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LeftBackLegend

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Forest win 4-2 and then sack the manager.

They've been very inconsistent this season, but it's still weird.

Absolute joke of a decision, just when I started thinking it might be coming together and everything would turn out all right. Pie in the sky, once again.
 

IceDogsandLeafs

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Wolves winger Adam Hammill has been spared a jail sentence by Liverpool Magistrates after pleading guilty to assaulting two female paramedics.

The 24-year-old, currently on loan at Huddersfield, was charged with two counts of assault relating to an incident in Liverpool city centre on October 7 and has been given a suspended 12-week prison sentence, 150 hours of community service and a fine.

if he wasn't a fotball player he would be going to jail :shakehead:

Correct and he along with the rest of the Wolves squad deserve to be locked away after this miserable season :shakehead
 

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At the start of April Sheffield Wednesday were in the relegation zone. They're now just potentially 6 points off the play-offs. That's how close the Championship is.
 

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Wolverhampton in the relegation zone, Blackburn one point off? What happened there?

It's been a funny season in the Championship. Little separates a lot of the teams. 23 out of 24 are averaging more than one point per game. Blackburn provide a useful example of the narrow margins, for had they won two more games, they'd be tenth.

It doesn't help that neither Blackburn nor Wolves scores enough goals. At the former club Jordan Rhodes is a one-man band, for the latter outfit, Kevin Doyle has had a surprisingly barren season.

Rovers have used thirty-seven players and four managers, Wolves thirty-three players and two managers, which is symptomatic of the lack of continuity wrecking both clubs. Owners Venky's have turned Blackburn into a laughing stock, appointing Henning Berg as manager barely days after he'd declared that no one with credibility would take the job. Berg lasted 57 days. His replacement, Michael Appleton, hung around 67 days. Blackburn, who began the season managed by a coach out of his depth (Steve Keen), once more have a temporary boss drawn from the backroom staff, Gary Bowyer, formerly caretaker between Berg and Appleton.

Wolves, meanwhile haven't recovered from the botched replacement of Mick McCarthy last season. Terry Connor (no managerial experience when appointed) was replaced by a Norwegian who'd never managed in England before, followed by Dean Saunders.

McCarthy, meanwhile, has helped Ipswich escape the relegation zone. By no means a great manager, he's capable at that level.

It's worthy of note that the man screwing up Wolves, Steve Morgan, once tried to take over Liverpool.
 

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Cardiff have reached the points total to be secure of promotion to the EPL next season.

Welsh derby next season in the EPL :D
 

HajdukSplit

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Hull City will likely join them, Watford have been in poor form last few weeks while they were scoring for fun most of the season. Interesting to see a club like Brighton in the playoff spots

Teams like Blackburn and Wolves closer to the relegation zone than the playoffs
 

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It's remarkable to think that South Wales has become a more successful footballing area than Yorkshire.

Last night also confirmed the relegation of Portsmouth to the fourth tier. The club is now owned by its fans, who will hopefully enure Pompey's future survival.
 

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It's a shame that Cardiff City has become a playground for asian owners. Disgraceful that a traditional club like Cardiff is being ruined.

The Welsh derby will surely be an interesting subject next year, looking forward to it.
 

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Brentford were playing Doncaster today (3rd v 2nd) and the winner would be promoted to the Championship at the other's expense (a draw and Doncaster gets promoted). Also, if Doncaster won they'd be champions.

Last minute penalty with the score 0-0 for Brentford. A loanee from Fulham stepped up to take it and blasted it off the crossbar. Doncaster got the ball and went up the other end an scored the winner in the dying moments of the match. Doncaster are champions and Brentford somehow have to pick themselves up to compete in the playoffs.

I wish I'd been there in the Doncaster end.
 

HajdukSplit

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Championship
-Cardiff already promoted
- Hull City fail to earn automatic promotion after a 2:0 loss at Barnsley. Between them and Watford for 2nd, Hull have one point more. Hull host already promoted Cardiff while Watford host Leeds
- Brighton are in the playoffs; Crystal Palace, Bolton, Nottingham Forest and Leicester City fight for two spots
- Wolves are in deep trouble, lost at home to Burnley and go to Brighton next week. Three points from safety

League 1
- As mentioned above Doncaster beat Brentford in a dramatic match and promote as League 1 champions along with Bournemouth
- Brentford, Yeovil, Sheffield United and Swindon in the playoffs
- Portsmouth, Hartlepool, Bury and Scunthorpe relegated

League 2
- Gillingham, Rotherham and Port Vale promoted to League 1
- Burton Albion, Cheltenham, Northampton and Bradford in the playoffs
- AFC Wimbledon survive on the final day of the season
- Barnet and Aldershot relegated out of the football league
 

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Coventry have begun looking for a new ground to play their home games next season after negotiations with owners of the Ricoh Arena broke down.

The League One club remain at loggerheads with ACL, the owners of the Ricoh Arena, over unpaid rent and are now making contingency plans.

:amazed:
 

vsk92

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Terrible luck for Watford.

Almunia gets injured in the warm-up, and now the 2nd goalie has been knock-out and looks very bad after colliding with a team mate (there's a stretcher out for him)

3rd goalie is coming on, and Watford need a win to get promoted to EPL automatically instead of play-offs route.
 

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Hull were winning. On course for promotion.
Had a penalty. Missed.
Cardiff got a penalty. Scored. 2-2.
Watford was delayed and had they scored they'd go up instead.
Leeds score in the 90th minute.
Hull go up and Watford go the play-offs.
 
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And the bottom was just as mental. 3 or 4 teams were going down at some point, ended up being Peterborough after giving up a last minute goal to lose 3-2 at Crystal Palace.
 

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**** that was an intense 90 for promotion, playoff places and relegation.

Probably for the best that Watford don't go up, their embargo doesn't get lifted until something like 1st September, and with all their loan guys they could start the Premier season with something like 14 squad players.

Hull: good for them but they'll come straight back down.

I'd vote for Brighton to win the playoffs but it really could be anyone at this point.
 

HajdukSplit

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Hull and Cardiff will be boring sides, but Cardiff will spend some money, not sure about Hull. Brighton are probably the in-form team in the playoffs, both Watford and Palace have struggled a bit (but stayed in the top 6) while Leicester score a ton of goals but were inconsistent, but you can say that about most of the league.

Wolves suffer back-to-back relegations. Peterborough go down with a points total which in most seasons they would finish midtable
 
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