MIDWEEK MATCH THREAD

The second half of the first midweek Football League fixtures of the season take place tonight, all from the EFL Championship.

The main TV game pits rock-bottom Stoke City against slightly better off Preston North End; the Potters still haven't come to terms with life outside of the top flight and despite Nathan Jones's heralded spell at Luton Town, he hasn't been able to recreate the free-flowing football that got him the job at the Bet365 in the first place, and Alex Neil's attacking prowess could see the Lilywhites come out on top. The secondary TV match could see a new leader at the top of the division with Lee Bowyer's Charlton Athletic hosting Sabri Lamouchi's Nottingham Forest; despite operating under utter prick Roland Duchatelet, Bowyer continues to prove his worth with 2 wins and a draw for the Addicks whereas his opponent tonight picked up his first league win at the weekend.

Elsewhere, Leeds can go back top with victory against Brentford, Mark Hudson's first game in charge of Huddersfield is at ex-Terriers' manager Neil Warnock's Cardiff, east meets west with Millwall crossing the capital to face Fulham and both Swansea and West Brom play hoops in the forms of QPR and Reading respectively.

All games kick-off at 7:45pm unless stated. Coverage of Preston v Stoke is on now on Sky Sports Football, while coverage of Charlton v Forest will start at 7:40pm.

>Cardiff City v Huddersfield Town
>Charlton Athletic v Nottingham Forest (live on Sky Sports Action)
>Fulham v Millwall
>Leeds United v Brentford
>Preston North End v Stoke City (live on Sky Sports Football)
>Queens Park Rangers v Swansea City
>West Bromwich Albion v Reading (8:00pm)

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First for based Bowyer

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>Swans starting with a £37 million front line
The league is as good as ours

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>the absolute shitshows at Bolton and Bury

The shackles are off lads, Cardiff are in for a pounding

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Swans are back

Shall be enjoying what will probably be our only televised game of the season

Swansea deserve more televised game. Not fucking shittiers like Charlton

For me, it's Brentford

a lot of the matches are on the red button so should be streamable

Cope

>tfw still at work putting in invoices because everyone else is too retarded to do work when they are told

Fuck my life

Forest are going to lose 4-2

>Charlton
Nah.

Charlton are fantastic under Lee Bowyer, reckon it'll be a draw at worst for Charlton.

>still at work at 7:15pm
fucking hell lad

Wagie wagie don't be lazy

It's kinf of alright, I don't turn up to work till 10.20 most days and I'm meant to start at 9, over the year I'm probably committing "wage theft" so I don't mind the odd night.

Honestly I wouldn't be able to argue against that; I've pretty much checked out following English teams, even Forest. I will check the result and catch the odd game on stream but the last time I was fully invested was when we had Assombalonga and Antonio.

This man will score a screamer

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I raise, our beardlet

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Chances of Millwall shithousing a point off Fulham?

On a scale of 1 to 10, 10 being "the game actually happens", will this match be held?

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>will this match be held?
maybe next season in the Isthman league or something

I will personally attend this game from 200 miles away if it actually happens. Promise.

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How to watch Cardiff?

who watching fulham/millwall?
hindimean.com/west-ham-united-vs-tottenham-hotspur-erik-lamela-secured-the-win-for-spurs/

>"m-mum, when a football club dies, where does it go?"

milton keynes

Oztumer has to be a genuine dwarf, I remember when he came to the valley with Walsall, couldn't believe my eyes

>Height: 1.60 m

How 2 find streams now leddit is not an option?

footybite.com/reddit-soccer-streams-home/

>stoke

Can't believe Charlton haven't scored there

Stoke really are going down to League One, aren't they.

stoke's defense is literally non existent

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and it's not like they're missing anything with shawcross kill

he was hopeless for them last season as well

everytime preston's no.10 gets on the ball he has all the room in the world and runners both sides
stoke are absolutely hopeless
it's like nathan jones has never watched a football match in his life

makes you wonder how the fuck he was so good at luton

LYLE FUCKING TAYLOR YOU BEAUTYYYYYYYYYYY

Maybe you're correct...

>millwall

NOW WEVE GOT LEE BOWYER

WERE FUCKING DYNAMITE

Butland, oh my word
what a howler

>Joke City

>butland

oh no no no no no no

Not my blog but finally leaving work lol. Fuck me, time for KFC and a cry.

>Butland
lmao he is gonna get dropped

>I GOT IT, I GOT IT, I GOT IT
>I don't got it...

That's like his 3rd howler of the season already

>BUTLAND WAS ENGLANDS BEST GOALIE AT AND RUMORED TO BE GOING TO LIVERPOOL AT ONE POINT
fuck me what a fall from grace

No wonder Butland isn't getting back into the England setup.

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20 million of class payed off

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didn't stoke sign davies from barnsley this summer? surely he should be in goal, good keeper

but butland is the future england no 1

butland is a great prospect

even federici would be better at this stage

You'd think Forest were the newly promoted team

Huddes you useless twats, losing to scum

>huddershit

Feel bad for Karlan Grant desu.

Huddersfield's 764,329 unbeaten run continuing

Ah yes, this is the Millwall I know and love

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>jumped ship at the first chance even though Charlton gave him a second chance despite raping a girl

fuck him tbqh, absolute karma

bizarrely, that playoff final ruined both teams: huddersfield got largely battered in the PL and stam never recovered

no surprise as it was a fucking tragedy of a match

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We had a pretty good first season in the PL, the second one was just so bad that everyone forgot about it.

That whole rape story just completely vanished somehow, I remember reading about it when we signed him and wondering if it would pop up again.

Charlton playing like Barca

Is this bizzaro world

They were dead lucky to stay up. Swansea shat the bed

first PL season was decent for Huddersfield, they stayed up and got some good results against a few of the big teams

Couldn't have happened to a nicer club

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still annoyed at carvalhal's horrific tactics in the huddersfield semi final first leg that year
did the same in the hull final the year before and completely abandoned the style that had worked so well

Getting two points away at Chelsea and City wasn't luck la.

huddersfield staying up was a miracle in itself

business idea: pulis return to stoke

>did the same in the hull final the year before and completely abandoned the style that had worked so well
kek still remember that
>desperately need a goal
>have big cunt nuhiu and lucas joao on the bench
>put joao on
>spend rest of game hoofing big balls into the box
>jeremy helan has only chance of note and twats it 50 feet above the goal

>jeremy helan
shame he had no end product, was quick as fuck
retired to dedicate himself to religion IIRC

The best thing about those playoffs was Jokanovic sulking in the press conference after Fulham lost to Reading.

>0 shots on goal at home

Good job, boggies

>Slaviša Jokanović is a Serbian former footballer, currently manager of Qatari club Al-Gharafa
well that's his english managerial career over... probably

do remember sky building fulham up as a real madrid-esque side that were seemingly unstoppable that year

TalkShite are doing that to Lelds this season, citing Bielsa staying as the main reason

no

I bet he could get a job at Championship level easily enough

is oatcake fanzine the best football forum in the world at current moment?

>when leeds will fail yet again

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Not sure about that, but they certainly were treating the semi finals as a pointless diversion before the main event that was going to be Fulham vs Wednesday.

Niche post here: but fuck Matt Glennon. Get back to your hairdressing you miserable ponce.

bit like the year before with derby and brighton as well

stoke looked really dangerous when ince went out to a wing position before half time (his natural role) and he comes out second half back in the no. 10 role
what's nathan jones thinking?

Easy payout for getting sacked.

>what's nathan jones thinking?
thinking about fucking sheep

Bwave Scotty Parkah confirmed for new Pep

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ETERNALLY
FEATURING
LEEDS

Surprised Cairney didnt get pinched by mid-table shitters like Watford

too injury prone

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Some Fulham fans are going to get battered tonight

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Stoke are a joke

Can't believe how short Scott Parker is in person, absolute fucking dwarf. Not sure how I never noticed that during his playing career.

Didnt stop West Ham signing Wilshite

preston are very good tbf

Can anything stop West Ham signing over the hill shitters?

>sky playing fake crowd noise when there's a chant with swearing
what in the ever loving fuck

they always do this

seem to remember forest(?) fans chanting FUCK SKY last season and it got drowned out

Good point, well made

I do hope they get relegated this season

The Wolves game was awful for this. I think they replayed the Reuben Neves chant about 20 times

Just like Pep he has 100 million plus worth of a squad

>colin wanker

>Villa almost paid 25mil for butland

Dodged a bullet there

they did this at a sheffield united game last season during a minute's silence accidentally
a minute silence that was perfectly observed, no less

Saw a video on twitter of a team doing a silent protest, stadium was packed but no one made any noise and it was really effective

They probably are trying to avoid stuff like that

Cardiff are still looking by far the better side desu, our equaliser came out of nowhere.

Pep has 100 million plus worth of right backs

I was aware they lowered the crowd noise for swearing chants before but this is the first time I heard them just outright play fake crowd cheering over the top of it

Yeah, I didn't know about this before either.

well that's neil harris out of a job tonight

His career has gone downhill since how I met your mother ended 2bh

9th after 4 games aint bad for Millwall, unless the natives are getting testy

I'm watching a stream of the iFollow thing and they've got radio commentary over the tv footage which is deeply odd.

shit, I completely forgot they'd won 2 games including one against THE MASSIVE

he's fine then

Hey Manchester City, United, Arsenal, Spurs and Liverpool fans

Hope you enjoy Charlton away next season

BASED HARROP

Shat on WBA in the cup as well

Also;
>Stoke

>I have no idea what I'm doing

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Fuck off QPR twats. Lucky shits

>the principality of stoke

Im ok with Charlton coming up so long as a London club gets relegated from the PL in return

Think Stoke might actually get relegated

>You now remember Stokalona

Based Borja just scored. 4 goals

>Pulisball was so ingrained into Stoke that Mark Hughes arriving was like God
that was a weird time

HOOF HOOF
THAT'S THE SOUND OF THE PULIS

I'd rather 3 London clubs go down

Watford, West Ham and Chelsea is a realistic bottom 3

This is the worst performance I’ve ever seen as a Millwall fan. Somebody hold me.

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stoke are making daniel johnson look like prime ronaldinho

Wouldn't want to play them after Jones gets sacked they'll probably win 5 games in a row

>Pulis comes back
>Stoke still in the bottom 3 near the end of the season despite going full shithouse tactics
>Pulis leaves to preserve his "never-relegated" accolade

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>no Newcastle
>realistic bottom 3

>and Chelsea
You mean "and Crystal Palace".

should give ted hankey the job desu

he already did that at west brom

I know what I said.

Are Watford calling themselves a London club now?

And it was fucking moronic. How in the fuck do you think Crystal Palace will stay up whatsoever?

can already feel Forest scoring 2 last minute goals ffs

I'd go to a Stoke game and sit near the dugout for giggles if he got the job

Tbf when he left, Pardew poured petrol over everything

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mcclean being a dumb mick cunt again

Knockaert, mitrovic, cairney and cavaliero is a filthy attack.
Think Fulham will get top2

Nketiah winner incoming lads

>Pardew poured petrol over everything
true, but they were fucking doomed after that

maybe if they'd given the job to moore straightaway they might have stayed up but who knows

>Boro under Pulis at home last season
>they try to time waste first half at 0-0 to get a point
>They concede a goal
>Instantly bring on a striker and change tactics
>We end up winning about 3-0
>Pulis: "I think we were the better team, their shots went in and ours didn't"

Wouldn't wish him as manager on my worst enemy

yo yo club

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1/2

can't wait for the khans to sell mitrovic in january to some chinese team and replace him with chris jericho up front

Anything in the south is London

Woodman the best keeper in the league

Chelsea are worse

stoke are dirty cunts

>Welsh genetics dominating the Championship

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They genuinely aren't.

It's inside the m25

I'm a fucking prophet.

Swansea doing bits on a budget. Top of the league

well called lad

[delusion intensifies]

No, Grabara is.

oatcake board making for interesting reading desu

correction: WERE top of the league

Swansea are winning thanks to him. Been the best so far this season

Are you thick mate?

think you'll find butland is the best in the league
future england number one and top goalkeeping prospect

Not so fast, leeds are top mate.

You're the thick one here lad.

Palace look absolutely fucking hopeless. Their only talent of any note is having a temper tantrum over not being sold in the summer. They're going nowhere but down.

Leeds are scum trying to buy the league. They'll fall apart soon enough

>wet bum
>reading will stay up yet again
ffs

Think we're gonna get relegated two seasons in a row lads.

I'm going to stop replying to you now, I think you're too dumb for your own good

Thanks for biting though

They'll still end up going up, the biggest yo-yo club ever.

The /htafc/ /trans/ OP is gonna be SEETHING. Good

Siewert must have the lowest win percentage of any permanent manager at any club over the past few years.

5%. Embarrassing.

Thought Elphick was supposed to be decent?

he meant are you thick because you keep replying to obvious bait, retard

>I can't offer an actual argument I was just baiting

>Stoke score
>but it's poppy boy

>Leeds are scum trying to buy the league. They'll fall apart soon enough
We spent fuck all and shipped out £30mil worth of players you silly cunt.

>Leeds are scum trying to buy the league. They'll fall apart soon enough

Sorry for actually wanting a discussion.

Maybe he would be in another side, we're just fucking hopeless right now.

Paul jewell at derby county must be close to that

Who's palace's biggest rivals? I don't think I've ever seen someone seeth over such obvious bait before

I swear every Charlton game gets +5 minutes

Leeds were in the champions league when I first started watching football on ITV in 2001 LOL

>tfw you realise you're not the most autistic person in the thread

I'm going to savour this feeling

never forget

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Has to be the bumfuckers.

Even he managed 20%

Brighton

>champions league on itv
know we all slagged itv at the time but actually quite miss champions league nights on there desu

They won the league the first season I can remember following football.

Reminder that it wasn't even his wife in that sex tape
Porno Paul got fully JUSTed during that season

>His last position was as an assistant coach at West Bromwich Albion, to which he was appointed in January 2015, but from which he resigned after only one week.

I forgot they're rivals, there's a reason right? They're miles away from each other

dunno, but brighton changed their emblem to a seagull because their fans chanted "seagulls" to drown out the palace fans shouting "eagles"

they met a load of times in the 70s and it went from there

what the fuck

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A proper tinpot reason lmao. They are both like Leicester City, no real rivals

Swansea are based. Bags of goals in that team

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>trying to buy the league
>over £14m in sales and only loans to replace them

Flattering scoreline for Forest tbqh, Charlton dominated that first half

they did it against Leeds as well. I reckon they'll fluke their way into the play-offs

Had a feeling mate. Kids Quailty.

In the Leeds documentary Bamford was convinced that el Ghazi touched him during THAT dive

Hope they rot forever

Palace would have been Brighton's closest league club for a long time right? Or tied with Portsmouth.

Swansea had £37 million in sales and made only loans. Leeds have it easier

Yeah but I'm guessing palace have a closer league club, it must be a bit one sided

We were naff in the second half though and probably should have had a red card and penalty to Forest. Don't get why some Charlton fans are doing their nut in on twitter, it's gonna be a tough long season, I just want to stay up so I'm happy with every point we get.

Charlton and Millwall would be the obvious ones, I guess they just don't give a fuck about Palace though.

I wouldn't have thought anyone did until today

wrong

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What's better, the fact that leeds didn't get promoted or the fact that Villa will get relegated?

Bit of an odd one as most Palace fans aren't Londoners whereas Millwall vs Charlton is basically the only derby left with real cockneys.

Can't see it myself. You can't be that lucky over 46 games, and they are 13th now.

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it always be the first one

Whole game was kino as fuck. Best play-off game I've ever seen

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Charlton fans hate Palace.

t. Charlton Fan

Yeah I hear you but you have to admit we've got some real talent in that squad, Bowyer is a miracle worker. Oztumer played well and will be a key player this season guarantee it.

Yeah he's rapid and because he's so small he can take every cross down with his head which sets him away nicely, did it to us all game when he was playing for Walsall.

well done, you spotted the joke. I'm sure you feel very intelligent