| Rest of the Championship thread 25/26 12:46 - Jun 6 with 458808 views | Northernr |
New version for new season as Sheff Wed enter transfer embargo...
Old thread here...
Rest of the Championship thread by Hunterhoop 10 Aug 2024 11:07Toyed with this idea last season. Shall we have a thread to discuss, comment on, cover the rest of the league? A place to discuss other teams’ results, performances, financial implosions, etc?
For example, last night, anyone catch either of the first two games? I didn’t. But somewhat surprised/worried Blackburn scored 4 given how they are meant to struggle. Was it Derby being utter sh*te?
Sounds like Preston are continuing in the same vein of being incredibly dull.
Clive, what do you think? Worth making a sticky? Might reduce the number of threads to manage.
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| Rest of the Championship thread 25/26 on 13:25 - Jan 22 with 2836 views | kensalriser |
| Rest of the Championship thread 25/26 on 13:15 - Jan 22 by Superhoops2808 |
Bloody hell they are really going for it
Disney FC do know about FFP dont they? |
They have all the Hollywood income. |  |
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| Rest of the Championship thread 25/26 on 21:01 - Jan 22 with 2502 views | Mick_S |
| Rest of the Championship thread 25/26 on 10:55 - Jan 22 by QPRSam |
Wrexham submitting a £19m bid for striker Sidiki Cherif, 4 goals in 18 games in Ligue 1. For any fans worried about our finances, getting that done whilst still only having 3 stands... what a fairytale |
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| Rest of the Championship thread 25/26 on 22:03 - Jan 22 with 2353 views | Hunterhoop |
| Rest of the Championship thread 25/26 on 10:55 - Jan 22 by QPRSam |
Wrexham submitting a £19m bid for striker Sidiki Cherif, 4 goals in 18 games in Ligue 1. For any fans worried about our finances, getting that done whilst still only having 3 stands... what a fairytale |
Their sponsorship income alone is significantly more than our entire income. With the PSR stuff, I think they can afford to spend a lot…although £19m is frankly ridiculous and obscene, because, as you say, there are many better things for Wrexham FC they could spend it on for their long term future.
I thought they were aiming for play offs/promotion next season, but feel like they’re pressing the gamble button on winning the play offs this season.
I really want us to beat them. Would be awful if they go up. |  | | |
| Rest of the Championship thread 25/26 on 09:40 - Jan 23 with 2050 views | LazyFan |
Wrexham won't go up and when they don't then the real gamble happens.
The next shiny thing comes along, as Disney loses interest when the fairytale looks like it will take too long and is too hard.
Now the money has dried up, do they gamble (which they will stupidly do, I believe) and go for it, FFP be damned, or do they actually cut their cloth properly (which risks L1).
Next season will be the real test as Moore will be another year older then. |  |
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| Rest of the Championship thread 25/26 on 11:03 - Jan 23 with 1924 views | Watford_Ranger |
| Rest of the Championship thread 25/26 on 09:40 - Jan 23 by LazyFan |
Wrexham won't go up and when they don't then the real gamble happens.
The next shiny thing comes along, as Disney loses interest when the fairytale looks like it will take too long and is too hard.
Now the money has dried up, do they gamble (which they will stupidly do, I believe) and go for it, FFP be damned, or do they actually cut their cloth properly (which risks L1).
Next season will be the real test as Moore will be another year older then. |
They’ve built the club up as an asset to eventually sell as they’ve done successfully with other businesses. The Disney thing built the ‘brand’ and helped grow the value of the club but I don’t think it’s just a toy for them or they’d have given up when they struggled to get promoted early on.
There can’t be many profitable clubs in our league. I’d guess they’re in a better financial state if they sold today than we or most clubs in the league are.
Also interesting for me they backed the manager when there was a lot of pressure after a mediocre start and he’s proved people wrong including many of their fans. They have arguably overspent on some signings and I’m sure some hefty wages have gone on Moore and a few others but it’s not exactly a QPR under Redknapp situation and they’re well ahead of where I thought they’d be with that team. |  | | |
| Rest of the Championship thread 25/26 on 11:15 - Jan 23 with 1890 views | TheChef |
| Rest of the Championship thread 25/26 on 11:03 - Jan 23 by Watford_Ranger |
They’ve built the club up as an asset to eventually sell as they’ve done successfully with other businesses. The Disney thing built the ‘brand’ and helped grow the value of the club but I don’t think it’s just a toy for them or they’d have given up when they struggled to get promoted early on.
There can’t be many profitable clubs in our league. I’d guess they’re in a better financial state if they sold today than we or most clubs in the league are.
Also interesting for me they backed the manager when there was a lot of pressure after a mediocre start and he’s proved people wrong including many of their fans. They have arguably overspent on some signings and I’m sure some hefty wages have gone on Moore and a few others but it’s not exactly a QPR under Redknapp situation and they’re well ahead of where I thought they’d be with that team. |
Parkinson must be up there as one of the longest serving managers in English (Welsh...) football currently? |  |
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| Rest of the Championship thread 25/26 on 11:18 - Jan 23 with 1874 views | Watford_Ranger |
| Rest of the Championship thread 25/26 on 11:15 - Jan 23 by TheChef |
Parkinson must be up there as one of the longest serving managers in English (Welsh...) football currently? |
July ‘21 makes him joint-sixth. Harrogate’s manager has been there since 2009 and I doubt 1% of football fans could name him. I couldn’t until I just looked it up. Saying that, they’re crap. | | | |
| Rest of the Championship thread 25/26 on 11:41 - Jan 23 with 1833 views | lassel |
| Rest of the Championship thread 25/26 on 11:03 - Jan 23 by Watford_Ranger |
They’ve built the club up as an asset to eventually sell as they’ve done successfully with other businesses. The Disney thing built the ‘brand’ and helped grow the value of the club but I don’t think it’s just a toy for them or they’d have given up when they struggled to get promoted early on.
There can’t be many profitable clubs in our league. I’d guess they’re in a better financial state if they sold today than we or most clubs in the league are.
Also interesting for me they backed the manager when there was a lot of pressure after a mediocre start and he’s proved people wrong including many of their fans. They have arguably overspent on some signings and I’m sure some hefty wages have gone on Moore and a few others but it’s not exactly a QPR under Redknapp situation and they’re well ahead of where I thought they’d be with that team. |
They had a mid table championship wage bill already back in L2……they’re absolutely going to be right at the top of the table now on wages.
As you say, the goal will be for the owners to unwind their positions in tranches and get down to a ‘vocational’ shareholding without it falling apart.
As others have said though, the whole thing is underpinned and funded by companies jumping on the hypewagon and getting huge exposure through the tv show. If/when the Hollywood guys wind down their involvement and Disney disappear they will need to find someone willing to take over United’s £10m+ per season shirt sponsorship or they’ll inevitably fall back through the leagues. | | | |
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| Rest of the Championship thread 25/26 on 11:50 - Jan 23 with 1814 views | s1cRanger |
They will go up - at some stage... Not saying it will be this season but fully expecting Wrexham to be in the prem in the next few years or so. At that point it will be interesting if they can attract enough talent and be financially viable & within FFP to maintain it. They might have a few seasons of yo-yo but the way things are going I suspect they will be the next Brentford or Bournemouth.
Just not being too disheartened if we lose to them... Said as they were climbing the leagues that the quicker they are out of the Championship the better for us. |  | | |
| Rest of the Championship thread 25/26 on 12:06 - Jan 23 with 1776 views | aston_hoop |
Anis Mehmeti sounds like he is set to join Ipswich from Bristol City. City fans say he is nowhere near good enough to step up, Ipswich don't seem to have a particular need for him in their squad. Classic January signing when you can smell the promised land and just want to have enough players to get it over the line |  |
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| Rest of the Championship thread 25/26 on 12:33 - Jan 23 with 1710 views | CamberleyR |
| Rest of the Championship thread 25/26 on 12:06 - Jan 23 by aston_hoop |
Anis Mehmeti sounds like he is set to join Ipswich from Bristol City. City fans say he is nowhere near good enough to step up, Ipswich don't seem to have a particular need for him in their squad. Classic January signing when you can smell the promised land and just want to have enough players to get it over the line |
The Scott Parker method. |  |
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| Rest of the Championship thread 25/26 on 13:16 - Jan 23 with 1623 views | Match82 |
| Rest of the Championship thread 25/26 on 11:41 - Jan 23 by lassel |
They had a mid table championship wage bill already back in L2……they’re absolutely going to be right at the top of the table now on wages.
As you say, the goal will be for the owners to unwind their positions in tranches and get down to a ‘vocational’ shareholding without it falling apart.
As others have said though, the whole thing is underpinned and funded by companies jumping on the hypewagon and getting huge exposure through the tv show. If/when the Hollywood guys wind down their involvement and Disney disappear they will need to find someone willing to take over United’s £10m+ per season shirt sponsorship or they’ll inevitably fall back through the leagues. |
This is why it's premier League or bust. A large part of their valuation is actually wrapped up in the owners themselves. Does the Netflix show still have the eyeballs if Joe Smith owns the club not Ryan Reynolds? Smart potential buyers will realize the value of their purchase decreases the second they buy it and they are left with a ludicrous wage bill and are underwater on cost. That goes out the window if it's a premier League club though |  | | |
| Rest of the Championship thread 25/26 on 13:38 - Jan 23 with 1576 views | nix |
| Rest of the Championship thread 25/26 on 12:06 - Jan 23 by aston_hoop |
Anis Mehmeti sounds like he is set to join Ipswich from Bristol City. City fans say he is nowhere near good enough to step up, Ipswich don't seem to have a particular need for him in their squad. Classic January signing when you can smell the promised land and just want to have enough players to get it over the line |
It’s also an element of depriving your rivals of their best players too - the Chelsea/Notts Forest approach. |  | | |
| Rest of the Championship thread 25/26 on 13:54 - Jan 23 with 1514 views | sprocket |
Of course I'm jealous but this stuff drives me fcuking mad. Ipswich have no need for him, they will almost certainly still get promoted and he will most likely never play in the EPL. Mad stuff., I'd be gutted if I was BC fan. | | | |
| Rest of the Championship thread 25/26 on 14:34 - Jan 23 with 1440 views | Watford_Ranger |
A reported £3m fee so a no brainer if he plays even a tiny part in nudging them over the line and they’ll get their money back and more if they sell him in 6-18 months. Great move for his bank balance I’m sure. | | | |
| Rest of the Championship thread 25/26 on 20:48 - Jan 23 with 1229 views | aston_hoop |
I'm glad those Max O'Leary rumours were bollox | |
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| Rest of the Championship thread 25/26 on 21:39 - Jan 23 with 1129 views | stowmarketrange |
Derby now in a playoff position if they win tonight.Only 20,000 there though.Unless the rest have come dressed as black plastic seats? |  | | |
| Rest of the Championship thread 25/26 on 21:43 - Jan 23 with 1101 views | Wegerles_Stairs |
| Rest of the Championship thread 25/26 on 21:39 - Jan 23 by stowmarketrange |
Derby now in a playoff position if they win tonight.Only 20,000 there though.Unless the rest have come dressed as black plastic seats? |
See this is why people saying that next year is our chance are missing the fact that the standard of this league is bloody awful this year. Derby are sixth ffs. | | | |
| Rest of the Championship thread 25/26 on 21:50 - Jan 23 with 1084 views | Logman |
West Brom are in a spot of bother, aren't they ? They need to get an experienced head in there. Is Tony Mowbray still on the manager merry go-round ? [Post edited 23 Jan 21:52]
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| Rest of the Championship thread 25/26 on 22:00 - Jan 23 with 1041 views | Watford_Ranger |
| Rest of the Championship thread 25/26 on 21:50 - Jan 23 by Logman |
West Brom are in a spot of bother, aren't they ? They need to get an experienced head in there. Is Tony Mowbray still on the manager merry go-round ? [Post edited 23 Jan 21:52]
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Bit of a slog of a game but they were the better side over the course of it. Terrible from O’Leary the goalkeeper who they’ve just signed from Bristol City (of Paul Smyth halfway line fame).
Derby drop points in the race to be the 19th worst team in the league. | | | |
| Rest of the Championship thread 25/26 on 13:23 - Jan 24 with 703 views | EuroRanger |
Preston getting the kind of pumping that we got at Boro... | | | |
| Rest of the Championship thread 25/26 on 13:28 - Jan 24 with 687 views | MrSheen |
| Rest of the Championship thread 25/26 on 13:23 - Jan 24 by EuroRanger |
Preston getting the kind of pumping that we got at Boro... |
Wily PNE Coyote has made the fatal error of stopping running and looking down. |  | | |
| Rest of the Championship thread 25/26 on 14:05 - Jan 24 with 579 views | Loyalitat |
Watching Millwall v Charlton. How good is that Femi Azeez, can go both ways. That's how quality wide players influence games and at a price that cost Millwall nowhere near £3m when signed from Reading. Prior to that, he was playing for Wealdstone! [Post edited 24 Jan 14:35]
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| Rest of the Championship thread 25/26 on 14:50 - Jan 24 with 504 views | CamberleyR |
| Rest of the Championship thread 25/26 on 14:05 - Jan 24 by Loyalitat |
Watching Millwall v Charlton. How good is that Femi Azeez, can go both ways. That's how quality wide players influence games and at a price that cost Millwall nowhere near £3m when signed from Reading. Prior to that, he was playing for Wealdstone! [Post edited 24 Jan 14:35]
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Yet another player playing non-league under our noses. | |
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| Rest of the Championship thread 25/26 on 17:36 - Jan 24 with 406 views | aston_hoop |
| Rest of the Championship thread 25/26 on 14:50 - Jan 24 by CamberleyR |
Yet another player playing non-league under our noses. |
150 league appearances too. Look at Kone, do we give players that kind of time and space to develop? | |
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