Championship season 2025/26

[sfc4prem]

Who has come out of the window with the strongest squad?

Surely Leicester?

[Football Special]

12 minutes ago, sfc4prem said:

Who has come out of the window with the strongest squad?

Surely Leicester?

How many players from last season have they lost? Looks a decent side still. 

Need that 12-15 point deduction to give us a chance to finish above them 

[goodymatt]

Interesting amount of change from the team that got Ipswich up last time.

[goodymatt]

51 minutes ago, sfc4prem said:

Who has come out of the window with the strongest squad?

Surely Leicester?

Depth wise I think it’s us and Ipswich.
Leicester do still have some great players though (and a pending points deduction).

[goodymatt]

42 minutes ago, Football Special said:

How many players from last season have they lost? Looks a decent side still. 

Need that 12-15 point deduction to give us a chance to finish above them 

They’ve lost Hermansen, McAteer, Justin, Ndidi, Coady, Vardy, Iversen (GK), Ward (GK), Coulibaly, El Khannouss.
Buonanotte and Eduard returned to parent clubs following PL loans.

[saintant]

1 hour ago, sfc4prem said:

Who has come out of the window with the strongest squad?

Surely Leicester?

They've sign an aging goalkeeper on a free in Begovic, Jordan James and Aaron Ramsey on season long loans (not exactly inspiring) plus Julian Carranza on a season long loan with option to buy. He scored goals in America but not many elsewhere. All pretty uninspiring to me but we'll see.

[Football Special]

Rough guide, but latest odds for winning the Championship, Ipswich still favourites 

[Patches O Houlihan]

3 hours ago, goodymatt said:

Interesting amount of change from the team that got Ipswich up last time.

It's worth clicking the link to have a read of Ipswich fan comments:

"The ownership have had a smell of the Premier League and will replace anyone to get back there and stay there no matter how much we love the player, how much the player loves the club and no matter how much that player has done for the club. Different game now, sad to see"

Chappers isn’t Premiership class that’s no doubt but if they want to get back there he’s just the sort of character we need at the club. 4 right backs no left back cover and no right sided CM cover is hugely concerning"It might turn out that we've played a blinder, but for a lot of us this was easily the best Town squad we've ever seen, and we've voluntarily torn it up in the space of three windows. Can only hope the newbies step up"

"When Norwich yo-yo’ed in 20/21, we kept the vast majority of those who got us promoted two years before, and only improved in a couple positions. Beyond the emotional element, are you lot worried about the effects of losing this core?"

"Some people say it’s progression, but unfortunately this isn’t we’ve got rid of a really good player fact we’ve got rid of lots of good players and not brought many better players in sad days"

 

[hypochondriac]

4 minutes ago, Patches O Houlihan said:

It's worth clicking the link to have a read of Ipswich fan comments:

"The ownership have had a smell of the Premier League and will replace anyone to get back there and stay there no matter how much we love the player, how much the player loves the club and no matter how much that player has done for the club. Different game now, sad to see"

Chappers isn’t Premiership class that’s no doubt but if they want to get back there he’s just the sort of character we need at the club. 4 right backs no left back cover and no right sided CM cover is hugely concerning"It might turn out that we've played a blinder, but for a lot of us this was easily the best Town squad we've ever seen, and we've voluntarily torn it up in the space of three windows. Can only hope the newbies step up"

"When Norwich yo-yo’ed in 20/21, we kept the vast majority of those who got us promoted two years before, and only improved in a couple positions. Beyond the emotional element, are you lot worried about the effects of losing this core?"

"Some people say it’s progression, but unfortunately this isn’t we’ve got rid of a really good player fact we’ve got rid of lots of good players and not brought many better players in sad days"

 

Interesting. Certainly compared to our shower where we didn't give much of a shit about losing anyone beyond about two players.

[Patches O Houlihan]

Imagine if Ricky, Adam, Jose et al had been relegated immediately - it sounds like that doesn't it

[goodymatt]

2 minutes ago, Patches O Houlihan said:

Imagine if Ricky, Adam, Jose et al had been relegated immediately - it sounds like that doesn't it

Different gravy those three, what a time that was. 

[gurru991]

5 hours ago, Football Special said:

How many players from last season have they lost? Looks a decent side still. 

Need that 12-15 point deduction to give us a chance to finish above them 

We've cleared out a few of the higher earners but still have a few left. Our new manager doesn't have a problem with playing youngsters so it should be interesting 

Hopefully only a 2-3 point deduction.

[Patches O Houlihan]

6 minutes ago, gurru991 said:

We've cleared out a few of the higher earners but still have a few left. Our new manager doesn't have a problem with playing youngsters so it should be interesting 

Hopefully only a 2-3 point deduction.

Interested to hear what might indicate a 2-3 point deduction.

Would you say your squad is stronger or weaker now than the one that was promoted as Champions in 23/24?