The Championship News 2026

[Pilchards]

I see Wolves are looking strong for the Championship campaign this year.

Kieran Trippier signing on and now rumoured to be going back for ex favourite Jimenez.

 

Edited 2 hours ago by Pilchards

[Dr Who?]

17 minutes ago, Pilchards said:

I see Wolves are looking strong for the Championship campaign this year.

Kieran Trippier signing on and now rumoured to be going back for ex favourite Jimenez.

 

Yeah I should think these will be favourites for sure. 

[saintant]

42 minutes ago, Pilchards said:

I see Wolves are looking strong for the Championship campaign this year.

Kieran Trippier signing on and now rumoured to be going back for ex favourite Jimenez.

 

They'll be playing old men's walking football 🙂

[Patrick Bateman]

1 hour ago, Pilchards said:

I see Wolves are looking strong for the Championship campaign this year.

Kieran Trippier signing on and now rumoured to be going back for ex favourite Jimenez.

 

Can't see either of them coping with the demands of a Championship season, especially from mid-December onwards. I think Jimenez would be a great signing for Saints on a rotation basis, but that's the thing we do well, rotate. 

[Suhari]

1 hour ago, Pilchards said:

I see Wolves are looking strong for the Championship campaign this year.

Kieran Trippier signing on and now rumoured to be going back for ex favourite Jimenez.

 

Hmmm.

Not sure signing guys at the tail end of their career is a solid strategy for the EFL. In theory maybe; in practice, I'm really not convinced.

[Willo of Whiteley]

Five years ago they were different players.

They could easily have the impacts of Walcott or Romeu on their return.

[Pamplemousse]

We'll see how much scar tissue Wolves have. Other than a bit of a resurgence for a month or so, they were utterly shit for the most of the season

[Jeremy Corbyn]

44 minutes ago, Pamplemousse said:

We'll see how much scar tissue Wolves have. Other than a bit of a resurgence for a month or so, they were utterly shit for the most of the season

I think they probably look at last season with a sense of relief that it wasn't as humiliating as it looked like it could have been.

[CheshireSaint]

Pointless signing I reckon. As Saints proved, it's no good planning solely on getting out of the League 1, unless you plan on coming straight back down again. Signings ideally have to be good enough as is, with potential or a ceiling to better themselves in the Prem. If successful, Trippier and Jimenez will be another year older than now. Player tend to drop off a cliff rather than marginally deteriorate once past their best. We shall see.

[Saint Scott]

15 hours ago, Pilchards said:

I see Wolves are looking strong for the Championship campaign this year.

Kieran Trippier signing on and now rumoured to be going back for ex favourite Jimenez.

 

Agreed. Jimenez and Arma will be tough to contain 

[AlexLaw76]

Surprised Wolves are not going for a young upstart from the German 2nd Division to lead the line

[The Kraken]

36 minutes ago, Saint Scott said:

Agreed. Jimenez and Arma will be tough to contain 

I also liked the look of Mane. Still only 18 and bags of promise.

[SuperSAINT]

51 minutes ago, The Kraken said:

I also liked the look of Mane. Still only 18 and bags of promise.

Shame we missed out on him.  

[Saint NL]

Not strictly championship, but if they need to sell then I can't imagine any PL teams will be interested.

[Football Special]

8 hours ago, Willo of Whiteley said:

Five years ago they were different players.

They could easily have the impacts of Walcott or Romeu on their return.

Trippier I think will do ok in that position, Jimenez will depend on staying fit, probably similar to Ross Stewart 

[Saint NL]

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/cd7wn0erlvwo

 

McKenna leaves Ipswich. (Not technically Championship)

[JohnnyShearer2.0]

Wow, shame he couldn't do that during the season just gone.

Edited 16 hours ago by JohnnyShearer2.0

[CSA96]

Not sure where else to put this but...

Wolves sacking Rob Edwards:  

 

[Willo of Whiteley]

11 minutes ago, CSA96 said:

Not sure where else to put this but...

Wolves sacking Rob Edwards:  

 

Imagine leaving a team that was top of the Championship for a team destined to get relegated from the Premier League, get relegated with one of the worst efforts to stay up and then get sacked before the following season starts having agreed a deal to bring back their former star striker.

Wolves could be just as funny as West Ham this season. 🤣

[woodsaint1]

12 minutes ago, CSA96 said:

Not sure where else to put this but...

Wolves sacking Rob Edwards:  

 

After signing Jimenez and Trippier, and then having Edwards on to talk about them both. Trippier even praised Edwards. 😂😂

Can only be a good thing for us as Edwards knows the Championship well and has had success

 

[Willo of Whiteley]

18 minutes ago, CSA96 said:

Not sure where else to put this but...

Wolves sacking Rob Edwards:  

 

Would be equally as funny to see that fraud Fabrizio called out on more bullshit like he was a week ago 

[Maggie May]

5 hours ago, CSA96 said:

Not sure where else to put this but...

Wolves sacking Rob Edwards:  

 

Doubt this is true.

Also, Edwards still lives rent free in Boro fans’ heads. He’s branded “the rat” They just can’t let anything go.  He had barely half a season with them. 

[CB Fry]

Bizarre. Surely (like Adam Armstrong) Rob Edwards was hired for this season, not last? 

If it creates chaos at a clear promotion rival then hopefully good for us.

[trousers]

Confirmed....

 

[Badger]

Wolves trying to recreate the Nuno position of having a Portuguese manager with the Portuguese agent link (assuming he’s still involved). 
 

Yet they allowed Edwards to start assembling a squad with more domestic players, Armstrong and Trippier 

[hypochondriac]

Totally bizarre and I bet Rob edwards is regretting leaving boro. Personally if we have to sack Tonda I'd consider him here.

[Saint NL]

I'm very very happy that Boro didn't get promoted, but it would have been very funny if they had after Edwards sacking

[Patrick Bateman]

34 minutes ago, hypochondriac said:

Totally bizarre and I bet Rob edwards is regretting leaving boro. Personally if we have to sack Tonda I'd consider him here.

Agreed - it's a really bizarre decision from Wolves, he's proven in this league and from what I read, was instrumental in getting Trippier to move there. Way to go Wolves, piss off the new guy straight away. 

[Badger]

38 minutes ago, hypochondriac said:

Totally bizarre and I bet Rob edwards is regretting leaving boro. Personally if we have to sack Tonda I'd consider him here.

That’ll go down well on Teeside. 

[Paul Chuckle]

Almost worth appointing him if Tonda is suspended by the FA just to see the complete meltdown by Boro fans.

[Willo of Whiteley]

Edwards made some mad moves in terms of stepping away from Boro for Wolves but he has been hard done by here.

Just shows how disjointed owners are from the playing and managerial staff.

He’s clearly been building a team for the Championship and now no doubt Wolves will try and recreate the Portuguese team that worked for them ten years ago…

[Ex Lion Tamer]

1 hour ago, hypochondriac said:

Totally bizarre and I bet Rob edwards is regretting leaving boro. Personally if we have to sack Tonda I'd consider him here.

It was a ridiculous decision from Edwards and he's now been punished for it

[Paul Chuckle]

4 minutes ago, Ex Lion Tamer said:

It was a ridiculous decision from Edwards and he's now been punished for it

Weren't his family all living in Wolverhampton, so he did it for those reasons. I think he spoke about being able to see his kids before and after school etc?

[Willo of Whiteley]

Wolves yet to announce it on their socials too

[Toadhall Saint]

1 hour ago, Badger said:

That’ll go down well on Teeside. 

For that reason I’m in

[LiberalCommunist]

Christ, Boro are a sanctimonious bitter little club. Absolutely dining out on Robs carcass now. Who's next.......

 

[Turkish]

2 hours ago, Patrick Bateman said:

Agreed - it's a really bizarre decision from Wolves, he's proven in this league and from what I read, was instrumental in getting Trippier to move there. Way to go Wolves, piss off the new guy straight away. 

New guy being hailed as one of the most talented coaches around. Having done a quick search on him he never lasts much more than a year anywhere, apart from one club where he got sacked and rehired a few months later then left at the end of the season after they got relegated. His 'top coaches around" tag seems to be from his last job where he took his team to 6th in the Porteguese league, outside of that his record seems pretty unremarkable to say the least. 6 management jobs in 7 years, quite a few sacking at least one relegation, quite a few winless runs and a win percentage overall of 29%. Cant see this one going well. Oh well.....

[CSA96]

5 hours ago, Maggie May said:

Doubt this is true.

Also, Edwards still lives rent free in Boro fans’ heads. He’s branded “the rat” They just can’t let anything go.  He had barely half a season with them. 

[Willo of Whiteley]

1 hour ago, Willo of Whiteley said:

Wolves yet to announce it on their socials too

Now they have. Still ridiculous, not a fan of his but very weird.

[Lee On Solent Saint]

They do love the Portuguese up there. Weird decision. Thought Edwards would have done alright this season. Maybe his end of season comments didn't help him too much.