Championship Season 25-26

[roversfan99]

Not content with just 1, Sky have decided that both of our games v Preston this season should be played on Friday night. 

[JHRover]

Both Norwich and Ipswich away moved to 12:30pm kick offs. Thanks Sky and the clubs for agreeing to it!

[JHRover]

14 minutes ago, roversfan99 said:

Not content with just 1, Sky have decided that both of our games v Preston this season should be played on Friday night. 

Let's see what the police have to say about this. Remember Rovers wanted us to believe that our 12pm kick offs against Preston were on police safety grounds. So how they tally that with an 8pm Friday game will be interesting. 

[arbitro]

It really is bordering on the extreme mickey taking with the Ipswich and Norwich games being brought forward to 12.30 kick off times.

Anybody who is driving will be leaving at 6 am allowing for weather and traffic.

There should be a provision in the contract whereby clubs can make a couple of challenges to the Sky selection (not that our lot would care) simply as a consideration to travelling long distances at ungodly hours.

[rigger]

The clubs don't give a fuck about supporters, just as long as season ticket income is met. 

[chaddyrovers]

1 hour ago, roversfan99 said:

Not content with just 1, Sky have decided that both of our games v Preston this season should be played on Friday night. 

lets hope we beat them again on this Friday night like last season 😁

47 minutes ago, arbitro said:

It really is bordering on the extreme mickey taking with the Ipswich and Norwich games being brought forward to 12.30 kick off times.

Anybody who is driving will be leaving at 6 am allowing for weather and traffic.

There should be a provision in the contract whereby clubs can make a couple of challenges to the Sky selection (not that our lot would care) simply as a consideration to travelling long distances at ungodly hours.

Great point about the setting off time for drivers going to those games. 

[chaddyrovers]

1 hour ago, JHRover said:

Middlesbrough are on the slide. They got off to an excellent start but results are starting to fall away.

He's from Shropshire, probably a Wolves fan, played 100 games for them and worked there as a coach. If he has family still in that area that helps.

He can jump up a division, get paid double what he's on at Middlesbrough, have 7 months minimum back in the PL, if he keeps them up he'll be worshipped and get a huge bonus.

It appears to be a huge thankless task but this time last year they were in a similar state yet went on to survive comfortably. 

Boro are 4th currently and hardly on the slide. 

I just wouldn't be jumping ship for that Wolves job. 

Last season, all 3 promoted clubs were at the bottom of the league but this season is a very different case, Sunderland doing very well, Leeds and Burnley doing better than previous promotion clubs. West Ham and Forest having shockers this season

[KentExile]

Prestons biting striker has been given a 9 game ban for racially abusing a dingle,

Whilst both are reprehensible actions, I am not sure that physical assault should carry a shorter ban than verbal abuse

Despicable human being, I hope he leaves these shores

Edited 7 hours ago by KentExile

[JHRover]

1 hour ago, chaddyrovers said:

Boro are 4th currently and hardly on the slide. 

I just wouldn't be jumping ship for that Wolves job. 

Last season, all 3 promoted clubs were at the bottom of the league but this season is a very different case, Sunderland doing very well, Leeds and Burnley doing better than previous promotion clubs. West Ham and Forest having shockers this season

They've won 3 of their last 10, one of which was against Sheffield Wednesday, and in those 10 games have scored 10 goals.

Quite a lot of their fans say they've been lucky to get the points and results they have up to this point and the signs of a slide down the table have been there for a while.

Edwards will know this and know that if he can jump ship to a PL club now whilst his stock his high before it goes wrong he's laughing. 

Leeds and Burnley are hovering just outside the drop zone after Forest and West Ham have had stinking starts and changed managers (Forest twice) who have also had to contend with European demands. That includes some fortuitous wins such as Burnley's last gasp grab at Wolves the other week. Both of them will be there or thereabouts come May.

[arbitro]

50 minutes ago, KentExile said:

Prestons biting striker has been given a 9 game ban for racially abusing a dingle,

Whilst both are reprehensible actions, I am not sure that physical assault should carry a shorter ban than verbal abuse

Despicable human being, I hope he leaves these shores

If you racially abuse a player at Ewood you will get possibly a three year banning order. Similarly if you bit another person in the ground you would likely end up with a criminal conviction. 

Why, because it happens on the pitch is this any different?

[chaddyrovers]

36 minutes ago, JHRover said:

They've won 3 of their last 10, one of which was against Sheffield Wednesday, and in those 10 games have scored 10 goals.

Quite a lot of their fans say they've been lucky to get the points and results they have up to this point and the signs of a slide down the table have been there for a while.

Edwards will know this and know that if he can jump ship to a PL club now whilst his stock his high before it goes wrong he's laughing. 

Leeds and Burnley are hovering just outside the drop zone after Forest and West Ham have had stinking starts and changed managers (Forest twice) who have also had to contend with European demands. That includes some fortuitous wins such as Burnley's last gasp grab at Wolves the other week. Both of them will be there or thereabouts come May.

Fully aware of Boro form but they are 4th in the league and have a sticky patch just like we were having prior to the last 3 games. That is the championship for you. 

I think the Wolves job is a hard job, squad lacking quality to stay up. 

the gap is 8 points to Burnley and 9 to Leeds which is huge catch up for them. 

[Cherry Blue]

 osmajic's 9 match ban is not enough.  All this amounts to is a 2 month rest for a man who was found out again. 

Should be expelled from UK football for his lack of respect to other human beings and PNE sould be investigatrd as to why this happened after previous offenses. Also a £21K fine is a joke.

[wilsdenrover]

I know our lot come up with some shocking statements but https://www.pnefc.net/news/2025/november/07/club-statement-milutin-osmajic/

[roversfan99]

1 hour ago, chaddyrovers said:

Fully aware of Boro form but they are 4th in the league and have a sticky patch just like we were having prior to the last 3 games. That is the championship for you. 

I think the Wolves job is a hard job, squad lacking quality to stay up. 

the gap is 8 points to Burnley and 9 to Leeds which is huge catch up for them. 

The problem is, you clearly dont see a considerable pay rise as important hence the "so what" remark earlier, but it will play a big part as it would for anyone.

Wolves are in the Premier League, even if they are favourites to go down, he would still be going straight into the Premier League. As opposed to being in a position where he has an outside chance of getting there in a year. 

I thought youd be all over the appointment seeing as he "knows the club."

[chaddyrovers]

2 hours ago, roversfan99 said:

The problem is, you clearly dont see a considerable pay rise as important hence the "so what" remark earlier, but it will play a big part as it would for anyone.

Wolves are in the Premier League, even if they are favourites to go down, he would still be going straight into the Premier League. As opposed to being in a position where he has an outside chance of getting there in a year. 

You act like Rob Edwards dont have money. ffs. They are in different world to Joe Bloggs who joins a new company for a pay rise compared to what they are on. 

I just think joining Wolves would be a bad career move and given their quality of their squad, the PL table situation and how far they are behind 2 promotion teams. 

 

[roversfan99]

3 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

You act like Rob Edwards dont have money. ffs. They are in different world to Joe Bloggs who joins a new company for a pay rise compared to what they are on. 

I just think joining Wolves would be a bad career move and given their quality of their squad, the PL table situation and how far they are behind 2 promotion teams. 

 

Everything is relative. 

Say hes on £10k a week and Wolves are offering double, thats still a lot of money. Just because hes already on a wage far higher than the average Joe Bloggs, it doesnt mean that finances are unimportant.

[JHRover]

I'd like to know why the ban is only 9 games when you consider that only a year ago the same player received an 8 game suspension for biting Owen Beck. So to twice in a year be found guilty, this time of an 'aggravated breach' suggests that there is a big problem with this player and his conduct, and the League have effectively handed him the same punishment as he got last year (one extra game ban and £6k more fine), rather than a more severe one you might expect for someone with a recent history of serious conduct issues.

Presumably Preston, who support him in his plea of innocence, will be referring the matter to higher authorities than the FA to clear his name ? Will be interesting to see if they do. 

[K-Hod]

It’s irrelevant to say he’s already got money.
If any of us got offered more money to go to a better company, we’d all do it. Why would football managers be any different?
It’s literally job to them.

[chaddyrovers]

44 minutes ago, roversfan99 said:

Everything is relative. 

Say hes on £10k a week and Wolves are offering double, thats still a lot of money. Just because hes already on a wage far higher than the average Joe Bloggs, it doesnt mean that finances are unimportant.

RF99, I have stated my opinions on Edwards going to Wolves on why it would be bad career move for him and why I wouldn't be moving there. Nothing more to add