Rival Watch

[Winston Biscuit]

Hudds officially putting cats among pigeons right now

[Sutekh]

Remaining fixtures for those struggling sides…..

7 April

Blackpool v Cardiff
QPR v Preston
Reading v Birmingham
Rotherham v WBA
Sheffield Utd v Wigan
Watford v Huddersfield

10 April

Birmingham v Stoke
Cardiff v Sunderland
Huddersfield v Blackburn
Luton v Blackpool
Norwich v Rotherham
Preston v Reading
WBA v QPR
Wigan v Swansea

15 April

Blackpool v Wigan
QPR v Coventry
Reading v Burnley
Rotherham v Luton
Sheff Utd v Cardiff
Swansea v Huddersfield

18 April

Blackpool v WBA
Rotherham v Burnley
Stoke v Wigan
Sunderland v Huddersfield

19 April

Millwall v Birmingham
QPR v Norwich
Reading v Luton
Watford v Cardiff

22 April

Birmingham v Blackpool
Bristol C v Rotherham
Burnley v QPR
Cardiff v Stoke
Coventry v Reading
Wigan v Millwall

25 April (presumed)

Rotherham v Cardiff

29 April

Blackpool v Millwall
Cardiff v Huddersfield
Coventry v Birmingham
Reading v Wigan
Rotherham v Middlesbrough
Stoke v QPR

4 May

Huddersfield v Sheff Utd

8 May

Birmingham v Sheff Utd
Burnley v Cardiff
Huddersfield v Reading
Norwich v Blackpool
QPR v Bristol C
Wigan v Rotherham

[Mr Angry]

Swansea's 99th minute winner means that if we do get that 6 points deducted on Monday (or next week) we will still be above both Cardiff and Huddersfield in 20th.......though the team who look most likely to follow Wigan and Blackpool into League 1 are QPR at the moment; Ainsworth not really turned things round for them.

[AthleticoSpizz]

Love Ainsworth, hate QPR eh OMA?

[Hound]

Weird how Stoke have suddenly become really good. Maybe it was the knowledge that no matter how much they overspend the EFL will leave them alone has taken the weight off their shoulders

[Kitsondinho]

Weird how Stoke have suddenly become really good. Maybe it was the knowledge that no matter how much they overspend the EFL will leave them alone has taken the weight off their shoulders

But it is the right kind of overspending…we did the wrong kind!

[Snowflake Royal]

Dai could have waived £50m of debt we owe him and we'd be fine too.

[tidus_mi2]

Dai could have waived £50m of debt we owe him and we'd be fine too.

Is that really a thing though? I thought writing off debt to bypass ffp wasn't allowed.

[Snowflake Royal]

Dai could have waived £50m of debt we owe him and we'd be fine too.

Is that really a thing though? I thought writing off debt to bypass ffp wasn't allowed.

It's literally what Stoke's owner just did.

[Stranded]

Swansea's 99th minute winner means that if we do get that 6 points deducted on Monday (or next week) we will still be above both Cardiff and Huddersfield in 20th.......though the team who look most likely to follow Wigan and Blackpool into League 1 are QPR at the moment; Ainsworth not really turned things round for them.

Just noticed Cardiff still have Huddersfield, Blackpool and Rotherham to play. Lots of dropped points for the bottom clubs there.

Also, outside those games, which are tricky anyway, Cardiff's run in is pretty tough.

[From Despair To Where?]

Being 2 up at home to your big rivals and losing will be an absolute kick in the nuts as well.

[tidus_mi2]

Being 2 up at home to your big rivals and losing will be an absolute kick in the nuts as well.

They weren't, they were 2-0 down, got it back to 2-2 then conceded in the last minute.

[From Despair To Where?]

Being 2 up at home to your big rivals and losing will be an absolute kick in the nuts as well.

They weren't, they were 2-0 down, got it back to 2-2 then conceded in the last minute.

You are, of course, right. Still a kick in the nuts though.

[Sutekh]

Dai could have waived £50m of debt we owe him and we'd be fine too.

Is that really a thing though? I thought writing off debt to bypass ffp wasn't allowed.

Thought the FL said something about the Stoke chairman waiving £120m of debt not being acceptable and, if so, Stoke are still in the doo-doo waiting for their turn at playing football while the league turn their points vacuum in Stoke’s direction.

[Royal_jimmy]

I think this could happen in the next 2 sets of results:

7 April

Blackpool v Cardiff (draw)
QPR v Preston (away win)
Reading v Birmingham (home win)
Rotherham v WBA (away win)
Sheffield Utd v Wigan (home win)
Watford v Huddersfield (home win)

10 April

Birmingham v Stoke (away win)
Cardiff v Sunderland (away win)
Huddersfield v Blackburn (home win)
Luton v Blackpool (home win)
Norwich v Rotherham (home win)
Preston v Reading (home win)
WBA v QPR (home win)
Wigan v Swansea (draw)

That would leave the table on:

18) Reading - 43 (assuming 6 are taken off)
19) Huddersfield - 42
20) QPR - 42
21) Rotherham - 41
22) Cardiff - 40
23) Blackpool - 36
24) Wigan - 35

[Elm Park Kid]

Dai could have waived £50m of debt we owe him and we'd be fine too.

Is that really a thing though? I thought writing off debt to bypass ffp wasn't allowed.

It's literally what Stoke's owner just did.

You are allowed to lose more money if the owners are 'investing' in the club, rather than you funding losses by debt. But we breached even that limit, so the Dai writing off any of our debt wouldn't make any difference.

I think that Stoke just have amazing accountants/lawyers that have allowed them to get around FFP.

[Snowflake Royal]

Dai could have waived £50m of debt we owe him and we'd be fine too.

Is that really a thing though? I thought writing off debt to bypass ffp wasn't allowed.

Thought the FL said something about the Stoke chairman waiving £120m of debt not being acceptable and, if so, Stoke are still in the doo-doo waiting for their turn at playing football while the league turn their points vacuum in Stoke’s direction.

Good for them if they have. Loop holes suck. Be funny if he's waived loafs of money only to be hit with the cheat hammer anyway.

[Royal_jimmy]

QPR have only gained 9 points from the last 23 games

[tidus_mi2]

QPR have only gained 9 points from the last 23 games

God, we were 5pts behind them in 7th back then, so while our collapse hasn't been as dramatic, it's still shockingly bad.

[Hound]

QPR have only gained 9 points from the last 23 games

That is genuinely unbelievably bad.

They looked a decent side early season. Confidence must be rock bottom