Match Day Thread General matchday thread.

[Diego]

Yeah.......The Luton board hasn't had a Luton supporter post since 2022, the Burnley one since April and Sheffield Utd one the same. May as well have kept Leicester, Leeds and Southampton on board

I will miss the Leeds board, very active and decent lads to talk to (feel sick and tainted now)
Didn't spend much time on the Southampton board this season but in the past always found it lively and pretty much family orientated.
Leicester board never attracted me at all, was probably worried it was a board full of Fosses

 

[GodAlmighty]

Libby coming up to Newcastle caused one of the funniest moments of the season. Will live long in the memory.

He basically text saying he was at pub and what he was wearing, he then went out for a smoke and bumped into me and Schlem. As we walk back into the pub one of our lot was desperately trying to explain to some bloke how he was mistaken, how he'd arranged to meet some bloke off the internet and that he didn't mean to call him libby. Probably one of those ones you had to be there for, but we were howling

 

[Saf]

Leeds posters are sound. There's a few racist ones on there that I don't bother with but that's their business and they keep it to their threads. I'm banned from the Southampton board, don't remember why, but they're generally sound. I think there's only a handful of Leicester posters. The Championship team boards will be far more active than the Prem.

 

[Diego]

Libby coming up to Newcastle caused one of the funniest moments of the season. Will live long in the memory.

He basically text saying he was at pub and what he was wearing, he then went out for a smoke and bumped into me and Schlem. As we walk back into the pub one of our lot was desperately trying to explain to some bloke how he was mistaken, how he'd arranged to meet some bloke off the internet and that he didn't mean to call him libby. Probably one of those ones you had to be there for, but we were howling

 

[GodAlmighty]

Leeds posters are sound. There's a few racist ones on there that I don't bother with but that's their business and they keep it to their threads. I'm banned from the Southampton board, don't remember why, but they're generally sound. I think there's only a handful of Leicester posters. The Championship team boards will be far more active than the Prem.

Championship is going to be a decent watch next year. Could be a dozen teams could easily be in the mix if they get their **** together and keep their managers and players.

You lot, Boro, Leeds, Leicester, Southampton all likely to be in the mix, and down there you can never discount Norwich, Swansea, West Brom, Stoke, Watford and Blackburn look like they're improving.

 

[Saf]

Championship is going to be a decent watch next year. Could be a dozen teams could easily be in the mix if they get their **** together and keep their managers and players.

You lot, Boro, Leeds, Leicester, Southampton all likely to be in the mix, and down there you can never discount Norwich, Swansea, West Brom, Stoke, Watford and Blackburn look like they're improving.

I think we are possibly another 2 seasons away from being genuine automatic promotion contenders. It's hard to make predictions at this stage until you see what transfers are being done but my gut feeling is Southampton will be the ones most likely to bounce back. Leicester are going to lose a lot of players and their manager was sacked by Norwich in the Championship last season. No idea about Leeds but it doesn't look good according to their supporters.

 

[Diego]

If Boro keep their players and add to them they would be my favourites to win the Championship next season, some great players and well worth watching as a team.
After that maybe Southampton if they can keep the majority of the squad then 3rd who the **** knows.

 

[GodAlmighty]

I think we are possibly another 2 seasons away from being genuine automatic promotion contenders. It's hard to make predictions at this stage until you see what transfers are being done but my gut feeling is Southampton will be the ones most likely to bounce back. Leicester are going to lose a lot of players and their manager was sacked by Norwich in the Championship last season. No idea about Leeds but it doesn't look good according to their supporters.

Think most fans feel the same when they go down, still suffering from the previous season too much to look forward to it.

 

[GodAlmighty]

If Boro keep their players and add to them they would be my favourites to win the Championship next season, some great players and well worth watching as a team.
After that maybe Southampton if they can keep the majority of the squad then 3rd who the **** knows.

Tries to refrain from typing the Dortmund of England

 

[Saf]

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[Libby]

I think we are possibly another 2 seasons away from being genuine automatic promotion contenders. It's hard to make predictions at this stage until you see what transfers are being done but my gut feeling is Southampton will be the ones most likely to bounce back. Leicester are going to lose a lot of players and their manager was sacked by Norwich in the Championship last season. No idea about Leeds but it doesn't look good according to their supporters.

I think the fact that Leeds and Leicester are both bigger stories could benefit us as there'll be less national interest/pressure on us and we should be able to go under the radar a bit. Especially as we've already picked our manager (though remains to be seen if he's good enough).

We should definitely have a good enough squad with the financial advantage we hold over others (plus some saleable assets and some decent young players too) so if the manager is decent I'd expect us to be there or thereabouts.

Albeit we spent about £150m this season and got worse so who knows what will happen

 

[Libby]

Think most fans feel the same when they go down, still suffering from the previous season too much to look forward to it.

Not me. Season tickets on sale tomorrow

 

[FosseFilberto]

Not me. Season tickets on sale tomorrow

Funnily enough, I'm already looking forward to next season too ... this one was truly shambolic for us ... an all round, unbelievable, farce ... need a complete 'spring clean' throughout the club ...

 

[Dier Hard]

If Boro keep their players and add to them they would be my favourites to win the Championship next season, some great players and well worth watching as a team.
After that maybe Southampton if they can keep the majority of the squad then 3rd who the **** knows.

Gotta keep Carrick too, huge factor in why they were so good to watch in my opinion.

If he starts next season playing as well/ better than he got them doing last season then he might be someone on Prem club’s lists to replace any sacked managers during the campaign.

 

[Fox Mulder]

Funnily enough, I'm already looking forward to next season too ... this one was truly shambolic for us ... an all round, unbelievable, farce ... need a complete 'spring clean' throughout the club ...

It's alright once the season starts you just want your team to win.

 

[Chief]

Gotta keep Carrick too, huge factor in why they were so good to watch in my opinion.

If he starts next season playing as well/ better than he got them doing last season then he might be someone on Prem club’s lists to replace any sacked managers during the campaign.

He really could do with two or three seasons in the Championship learning his trade before jumping into a Premier league job.

As has been proven by Potter, Lampard, Gerrard, they aren't ready for it at all, get sacked and are set back a few years.

Unless he actually gets promoted of course, like Steve Cooper.

 

[Saf]

He really could do with two or three seasons in the Championship learning his trade before jumping into a Premier league job.

As has been proven by Potter, Lampard, Gerrard, they aren't ready for it at all, get sacked and are set back a few years.

Unless he actually gets promoted of course, like Steve Cooper.

Potter proved at Brighton that he is ready for the premier league.

 

[Star of David Bardsley]

Potter proved at Brighton that he is ready for the premier league.

Weird teams Brighton and Brentford. Not many people playing or not playing seem to do well when they leave. Both very analytics-based in their recruitment and maybe getting the most from mediocre players rather than having genuinely great ones.

 

[Mick O'Toon]

Doesn't really matter how you get your money (ethics ignored), it's how you spend it. As has been shown, the two teams (at the moment) that are richer than God have spent less than many other teams so not really an excuse for their positions.
I tend to lean more to the manager and player selection/use for where they are.

This is very true and look at the players who make up the backbone of the team ie Joelinton(just got called into the Brazilian squad),Almiron,Wilson,Schar,Willock,Murphy,Saint-Maximin and Longstaff all there before the takeover and managed by Benitez/Bruce plus the gibes of "the richest club in the world" and look at the ****e they are buying in Trippier(£12m),Pope(£10m),Burn(£13m) and Wood(£25m now gone) but yeah ...

 

[Mick O'Toon]

Hojbjerg’s a grafter but he ain’t top six starting midfielder. Conte ruined Bissouma, tried playing him as a ****ing DM. Get him playing like at Brighton though and he’s class. Bentancur’s amazing, missed him massively.

Richarlison is awful. There’s a reason he’s spent his career at bottom half clubs. Hands down the dumbest signing we’ve ever made.

We’ve had ridiculous amounts of misses than hits over the last few years, Bentancur’s been the only real game changer. It’s why we’re in the mess we are. Kane and to a lesser extent Son, have been carrying the team for about 4 years now because of the dross we’ve mainly brought in.

What happened to Sessegnon? I always rated him.