Championship season 2025/26

[Lee On Solent Saint]

According to BBC, Norwich have offered a contract to their preferred managerial option. Martin and Still thought to be in the running.

[Holmes_and_Watson]

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10 hours ago, Lee On Solent Saint said:

According to BBC, Norwich have offered a contract to their preferred managerial option. Martin and Still thought to be in the running.

Norwich fans did end up protesting against Stuart Webber when he was DOF, after a dismal time of it. I wonder how long their patience would last under Martin in particular. They were sick of watching Farke's uni-system fail. 

[Saint NL]

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2025/11/18/leicester-city-premier-league-charges-heard-next-week/

 

Finally an update on Leicesters possible points deduction 

[Doctoroncall]

39 minutes ago, Saint NL said:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2025/11/18/leicester-city-premier-league-charges-heard-next-week/

 

Finally an update on Leicesters possible points deduction 

It is unclear when Leicester will discover the outcome of this hearing, but many sources claim a final verdict is not expected until the end of this year at the earliest.

Appeals could risk the row dragging on into the second half of the season.

After rules were amended earlier this year, any sanction – including a points deduction – could be imposed this season with Leicester in the Championship.

That uncertainty is threatening to cause great disruption in the chase for promotion.

Leicester and the Premier League declined to comment.

[Football Special]

43 minutes ago, Saint NL said:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2025/11/18/leicester-city-premier-league-charges-heard-next-week/

 

Finally an update on Leicesters possible points deduction 

I fully expect them to have no points deduction 

[Stripey McStripe Shirt]

Just seen Birmingham's new stadium. It's different, I'll give 'em that.

Edited 20 November, 2025 by Stripey McStripe Shirt

[Dark Munster]

[AlexLaw76]

Coventry are on fire, be amazed if they screw this up now.

Leicester, with a pending points deduction, are looking average. They will likely change their manager....can only be time for....

[Saint NL]

Can you imagine merging with Pompey? It amazes me that someone even suggested it

 

[Stripey McStripe Shirt]

Need to take emotions out of it 

Americans get it.

[benjii]

Top 2 needs to be the target. 

Catching Cov is out of our control, but not impossible if we beat them twice, but second is all to play for.

[leesaint88]

3 minutes ago, benjii said:

Top 2 needs to be the target. 

Catching Cov is out of our control, but not impossible if we beat them twice, but second is all to play for.

We'll see with Cov. I've watched them the past few games and they seem to be a bit of a bomb scare at the back, just they know how to put the ball in the net to save them! 

[UpweySaint]

1 hour ago, Stripey McStripe Shirt said:

Need to take emotions out of it 

Americans get it.

Americans pack up sport ‘franchises’ and move them across the country. Their sporting culture is very different from ours. I would be put good money that if the two clubs merged you would see one, if not two, fan led clubs formed that would draw fans away from Sheffield Unitesday. 

[Saint86]

5 hours ago, AlexLaw76 said:

Coventry are on fire, be amazed if they screw this up now.

Leicester, with a pending points deduction, are looking average. They will likely change their manager....can only be time for....

Automatics:

Coventry on 40points (13clear of ipswich, 16points clear of us) are already most of the way home and dry, let alone with a +30GD after 17games. I know they'll suffer a blip, but i can't see them not finishing top 2.

The other place i suspect will go to one of Ipswich, ourselves, or maybe Brum. Ipswich are looking ominous now, consistently grinding out results and already in the mix for automatics.

Birmingham have a solid team, should keep getting better and better, and have the ability to significantly strengthen again in January if needed.

And saints, i think we have a very good squad for the division - need to keep going as we are now and we have every chance of getting the 2nd spot.

I don't fancy boro or stoke - i think they'll both ultimately fall away.

 

Playoffs:

Whoever doesn't make it for the automatics out of us / ipswich / brum, and then stoke and boro, then pick another - Bristol city perhaps?

I am writing Leicester off for promotion. They're getting at least 1 set of points deductions (possibly 2), and i just don't think their squad is good enough for promotion.

 

Edited 26 November, 2025 by Saint86

[saintant]

Good to see we are now among the top scorers in the Championship. Coventry are way out in front with 47 then it's Ipswich and Hull on 28 and us on 26. If current form continues we'll certainly outscore Ipswich and Hull. 

[Pamplemousse]

Ings coming up against Portsmouth tonight for the first time since that 4-0 win at Fratton.

He's only on the bench but would be nice if he gets an opportunity to recreate a knee slide in front of their fans...

[OttawaSaint]

1 hour ago, Pamplemousse said:

Ings coming up against Portsmouth tonight for the first time since that 4-0 win at Fratton.

He's only on the bench but would be nice if he gets an opportunity to recreate a knee slide in front of their fans...

It's 3-0 for the Blades right now and he's just come on...

[Mixedkebab]

Seems to be quite a few more empty seats in the away end than when Saints played there, must be terrible traffic on the M1

[Pamplemousse]

Shame we don't play them for another two months. Hopefully we continue to improve and they continue to slide back towards League 1

[Badger]

10 minutes ago, Pamplemousse said:

Shame we don't play them for another two months. Hopefully we continue to improve and they continue to slide back towards League 1

Way things are going you wonder if the skates will stick with Mousinho.

I always thought Gary O’Neil would end up there. Possibly their manager when we play them 

[Gloucester Saint]

21 minutes ago, Badger said:

Way things are going you wonder if the skates will stick with Mousinho.

I always thought Gary O’Neil would end up there. Possibly their manager when we play them 

Their owner moaning about the cost of the EFL today. Shows you how crap Still was that despite having to bring a shaky reserve keeper on that he was never tested and we didn’t score against them. Mind you, we also were the only side to lose at Ewood Park this season as well. Ginger Mourinho Will was not. 

[AlexLaw76]

Just now, Gloucester Saint said:

Their owner moaning about the cost of the EFL today. Shows you how crap Still was that despite having to bring a shaky reserve keeper on that he was never tested and we didn’t score against them. Mind you, we also were the only side to lose at Ewood Park this season as well. Ginger Mourinho Will was not. 

Pompey have one of the smallest budgets in the league (apparently). Everything about our approach to that game was a fucking disgrace.

I think Quarshie costs more than their entire transfer outlay this summer alone.

[Gloucester Saint]

1 minute ago, AlexLaw76 said:

Pompey have one of the smallest budgets in the league (apparently). Everything about our approach to that game was a fucking disgrace.

I think Quarshie costs more than their entire transfer outlay this summer alone.

Matterface is a prick but he made that exact observation on commentary and it’s impossible to argue against. If they had better than Colby Bishop up front we’d have lost that 0-2 on national tv.

[bpsaint]

Anyone seen any pictures of the away end at Sheffield United last night? Hoping to use it as a bit of ammo but I’ve not seen any pics on social media.

[Pamplemousse]

Had a look, no pictures but The News has an entire article about their amazing support... It's so weird

https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/football/portsmouth-fc/portsmouth-fc-news-chris-wilder-bramall-lane-patrick-bamford-sheffield-united-5419627

 

In fairness, 1300 fans is more than Leicester took down here on Tuesday.

[Football Special]

1 hour ago, Pamplemousse said:

Had a look, no pictures but The News has an entire article about their amazing support... It's so weird

https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/football/portsmouth-fc/portsmouth-fc-news-chris-wilder-bramall-lane-patrick-bamford-sheffield-united-5419627

 

In fairness, 1300 fans is more than Leicester took down here on Tuesday.

They crack me up, just can't help themselves can they. 

"Chris Wilder was full of praise over the ‘passionate’ Pompey faithful who made the long-midweek trip to Bramall Lane."

 

We took just over 2000 up there midweek , they won't like that. 

[die Mannyschaft]

On 26/11/2025 at 21:23, Mixedkebab said:

Seems to be quite a few more empty seats in the away end than when Saints played there, must be terrible traffic on the M1

Saints supoort home is far better than Pompey over the years and that's undisputed. Saints away also mut now be better especially in seasons when not playing well or relegated seasons.

[Football Special]

Such a tight division and two more games to come this week could change quite a bit 

[S-Clarke]

Just now, Football Special said:

Such a tight division and two more games to come this week could change quite a bit 

This month is going to change this league a lot I think, injuries starting to show - as Coventry are stretched squad wise a bit at the moment.

This is where the likes of ourselves and Ipswich can certainly make up ground, and where you may start to see the likes of Stoke, PNE, Millwall and such drift off the pace slightly as the amount of games stretch their smaller squads.

Be interesting to see how it looks in a month.

[Turkish]

On 28/11/2025 at 12:05, Football Special said:

They crack me up, just can't help themselves can they. 

"Chris Wilder was full of praise over the ‘passionate’ Pompey faithful who made the long-midweek trip to Bramall Lane."

 

We took just over 2000 up there midweek , they won't like that. 

They do, any opportunity to talk themselves up they’re all over it

whenever there is a post on Facebook about us our them they first few posts are always from them either posting about how great they are or how bad we are. Imagine having that much of an inferiority complex. 

[Football Special]

11 minutes ago, S-Clarke said:

This month is going to change this league a lot I think, injuries starting to show - as Coventry are stretched squad wise a bit at the moment.

This is where the likes of ourselves and Ipswich can certainly make up ground, and where you may start to see the likes of Stoke, PNE, Millwall and such drift off the pace slightly as the amount of games stretch their smaller squads.

Be interesting to see how it looks in a month.

Agree, what's the cut off for booking suspensions ? Usually get more of those this time of year as well as players accumulate 5. 

I thought we had some strength in depth but have been disappointed with subs recently, good to see Archer back in contention and Shea Charles not far away , going to need them 

[SuperSAINT]

14 minutes ago, S-Clarke said:

This month is going to change this league a lot I think, injuries starting to show - as Coventry are stretched squad wise a bit at the moment.

This is where the likes of ourselves and Ipswich can certainly make up ground, and where you may start to see the likes of Stoke, PNE, Millwall and such drift off the pace slightly as the amount of games stretch their smaller squads.

Be interesting to see how it looks in a month.

Millwall have done a remarkable job considering their injuries.

[skintsaint]

28 minutes ago, SuperSAINT said:

Millwall have done a remarkable job considering their injuries.

Might add a few bans to it now maybe...

https://fb.watch/DQmvcFq-7z/

[ErwinK1961]

45 minutes ago, Football Special said:

Such a tight division and two more games to come this week could change quite a bit 

I personally think (and have always felt) that Ipswich would be a shoe in for an auto place. They’re nicely positioned and seem to be finding another gear. I reckon they’ll win the league.

Coventry have got a buffer and have played well so far, be interesting to see if they can keep that up when injuries and suspensions mount up. They’ll be disappointed if they don’t get autos now.

If Tonda can keep it up then we’ll be in with a shout. Wouldn’t surprise me at all if Us, Ipswich, Sheff Utd and Leicester all end up in top 6, which is exactly what you’d expect with the financial arrange we all have.

[Mboto Gorge]

33 minutes ago, Turkish said:

They do, any opportunity to talk themselves up they’re all over it

whenever there is a post on Facebook about us our them they first few posts are always from them either posting about how great they are or how bad we are. Imagine having that much of an inferiority complex. 

I’ve noticed this a lot over a long period of time: if there’s a neutral page that says something positive about us, the first few post or two will say something derogatory for no apparent reason, until you click that persons profile…location: Portsmouth. Really is sad 

[Football Special]

12 hours ago, Mboto Gorge said:

I’ve noticed this a lot over a long period of time: if there’s a neutral page that says something positive about us, the first few post or two will say something derogatory for no apparent reason, until you click that persons profile…location: Portsmouth. Really is sad 

Oh dear 

 

[Badger]

2 hours ago, Football Special said:

Oh dear 

 

Is that such a surprise ? 

[Pamplemousse]

Opta's Predictor has us finishing 6th come the end of the season, and the skates getting relegated. I'd take that if you'd offered it to me right now.

[Andy Hill]

Yes - the play offs is the best that we can hope for unless we can find a way to stop leaking goals - starting with finding a “commanding” goal keeper.

[LiberalCommunist]

Not saying we'll get an auto place, but we will finish above Boro and Coventry. 

Just putting it out there. 

[Turkish]

Ipswich winning again gone under the radar a bit but now 4th and putting a good run together 

[Turkish]

25 minutes ago, LiberalCommunist said:

Not saying we'll get an auto place, but we will finish above Boro and Coventry. 

Just putting it out there. 

Boro I can see but Coventry have only dropped 16 points all season and are 14 above us. They’d have to have a spectacular slip for us to finish above them. 

[Willo of Whiteley]

We’ll get promoted.

Coventry will start to falter over Christmas.
Middlesbrough and Stoke will fall away in the new year too, they’ll be lucky to finish in the play offs.
Ipswich will probably go up too.

[SuperSAINT]

4 minutes ago, Turkish said:

Ipswich winning again gone under the radar a bit but now 4th and putting a good run together 

Handy to see Millwall dropped a couple of points this evening.

[Turkish]

4 minutes ago, SuperSAINT said:

Handy to see Millwall dropped a couple of points this evening.

How are Hull 6th and QPR 7th? They’re shite 😂

[LuckyNumber7]

9 minutes ago, Willo of Whiteley said:

We’ll get promoted.

Coventry will start to falter over Christmas.
Middlesbrough and Stoke will fall away in the new year too, they’ll be lucky to finish in the play offs.
Ipswich will probably go up too.

Stoke have already fallen away. Only just above us on GD and lost 5 of their last 6.

Think we have a shot at 2nd but we're not catching Coventry.

Edited 10 December, 2025 by LuckyNumber7

[Willo of Whiteley]

Leicester weren’t deemed catchable two years ago, and yet for a short period everyone did.

All teams will have their drop off.

[chownie20]

Coventry at home is going to be big!

[LiberalCommunist]

Massive. Prediction breaking almost. 

[Turkish]

6 minutes ago, chownie20 said:

Coventry at home is going to be big!

Win and we give ourselves an outside chance anything less we’ve have to close a 14 point gap in 23 games, big ask