Topic: The Football League thread 2016/2017

[CornerFlag]

Strange signing, he seems shit now. A lot of their fans seem unhappy unsurprisingly.

Yeah, he seems shit in a team that will likely finish bottom and now he's going to a Championship team.  Hmm.  Maybe the chairman of the Blades said he'd sign him knowing what he's capable of when performing well.

[elsewhere]

How did Leeds manage to fuck this up? They were 4th and looked like a certain for the play off's just fee weeks ago. Great run from Fulham if they can make it.

[thelinnen]

How did Leeds manage to fuck this up? They were 4th and looked like a certain for the play off's just fee weeks ago. Great run from Fulham if they can make it.

I share their pain.

[TheShanklyGates]

How did Leeds manage to fuck this up? They were 4th and looked like a certain for the play off's just fee weeks ago. Great run from Fulham if they can make it.

Sounds awfully familiar...

[Crosby Nick]

Huddersfield win tonight so are guaranteed a play off spot.

[Gerry Attrick]

Huddersfield win tonight so are guaranteed a play off spot.

They must be absolutely desperate to avoid Fulham. They have received 2 severe kickings from them this season, the aggregate score is Fulham 9 Huddersfield 1.

[The Final Third]

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[oojason]

Brighton & Hove Albion v Bristol City - 5.30pm ko tonight on Sky Sports 1.

some streams here - https://soccerstreams.net/streams/6239/brighton-hove-albion-995_vs_bristol-city-990


If Brighton win they win the league - and fair play to Chis Hughton if that happens - seems a good bloke and decent manager. If not then it opens a door for Newcastle to win it going into the final game of the season for both...

http://www.flashscores.co.uk/football/england/championship/


Villa will be an interesting one - if they lose to Blackburn today they'll be likely putting their local rivals Birmingham in the relegation spots - should be interesting to see how their fans and players approach this one... (if Blues don't beat 3rd place Huddersfield)

Blackburn vs Villa streams - https://soccerstreams.net/streams/6238/blackburn-rovers-993_vs_aston-villa-994

[TheShanklyGates]

Amazing how badly Leeds have collapsed recently, they looked nailed on for a play off place. 1-0 down at home to Norwich today.

[oojason]

Birmingham 1-0 vs Huddersfield - despite Blues being down to 10 men and missing a penalty...

Blackburn 0-0 Villa...

[Hazell]

Amazing how badly Leeds have collapsed recently, they looked nailed on for a play off place. 1-0 down at home to Norwich today.

Good. Now for Reading to choke in the play offs. Any one of the other three would be fine.

[Gerry Attrick]

Wouldn't want to face Fulham in the play-offs.

[Statto Red]

Leeds have pulled a couple of goals back, it's 2-3.

[NaivetyinBlack]

How the hell are Reading 3rd after conceding 62 goals in 45 games !

[Gerry Attrick]

How the hell are Reading 3rd after conceding 62 goals in 45 games !

It is pretty crazy that Reading and Huddersfield are 3th and 4th with a GD of +2, while Sheff Weds and Fulham are currently only 5th and 6th in the live table with a GD of +15 and +27!

[TheShanklyGates]

Leeds have come back from 3-0 down to 3-3

[Caligula?]

Leeds have come back from 3-0 down to 3-3

What a game that is, their playoff hopes now hang by a thread after being in control for so much of the season.

[Gerry Attrick]

Forest are in real trouble. They'll be outside of the relegation zone by 1 goal if the scores stay the same. They face Ipswich next week, Blackburn are away at Brentford.

[Caligula?]

Incredible how much better these games are than the ones in The Greatest League in the World™, at least for today anyway.

[Statto Red]

What a game that is, their playoff hopes now hang by a thread after being in control for so much of the season.

GD is the killer though Fulham's is +27, Leeds +14, Leeds need to get a winner.

[Caligula?]

GD is the killer though Fulham's is +27, Leeds +14, Leeds need to get a winner.

3-3 FT now, Leeds won't be getting into the play-offs. They've bottled it epically. Shame as I would have liked to see them up.

[Statto Red]

Fulham finishes 1-1, Leeds finishes 3-3, effectively all over for the playoffs, the last match Leeds need to win big, & Fulham need to lose big for Leeds to get the last playoff spot.

[TheShanklyGates]

Burton Albion officially safe in their first ever season in the second tier of English football

[JSteve]

A job well done to Huddersfield today. The fate of facing Fulham is in their own hands now.

Might just have screwed Forest though.

[Crosby Nick]

Forest are in real trouble. They'll be outside of the relegation zone by 1 goal if the scores stay the same. They face Ipswich next week, Blackburn are away at Brentford.

Excellent.

[Statto Red]

Brighton currently losing 1-0 at home to Bristol City

[Caligula?]

Newcastle and Brighton don't want that title do they? 

[oojason]

^ Brighton 0 - 1 Bristol City, full time...



Newcastle are at home vs Barnsley in their last game of the season...

Brighton are away vs Aston Villa in their last game...

If Brighton win then Brighton will be Champions, though if Newcastle better Brighton's result - then Newcastle will be Champions....


http://www.flashscores.co.uk/football/england/championship/


At the other end of the Championship one of Birmingham, Forest or Blackburn will be joining Wigan & Rotherham in League One next season...

Bristol City vs Birmingham
Forest vs Ipswich
Brentford vs Blackburn

[rafathegaffa83]

At the other end of the Championship one of Birmingham, Forest or Blackburn will be joining Wigan & Rotherham in League One next season...

Imagine if Birmingham go down, after being just outside of the playoff spots when they sacked Rowett.

[Elzar]

Brighton got to beat Villa away to win the league.

Put money on them winning the league at the start of the season, will be gutted if they blow it now. Had Huddersfield to go up too, and they look in poor form going into the playoffs

[Statto Red]

Brighton got to beat Villa away to win the league.

Put money on them winning the league at the start of the season, will be gutted if they blow it now. Had Huddersfield to go up too, and they look in poor form going into the playoffs

Fulham are the ones to watch out for in the playoffs, on good form although they drew 1-1 today.

[oojason]

Imagine if Birmingham go down, after being just outside of the playoff spots when they sacked Rowett.

Absolute madness mate - a young talented coach had them playing decent footy on a shoestring budget - at a club just emerging from turmoil behind the scenes, and stagnation on it, for the past few years - and the new owners go sack him for being 7th...

to be replaced by Zola* (who hadn't done a great job in many of his previous management positions, bar Watford 4 years ago).


* I loved watching Zola as a player - and is a decent bloke off the pitch too by all accounts.

[Walshy nMe®]

Urgh. Brighton wheeling out the plastic flags.

[elsewhere]

I'd love Sheffield Wednesday to come from the play-off's.

On a related note, Sheffield Utd won the promotion and wilk be back in Championship next year.

[rafathegaffa83]

Wouldn't mind any of the current sides in the playoff hunt to be promoted, bar Reading, who would be just plain dull and bar some upgrades likely to concede a lot

[Iska]

3-3 FT now, Leeds won't be getting into the play-offs. They've bottled it epically. Shame as I would have liked to see them up.

I saw a thing earlier that said that, a month ago when they looked nailed on for the playoffs, they'd done a 50% discount promo on season tickets if they failed to make it.

[oojason]

https://twitter.com/JOE_co_uk/status/858408989679333377


Leyton Orient fans invade pitch, match gets abandoned but resumes when fans leave the ground...

https://www.joe.co.uk/sport/leyton-orient-fans-invade-pitch-match-gets-abandoned-but-resumes-when-fans-leave-the-ground-123671

[Lycan]

I hope Jeff Stelling cries himself to sleep tonight. Bit of payback for winding Thommo up for years on end.

[JLStretton]

Burton Albion officially safe in their first ever season in the second tier of English football

With Burton ground only a few miles from where I live this is awesome news.  Clough candidate for manager of the season for me with what he has had to work with it's a phenomenal achievement.

[Elzar]

Fulham are the ones to watch out for in the playoffs, on good form although they drew 1-1 today.

Ye they have been getting better and better.


Playoffs are:

Reading
Huddersfield
Sheff Weds
Fulham

Any favourites from that lot?