The Championship...

[Rozay]

The PL has the brand of the best or at least ‘most exciting’ league in the world - but for me, The Championship is the most competitive league in football. I know it’s not a top tier league, but I think on the continent as a whole, it would be maybe 5th best or so. There’s a fair amount of money in it, and Championship clubs can easily spend more than most Dutch, French and Portuguese sides.

Anyway, the Championship is consistently a league where you can honestly say in August that a team is just as likely to be relegated as they are to be promoted. It takes a good few months before you can tell who the real promotion candidates are. It’s a great league.

 

[Adam-Utd]

It’s got much stronger in recent years. I think the premier league parachute money has helped that.

It also helps that they seem to get fed the top youngsters from premier league clubs.

As you say 2 games a week basically all season really tests the squads fitness and ability to carry on all season.

 

[WolfInSharp'sClothing]

Yeah, not many leagues where probably 50% of the teams have the potential to win it at the start of the season.

 

[Rozay]

Yeah, not many leagues where probably 50% of the teams have the potential to win it at the start of the season.

Or be relegated!

 

[I_ndlovu]

Just saw a stat on twitter that read with 3 games to go there isn't a single Championship Club mathematically guaranteed to be playing in the division next season. If somebody would like to share the very satisfying graph you can find it on this Twitter handle @experimental361

 

[12OunceEpilogue]

Just saw a stat on twitter that read with 3 games to go there isn't a single Championship Club mathematically guaranteed to be playing in the division next season. If somebody would like to share the very satisfying graph you can find it on this Twitter handle @experimental361

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That's cool. It's been very competitive at both ends this year, and the Wigan situation though shit has added a bit of intrigue too.

 

[Berbaclass]

Wigan destroying Hull 4-0 after 38 mins

Given themselves a really good chance of survival now. Fair play.

 

[The Plump Poet]

Wigan destroying Hull 4-0 after 38 mins

Given themselves a really good chance of survival now. Fair play.

Now 5-0.

fecking hell, Hull!

 

[Wiltord02]

6-0 after 43 minutes....

 

[Berbaclass]

6-0 now

 

[Wayne's World]

7-0 Wigan!

First half and all, I don't think I ever seen that before

 

[Blades1889]

Mental

 

[dwd]

This is mad

 

[golden_blunder]

The last time I was at OT in the flesh was during LVG season, Hull city. 0-0 and they cheated and hacked like feck. Really did not enjoy that game. Only later I realised my anger lay with Lvg the dinosaur cnut

 

[Yagami]

The last time I was at OT in the flesh was during LVG season, Hull city. 0-0 and they cheated and hacked like feck. Really did not enjoy that game. Only later I realised my anger lay with Lvg the dinosaur cnut

That may have been the game where I first saw Maguire. It was one of the games against them at Old Trafford, anyway. I was instantly a fan.

 

[Berbaclass]

8 shots on target and 7 goals. Absolutely clinical from Wigan and tremendously shit from Hull

 

[12OunceEpilogue]

What the feck? I've had to find a stream of it.

Bear in mind they've been known for throwing leads away this year, it ain't over yet.

 

[Paxi]

7-0 nil.. might stick a bet on 7-7.

 

[paulscholes18]

Probably be a boring 2nd half now

 

[Dirty Schwein]

This is great. Want my boys Luton to stay up. We play Hull next, who will hopefully be shot of any confidence.

 

[NYAS]

I love the Championship. Top 10 league in the world.

 

[golden_blunder]

That may have been the game where I first saw Maguire. It was one of the games against them at Old Trafford, anyway. I was instantly a fan.

Yeah he was a rock that night and I said to my brother we should buy him before he became a big name

 

[Dirty Schwein]

Yeah he was a rock that night and I said to my brother we should buy him before he became a big name

Shame your brother wasnt Ed Woodward

 

[SirScholes]

8 shots on target and 7 goals. Absolutely clinical from Wigan and tremendously shit from Hull

Christ did they loan Kepa for the match?

 

[golden_blunder]

Shame your brother wasnt Ed Woodward

Dunno, even as a slow cnut he still had too much movement for Lvg

 

[Yagami]

Yeah he was a rock that night and I said to my brother we should buy him before he became a big name

Same. He was that impressive. I knew as soon as Leicester signed him that he was going to leave for a top club for a monumental sum eventually. I'm glad we got him in the end, but I wish we had got him from Hull. I reckon we would've had Ole been here then.

 

[432JuanMata]

After what the owner and efl have done to Wigan it be great if they stayed up anyway

 

[Sandikan]

Elated to see my Wycombe boys go up last night, but increasingly nervous at seeing an average team like Wigan hand out a 7-0 booting!

 

[dwd]

2 more please

 

[CodeRed]

1 more please either team. I'm already £65 up

 

[SilentWitness]

Dowell is an odd case, seems to always do really well at whichever Championship club he goes to on loan but never gets a real shot with us. Hope he gets a good move next season.

 

[DarkLord]

46 league games in a season is incredibly insane for any athlete. It takes a toll physically and mentally. And then there's the play-offs as well. I always wonder why is there a need to play so many games? Correct me if I'm wrong but I believe the Championship is the only league where footballers play the most number of league games?

 

[Robbie Boy]

Still enough time for Hull to pull it back.

 

[Dave Smith]

8 shots on target and 7 goals. Absolutely clinical from Wigan and tremendously shit from Hull

Did Hull loan Kepa or something?

 

[Annihilate Now!]

One goal in the second half is piss poor... They should be ashamed of themselves.

 

[dwd]

One goal in the second half is piss poor... They should be ashamed of themselves.

Always happens

 

[JinnerJamie]

I think we've lost tonight...

 

[Lay]

We want 10