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Re: The English Football League/National League 2017/2018

PostPosted: Sat Sep 16, 2017 8:14 pm
by Aidan11
Durhamfootman wrote:Hatlepool win again

they may be way down in the table, but they are within a win of the top end.


4 wins and a draw from our last 5. We look much better now than at the start of the season. Hope we can put a good long unbeaten run together.

Re: The English Football League/National League 2017/2018

PostPosted: Sun Sep 17, 2017 9:47 am
by yuppie
Harry is gone 8 games in.

15 million spent in the summer, 14 players in. No players sold. The year before Birmingham spent 8 million, no players sold. Got to think they must be flying pretty close to FFP.

Heres a record of spending in the last 5 years from present Championshop clubs.

http://www.transferleague.co.uk/champio ... ive-season

Forest bottom with 48 million worth of player talent sold, and 25 million bought.

Re: The English Football League/National League 2017/2018

PostPosted: Sun Sep 17, 2017 8:23 pm
by Alviro Patterson
That link makes for interesting reading.

Barnsley, Brentford and Bristol City have sustained their Championship status through player sales. Since they have been Championship teams for less than 5 years, their season net spend is likely to be greater as they have done a bulk of their business in the 2nd tier.

It would be interesting to see those figures for clubs who won promotion to the Championship, but soon got relegated and stagnating clubs who got relegated to League 1.

Re: The English Football League/National League 2017/2018

PostPosted: Fri Oct 27, 2017 9:09 pm
by budgetmeansbudget
Poor refereeing is alive and well in the Championship.

A shocker of a tackle by a Leeds player, studs up flying through the air, taking the Sheff Utd players lower leg out, a guaranteed leg breaker if the guy hadn't marginally reacted as the tackle came in.

Yellow card awarded, clueless decision, it looked red in full time, and six reds in the replay.

All I can say is dirty Leeds!

Re: The English Football League/National League 2017/2018

PostPosted: Fri Oct 27, 2017 9:11 pm
by Durhamfootman
no change there, then

Re: The English Football League/National League 2017/2018

PostPosted: Sat Oct 28, 2017 9:39 pm
by Durhamfootman
in the last 5 matches, nobody in the national league has a better record than Hartlepool, with their 3 wins and 2 draws

Re: The English Football League/National League 2017/2018

PostPosted: Sat Oct 28, 2017 11:59 pm
by Aidan11
It's a fairly tight league too in the top half.

Sounds like we won against the run of play.

Re: The English Football League/National League 2017/2018

PostPosted: Sun Oct 29, 2017 8:01 am
by yuppie
A work in progress, but some good things happening down at the City Ground this year. Very young team with a few older players to balance it out. Mid table is looking more and more likely.

And playing some great football as well.

Re: The English Football League/National League 2017/2018

PostPosted: Tue Oct 31, 2017 11:10 pm
by Aidan11
Simon Grayson sacked as Sunderland boss.

It appears to have happened literally after the full time whistle tonight.

Re: The English Football League/National League 2017/2018

PostPosted: Sat Nov 04, 2017 8:34 pm
by Alviro Patterson
Just 4pts separating 6th and 15th in the Championship, seems ridiculously tight at this stage in the season.

Re: The English Football League/National League 2017/2018

PostPosted: Sun Nov 05, 2017 9:23 am
by yuppie
Tyler Walker scored 2 goals for Forest yesterday.

In 354 games for the club, his dad only managed 1 goal..:)

Not including own goals of course.......

Re: The English Football League/National League 2017/2018

PostPosted: Sat Dec 16, 2017 5:55 pm
by budgetmeansbudget
Sunderland have won their first home game in a year (-1 day)!

Re: The English Football League/National League 2017/2018

PostPosted: Sun Jan 21, 2018 12:11 pm
by Aidan11
Another spineless defeat in front of a near-full house.

Now to see what happens this week.

Re: The English Football League/National League 2017/2018

PostPosted: Mon Mar 19, 2018 4:20 pm
by andy
Chris Coleman by now surely regretting walking out on the wales job for this sunderland side, they are truly dreadful!

Re: The English Football League/National League 2017/2018

PostPosted: Tue Mar 20, 2018 1:52 am
by Alviro Patterson
The Championship is not a forgiving division for a relegated Premier League side, even if they have parachute payments. Presuming Sunderland do go down, they are going to blow everyone in League 1 out of the water with a £35 Million advantage and distort wage demands even further in the division.