The English footballing season officially starts tonight with the first meeting of two-time-worst-PL-team Sunderland and still-the-worst-PL-team Derby County for 9 years. The Mackems' appalling season last time saw David Moyes quit and the now bald Simon Grayson take over a club that are still in shambles. Gary Rowett on the other hand has stabilised the Rams following the second exit of Hair Island's Steve McClaren, and has made commendable signings such as Curtis Davies and Tom Huddlestone.
Kick-off at 7:45pm UK time with coverage on Sky Sports Football from 7:00pm.
What is the Championship like this season? Who are early favourites to go up?
Austin Smith
>james vaughan >david nugent
Ryan Morales
middlesbrough are favs
the big boys this year are villa, fulham, reading, wednesday, wolves and leeds
Jacob Gray
the championship is quite unpredictable, it's not uncommon for a team to come out of nowhere and get promoted, plus 'favoured' teams can just have shit seasons that said the bookies favourites are boro, villa, fulham, wolves, norwich and sheff wed
Joshua Taylor
Sunderland will finish in the bottom 8.
Relegation is a very realistic prospect in my opinion.
Alexander Watson
I fancy Sunderland to go down, got them at 20/1
Blake Parker
>the three worst PL records ever combined gets you one point fewer than mememouth managed last season
Juan Sullivan
>moyes
Caleb Sullivan
nah grayson is good at being decent with shit players
they wont be finishing in the top half but they wont go down either
Mason Lee
>Sunderland v Derby live coverage >talk about John Terry within 3 minutes
Sky can fuck right off if they're going to give that wanker any more coverage than other player.
Jaxon Moore
They got fucked 5-0 by Celtics reserves and youths
Josiah Long
And for some reason, Derby's eternal rivals Nottingham Forest and NORTY BOYS Millwall are playing tonight as well.
Forest line-up in pic related, Millwall's in next post
Easton Turner
Sunderland are the biggest basket case in british football and they're at an all time low right now. Grayson has the challenge of his life here. This has Portsmouth written all over it.
Christopher Gonzalez
Ooooooh Barrie McKay
Robert Rivera
...
Jayden Carter
>barrie mckay >jason cummings
warburton is a fucking mong lmao. both will flop badly.
Eli Peterson
what did he mean by this?
Elijah Sullivan
>not having your own TV deal >not moving around more matches for TV >not campaigning to remove the blackout
Jackson Hernandez
cant wait for that fucktard to get EXPOSED it was only a friendly though, I wish they kept moyes and went down again desu >armand traore aka the biggest cunt in football history ahead of lichaj or cohen at left back forest are losing tonite
Liam Gutierrez
Cummings is a fucking mong, went to school with him, nice enough, but thick as shit.
Bentley Thomas
>doubting the Destroyers of Dumbarton, the Annihilators of Ayr, the Quashers of Queen of the South
Jonathan Roberts
Dunderland 0 - 2 Derby County FC
Chase Collins
>Who are early favourites to go up? Everyone
Asher Jenkins
>and leeds
James Reed
Look what I found brehs
Are these even valuable?
Jacob Powell
Forest butthurt Derby were kicking off the season so tried to do the same
Owen James
NEVER EVER
Blake Cooper
Villa reportin in
This could be our best season in years
#blessed
Landon Morgan
this is on tonight? get the fuck in lads! footy is back!
i hope derby destroy sunderland.
Brandon Cooper
It's because there's another big event on in notts tomorrow
No one gives a shit about Derby
Nicholas Powell
Darren didn't do anything wrong
Eli Gutierrez
Don't Sunderland know Vaughan is made of glass?
Dylan Hall
>Grayson >Promotions 4 - all from league 1
Sunderland are going to have a great 2018/19 season.
Logan Powell
He was obviously correct in what he said but publicly getting pished with fans and talking shite right before the season starts says a lot about the guy. Waster.
Leo Rogers
>Sunderland selling of all their high wage 'talent' >replace them with shit for £peanuts to reduce overall debt
Bludnerland are utterly utterly fucked. Fighting relegation from League 1 in 18 months time.
Christopher Harris
wes brown seems thick as shit
Oliver Nguyen
Sunderland, Sheffield utd and Birmingham city to go down for me
Julian Barnes
no way the blunts are going down
Julian Parker
>replace with shit they're solid signings for the championship. Sunderland won't go down with Grayson in charge either.
Caleb Reed
Milwall, Forest and QPR
Landon Roberts
I don't even want to watch this fucking game
Fuck
Oliver Edwards
Leeds, Burton and Birmingham to go down Villa, boro and reading to go up
Lincoln James
>brought season ticket >It arrived today >First match is tomorrow
Cutting it a bit close desu
Ryder Barnes
Should I watch this
William Baker
Where are we getting streams from these days lads?
Haven't watched any preseason shite.
Zachary Parker
they were the first club who had a better record than those three combined
Parker Edwards
Steele is the worst keeper in the championship. Two young inexperienced defenders at a club where young inexperienced defenders get exposed every week by a shit midfield, get progressively worse over a season. Mcgeady is the ultimate meme player who will get tired of his teammates being shit and relying on his creativity to make literally anything happen. Vaughan is made of glass and sub-par for the championship.
Grabban is half decent though, and Sunderland will need everything from him if they are to get any kind of scoring going this season.
Christopher Taylor
soccerstreams.net
Dylan Rogers
Are you down the local? Does it have a flat roof? Are you chatting to big Dave the bald bloke?
If you answered yes to all three then watching this match is your birthright
William Turner
why the fuck not
Evan Anderson
>Davies, Huddlestone >£2.5m for both, not that we're going to spend it on players anyway
;_;
Going to be a long season I think lads
Sebastian James
Do you like football? If so then why the fuck would you not?
Isaiah Walker
>Believing in villa
I made this mistake before. I have now endured 20+ years of suffering
Easton Rivera
Grayson's captain at Preston was tom fucking clarke. says it all, they will stay up.
Bruce is best manager to get them back into prem. just sack him when he gets you there.
Evan Turner
>Steele is the worst keeper in the championship You're forgetting David "We won't bottle it" Stockdale.
>whoops
Leo Cook
Your 2017/2018 Championship winners
Tyler Bailey
Tom Clarke is good, what are you on about kid?
Dylan Myers
Every time I remember Birmingham city's transfer window I have to chuckle
'arry must be having a mare
Jeremiah Scott
Sunderland are a bigger mess than most folk realise mate. Grayson won't be able to stop the juggernaut of shit.
Evan Turner
Ha'way the lads
Joshua Rogers
Might be the ugliest kit I've ever seen
Christopher Miller
This
We're a whole other level of shit. Expect us to perform about as well now as we did in the PL.
Jose Phillips
Just seen their squad.
This is horrendous.
Asher Young
you have 30 secs to name a better manlet cb than tom clarke in the championship
Levi Collins
I fucking hate it too. I hope it grows on me
Jaxson Hill
he's alright. watched him for a number of years and i didn't personally think he would make the step up to championship
honestly lads you'll be fine.
Connor Miller
what a shithole
Elijah Miller
Derby's away kit? yeah it isn't great
Carter Reed
It looks even worse at distance from the TV camera's POV.
*clap clap clap*
Brayden Howard
can't tbf
Luis Walker
new haircut
Robert Flores
>stadium of shit half empty even for the first game of the season
Parker Collins
>Still with the fucking kid
I DON'T CARE
I DIDN'T CARE BEFORE AND NOW I REALLY DON'T CARE
Justin Anderson
MUH BRADLEY
Brandon Myers
...
Cameron Peterson
some of us have hearts
Michael Miller
>engclaps
Gabriel Taylor
not even trying to be edgy when i say i hate the bradley meme why is he so important?
John Sullivan
>NDER D A
Connor Reyes
It's just people trying to show off about how caring they are. As if anyone gives a fuck.
Noah Gomez
its back lads
Brody Walker
I unironically like that kit but it's somewhat iconic because it was what we were wearing when we knocked liverpool out of the FA cup at anfield in the 90s
Asher Brown
Just fucking ignore it, people bitching about him is getting worse than the crying and clapping.
Juan Morgan
It's like the kit designers were told to make sure everyone would know we're not in the PL any more
William Campbell
>tfw League One
Gabriel Russell
Wonder how many other kids died from something similar at the same time
David Martin
>puntderland
Ryan Perry
>Sunderland fans are the best, they would fill the ground at any level
Joseph Clark
blackburn?
Luis Jenkins
who /gibbo/ here
Luke Jackson
The pink seats are even more visible now.
Ryder Bell
Dunno why the fans should give a fuck when the club clearly doesn't
Anthony Cox
Still can't believe Birmingham got away with it again
James Rodriguez
>Rowett >no Ince >no Hughes
Gonna be a long, boring season for Derby fans.
Grayson Campbell
the new sky score graphic is rubbish
Alexander Allen
I'm so desperate for competitive football I actually ended up starting to watch this shit
Benjamin Long
I mean yeah Sunderland are in a bit of a state at the moment but I don't think they could EVEN IMAGINE what aresenal are going through right now
Ian Ross
Can only hope Huddlestone brings some fun
David Gomez
>not watching based Europa league qualifying rounds