League 1

[Deleted member 1486]

Rod Liddle in today's Sunday Times:

"It is a tough division this season — again. Sheffield United are the red-hot favourites to go up, as they are every season. Just as in the Championship, Rotherham, seven miles down the road, are always favourites for relegation. Somehow, each year, the Millers cling on and the Blades deliquesce into a puddle of mediocrity come late winter.

Bolton will surely be there or thereabouts, and so too MK Dons, Bradford City and Coventry City. Nor would you bet against a strong challenge from at least two of the promoted teams, Bristol Rovers and Oxford United. Such big clubs: I wonder if the average attendance, come May, will eclipse one or two European top divisions?

This year will mark the first time that AFC Wimbledon will face the MK Dons franchise on an equal footing. One would hope the games will be full of rancour and schadenfreude and nasty chants.

It wouldn’t surprise me if Wimbledon, despite holding the moral high ground in most fans’ estimation, struggle this season, along with Fleetwood and Shrewsbury. If those three teams are relegated next May and are replaced by Luton, Portsmouth and Plymouth (which I reckon is eminently possible), then League One’s attendances the season after might begin to resemble those of La Liga.

Even more so if Newcastle United join the league from the opposite direction. But I suppose that is too much to hope for."​

 

[Northyorksblade]

Deliquesce what a great word.

 

[blade67]

I read When Saturday Comes and they ask a fan from every team in league 1 who will go up. United have again finished top of the poll (4th year running at least) and you do wonder what fans of other teams are seeing to put us top of the poll again.

Being bookies favourites is based on betting patterns and it's no surprise that the blades have more bets placed on them, we have the most fans. I'm surprised that fans from this league, having seen us last year have put us favourite.

Deliquesce is a great word to descried the blades last year. Not a word I was familiar with before

 

[Kenilworth]

It's cos they cant believe that we can fail so miserably year on year for the size of the club and the level of resources available in comparison to them.

They delight in it, they love to have Bramall Lane on the season tour, but they can't fathom it.

It must be a curse or summat.
Can just see Piggy Megson conjuring some evil spell year on year, ingesting it then producing a slurry that he captures in a Tupperware box and places drops of it at strategic areas of the ground, late at night, in shadow, with a dark blue hooded robe.

It's the only logical explanation.

 

[INTAKE BLADE]

Deliquesce (of organic matter) become liquid, typically during decomposition. Been decomposing for the last 6 twating years. Lets hope our promotion push does'nt disolve this season for once.

 

[Finn Keane o' Balmaqueen]

Proof that when asked about football.
Football fans across the country know fuck all when it comes to football.

United favourites for promotion...

Well, if you have an infinite amount of monkeys.....