Smiley Culture Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 Friday 4th August Championship Nottingham Forest v Millwall Sunderland v Derby County Saturday 5th August Championship Bristol City v Barnsley Burton Albion v Cardiff City Fulham v Norwich City Ipswich Town v Birmingham City Preston North End v Sheffield Wednesday QPR v Reading Sheffield United v Brentford Wolves v Middlesbrough Aston Villa v Hull City (5.30) League One Bradford City v Blackpool Bury v Walsall Charlton Athletic v Bristol Rovers Doncaster Rovers v Gillingham Fleetwood Town v Rotherham United MK Dons v Wigan Athletic Oldham Athletic v Oxford United Peterborough United v Plymouth Argyle Portsmouth v Rochdale Scunthorpe United v AFC Wimbledon Shrewsbury Town v Northampton Town Southend United v Blackburn Rovers League Two Accrington Stanley v Colchester United Carlisle United v Swindon Town Chesterfield v Grimbsy Town Coventry City v Notts County Crawley Town v Port Vale Crewe Alexandra v Mansfield Town Exeter City v Cambridge United Forest Green Rovers v Barnet Luton Town v Yeovil Town Morecambe v Cheltenham Town Stevenage v Newport County Wycombe Wanderers v Lincoln City Sunday 6th August Championship Bolton Wanderers v Leeds United Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 Will be a tough game against Sheffield United but I fancy us to do them. A lot of people tipping us to be surprise relegation favourites (surprise favourites???) but we've kept our players, improved on last seasons squad and have arguably the best winger in the league still with us. Defo going to be around the play offs this season so beating sides like Sheffield United needs to be a done thing now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toony Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 I can't see Brentford anywhere near the play-offs. All gets underway tonight then, interested to see how Sunderland look under Grayson, think they'll be hard to break down but haven't really got any quality up top. Expect Forest to win the other game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honey Honey Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 Glad football is back. Massive pressure on Sunderland tonight. Need to put their terrible pre-season behind them. Why are Forest playing Millwall tonight? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toony Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 55 minutes ago, HoneyNUFC said: Glad football is back. Massive pressure on Sunderland tonight. Need to put their terrible pre-season behind them. Why are Forest playing Millwall tonight? Think it's to do with the cricket being in Nottingham tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluebird Hewitt Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 Think we have a decent squad for the season. Not going to crack the play offs but I have a bit more optimism for the season. Unfortunately, losing Kadeem Harris for 2-3 months is a blow but we do have options available in Hoilett, Mendez-Laing and possibly Ward if necessary. Burton won't be easy as they proved last season, but if Zohore can continue as he did in the latter half of last season, he will cause Burton problems. Going for a 1-0 win to us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucas Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 Honestly couldn't predict the first team for Sunday's game. So many possibilities. It's all down to who has made the greatest impressions in pre season and training. The only thing we do know is Pontus Jansson is suspended so that automatically makes me weary about the defence, particularly with no Kyle Bartley to lean on now. Obviously would love to start with a win away at Bolton on TV, and with all due respect to Stef, we should normally look at that game as very winnable. But the first game is a lottery, players have been used to non competitive games and then suddenly the intensity rises and not all of them manage to be 'on it.' I'm going to try not get bent out shape too much with Sunday's result. Last season we were stuffed 3-0 by QPR on Sky. Then look how contrasting both our season's were. Should be a good support in, we sold the allocation in 15 minutes so it's not like any optimism has wavered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Stan Posted August 4, 2017 Administrator Share Posted August 4, 2017 sometimes playing a promoted team can have its downsides when played them first. although Bolton's team is full of trialists these days so maybe you're good for 3 points meanwhile, I know it's only Sunderland and Derby but it's good to have serious football back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluebird Hewitt Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 Derby lead 1-0 thanks to Johnson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Stan Posted August 4, 2017 Administrator Share Posted August 4, 2017 Sunderland were on top before and after the goal but Derby just had a good chance to go 2 up after Steele fumbled a Huddlestone shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Stan Posted August 4, 2017 Administrator Share Posted August 4, 2017 what a save from Carson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honey Honey Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 Derby happy to sit. Always a risky tactic. I think Sunderland will equalise, but they look shit at the back. Galloway was awful for the goal and the keeper nearly fucked up as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Stan Posted August 4, 2017 Administrator Share Posted August 4, 2017 penalty Sunderland! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Stan Posted August 4, 2017 Administrator Share Posted August 4, 2017 equaliser for Sunderland! Blatant handball from Butterfield and Grabban slots the penalty away. Sunderland deserve that tbf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honey Honey Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 Derby lost their defensive composure being hit on the break. All over the place leading to that penalty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 Good reaction so far from Sunderland. I'm quite surprised Derby haven't taken the game to them more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honey Honey Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 Just seen the stats from forest v Millwall, what is going on there? Forest lead 1-0, Millwall have had 28% possession and had 13 shots to forests 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storts Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 Awful quality but enjoying just having competitive football to watch again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honey Honey Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 Jimmy Savilles son looks good at this level. Just setup grabban who hit the post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber RandoEFC+ Posted August 4, 2017 Subscriber Share Posted August 4, 2017 How do Galloway and Browning look? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storts Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 2 minutes ago, RandoEFC said: How do Galloway and Browning look? Tanned Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honey Honey Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 Galloway badly at fault for the goal but has improved since. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honey Honey Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 Tom Huddlestone making a lot of passes to no one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 Derby have a lot of experience and characters in there ranks but without Christie, Hughes and Ince the lack of pace is there to see. It reminds me of when Palace lost Andy Johnson and in came the likes of Mark Kennedy and James Scowcroft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 James Vaughan could be like Freddie Sears at this level. Needs an early goal in his Sunderland career or he could go on a horrendous barron spell with no confidence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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