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Officially the fourth highest attendances in Europe, ahead of Italy’s Serie A, the Championship is a league full of surprises.
Who would have tipped Hull and Stoke to gain promotion along with West Brom last season, or Leicester to be relegated to League One?
The new season promises to be just as eventful.
Following relegation Birmingham, Reading and Derby have hefty parachute payments to feast on as they try to bounce back at the first attempt.
Derby, perhaps the busiest team of the summer, have added 14 players to their squad, Reading have lost Nicky Shorey but retain the vast majority of their players as have Birmingham, who have also managed to fend off Celtic’s interest in James McFadden.
Who will achieve what in the Championship this season?
However, the Championship is not an easy league to escape from, just ask Sheffield United, Charlton and Watford who all missed out on an immediate return to the top flight last season.QPR – bankrolled by Formula One tycoons Bernie Ecclestone and Flavio Briatore – are hotly tipped to mount a serious promotion challenge, while Crystal Palace and Wolves will also fancy their chances of building on last season’s finishes.
It’s not all about the glory in the Championship and the bookies have Blackpool and Barnsley as favourites for the drop.
Cash-strapped Southampton could also find themselves dragged into a relegation dog fight and Doncaster may find it a struggle after promotion from League One.
However, fellow newcomers Nottingham Forest and Swansea look to have enough to survive.
Stuff football the olympics is on
Derby are losing again too, but what was more surprising, Birmingham won
Sky Blues 2 Norwich City 0 :wink:
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Not a great performance iv got to admit very scrappy at times but sheff utd was well strong at the back and they have a blonde lad center half f00king class he was
was a bit gutted to start with thought we would go out with passion but the two teams was tight…I was worried about the back but they did well taylor was solid so was murphy on the left Naffti for us didnt stop but i think they carnt play nafftie and the new bloke lee casrsley togther but lee carsley f00k me for his age he is top class great tackling Gets stuck in and aint to slow either looks a very good signing
Bent hmmmmmmmm not sure about him looks a lil lazy but its earny days and he was towerd over by 2 big f00kers at the back
Rigdewell :roll: as much as i like the bloke he does make some right clangers ffs
Now i had a bloke next to me shouting bring phillips on for neally all the game was doing my head in ppl who no of him realise he is getting on he aint there to run about like a headless chicken he is there to do what he did for us score a corker of a goal
If we can carry on like this il be happy would be a bit happer if her got a few defenders in but on the whole i was happy with todays game scarppy slow at times but 3 pionts and a clean sheet :D
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