Rival Watch

[Zip]

Embarrassing interview from Billy Sharp after Sheffield United finally squeeze past Wrexham in the Cup.

He’s always been a dick.

[Snowflake Royal]

Huddersfield lead after some of the worst defending you'll even see.

Cardiff into the bottom 3 as it stands.

It's still a bit early but Cardiff look gone. They haven't won since early November FFS.

[Sutekh]

Huddersfield lead after some of the worst defending you'll even see.

Cardiff into the bottom 3 as it stands.

It's still a bit early but Cardiff look gone. They haven't won since early November FFS.

Championship league form table last 10 games

# Team MP W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Burnley 10 9 0 1 23 8 15 27 - WWWWWWWWWL
2 Middlesbrough 10 8 0 2 20 10 10 24 - WWLWWWWLWW
3 West Bromwich Albion 10 8 0 2 17 6 11 24 - WLWWWWLWWW
4 Sheffield United 10 7 2 1 14 6 8 23 - DWWDWWWWWL
5 Luton Town 10 6 1 3 15 10 5 19 - WWWLWWWLDL
6 Sunderland 10 5 3 2 18 11 7 18 - DWLDWWDLWW
7 Hull City 10 4 4 2 13 7 6 16 - WWLDWWDDDL
8 Millwall 10 4 4 2 12 8 4 16 - DWLWDWDLWD
9 Bristol City 10 3 5 2 13 11 2 14 - WDWDDLLWDD
10 Watford 10 3 4 3 8 11 -3 13 - DLDWWLLWDD
11 Norwich City 10 4 1 5 14 14 0 13 - LWWLDLLWLW
12 Preston North End 10 4 0 6 13 18 -5 12 - LWLWLLLWLW
13 Reading 10 3 3 4 12 17 -5 12 - DLDLDWLWWL
14 Stoke City 10 3 2 5 13 13 0 11 - LWLLLDWDLW
15 Blackburn Rovers 10 3 2 5 8 16 -8 11 - DDLWLLWLLW
16 Huddersfield Town 10 2 4 4 9 12 -3 10 - DDLDLWWLLD
17 Rotherham United 10 2 4 4 10 15 -5 10 - DDWLLDLLDW
18 Swansea City 10 2 4 4 18 16 2 10 - LDWLWLDLDD
19 Coventry City 10 2 3 5 10 14 -4 9 - LWLLDDLWDL
20 Queens Park Rangers 10 1 5 4 6 16 -10 8 - DLDDDLDWLL
21 Birmingham City 10 2 2 6 14 22 -8 8 - WLLLLLWDLD
22 Wigan Athletic 10 1 3 6 8 21 -13 6 - DLDLLLLDWL
23 Blackpool 10 0 5 5 7 17 -10 5 - DLLDLDDDLL
24 Cardiff City 10 0 5 5 4 9 -5 5 - LLLDLDDDDL

[YorkshireRoyal99]

I wouldn't write anyone off at this stage. Having said that, I'm expecting it to be 3 from the current bottom 5. I think everyone else has just about enough to get away.

[Hound]

Slightly surprised to see QPR, Cov and Swansea so low. All teams who have impressed at times this season

Good result for us last night. Now if we can do our bit and get 7 points from Rotherham, Cardiff and Blackpool can concentrate on next year

[Hendo]

Slightly surprised to see QPR, Cov and Swansea so low. All teams who have impressed at times this season

Good result for us last night. Now if we can do our bit and get 7 points from Rotherham, Cardiff and Blackpool can concentrate on next year

I guess Swansea would be in a better shape if they stopped throwing away points in stoppage time

[Hound]

Slightly surprised to see QPR, Cov and Swansea so low. All teams who have impressed at times this season

Good result for us last night. Now if we can do our bit and get 7 points from Rotherham, Cardiff and Blackpool can concentrate on next year

I guess Swansea would be in a better shape if they stopped throwing away points in stoppage time

Yep enjoyed that even if it might not have been the best result for us. Can’t stand Russell Martin either so all good

[YorkshireRoyal99]

Not massively surprised because none of Swansea, QPR or Coventry have been that good since the WC break (Swansea didn't win for a couple of games before either). Although agree, with some of the quality they've displayed at certain stages this season, you'd expect them to be a little bit better than the recent form table.

I've been surprised by Hull and Luton if anyone. I did expect Hull to improve when Rosenior came in, but they are looking up towards the play offs now. Rosenior has sorted out their defence a bit, built on their good away form and improved their home form. Luton just keep on rolling as well, I wasn't expecting to see them (comfortably) in the play offs at this stage.

[Hound]

Weirdly I thought Luton were the worst side I’ve seen against us this season in that 0-0. They were woeful and we should have won fairly comfortably with the amount of possession we had near their goal

[Sutekh]

Weirdly I thought Luton were the worst side I’ve seen against us this season in that 0-0. They were woeful and we should have won fairly comfortably with the amount of possession we had near their goal

Confirmed comfortably by Grimsby last night

[Snowflake Royal]

Weirdly I thought Luton were the worst side I’ve seen against us this season in that 0-0. They were woeful and we should have won fairly comfortably with the amount of possession we had near their goal

Confirmed comfortably by Grimsby last night

I've long thought Luton are one of the most limited sides in the division, playing above their level through belief and organisation.

I've seen all our games since they were last promoted iirc, and they're yet to look very good imo.

But fair play to them for making it work.

[Stranded]

Huddersfield lead after some of the worst defending you'll even see.

Cardiff into the bottom 3 as it stands.

It's still a bit early but Cardiff look gone. They haven't won since early November FFS.

Friday 17th February Cardiff v Reading FFS.

If ever there was an away game to get on the front foot and look to get an early lead, it'll be that one. Naturally, we likely won't and will find ourselves a goal down after 12 mins.

[morganb]

Huddersfield manager sacked

[Hound]

Thought he’d done just about ok. Point per game, thought they’d drag themselves out of trouble eventually. Not sure what they are expecting really; they are a rubbish team

[Stranded]

Thought he’d done just about ok. Point per game, thought they’d drag themselves out of trouble eventually. Not sure what they are expecting really; they are a rubbish team

By all accounts they are playing worse football under him than before and he's massively disliked by the fan base. You can live with the latter if the results are there and if they had won last night, he'd still be there but failing to beat a close rival after being 1-0 and 2-1 up with them also going down to 10 men is not a good look.

Was a highly thought of coach over here, so imagine he'll pick up a coaching job in the Bundesliga or 2. Bundesliga pretty quickly.

Huddersfield looking for a 3rd manager this season, not really a recipe for survival.

[YorkshireRoyal99]

Survival is imperative for them financially and they need a pretty decent run to get out of it. Early in the season they looked nailed on for relegation and now they've given themselves a fighting chance as the competition around them, typically, isn't too great.

Agree it's not great to have a 3rd manager in the same season, but if they stay up because of it then they won't care.

Interestingly, that's the 19th managerial change this season (including those who were appointed in the summer) with now 3 of the bottom 5 changing managers twice this season (Wigan, Huddersfield and Cardiff) and Blackpool and Rotherham have also changed this season.

The only clubs to have kept the same manager from last season are Reading, Millwall, Swansea, Coventry, Sheffield United, Bristol City and Preston.

[YorkshireRoyal99]

Some pretty big games this weekend, especially at the bottom. Blackpool vs Rotherham and Wigan vs Huddersfield whereas Cardiff have a tough fixture against high-flying Middlesbrough.

We play Rotherham at home on Tuesday, so some pretty decisive fixtures for clubs in the next few weeks.

[Hound]

Survival is imperative for them financially and they need a pretty decent run to get out of it. Early in the season they looked nailed on for relegation and now they've given themselves a fighting chance as the competition around them, typically, isn't too great.

Agree it's not great to have a 3rd manager in the same season, but if they stay up because of it then they won't care.

Interestingly, that's the 19th managerial change this season (including those who were appointed in the summer) with now 3 of the bottom 5 changing managers twice this season (Wigan, Huddersfield and Cardiff) and Blackpool and Rotherham have also changed this season.

The only clubs to have kept the same manager from last season are Reading, Millwall, Swansea, Coventry, Sheffield United, Bristol City and Preston.

How many of those were there before the start of last season? Rowatt, Robins, Pearson?

Is a bit nuts really

[YorkshireRoyal99]

Survival is imperative for them financially and they need a pretty decent run to get out of it. Early in the season they looked nailed on for relegation and now they've given themselves a fighting chance as the competition around them, typically, isn't too great.

Agree it's not great to have a 3rd manager in the same season, but if they stay up because of it then they won't care.

Interestingly, that's the 19th managerial change this season (including those who were appointed in the summer) with now 3 of the bottom 5 changing managers twice this season (Wigan, Huddersfield and Cardiff) and Blackpool and Rotherham have also changed this season.

The only clubs to have kept the same manager from last season are Reading, Millwall, Swansea, Coventry, Sheffield United, Bristol City and Preston.

How many of those were there before the start of last season? Rowatt, Robins, Pearson?

Is a bit nuts really

I think Russell Martin came in the summer of last season.

[nailseabiscuitman]

Very funny thread on Sunderland's fans website having a pop at each other about leaving early on Wednesday. Let's hope the theme continues after Saturday's game