Rival Watch

[WestYorksRoyal]

Looking at the Championship and L2, there's a real chance we could have ourselves, Swindon and Oxford in the same division next season.

[windermereROYAL]

Looking at the Championship and L2, there's a real chance we could have ourselves, Swindon and Oxford in the same division next season.

Wouldn`t that be something, I was gutted when the scum beat Ipswich the other night.

[South Coast Royal]

Looking at the Championship and L2, there's a real chance we could have ourselves, Swindon and Oxford in the same division next season.

Plus Pompey and old adversaries in Walsall?
Would be just like the old days.

[Sutekh]

Looking at the Championship and L2, there's a real chance we could have ourselves, Swindon and Oxford in the same division next season.

Plus Pompey and old adversaries in Walsall?
Would be just like the old days.

No, Boremuff and Bentford are missing.

[South Coast Royal]

Looking at the Championship and L2, there's a real chance we could have ourselves, Swindon and Oxford in the same division next season.

Plus Pompey and old adversaries in Walsall?
Would be just like the old days.

No, Boremuff and Bentford are missing.

Whatever happened to them?
Oh, they had good owners.

And Brighton and of course our old nemesis, Bury to complete the set of "B"s.

[WestYorksRoyal]

Looking at the Championship and L2, there's a real chance we could have ourselves, Swindon and Oxford in the same division next season.

Wouldn`t that be something, I was gutted when the scum beat Ipswich the other night.

Norwich have a squad that is capable of much better, including Sargent up front. If they get their act together, Oxford and Portsmouth are in real trouble.

[Sutekh]

Looking at the Championship and L2, there's a real chance we could have ourselves, Swindon and Oxford in the same division next season.

Wouldn`t that be something, I was gutted when the scum beat Ipswich the other night.

Norwich have a squad that is capable of much better, including Sargent up front. If they get their act together, Oxford and Portsmouth are in real trouble.

You obviously haven’t seen that squad play, it appears far too orientated around an injury prone striker with little thought given to the defensive side of the game. Consequently Norwich have been sinking for the last 3 seasons, gradually getting worse and worse. Philippe Clement has a massive job to turn that shambles around and he ain’t going to do it unless there’s serious amount of changes to the squad.

[windermereROYAL]

Wigan vs Burton tonight, definitely dropping one place, we`ll drop two places if it`s a draw.

[MartinRdg]

Wigan vs Burton tonight, definitely dropping one place, we`ll drop two places if it`s a draw.

Which feels bad then I need to remember we have 7 points from 9 with LR and, also, Wigan and Burton will have played one game more than us after tonight.

[Mid Sussex Royal]

Blackpool's win at Rotherham last night means that the 3 sides in the bottom 4 who played midweek all won. This means there is just 6 points between 10th & 23rd.

Feels like this will be a 50+ points needed this season and we are certainly not too good to go down; we've been relegated from this league on 53 points once before.

Port Vale in 24th place starting to cast adrift but the other 3 are all showing enough to pull away. Donny and Exeter (who have financial difficulties) probably look vulnerable but anyone down there could go if they don't pick up regular points.

[Clyde1998]

Blackpool's win at Rotherham last night means that the 3 sides in the bottom 4 who played midweek all won. This means there is just 6 points between 10th & 23rd.

Feels like this will be a 50+ points needed this season and we are certainly not too good to go down; we've been relegated from this league on 53 points once before.

Port Vale in 24th place starting to cast adrift but the other 3 are all showing enough to pull away. Donny and Exeter (who have financial difficulties) probably look vulnerable but anyone down there could go if they don't pick up regular points.

Do think Blackpool; Peterborough; and Plymouth will all move away from the relegation zone as the season goes on - especially with the transfer window coming up. Can see sides like Northampton and Wimbledon coming into the picture later in the season.

[Crowbar6753]

Blackpool's win at Rotherham last night means that the 3 sides in the bottom 4 who played midweek all won. This means there is just 6 points between 10th & 23rd.

Feels like this will be a 50+ points needed this season and we are certainly not too good to go down; we've been relegated from this league on 53 points once before.

Port Vale in 24th place starting to cast adrift but the other 3 are all showing enough to pull away. Donny and Exeter (who have financial difficulties) probably look vulnerable but anyone down there could go if they don't pick up regular points.

Do think Blackpool; Peterborough; and Plymouth will all move away from the relegation zone as the season goes on - especially with the transfer window coming up. Can see sides like Northampton and Wimbledon coming into the picture later in the season.

There always seems to be that one team every season who starts well and then has a fall from grace during the second half of the season. Wimbledon maybe, Huddersfield plummeted last season. I guess injuries and the transfer window will play a part, i still expect us to pull away however no team has a divine right to stay in the league.

[WestYorksRoyal]

Going to do a stupid guessing game of what the bottom of the table looks like at the end of today:

Stevenage v Burton - home win
Wigan v Blackpool - draw
Doncaster v Plymouth - away win
Exeter v Barnsley - away win
Mansfield v Stockport - away win
Rotherham v Huddersfield - draw
Port Vale v Peterborough - away win

This would leave:
Reading, Rotherham, Plymouth, Peterborough - 25
Mansfield, Burton - 23
Doncaster - 22
Blackpool - 21
Exeter - 20
Port Vale - 15

Tight to say the least. And of course will be totally wrong. Peterborough and Plymouth are showings signs of clicking into gear, which you think would be bad news for the likes of Exeter and Doncaster. Of course, who do we play next....?

[Mid Sussex Royal]

We've already dropped one place with Northampton winning last night.

[WestYorksRoyal]

With a table like this, it's another reminder that it's nonsense to have 4 relegation spots. I assume it dates back to regionalisation, with 2 into the northern league and 2 southern. But it's been national for ages and should be 3. It looks like a relatively good team could finish 21st on 55 points or so, while the team finishing 7th in L2 has a chance of promotion.

And L2 gets away with murder only having 2 relegation spots of its own too.

[MR. CYNICAL]

With a table like this, it's another reminder that it's nonsense to have 4 relegation spots. I assume it dates back to regionalisation, with 2 into the northern league and 2 southern. But it's been national for ages and should be 3. It looks like a relatively good team could finish 21st on 55 points or so, while the team finishing 7th in L2 has a chance of promotion.

And L2 gets away with murder only having 2 relegation spots of its own too.

That could work in our favour next season!

[Sutekh]

With a table like this, it's another reminder that it's nonsense to have 4 relegation spots. I assume it dates back to regionalisation, with 2 into the northern league and 2 southern. But it's been national for ages and should be 3. It looks like a relatively good team could finish 21st on 55 points or so, while the team finishing 7th in L2 has a chance of promotion.

And L2 gets away with murder only having 2 relegation spots of its own too.

It should be 4 relegated from EVERY division, the only difference being that whoever finishes 17th in the PL joins the 4th, 5th & 6th placed sides in the Championship play offs. There’s then 3 automatic promotion and places out of the Championship, 3 autos out of L1 and L2 and best change, introduction of 4 up from the conference with 3 being automatic. Would keep the turnover of clubs fresh and exciting.

On top of it all parachute payments should be completely scrapped and the financial rules and fit and proper tests should be harmonised between ALL the different leagues so clubs get used to rules and don’t have to worry about having different guidelines to abide by every season they change division.

[tidus_mi2]

With a table like this, it's another reminder that it's nonsense to have 4 relegation spots. I assume it dates back to regionalisation, with 2 into the northern league and 2 southern. But it's been national for ages and should be 3. It looks like a relatively good team could finish 21st on 55 points or so, while the team finishing 7th in L2 has a chance of promotion.

And L2 gets away with murder only having 2 relegation spots of its own too.

It should be 4 relegated from EVERY division, the only difference being that whoever finishes 17th in the PL joins the 4th, 5th & 6th placed sides in the Championship play offs. There’s then 3 automatic promotion and places out of the Championship, 3 autos out of L1 and L2 and best change, introduction of 4 up from the conference with 3 being automatic. Would keep the turnover of clubs fresh and exciting.

On top of it all parachute payments should be completely scrapped and the financial rules and fit and proper tests should be harmonised between ALL the different leagues so clubs get used to rules and don’t have to worry about having different guidelines to abide by every season they change division.

Think 17th joining the Championship play-offs can only work if the financial divide between the divisions is closed, otherwise the Prem team will win the play-offs >90% of the time.

[tidus_mi2]

We've already dropped one place with Northampton winning last night.

Wimbledon sinking like a stone though.

[Snowflake Royal]

With a table like this, it's another reminder that it's nonsense to have 4 relegation spots. I assume it dates back to regionalisation, with 2 into the northern league and 2 southern. But it's been national for ages and should be 3. It looks like a relatively good team could finish 21st on 55 points or so, while the team finishing 7th in L2 has a chance of promotion.

And L2 gets away with murder only having 2 relegation spots of its own too.

It should be 4 relegated from EVERY division, the only difference being that whoever finishes 17th in the PL joins the 4th, 5th & 6th placed sides in the Championship play offs. There’s then 3 automatic promotion and places out of the Championship, 3 autos out of L1 and L2 and best change, introduction of 4 up from the conference with 3 being automatic. Would keep the turnover of clubs fresh and exciting.

On top of it all parachute payments should be completely scrapped and the financial rules and fit and proper tests should be harmonised between ALL the different leagues so clubs get used to rules and don’t have to worry about having different guidelines to abide by every season they change division.

Think 17th joining the Championship play-offs can only work if the financial divide between the divisions is closed, otherwise the Prem team will win the play-offs >90% of the time.

Not so sure about that. 17th will be in awful form with terrible morale, whilst 4/5/6th in the Championship will be used to winning and in good form.

I think 4s to many though.