The official CHAMPIONSHIP Thread
took them from league 2 to the premiership and kept them there for a season...
if he does anything in management again, I expect he'll have learnt something from his time with us and cope better with success and the later reality than he did with us
News is right to sit on the fence on this one!
if he does anything in management again, I expect he'll have learnt something from his time with us and cope better with success and the later reality than he did with us
I suspect he has learned from his past excesses. I don't expect stadium karaoke or suicide rescues in the next wee while. Much as I would like to see PNE relegated (it's a local rivalry thing), a last day salvation might just be worth it to see if he can resist the mike!
Interestingly, like Paul Jewell, he failed miserably at Derby.
Wow! (Noting that I too was a fence sitter on Jewell)
Happy with our Eddie as well.
The bronzed one not faring so well at Preston. Shame.
It's an okay start...
Fair enough.
Wow! (Noting that I too was a fence sitter on Jewell)
Happy with our Eddie as well.
The bronzed one not faring so well at Preston. Shame.
I'm still reserving judgement aswell. Happy he has started well.
WE LOVE U LEEDS LEEDS LEEDS
From Soccernet.com
Sven-Goran Eriksson's side caused more than a few problems for Rangers, who pulled eight points clear of Swansea. The second-placed Swans slipped to a shock home 1-0 defeat relegation-threatened Sc**thorpe, Joe Garner scoring from the spot after being fouled by Alan Tate.
Nottingham Forest also fell to a surprise defeat, Matt Fryatt scoring the only goal for Hull after 64 minutes' play at the City Ground to end Forest's 36-game unbeaten home record.
And in a bad day for the chasing pack, Norwich were held to a 1-1 draw by rock-bottom Preston at Carrow Road. The Canaries fell behind thanks to Chris Brown's strike on the hour mark, but levelled through Grant Holt two minutes later. Wes Hoolahan missed a penalty for the hosts as Iain Turner stood up to save his dinked effort after 72 minutes.
That made it a good day for Leeds, who came from behind to claim an emphatic 5-2 win over Yorkshire rivals Doncaster at Elland Road. Leeds grabbed an early lead through Max Gradel but were pegged back on the stroke of half-time thanks to Billy Sharp's 16th goal of the season.
Franck Moussa put the visitors ahead four minutes into the second half but the lead lasted barely a minute before Jonny Howson levelled for Leeds. Luciano Becchio made put the hosts back in the lead 15 minutes from time before further strikes from Gradel and Howson in the 83rd and 90th minutes put some daylight between the sides.
Play-off chasing Burnley kept the gap between them and Leeds at four points with a 1-0 win over Crystal Palace thanks to a superb long-range strike from Jay Rodriguez inside the third minute.
Reading, in confident mood following their FA Cup victory at Everton in midweek, continued their excellent form by hammering Middlesbrough 5-2. Goals from Hal Robson-Kanu and Ian Harte sandwiched an equaliser from Royals old-boy Leroy Lita to put them 2-1 ahead at the break.
Harte's second made it 3-1 three minutes after the break, then five minutes later he set up the hosts' fourth for Shane Long, who grabbed his own second of the match after 68 minutes. Lita pulled a second goal back for Boro from the spot four minutes later.
In-form Bristol City continued their charge away from the relegation zone by beating 10-man Coventry 4-1 at the Ricoh Arena. Nicky Maynard, Lewin Nyatanga and David Clarkson, from the penalty spot, were on target for the Robins in the first half.
Lukas Jutkiewicz pulled one back for Coventry eight minutes after the restart, but Marlon King was dismissed on the hour and Marvin Elliott scored a fourth for the visitors eight minutes from time.
Sheffield United slipped to a 1-0 loss at Portsmouth, who recorded their sixth consecutive game without conceding a goal, with Hermann Hreidarsson scoring the winner in the 24th minute.
Danny Graham's strike six minutes into the second half gave Watford a 1-0 win over Millwall at Vicarage Road, while Derby's game against Barnsley at Pride Park finished goalless.
In the day's late game, Ipswich beat Cardiff 2-0 as Jimmy Bullard's fine brace dented the Welsh side's promotion ambitions and Marton Fulop produced an oustanding display to repeatedly keep City at bay.
The Town goalkeeper single-handedly denied the hosts with a series of great saves, thwarting Arsenal loanee Jay Emmanuel-Thomas on three occasions as well as Peter Whittingham and Michael Chopra.
We are lurking with intent (and with games in hand).
Could be interesting. From complete away dunces we are now managing a few results on our travels.
Maybe a beer at Bar Ed on the line for this one.
We are lurking with intent (and with games in hand).
Could be interesting. From complete away dunces we are now managing a few results on our travels.
Maybe a beer at Bar Ed on the line for this one.
high stakes - but yeh, I'm in
Edit: I should add that my broadband experience not the best though. Probably something to do with how far my house is from the fibre nodal thing-a-me-jig. Means that streaming is usually problematic (jumpy, or only works with low quality feeds)Turfmoore2011-03-07 23:22:05
high stakes - but yeh, I'm in
What full pints? Sheesh.
high stakes - but yeh, I'm in
What full pints? Sheesh.
A bit lucky to hang on, but we'll take it.
So crucial. Hull not out of it but what a difference a result reversal would have made.
We remain nicely poised just under the radar.
high stakes - but yeh, I'm in
What full pints? Sheesh.
A bit lucky to hang on, but we'll take it.
So crucial. Hull not out of it but what a difference a result reversal would have made.
We remain nicely poised just under the radar.
damn, a huge blow to promotion chances, ego, and wallet (in that order)
dm me for a weekend (prob not this one) or late weekday evening settling of the accounts
Welcome back.
Good article by Swiss Ramble on Norwich City http://swissramble.blogspot.com/2011/04/norwich-citys-remarkable-transformation.html
Pompey haven't been doing well last few games so really ours to lose. Hoping also that Boro can do the job against Cardiff.
Ole Ole Ole Ole
Going up up up!
Superb.
Pity it was such a meh season for our lot.
Hopefully this could indicate a move to a bit more championship coverage next year.
Mysky set.
You might be hanging around a bit longer than that.
Would absolutely love this.
C'mon URZ!!!!!
Into the final, fantastic team display, now make the most hated man in Reading suffer further!!