considering the money spent there. Really inconsistent form for them so far. It remains to be seen how much time Brady and co are willing to give before deciding to change things. It's possible they'll have learned from their first season the dangers of being trigger-happy. 

Wrexham kind of similar to Brum, but I get the feeling they'll have patience with Parkinson for now. I don't think there's quite the same level of expectation there, owing to Wrexham's smaller overall stature. I assume consolidation would be enough for them, this season at least.  

both are roughly where they should be. Didn't think Wrexham would be top 6 and expect their owners will have patience with Parkinson given what he has achieved there under their ownership. 

I think Wagner will continue to back Chris Davies given what he has done there and didn't Wagner 

1 hour ago, DE. said:

Will Still has had an awful start at Southampton, and without much history in his CV to point to, he might be vulnerable to a swift sacking. 

Things haven't gone to planned with Still there but I hope for him that Southampton actually show some patience with him and stick with him

1 hour ago, DE. said:

Liam Manning - surely must be under pressure? That Norwich team should not be 23rd. I read recently that the players are still "very happy" with Manning and "really enjoying" things. I am not sure that's what I would want to hear as a Norwich fan right now. 

I am very surprised by their league position, after we played them thought they would be top 6 for sure 

[AAK]

40 minutes ago, DE. said:

Still was definitely considered a bright prospect before joining Southampton. Huge risk to hire a 32-year-old, though. Rohl and McKenna were 34 & 35 respectively when they joined Sheff Weds and Ipswich, and were at the time considered young and risky appointments. That's at clubs with players who would have been on a much more modest wage than the likes of Southampton. 

Still had left Reims by mutual consent after a dismal end to the 23/24 season and at Lens finished one place lower than the previous season - debateable that such performance in Ligue 1 merits a three-year deal at a club just relegated from the PL.

Not complaining mind - could be a decision that helps us keep our heads above water come the season's end, although sadly I imagine he won't last too much longer. 

By who? He was  a football manager game addict (literally) - that’s how he got into football, he’s rode his luck, the guy hasn’t got a clue.

[DE.]

3 minutes ago, AAK said:

By who? He was  a football manager game addict (literally) - that’s how he got into football, he’s rode his luck, the guy hasn’t got a clue.

It's not a contentious statement, his name was known from his relative success early on with Reims. He was in consideration for the Sunderland role at one point, before they hired their current manager. Correct decision on their part, it would appear. 

The Football Manager stuff is just exaggeration for belittlement. He played it growing up and it helped him decide to go into coaching/management as an educational path - when he was 17. Not really a reason to drag him when he's 33 and already managed two clubs in the French top flight. There are enough legitimate reasons to question the appointment based on his actual record thus far.  

[DE.]

12 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

He ain't doing that bad there, only 2 points off top 6. They seems to be biggest problem off the field these days. 

They've only won four out of twelve matches, which is very poor for the squad they have. It's not like it's getting better, either, their form is actually getting worse.

He can of course still turn it around, and I imagine things will improve, but difficult to consider their season thus far as anything other than a disappointment. 

[Dreyski]

On 24/10/2025 at 22:09, 47er said:

Shef Wed in administration. Deducted 12 points.

£200,000 spent in club shop, 9,000 tickets sold for their next match.

150th birthday present from the Pune loons?

[GHR]

BBC reporting 'four or five serious bids' for Sheffield Weds.

We'd sink like a led zeppelin without V***** though. 🙃

[BankEnd Rover]

Interesting table which tells us we are in a false position with the quality of chances we create...Tells us everything about the quality we have uptop, need to start converting  more.

Edited 14 hours ago by BankEnd Rover

[Upside Down]

10 hours ago, BankEnd Rover said:

Interesting table which tells us we are in a false position with the quality of chances we create...Tells us everything about the quality we have uptop, need to start converting  more.

There's only one table that counts.

[joey_big_nose]

11 hours ago, BankEnd Rover said:

Interesting table which tells us we are in a false position with the quality of chances we create...Tells us everything about the quality we have uptop, need to start converting  more.

Would be interesting to compare this to the same point last season, and the first season under JDT.

I suppose even more dramatically it doesn't include the Ipswich game in hand I assume. So if we won that it would put us fourth which is mental.

That said there are lots of dynamics which undermine the value of this data. For example if you have a team that's good at scoring early (i.e. you actually have some decent strikers) and then you then switch focus to defending you will therefore concede more "expected goals" than you create. But you don't sweat it as you back yourself to keep the other side out. So teams that can finish well and defend deep well will look poor on this table, but are in reality just a good football team playing to their strengths and taking their opportunities.