Norwich City 3 Bristol City 1: a tactical perspective

Posted by on Mar 15, 2011 in Bristol City, Championship, Norwich City, The Seventy Two | 3 Comments

Last season, it was Ian Holloway’s Blackpool that won promotion to the Premier League playing attractive football despite a relative lack of investment. This time, Norfolk is the home of their potential successors. Tangerine Dreaming, a superb tactics blog on Blackpool FC, examined the Canaries as they met Bristol City in a vital televised clash.

Winning the centre ground is vital in football matches and Norwich did this with …

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The Championship run-in: a very brief overview

Posted by on Mar 4, 2011 in Barnsley, Bristol City, Burnley, Cardiff City, Championship, Coventry City, Crystal Palace, Derby County, Doncaster Rovers, Hull City, Ipswich Town, Leeds United, Leicester City, Middlesbrough, Millwall, Norwich City, Nottingham Forest, Portsmouth, Preston North End, QPR, Reading, Scunthorpe United, Sheffield United, Swansea City, The Seventy Two, Watford | 5 Comments

At this stage of the Championship season, most teams have stabilised at a position that reflects their overall quality. There are some anomalies, of course, with Portsmouth perhaps the most pressing of these - Pompey have won their last five - but, generally speaking, you can measure the task ahead by a team’s league position.

So let’s do precisely that. Listed below is the current Championship table including the average …

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Which Championship managers are bound for the Premier League? Part 2

Posted by on Mar 4, 2011 in Barnsley, Bristol City, Burnley, Cardiff City, Championship, Doncaster Rovers, Middlesbrough, Norwich City, The Seventy Two | No Comments

The second part of this mini-series has been a little while coming. Apologies for that, but it is well worth the wait. Included below are the views of some of the Championship’s top bloggers and most prolific tweeters on whether the man in charge of their club is destined to manage in the Premier League.

Tony Mowbray (Middlesbrough)

by @smog_blog

Tony Mowbray has already managed a Premier League team - …

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The best that the Championship has to offer

Posted by on Feb 19, 2011 in Barnsley, Bristol City, Burnley, Cardiff City, Championship, Coventry City, Crystal Palace, Derby County, Doncaster Rovers, Hull City, Ipswich Town, Leeds United, Leicester City, Middlesbrough, Millwall, Norwich City, Nottingham Forest, Portsmouth, Preston North End, QPR, Reading, Scunthorpe United, Sheffield United, Swansea City, The Seventy Two, Watford | 18 Comments

It should go without saying but it seems worth re-enforcing that it would be difficult for any casual viewer to see every Football League team in action over the course of a season. Of the three divisions, the Championship certainly receives the most coverage but even this can be a devil to keep track of.

Things are made even trickier these days given the revolving door of short-term loan signings …

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The Wacky Races at the top of the Championship

Posted by on Jan 30, 2011 in Burnley, Cardiff City, Championship, Leeds United, Leicester City, Millwall, Norwich City, Nottingham Forest, QPR, Reading, Swansea City, The Seventy Two, Watford | No Comments

The top half of the Championship is a ruthless arena, seemingly always populated by a wide variety of characters each season. As the jostling for play-off position continues to rage into the new year, the current eclectic assortment brings to mind a favourite of the past. But who will win the Wacky Race to Wembley?

Dick Dastardly and Muttley in the Mean Machine

The team everyone loves to hate. You …

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