Our week of 2010-11 previews starts here and, rather than sound off with our own views once again, we decided this year to canvass the opinion of fans of all the league clubs. Thankfully, we have been overwhelmed with a warm hearted response and no little wit. The Championship previews appear today in two parts, with Leagues 1 and 2 to follow later in the week. Here goes and needless to say, the opinions are those of the contributors and not necessarily The Two Unfortunates:BarnsleyHeadline of the SummerLosing top goal scorer Daniel Bogdanović to our mortal enemies from S2, Sheffield…
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24: Season Review, Part Two: COV to DON
Our next tranche of the appraisal process casts light on four who will still be amongst us next season: Coventry, Crystal Palace, Derby and Doncaster. Of these, Palace’s has been easily the most tempestuous twelve months, suffering the ignominious fate of administration, while Donny have perhaps provided a model for how things should be stewarded, both on and off the pitch. As for Coventry and Derby: days of yore seem ever distant.Coventry CityIn a mid-season post, I theorized that the problem at Coventry is one of slow decline. We are currently seeing evidence of how a drop into League One…
The Thursday Preview: Doncaster Vs Sheffield United
I shouldn’t really say it, but it’s become increasingly obvious that our Division has been an average one this year. It didn’t take too long to acknowledge that the gulf between ourselves and the Premiership is considerable, Newcastle’s no nonsense poundings reminding us each of our modest stations before we really got started. Never has a football result been so predictable as last night’s regulation triumph for the Magpies over the Iron. Maybe I’m being a little disingenuous by comparing these two very different clubs, but it’s clear that a team needs only to be a smidgeon better than decent…
The Thursday Preview: QPR Vs Doncaster
What the hell is going on at QPR? Rangers’ now disbanded front-five was the subject of a post of a little under 10 days ago, but their decline has been such that the arbitrary roulette of The Thursday Preview has dumped Newcastle’s St James’ date with Preston in favour of Saturday’s game at Loftus Road.Just one game, a scrappy 1-0 defeat at Coventry, has been played since Lanterne Rouge’s post, but the question mark surrounding the club’s management is still a real thorn in Rangers’ side. It’s reared its head over the past few days, but after several rounds of…
Lanterne Rouge: Thanks for pointing out the error Peter - corrected now....
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PFOJ: That's just how American sports franchises work, the owners probably f...
Curious: All the GFC players are locals, none are paid and the majority of the ...
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All the players were born on the island or have moved...
