Posted June 13, 20178 yr The 2017/18 season of the Sky Bet Championship will begin on Saturday 5th August. • Replacing the three promoted and relegated teams from last season are Hull City, Middlesbrough, Sunderland, Sheffield United, Bolton Wanderers and Millwall • Pre-season managerial changes have already occurred at Norwich City, Middlesbrough, Hull Ciy and Wolves, Sunderland, Leeds United are without a manager. Any early predictions? Fixtures will be released next Wednesday.
June 13, 20178 yr Can't see any of the relegated teams coming straight back up. The only one I think that may be quite well is Boro. I think Sheffield Wednesday and Fulham will be there or thereabouts.
June 13, 20178 yr I will be very surprised if Reading don't get promoted this time. I think Hull could potentially come straight back to the Premier League if they build their squad up and if they stick with one manager throughout the season.
June 13, 20178 yr It would be nice to see us not struggle in the Championship for a change but I can't see anything changing in all honesty... -_-
June 14, 20178 yr After 10 years I'm back in this topic. Did we have this topic 10 years ago? I don't know.
June 14, 20178 yr Author Was it a Saturday football thread by the way looking through previous topics?
June 15, 20178 yr Would love Wednesday to finally do it. I agree that Middlesbrough will be the strongest of the relegated trio - Monk looks like an solid appointment and their squad is decent. Slutsky at Hull is an odd one.
June 15, 20178 yr Author It would be great yes if Sheffield Wednesday could finally make it to the Premier League next season.
June 16, 20178 yr McInnes turning down the Sunderland job :lol: It's because Short is looking to sell (Good luck)
June 23, 20178 yr Author Opening fixtures for the Championship: Friday, 4 August Sunderland v Derby County (19:45 BST) Saturday, 5 August Bristol City v Barnsley Burton Albion v Cardiff City Fulham v Norwich City Ipswich Town v Birmingham City Nottingham Forest v Millwall Preston North End v Sheffield Wednesday Queens Park Rangers v Reading Sheffield United v Brentford Wolves v Middlesbrough Aston Villa v Hull City (17:30 BST) Sunday 6th August: Bolton v Leeds United (16:30 BST)
June 26, 20178 yr This appears to be the most recent update on Sunderland's ownership situation according to the BBC. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40358358 Hopefully this club gets the stability it needs, uncertainty over the future does not help the cause. Norwich started their preparations for this campaign early, so hopefully they have the pre-season to settle the squad and the manager.
June 26, 20178 yr Sunderland are in a proper mess, no manager with pre-season weeks away. Feel sorry for their fans.
July 1, 20178 yr I expect Sunderland will have a Villa last season like season. Very wobbly to begin with but then more solid second half to set themselves up better for the season after. Reading & Fulham the faves for me.
July 2, 20178 yr Author Odds: [Coral] Aston Villa 8-1jf Middlesbrough 8-1jf Fulham 9-1 Norwich 9-1 Sheffield Wednesday 10-1 Derby 10-1 Reading 12-1 Hull City 14-1 Sunderland 14-1 Wolves 16-1 Leeds 16-1 Brentford 20-1 Sheffield United 20-1 Birmingham City 20-1 Cardiff 25-1 Bristol City 33-1 Nottingham Forest 33-1 Preston 50-1 QPR 66-1 Ipswich 66-1 Millwall 80-1 Bolton 80-1 Barnsley 100-1 Burton 150-1
August 4, 20177 yr Author The football season kicks-off tonight with Nottingham Forest v Millwall and Sunderland v Derby County.
August 4, 20177 yr A good quality stream of the Sunderland v Derby game for anyone who doesn't have Sky Sports: http://buffstream.com/watch/soccer-2.php
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