It’s not even the end of May, the season has been over for four days and we’ve got the first managerial change of 2014/15. Former Millwall striker Bob Peeters is the new manager of Charlton.
Peeters has managerial experience in the Belgian Pro League but none in England. I’ve run some extremely basic numbers and although [...]
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It’s the last game of the season (Saturday, 3pm, Sky Sports 1) but let’s set the hype aside and try take an objective look at the match. I always treat the final as an away game for both teams and unless specifically stated the stats I mention are from the last 20 seasons.
You can make [...]
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Tags: Barnsley · Birmingham · Bolton · Brighton · Burnley · Charlton · Derby · Ipswich · Leicester · Middlesbrough · Nottm Forest · QPR · Reading · Watford · Wigan
In contrast to their patchy away form, Rangers have been excellent at home: just two defeats at Loftus Road all season. Having said that, they’ve only won half of their last ten home matches and only kept two cleaan sheets in that period: if you cast your mind back to the start of the season, [...]
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Tags: Birmingham · Brighton · Derby · QPR · Wigan
A quick post today as I can’t guarantee I’ll be around tomorrow. The game is on Sky Sports 1, kick off 5:15pm.
How the second leg pans out depends on the approaches that Steve McClaren and Oscar Garcia want to take under the circumstances. As it stands, Brighton need to win 2-0 to qualify for the [...]
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Tags: Birmingham · Brighton · Burnley · Derby · Leicester · Millwall · QPR · Wigan · Yeovil Town
The lower placed side has qualified for the final in six of the last ten seasons – including four of the last five – but only Crystal Palace and Burnley have been promoted in the same period. As I never tire of pointing out, the fourth placed team hasn’t been promoted via the Championship playoffs [...]
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Tags: Burnley · Ipswich · QPR · Wigan · Yeovil Town
