" Has the Championship become predictable? "
Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2021 1:25 am
When we're not playing at 3pm or when they matches aren't on Cardiff City TV, I watch Soccer Saturday or Soccer Special.
But my Sky hasn't been working the last few days, so listened to Radio Five Live on Monday.
The presenter (I can't remember who it was unfortunately) pointed out that the Championship is such a popular league for people to watch and to take an interest in because it has a reputation for being so unpredictable.
They then asked the question whether that is still the case, in terms of where teams are in the league compared to where they were expected to finish?
Pointed out that three of the top seven are teams that were relegated from the Premier League season, with two of them looking very likely to be going up automatically.
The other teams in the top seven are made up of two teams who were in the play-offs last season (with the other just outside the play-offs - us) and Reading were tipped by some to finish in the top half at least due to their summer signings. Said that the only team bucking the trend were Barnsley, who have surprised everyone.
Also said that the bottom three of Wycombe, Sheffield Wednesday and Rotherham is what most people would have expected it to be.
The presenter said that although there are surprise results over the season, the way the league table is shaped is what would have predicted before the season started.
The guests were Simon Francis, who used to be Bournemouth's captain and Alex Bruce, who played for several EFL clubs in his career. Mark Clemmit, who has covered the EFL for years on that radio station, was also there.
They all put it down to Covid-19 and that it's been a very strange season for everyone, and that there being no crowds for nearly all the season would have made a big difference.
Do you think the Championship has become predictable or is it because of Covid-19 and there being no crowds?
But my Sky hasn't been working the last few days, so listened to Radio Five Live on Monday.
The presenter (I can't remember who it was unfortunately) pointed out that the Championship is such a popular league for people to watch and to take an interest in because it has a reputation for being so unpredictable.
They then asked the question whether that is still the case, in terms of where teams are in the league compared to where they were expected to finish?
Pointed out that three of the top seven are teams that were relegated from the Premier League season, with two of them looking very likely to be going up automatically.
The other teams in the top seven are made up of two teams who were in the play-offs last season (with the other just outside the play-offs - us) and Reading were tipped by some to finish in the top half at least due to their summer signings. Said that the only team bucking the trend were Barnsley, who have surprised everyone.
Also said that the bottom three of Wycombe, Sheffield Wednesday and Rotherham is what most people would have expected it to be.
The presenter said that although there are surprise results over the season, the way the league table is shaped is what would have predicted before the season started.
The guests were Simon Francis, who used to be Bournemouth's captain and Alex Bruce, who played for several EFL clubs in his career. Mark Clemmit, who has covered the EFL for years on that radio station, was also there.
They all put it down to Covid-19 and that it's been a very strange season for everyone, and that there being no crowds for nearly all the season would have made a big difference.
Do you think the Championship has become predictable or is it because of Covid-19 and there being no crowds?