Throwing Bad Money After Good - the EFL and Beyond 2017-18

great christmas for Colin and his happy go lucky brand of total football

off to my brother's to watch us on tv tonight, then off to the Mol on Tuesday, hopefully i am not the kiss of death temporary setback

Oh good, a quality referee

holy shit mk dons played an hour with 9 men and won

I know right?

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah stick a fork in it you cunts

gonna request a threadban quite soon I think, go and join calzino in the big boys' room

leave this home of the forsaken

we're not there yet and that was a glorious comeback including Nuno getting in the face of some senile old twats in their directors box

I guess football kind of owes you lot this season, even in the previous epl stints it was still a little inglorious

shame there won't be a black country derby next season mind

also bristol city are wankers yes

West Brom passing us in the other direction is more funny than disappointing tbh

I was wondering if Wolves had won every FL division and it seems they had that in the bag back in '87. The only one we haven't won yet is League 1, exclusive club to be in is that, only 4 others have done it!

We've been up and down thru the lot within my memory, kinda get used to the rollercoaster

come on you Villa

Done.

You guys will cruise this with a 20pt gap the way this is going

this is beyond ridic

lol Cardiff's Christmas run

4-0 lol

never gonna shake Bruce off now

otoh

:)

well that was alright

0-0's at half-time turning into multiple X-0's at full-time are the best

some of the philistines around us were getting a bit antsy by half time but it was just patient methodical build up until they cracked. Brentford played some good stuff but didn't really have anybody who could add the final touch

Surely you must already be thinking about PL football for Wolves next season. How does that grab you?

Terriers for example are holding their own quite admirably, yet the whole affair lacks a certain je ne sais quoi tbh. The weak become heroes, the heroes get promoted and then... The heroes are adrift in the small space of that wormhole somewhere between 11th and 16th. Tri-weekly McNult write-ups, Grary Lnikekerer "interviewing" yr manager every other week, fourth or fifth up on MotD. It's getting by, but it's not pretty.

I kind of care too much about Huddersfield and Wolves for them to be demoted to figurants in the moneyball that is the PL. But there's no way to turn. You do well and get promoted, which seems great, only to get eaten by the filthy rich.

Idk I am only getting myself down with this post but fuck me if I will delete this. Will post for shame.

Terriers havent got Jorge Mendes personally handling their acquisitions tho have they. sky's the limit once that tv moolah starts rolling in

scuttlebutt is that Andre Silva might be back on the market sooner rather than later due to the financial woes over in Milan, hooooo boy

According to some reports emerging from Italy, Wolves had a bid of £34.7m rejected by AC Milan for Portuguese international forward André Silva. #wwfc is expected to make a second bid.

— The 4th Official (@Official_T4O) January 9, 2018

well well

dude mustn't be allowed to play in the Championship tho ffs, it's cheating

i don't know, he's no Jordan Hugill

he's the lad who kept Depoitre on the bench at Porto, so he must be pretty fucking good tbh!

just trying to pretend we're not the unacceptable face of football capitalism

VIDEO - RED CARD INCIDENT - SLOWMO

Lots of requests for this so here is an edited version of @StonesGoals Video of @HerefordFC’s O’Shea Red Card Incident Slowed Down.

The game is gone but should@the red card stand?

Doesn’t look much like O’Shea touched him 👀 pic.twitter.com/UYTzzXDsvY

— 🐮Hereford📱Goals⚽ (@HerefordGoals) January 13, 2018

Straight red for this, 10 minutes into the game. Shocker.

i think this is the first time i've ever enjoyed something Darren Ferguson has done

his dad was both subtler and more murderous tbf

also, that red card - even if he took him out, the keeper is always getting that first. refs need to be professionalised

or shot

Ref didn't give it, linesman did. But I take your point.

what is the ETA of Hereford in League 2 at projected rate btw

3 promotions away. We can go top of our league on Tuesday with 3 games in hand but fixture congestion is a real thing with 14 games before end Feb.

But how many seasons iyo

I think we'll go up this year. Would rather be in Conference North for closer away games but we might get through Conference South (based on current makeup) at the first crack and North is much tougher. Conference itself is imo the most competitive league in the country, at least half a dozen v strong teams every year plus any surprises (Dover, FGR) and whoever comes down.

Our performances against teams from leagues above has been consistently good in both cup and trophy so I think we can compete but... minimum 5 years, probably longer. Maybe 5 till we're good enough to be Conference playoff contenders.

Poor old Tranmere still there. Fifth atm too - more playoff heartbreak beckons

Yeah we was just talking about them. Modern football is rubbish.

somewhere out there, Kenny Irons is crying into his 10th pint.

So, the FA took about 30 seconds to rescind that red card.

Game on! Jota was on for what, 30 seconds?!

nevermind -_-

have only been checking periodically out of superstition, thanks for the heads up

no problem. down again now though.