Morning all🌞
Just looked at this to satisfy my own curiosity but thought I’d share in case anyone else is interested.
Championship Season 2023/24 after 18 games:
1st place = Leicester on 43 points.
2nd place = Ipswich Town on 42 points.
3rd place = Leeds United on 35 points.
Championship Season 2024/25 after 18 games:
1st place = Sheffield United on 38 points.
2nd place = Burnley on 36 points.
3rd place = Leeds United on 35 points.
So, a crude analysis maybe, but on those numbers we’re doing no worse than last season and we’re clearly in a much better position vis-à-vis the gap to 1st place/autos.
Whilst it’s always disappointing to lose a game, I’m not overly concerned this morning.
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Comparison with last year - update
posted 1 hour, 39 minutes ago
We have the same points but we are closer to our rivals and in my opinion we have a much stronger squad than last season.
Many of our fans seem to panic when we lose a match but I am confident we have enough quality in our team to get us up.
I hope all our fans stick with the team, that's the best way they can help get us over the line.
posted 1 hour, 38 minutes ago
comment by Hepworth Peacock (U21961)
posted 1 minute ago
We have the same points but we are closer to our rivals and in my opinion we have a much stronger squad than last season.
Many of our fans seem to panic when we lose a match but I am confident we have enough quality in our team to get us up.
I hope all our fans stick with the team, that's the best way they can help get us over the line.
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posted 1 hour, 8 minutes ago
Nothing to panic about certainly and really I think we can expect at least another 3 of these types of results under Farke this season because coaches like Eustace know and have the players to nullify DF's highly predictable set up and in game management reasonably easily.
Without labouring the point which I have brought up on a
few occasions now which is DF will never change his pragmatic approach which for the Championship yields his sides an average of 91 points per season and that certainly this season I think should secure us one of those top 2 spots but after that he's a dead man walking for me.
I personally would give him no more than 10 games next
season before I think inevitably his stoicism belligerance and reactionary coaching style is deemed unworkable and totally unsuitable to survive a season in the EPL and I hope a coach like Graham Potter is still available to lead us forward in not only surviving and not getting relegated in our first season back but establishing us like a Brighton or Brentford have been able to do at the very least.
posted 54 minutes ago
Yep. The relative success of Brentford and Brighton (and Villa) shows us what can be done. I’m not in the camp that says get rid of DF next season, but I get what you’re saying Macca👍.