Championship/L1/L2 & Conference - 2015/16

grenache

The new football league season is still two months away yet we already have our first managerial casualty. This is last week's news but for those of you who missed it, Sheffield Wednesday have sacked manager Stuart Gray.

http://www.sportsmole.co.uk/football/sheffield-wednesday/sack-race/news/sheffield-wednesday-sack-stuart-gray_227542.html?li_source=base&li_medium=related-box-widget&li_campaign=related_test

Surprising move by Wednesday's owners as Gray had done a decent job at Hillsborough having spent very little money. Current Swindon Town boss Mark Cooper and former Sporting Lisbon chief Carlos Carvalhal are favourites for the position

Dozen Wicked Words

Excellent, my favourite thread, cheers grenache. Apparently the Conference now goes by the name the National League.

Stuart Gray was one of the best managers Northampton had for donkeys years. Would have him back in a heartbeat but he's too good for our level.

Dozen Wicked Words

Northampton Town have new, international owners. An Indian consortium is buying the Cobblers. Goodness knows if it will be good or bad. Have my suspicions though. They seem as interested in the lands around the ground and the development of those as they do the football club. Oh well, time will tell.

I refuse to acknowledge Blackburn or Venkys!

Harry Palmr

Blackpool Supporters Trust have submitted a proposal to "buy" the club from Oysten family.

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/jul/07/blackpool-fan-group-bid-buy-out-owen-karl-oyston-supporters-trust

In a letter to Owen Oyston, who bought the club for £1 in 1987 and is now the major shareholder of the group of companies that own and run Blackpool, BST secretary Kevin Boroduwicz sets out a plan for what he describes as a leveraged buyout, possibly the first of its type by a fans’ group. The BST do not happen to have £16m to hand over, so the Oystons may not feel compelled to give the offer serious consideration, but after taking advice from a wide range of experienced professionals including advisers to the Portsmouth supporters’ trust and FC United of Manchester have come up with what they describe as a “creative” solution.

Basically the Oystons can keep some of the club’s assets, property and written-off loans worth up to an estimated £16m, in return for handing the stadium and the team over to the Trust. The package is not being underwritten by Valeri Belokon, the Latvian businessman who helped finance Blackpool’s promotion to the Premier League in 2010. Though believed to be sympathetic to the BST’s aims, Belokon is pursuing a financial claim of his own against Blackpool’s owners, and will not make his intentions clear until that matter is sorted out.

Good luck to them.

aodea

Harry Palmr wrote: »

Blackpool Supporters Trust have submitted a proposal to "buy" the club from Oysten family.

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/jul/07/blackpool-fan-group-bid-buy-out-owen-karl-oyston-supporters-trust



Good luck to them.

Not a chance it will happen. Crazy how the club is being ran. Would be no surprise to see them near the bottom of L1 this year again. If i do an away trip for coventry this year may well be Blackpool.

Beefy78

Blackpool is a **** hole. If you want to do a seaside away trip then head to Roots Hall.

thebaz

Derby look very strong this year - possibly best team last year , who faded with the jitters - good new manager , and recruited well early - was going to stick a few bob on them but are already red hot favourites.

patmac

Bump, thinking of having a lower leagues Lucky 15 any tips on teams that are buying all round them?

Beefy78

I fancy both Luton & Portsmouth in League. Unimaginative I know, but they both are building decent squads now. I thought Luton would go up last year but if they can get Craig Mackail Smith on form then I think that will give them the goals they need to get up. John Still knows his stuff.

Equally unimaginative but I'm struggling to see beyond Sheffield United for League One. Sharp & Salmon is a great strike-force for that level and they've a great manager. I like some of Bury's signings and they may be the surprise package. I think Peterborough and Bradford will be there or there abouts too.

Paul Tergat

I reckon Bradford are going to struggle a bit this season. Losing Davies at the back and Stead up front is pretty huge

Dozen Wicked Words

I'll be having a few quid on Northampton as usual, not sure I could recommend them as a bet for others though.

They have had a better pre season than results would show, have picked up a couple of good players for that league and are setting up like they are actually going to attack teams this season.

Their defence was weak last season, not sure I can see them being much stronger there this season. New goalkeeper too though, which will hopefully be an improvement.

And who knows, if this Indian deal comes off, we could be swimming in funds.......or liquidated and a tesco built on our ground.

aodea

Worried about Coventry this year. Summer has been very frustrating. Signed Lamerias who was in spurs academy but he could be hit or miss. Apart from that sam Ricketts from wolves and Romain Vincelot are solid if uninspiring signings.

Think it could be a very long season. Lacking Midfielders and really need a forward.

Beefy78

Looks like Southend will have an all ex-Shamrock Rovers strike force next season of Noel Hunt & David Mooney.

DVD-Lots

Wahey!!! Oldham sign David Dunn on a 1 year contract, definately making progress there we are...... :P

It's like Dean Windass all over again.:rolleyes:

Harry Palmr

Wolves signing some decent talent this summer - Conor Coady from Huddersfield for 2m, Adam Le Fondre on loan to buy from Cardiff, Sheyi Ojo on loan (not to buy!) from Liverpool,

Dicko, Afobe, Le Fondre plus Ojo makes a pretty exciting attacking 4-3-3.

Dozen Wicked Words

Nice way for the Cobblers to start their season, away win at Bristol Rovers. 8000 plus there and 500 odd Cobblers fans. Pretty in Pink.

Johner

Nice start to life in League 1 for Burton, a solid 2-1 home win over Scunthorpe.

Harry Palmr

I'm watching final score - they have actually put up a table! Its riveting viewing.


As for the football MK Dons look like they are taking to the Championship with gusto, big win for Wolves away, they apparently had the game under control once warmed up. Derby County have lost Will Hughes for a while possibly.

acquiescefc

Lovely day for Sheffield football today.

SWFC v2015 is absolutely stunning.

Corholio

What the **** is this Football League show on Channel 5!? Its like a backstage X Factor after show. Jumping between divisions nonsense. I miss BBC's show already

Dozen Wicked Words

Corholio wrote: »

What the **** is this Football League show on Channel 5!? Its like a backstage X Factor after show. Jumping between divisions nonsense. I miss BBC's show already

Time will tell, I don't mind it, I like both the hosts, George Riley was a Rugby League reporter initially and Kelly Cates is a safe pair of hands. Guest pundit will hopefully improve.

As long as they keep the interaction with rentacrowd to a minimum I'll be happy, its the football league show, not the championship and the rest and I'd rather see the better games regardless of division. It's still mostly Championship to start with, anyway the BBC show you'd be waiting til about half past midnight to see 'some' of the goals from your league 2 team's game.

Corholio

Dozen Wicked Words wrote: »

Time will tell, I don't mind it, I like both the hosts, George Riley was a Rugby League reporter initially and Kelly Cates is a safe pair of hands. Guest pundit will hopefully improve.

As long as they keep the interaction with rentacrowd to a minimum I'll be happy, its the football league show, not the championship and the rest and I'd rather see the better games regardless of division. It's still mostly Championship to start with, anyway the BBC show you'd be waiting til about half past midnight to see 'some' of the goals from your league 2 team's game.

BBC had it down to what it should be - highlights, small bit of analysis about it and then more highlights. The Championship will always have a bit more time spent on it because of its status, not overdoing it of course at the same time. Why is 'some' goals highlighted?

Dozen Wicked Words

Corholio wrote: »

BBC had it down to what it should be - highlights, small bit of analysis about it and then more highlights. The Championship will always have a bit more time spent on it because of its status, not overdoing it of course at the same time. Why is 'some' goals highlighted?

More than once if four or five goals were scored you'd get the winner and one or two of the others. Didn't think the BBC coverage was anything to write home about and certainly not the time of day they showed it, or the fact if there was no championship matches, there was no show. Maybe channel five won't bother either, as I said, time will tell. First week, hard to know if it'll get better or worse, happy enough with it myself.

Harry Palmr

Its alright, no doubt some tweaking will take place and the hosts get comfortable with one another.

Oh yes the Doncaster v Bury game - isn't it strange and great how custom and practice can become so ingrained into the culture of a game? Forrester scores when retuning the ball to Bury after played was stopped so after a little chat-a-roo manager Dickov decided that Bury should be allowed to walk the ball in to equalise.

Dozen Wicked Words

And there we had the mighty Cobblers!

Dozen Wicked Words

Twitter certainly voiced their opinion on the channel 5 effort. Not keen would be one way to sum up reaction! Still sticking with my time will tell approach :pac:

Wilberto

I caught the last 30/40 minutes of it and I didn't think it seemed that bad. It would be better if it finished five minutes earlier to match Match of the Days starting time but, to be fair, it was close enough not to really matter!

I think people just like complaining (not aimed at anyone here, more towards the apparent negative tweets on twitter).

Dozen Wicked Words

Another good win for the Cobblers, comfortable three nil winners. 100% record after three games with none conceded. Let's just call the season over now please.

Harry Palmr

Wolves making heavy weather of the 2nd season, blowing a 2-0 lead at one point to lose 2-3. The defence seems to be rather at sixes and sevens.

Kiwi_knock

Good game between Birmingham and Derby, happy with the point for Birmingham. Very disciplined performance, not sure the team have the stamina to sit back on the counter. They were dropping deeper and deeper as the second half went on. Still a good point, a no real weak points in the team. Don't have a big squad so the team will have plenty of time to gel over the coming season.

Dozen Wicked Words

Second defeat on the bounce for Northampton, comprehensively outplayed by Plymouth today, after they went a goal down they started launching it from their own half. Its not a bad plan b, if we had adifferent team, our average height is 5ft nothing. (Bit of exaggeration, but pretty short)

Johner

Burton going nicely in League 1 so far, 2-1 home win over Peterborough!

monkey9

Blackburn have sacked Gary Bowyer apparently.

Kiwi_knock

Fun times at Burnley.

Sold Jelle Vossen on Monday after only signing him this summer.
Released Marvin Sordell yesterday.
And then today Lukas Jutkiewicz did his cruciate and will be out for months.

Andre Gray will certainly have to prove he was worth that 10 million now.

Dozen Wicked Words

Cobblers desperate again today. Centre half badly needed and a forward. Long season at the bottom half of the table beckons otherwise.

DVD-Lots

1st defeat for Oldham, Forte sent off, not sure about Kelly now. Needs a couple of good wins after all these draws..

Dozen Wicked Words

Channel 5 coverage might be crap but at least they value league 1 and 2 enough to still have it on for international weeks. I won't be watching the cobblers latest capitulation though!

Johner

Burton on TV today. Should be a good game, Coventry have had a decent start but if Burton win they go top.

Johner

Joke of a decision, Coventry lead 2-1.

Dozen Wicked Words

As if I couldn't find Peterborough United any more objectionable, Steve Evans is the bookies favourite to get the managers job!

Dozen Wicked Words

Good win today, one nil, Smith saved a penalty (God bless his off field antics at Leicester) and has been player of season by a mile so far, best keeper there for years, and played entire second half with 10 men.

DVD-Lots

This is getting rediculous now, Oldham losing 5-1 at home to the posh.......someones getting sacked in the morning!!!

Dozen Wicked Words

DVD-Lots wrote: »

This is getting rediculous now, Oldham losing 5-1 at home to the posh.......someones getting sacked in the morning!!!

Or sacked tonight.....
http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/sep/12/oldham-sack-manager-darren-kelly

Wilberto

Dozen Wicked Words wrote: »

Or sacked tonight.....
http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/sep/12/oldham-sack-manager-darren-kelly

So, we (Southend) beat Peterborough last weekend resulting in them sacking their manager.

Now Peterborough go and beat Oldham, resulting in Oldham sacking their manager as well.

It doesn't look good for the manager of the side who has to play Oldham next!! :pac:




On further investigation, said manager and team appears to be Rob Jones of Doncaster.

DVD-Lots

And Jones took over from Dickov.....who was oldham Manager!!! Nobody will want to take the job now!

DVD-Lots

David Dunn appointed Interim Player/Manager. Another unproven manager that is only famous for falling on his ar$e while trying something fancy....save us Jebus!!

Dozen Wicked Words

Looks like it'll be an excellent result for the Cobblers today, winning away against an in form Morecambe. Great stuff.

Up to mid table, our rightful place!

rodge68

Just got access at last...
Another draw for Derby County..uninspiring play again !!

Johner

Burton sitting on top of League 1, Jimmy Floyd has done a fantastic job. Still early days though!

Dozen Wicked Words

Looks like the Cobblers are destined for insolvency. Local council have demanded repayment of 12 million pounds in loans in 21 days. No surprise after the East stand has sat half built for over a year, worrying times though.


Ah well.

Dozen Wicked Words

Cobblers were under pressure fair bit against Orient yesterday, Smith yet again man of the match, he is guaranteed to be signed by someone else, he is different class to league 2 keepers. I'm sure his off field transgression will get overlooked because he's that good.

Still, they took the lead in about 3rd minute of injury time, and conceded the equaliser in the 7th minute of injury time.