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southstar wrote:

murky21 wrote:you are a glass half empty guy then clearly. been a decent contributing factor to our winning streak imo

I'd say Koscielny has played a big part. Guy has been a beast lately

Enjoying the championship? bunch of cloggers

southstar wrote:Enjoying the championship? bunch of cloggers

Yes thanks, see you next season

wub wrote:

southstar wrote:Enjoying the championship? bunch of cloggers

Yes thanks, see you next season

Was talking about Birmingham, I would love to see Southampton back in the prem

southstar wrote:Enjoying the championship? bunch of cloggers

Haha, I knew this was coming.

And Arsenal aside (they wind me up big time), compared to last season, yeah, I am enjoying it in the Championship Managed to fob off that defence-bummer, 4-5-1 at home to Wigan, rarse-lord Mcleish onto Villa, and now have a decent manager who plays attractive, entertaining football with a team who scores goals (something lacking incredibly under the last 2 managers), who even goes for the win away in Europe when we've got 2 more games in the next 5 days, and we're currently sitting in the qualification places for the knock-out stages of the Europa League, whilst winning our games in hand in the championship could take us 2nd/3rd.

So you could say I'm enjoying it at the moment (financial problems aside).

I like teams that come up from the Champioship to have a go, not just stick 10 men behind the ball. Birmingham under Mcleish were the most defensive team ive ever seen. Thats why i disliked them, not the Carling final or the leg break

southstar wrote:I like teams that come up from the Champioship to have a go, not just stick 10 men behind the ball. Birmingham under Mcleish were the most defensive team ive ever seen. Thats why i disliked them, not the Carling final or the leg break

It was horrible at times, absolutely horrible. Comparison between Mcleish and Chris Hughton.

Mcleish: Birmingham vs Wigan: 4-5-1. Wigan bag an early goal, no change in style of play. We managed to sneak one back. Immediately drag everyone back to see out a 1-1 draw at home. Against Wigan. Standardly, Wigan bag a winner in the 90th minute.

Hughton: Brugge vs Birmingham: Brugge are unbeaten in their league, just came off the back of a win against Braga, have never lost to an English team at home. They score early on. Hughton pushes everyone forward. We pull one back. A lot of teams (especially those in the championship) would be content with a draw at this stage. 75 minutes have passed, he takes off a striker and a midfielder, and puts two strikers on. Chris Wood scores the winner in the 9th minute of injury time.

With regards to the leg break, that was a clumsy, poorly timed tackle by a very slow defender on a pretty fast striker. Don't want to cause beef, but Arsenal fans seem to have completely turned a blind eye on Wilshere flying in over the top of the ball on Zigic last year. If that was the other way round, the media would never have shut up about it. That was in the same match where Nasri stamped on Ridgewell off the ball, and later kicked him in the back whilst he was on the floor when the ball was out of play. Think it was Traore who also stamped on Ridgewell that much. I've never seen such a dirty display by a team in an individual match. No defence for Bowyer returning the favour by stamping on Sagna in the match at Birmingham though, but at least he got a 3 match ban.

garethom wrote:

southstar wrote:I like teams that come up from the Champioship to have a go, not just stick 10 men behind the ball. Birmingham under Mcleish were the most defensive team ive ever seen. Thats why i disliked them, not the Carling final or the leg break

It was horrible at times, absolutely horrible. Comparison between Mcleish and Chris Hughton.

Mcleish: Birmingham vs Wigan: 4-5-1. Wigan bag an early goal, no change in style of play. We managed to sneak one back. Immediately drag everyone back to see out a 1-1 draw at home. Against Wigan. Standardly, Wigan bag a winner in the 90th minute.

Hughton: Brugge vs Birmingham: Brugge are unbeaten in their league, just came off the back of a win against Braga, have never lost to an English team at home. They score early on. Hughton pushes everyone forward. We pull one back. A lot of teams (especially those in the championship) would be content with a draw at this stage. 75 minutes have passed, he takes off a striker and a midfielder, and puts two strikers on. Chris Wood scores the winner in the 9th minute of injury time.

With regards to the leg break, that was a clumsy, poorly timed tackle by a very slow defender on a pretty fast striker. Don't want to cause beef, but Arsenal fans seem to have completely turned a blind eye on Wilshere flying in over the top of the ball on Zigic last year. If that was the other way round, the media would never have shut up about it. That was in the same match where Nasri stamped on Ridgewell off the ball, and later kicked him in the back whilst he was on the floor when the ball was out of play. Think it was Traore who also stamped on Ridgewell that much. I've never seen such a dirty display by a team in an individual match. No defence for Bowyer returning the favour by stamping on Sagna in the match at Birmingham though, but at least he got a 3 match ban.

I'll admit that no arsenal fan should be complaining about other teams diciplinary record

southstar wrote:
I'll admit that no arsenal fan should be complaining about other teams diciplinary record

Big up, first Arsenal fan I've heard say that.

In terms of the championship, Southampton are absolutely smashing it, but I could see Blues maybe making an outside push for the 2nd promotion place or the play-offs, things are looking a lot better football-wise than a lot of people predicted at the start of the season. I think with the strength of the division this year, the 3 teams that go up could be the strongest promoted group in a long while.

Southampton and West Ham to go up automatically, both teams with a lot of Prem experience and fan base to back it up, then I'm gonna say Leeds, Cardiff, Middlesbrough and Birmingham for the play offs. Cardiff aside (who have a pretty big fan base), that's a lot of experience there too.

garethom wrote:

southstar wrote:
I'll admit that no arsenal fan should be complaining about other teams diciplinary record

Big up, first Arsenal fan I've heard say that.

In terms of the championship, Southampton are absolutely smashing it, but I could see Blues maybe making an outside push for the 2nd promotion place or the play-offs, things are looking a lot better football-wise than a lot of people predicted at the start of the season. I think with the strength of the division this year, the 3 teams that go up could be the strongest promoted group in a long while.

Southampton and West Ham to go up automatically, both teams with a lot of Prem experience and fan base to back it up, then I'm gonna say Leeds, Cardiff, Middlesbrough and Birmingham for the play offs. Cardiff aside (who have a pretty big fan base), that's a lot of experience there too.

Really hope its not leeds. Wouldnt mind Cardiff if Swansea manage to stay up

Anyone else screaming at the TV watching the England match?

SO apparantly there was an England game on.....

southstar wrote:

garethom wrote:

southstar wrote:
I'll admit that no arsenal fan should be complaining about other teams diciplinary record

Big up, first Arsenal fan I've heard say that.

In terms of the championship, Southampton are absolutely smashing it, but I could see Blues maybe making an outside push for the 2nd promotion place or the play-offs, things are looking a lot better football-wise than a lot of people predicted at the start of the season. I think with the strength of the division this year, the 3 teams that go up could be the strongest promoted group in a long while.

Southampton and West Ham to go up automatically, both teams with a lot of Prem experience and fan base to back it up, then I'm gonna say Leeds, Cardiff, Middlesbrough and Birmingham for the play offs. Cardiff aside (who have a pretty big fan base), that's a lot of experience there too.

Really hope its not leeds. Wouldnt mind Cardiff if Swansea manage to stay up

Everyone hates us and I dont know why. Leeds have the nicest and most polite fans out of any football club.

Probably Chris Moyles.

icanicant wrote:

southstar wrote:

garethom wrote:

southstar wrote:
I'll admit that no arsenal fan should be complaining about other teams diciplinary record

Big up, first Arsenal fan I've heard say that.

In terms of the championship, Southampton are absolutely smashing it, but I could see Blues maybe making an outside push for the 2nd promotion place or the play-offs, things are looking a lot better football-wise than a lot of people predicted at the start of the season. I think with the strength of the division this year, the 3 teams that go up could be the strongest promoted group in a long while.

Southampton and West Ham to go up automatically, both teams with a lot of Prem experience and fan base to back it up, then I'm gonna say Leeds, Cardiff, Middlesbrough and Birmingham for the play offs. Cardiff aside (who have a pretty big fan base), that's a lot of experience there too.

Really hope its not leeds. Wouldnt mind Cardiff if Swansea manage to stay up

Everyone hates us and I dont know why. Leeds have the nicest and most polite fans out of any football club.

southstar wrote:

Jesus christ that is a grim photo.

icanicant wrote: Everyone hates us and I dont know why. Leeds have the nicest and most polite fans out of any football club.

lol, we really dont


edit: i think arsenal's are the politest, they sit there silently and applaud politely whenever they score

I think the reason i originally hated them was the way they tried to buy their way into Europe. Doesn't seem so bad now after Chelsea/City

southstar wrote:I think the reason i originally hated them was the way they tried to buy their way into Europe. Doesn't seem so bad now after Chelsea/City

i dont mind teams buying their way anywhere. Shakes things up. Like the prem now for instance, there is literally no other way that City could have got to a point where they are challenging for the title.

icanicant wrote:

southstar wrote:I think the reason i originally hated them was the way they tried to buy their way into Europe. Doesn't seem so bad now after Chelsea/City

i dont mind teams buying their way anywhere. Shakes things up. Like the prem now for instance, there is literally no other way that City could have got to a point where they are challenging for the title.

If one more club does it then Arsenal, liverpool, tottenham litterally have no chance of getting into the champions league again. The premiership isnt a competition anymore