Oxford putting trust in Bloomfield despite Luton failure – Oppo Profile Tue 20th Jan 2026 This time last season Matt Bloomfield took over a struggling Luton side few thought would go down and ended up in League One, so is he really the man to haul Oxford back from five points adrift to Championship safety? We asked U’s fan Adam England… |
Season Preview 25/26 – Strugglers Thu 07th Aug 2025 The final part of our annual Championship season preview focuses on the bookies’ favourites for the drop where there’s a couple of standard Championship ownership meltdowns, a couple of low-budget teams recently up from League One, and a manager who wants to blow his squad to smithereens. |
Rowett eyes points to complete Oxford’s mission – Oppo Profile Tue 08th Apr 2025 Oxford were relegation favourites from this year’s Championship but a frantic season of recruitment in which they’ve brought in 21 players and a new manager looks like it’ll end in the consolidation they craved after a pair of brilliant home wins – Adam England takes us through it. |
Derby complete surprise Eustace raid as Warne falls on sword – Oppo Profile Thu 13th Feb 2025 After seven league defeats in a row and a cup exit at Leyton Orient, Derby have called time on Paul Warne and pulled off a surprising raid on Blackburn for John Eustace – Ollie Wright @DerbyCountyBlog assesses the new man’s chances of keeping the Rams up. |
Pragmatism v idealism - Preview Wed 11th Dec 2024 QPR are winning, and keeping clean sheets, again, despite abandoning possession of the ball and their early season style, but will that hold in another home game they're expected to dominate and win? |
Oxford survival bid faces familiar foes - Oppo Profile Tue 10th Dec 2024 Oxford have already bloodied several Championship noses but like Rotherham, Plymouth and others before them coping with injuries and winning away from home is hampering their survival bid - U's regular Adam England gave us his first impressions. |
Rams return, rocking at home, ropey away - Oppo Profile Fri 04th Oct 2024 Derby are back after two years in League One, trucking along quite nicely at home where only dire refereeing against Norwich has spoiled a 100% record, but struggling with the demands of aways against the division's better sides - Ollie Wright (@DerbyCountyBlog) puts us in the picture. |
Patience and time – Preview Fri 16th Aug 2024 QPR’s work in progress heads to Sheff Utd on Saturday, a game perhaps the whole division would have relished having a swing at a few weeks ago but now a daunting prospect after a rush of transfer activity in the Steel City. |
Season Preview 24/25 – Strugglers Thu 08th Aug 2024 In a Championship where a dozen teams could easily find themselves in relegation trouble, there’s quite a logjam at the bottom as we conclude our season preview with a vague stab at who we think could be heading to League One. |
Rooney goes back to basics in Rams rescue mission - Interview Fri 22nd Jan 2021 Wayne Rooney has all on rescuing a Derby team that struggles to score and tends to concede damaging late goals from a shock Championship relegation in his first managerial job - we spoke to James Hare from the 11 Points blog. |
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