The Championship

[Paplane]

The first EFL game with fans and Sky go to a ground that doesnt have any fans.

They've got the effects mics out which they dont normally do for championship games. Sounds ok to be fair.

[Joe Baker Legend]

Bournemouth 2-2 WBA in tonights opener

[Jasper Scarrott]

Bournemouth 2-2 WBA in tonights opener

We are only one point off an automatic promotion place with a game in hand :D

[Paplane]

I think we'd all have settled for that.

[Salvatore Matrecano]

Stoke look do be doing some decent transfer and loan business, on paper at least. Stoke and Boro would be my 2 dark horses to crash into the top 6 plus Luton to finish comfortably top 10.

[Sniffer Dog (Admin)]

The Championship attendances this weekend:

Nottingham Forest - 25,045
West Brom - 23,283
Middlesbrough - 22,004
Swansea - 15,946
Huddersfield - 15,126
Barnsley - 13,961
Millwall - 12,490
Reading - 12,156
Blackpool - 11,393
Hull - 10,728
Birmingham - 10,189
Peterborough - 10,177

[Salvatore Matrecano]

Some really poor crowds there all round, same last weekend. Doubt we will top 20,000 on Wednesday evening either, lots of empty seats at the CG on Saturday and no shows which I assume is people on hols.
Is it Covid worries, people getting used to watching on TV, the knowledge that the Championship is getting as predictable as the PL or all 3?

[PsychoStanleyStone]

Some really poor crowds there all round, same last weekend. Doubt we will top 20,000 on Wednesday evening either, lots of empty seats at the CG on Saturday and no shows which I assume is people on hols.
Is it Covid worries, people getting used to watching on TV, the knowledge that the Championship is getting as predictable as the PL or all 3?

i have been concerned about the football league as in the product and the value for a while

going to games is not straightforward, i considered the Coventry game but it took a long time for them to put information up and eventually tickets for sale, even then you can't just click and buy you have a membership thing, basically alot of information input just for a ticket, then they have a train station right outside the ground but serious disruptions due to track maintenance and the train tickets is also complex, you have to be careful planning your journey, basically was much easier to watch on the telly, also the coventry stadium is built in one of the most depressing, oppressive and run down areas with an unfriendly feeling about it, lack of boozers and broken communities, yet they will probably be more enthusiastic and potentially supported than many others

regards our games, if that Bradford game had been a tenner on the gate i would of gone, the ticket office experience is protracted and tedious

with Forest i've ticked all the boxes now for every update, offers, partners, the lot but suffice to say, since the potential of moving the streaming and everything in house, i haven't had any emails from the club, besides a receipt for me £5.99 a month audio subscription

the club seems to disappear during close season, the marketing department needs a makeover, there will be some games that can be streamed but very little effort and for me no information, i'd be interested to see the odd academy game or womens game or cup replay or summat, i don't think they have made enough effort

the post match coverage is very good, i can see all the games now or extended or reduced highlights and the 'other angle' stuff, but none of this generates any revenue and it's difficult to watch a loss

another niggle i have is the refereeing, that challenge on mighten from behind v Cov, that was gbh imo, ok he only meant to flatten the lad and the stamp on his ankle was accidental, but the game favours cheating and negativity imo

[Jon Moss]

The Championship attendances this weekend:

Nottingham Forest - 25,045
West Brom - 23,283
Middlesbrough - 22,004
Swansea - 15,946
Huddersfield - 15,126
Barnsley - 13,961
Millwall - 12,490
Reading - 12,156
Blackpool - 11,393
Hull - 10,728
Birmingham - 10,189
Peterborough - 10,177

This week we had the best home attendance and last week we had the best away attendance. Just imagine if we were actually any good.

[Salvatore Matrecano]

I agree SL. There are so many of our fans that the high point of their Forest supporting lives is a promotion from L1 or even worse staying up on the final day a few years back. I see youngsters coming along and wonder if they have either been bribed by their dads or forced there under duress.
Anyway good on us all, one day just maybe we will see something worthwhile again.

[Sniffer Dog (Admin)]

Christ just had a sneaky glance at the table we really need that win today.

[Sniffer Dog (Admin)]

We are well and truly in the brown stuff.

I can't bring myself to look at the table again.