So Cardiff are joint top after edging out nine man Watford with a penalty and a last minute goal. That says it all about this year's Championship! Last season three teams stood out - and all three were promoted - but this year the whole division is made up of mediocrity. How else can you interpret the inability of any single side to stamp their mark on the division?
Leeds are now unbeaten in six, but draws are not much use when they only yield one point out of a possible three. The last two draws, against struggling sides, show that this is a team poorly equipped to sustain a challenge. With so many fancied sides drawing or losing last night, Warnock's team really should be occupying a top 6 place today, but it needed two Kenny saves to salvage a point against London minnows Charlton Athletic. Warnock's response? He's going to talk to the Chairman about bringing in new loan players; but is the Chairman interested any more? If he is selling up, why would he waste his money helping the new owners hit the Premiership jackpot? Surely GFH/GFC should now step up to the plate? If they are serious about buying the club and have the cash to fund loan deals of course.
Leicester look the most consistent team in the division at the moment but they are not steam rollering opposition in the way Southampton did last season. They edged out Brighton 1-0 last night. Big deal! West Ham put six past the Seagulls!
Miserablebrough have now climbed into third but they are decidedly average. Perhaps Wolves, Blackburn and Bolton will start a charge soon. A bottom three finish in the Prem should be enough to dominate this division! Look at how Southampton and Reading are struggling following promotion!
And there is the rub. What is the point of going up if you are going to come straight back down again? Whoever wins promotion this season will do so by default, and default will not be good enough in the Prem!
miserableborough? yawnnnn
ReplyDeletewest ham struggled last year just about getting promotion......, Leicester have won six games at home unlike west ham who were dire so on your thorough assessment of comparing one game (!) Leicester surely stand themselves in better stead, that much is obvious. the championship is so competitive as an average west ham found out before it takes time for a team to build ahead of steam Cardiff and Leicester may well start doing that. to dismiss teams as average is utter carp.
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ReplyDeleteWe are not an average West Ham now though Leicester man,we beat you with ease home and away last season we would win so easy now we would declare at half time,EASY!
ReplyDeleteWhat a load of nonsense... Unbelievable.
ReplyDeleteThis time last season Reading were no where to be seen - they didnt come good until the New year...This division has often been tight and "all" it takes is a team to have a great run at the end.
ReplyDeleteAs for the promoted teams staying up, well that depends on their summer transfer activity - just compare West Ham and Southampton! - Its too early to say who will be promoted and way too early to suggest that the promoted teams will go straight back down.
so if you played brigton 10 times you wouldn't beat them 6-0 every game you would lose to them aswell you kno nothing about football eer i see swansea qpr norwich a still all there after there first season u no nothing only a handfull of teams in the prem are 100% safe as for the championship noone runs away with it by october wait till jan to cast you criticism about other teams in your case tho id wait until 4/5/2013 thats may by the way we no ur not good with numbers
ReplyDeletei think you are right
ReplyDeleteA very mediocre Championship, but also a very poor league one
Sheffield United who are near the top can barely score a goal...
So how does this blog stand alongside the one you posted after 5 games had been played?
ReplyDeleteIn that one you named 4 teams as certainties for a top 6 finish and shortly after threw in Leciester as a 5th choice after they won a couple on the trot.
Informed people pointed out to you that the division was so even and it was too early to tell.
Now it seems you're changing your tune , again, or , perhaps your earlier blog was a deliberate provocation to Leeds fans?
Now that would be uncharacteristic of you if it was true. (possible irony in that last sentence)
I know it’s a clique but everyone knows how difficult a league the Championship is and it generally gets harder every year. Oh, and teams can improve just like Brighton who currently have the strongest defensive record in the division I believe? Have to say, I totally agree that West Ham outclassed us at home last season but in the away game it was a tight 3-2 win & Rob Green saved you second half!
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