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Archers Road said:
I think you might be surprised by the standard of football in the Championship. It’s not all hoof ball and bone crunching late challenges, far from it.

The biggest difference from the PL is that the latter is so much faster, players get virtually no time on the ball at all. This is offset by the fact that there are no fire cannons, far fewer massive egos among the players, and a lot more genuine passion among supporters.
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I think the lower leagues are more enjoyable and much more genuine.

Plus a genuine chance to win a league rather than making up the numbers in a top heavy league driven purely and motivated purely by money.
 
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West WindsR said:
There’s a lot of dross in the championship too. The refs we get are those considered worse than Lee Mason et al.

****ing Huddersfield were a Prem team (kind of) last season. ****ing hell. Trendy German manager and they were basically Stoke circa 2006.
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Oh yeah, I’d forgotten about the refs; fat, unfit, and 2 minutes behind the play.

Still better than VAR though <ok>
 
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Archers Road said:
Oh yeah, I’d forgotten about the refs; fat, unfit, and 2 minutes behind the play.

Still better than VAR though <ok>
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I would have been fuming if their goal in the first half was onside as our players stopped when the lino put his flag up.
 
Archers Road said:
Oh yeah, I’d forgotten about the refs; fat, unfit, and 2 minutes behind the play.

Still better than VAR though <ok>
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The ref yesterday was one of the higher rated and it showed. The linesmen were both terrified of making any sort of decision including throw-ins, which just led to the defending team getting any decision that someone watching their first football match couldn’t have got to.
 
West WindsR said:
Play to the whistle.
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Or alternatively, if you think the ref's wrong then you may as well ignore the whistle cos if you stick it in then you can get it reviewed.

I think the whistle had gone way before they put it in as well tbf.
 
Libby said:
Or alternatively, if you think the ref's wrong then you may as well ignore the whistle cos if you stick it in then you can get it reviewed.

I think the whistle had gone way before they put it in as well tbf.
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You know my feelings on VAR.

If the ref has blown then the game is dead, I assume. Goal wouldn’t/couldn’t stand in that case.
 
West WindsR said:
You know my feelings on VAR.

If the ref has blown then the game is dead, I assume. Goal wouldn’t/couldn’t stand in that case.
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That was my thought as well. I'm not checking as I have no intention of ever watching the 'highlights' but I'm about 90% sure that the ref blew before they squared it but it still came up on the screen.
 
Sharpe* said:
Choice. He's never being fired bar an exceptionally poor season.
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The only job he’d take is Real.

I can see Zidane having a **** season and getting sacked, and the Real/media tapping-up machine going into overdrive to get Poch.

And I don’t think us having a good season will prevent him leaving. Quite the opposite, in fact. Bizarrely, he seems to want to quit if he wins something!

I hope I’m wrong, and he’s here for the duration. We’re where we are because of him, as I am sure Levy and Lewis know.
 
Libby said:
Meh, nothing's decided on the opening day and we weren't battered for the whole match. More than matched them before the goal and was putting pressure on when Vestergaard ****ed up n Gunn let their first shot on target through his legs <doh>

The collapse after that was familiarly depressing though and I have no idea why Yoshida was on the bench. Hopefully this Danso kid is good.

Think we know we'll concede goals but didn't have too many issues scoring them under Ralph last season and we've got 3 extra attackers now so I'm sure we'll be alright.

But yeah ****ing hard one to take that.
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You’ll be alright, just ‘one of those days’ that one. Looked an even game until that 12 minute spell, and the much underrated Barnes took his chances very well.

Jut a real ****ter that you made the trip mate, but that’s football. <ok>
 
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Tobes said:
You’ll be alright, just ‘one of those days’ that one. Looked an even game until that 12 minute spell, and the much underrated Barnes took his chances very well.

Jut a real ****ter that you made the trip mate, but that’s football. <ok>
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Well said. As you say, that's football, and respect to Libby for making the trip.
 
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Tobes said:
You’ll be alright, just ‘one of those days’ that one. Looked an even game until that 12 minute spell, and the much underrated Barnes took his chances very well.

Jut a real ****ter that you made the trip mate, but that’s football. <ok>
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Spot on mate, it was a very even, albeit poor, match up until the first goal and as I mentioned we had actually started the second half quite brightly too.

Not the first time we've come unstuck in **** conditions oop north and won't be the last I'm sure.
 
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It was actually remarkably similar to Ralph's first match at Cardiff @Archers Road

**** game. Worse conditions. Vestergaard mistake.

Except we collapsed afterwards and Burnley are better than Cardiff.
 
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