The Most Exiting (sic) League in the World: Div 2, 2019-20

[Gangster Octopus]

If it works, you'll love it...

[Snake Plissken]

Good job nobody was there to see the sort of scenes that nobody wants to see.

https://twitter.com/secondtierpod/status/1276882694702538752

[Satchmo Distel]

The Rams behaving like their namesakes.

[Jon]

I was intrigued as to what happened to the outfit after it started to hose it down in injury time but he slipped on some kind of quilted Barbouresque jacket.

Ha ha! Of course he did. I'm eager to see what kind of footwear he had on but the photo unfortunately doesn't reveal it.

[HORN Reborn]

What a splendid set of results for those of us who are rooting for Stoke City to be relegated. Remarkable.

[ad hoc]

https://twitter.com/GeoffSWFC/status/1277200908225560576?s=19

[longeared]

If Lee Johnson put half as much effort into training his team to defend corners as he does into moaning then City might have got something out of that.

[statto99]

<Nods at everybody... goes back to being nervous in a dark cupboard...>

[Simon G]

If Lee Johnson put half as much effort into training his team to defend corners as he does into moaning then City might have got something out of that.

He's very quickly turning into his father - if he doesn't start turning this slump around soon I can see Bristol City looking for a new manager in the early weeks of next season

[Billy Casper]

<Nods at everybody... goes back to being nervous in a dark cupboard...>

Don't worry Statto, you're as good as up. There's nothing to stop you now. You can basically freewheel over the finishing line at this point.

(I work with Leeds fans, so you can imagine how I'm feeling at the moment.)

[ad hoc]

That's true. And, as painful as it is to say it, it;s deserved too.

(unclenches teeth)

[Billy Casper]

And in the same vein, you don't need to worry about a points deduction ad hoc. It would be most unfair at this point of the season. Your league position should be decided on the pitch, NOT by the FA.

(Oh please, oh please, oh please.)

[ad hoc]

Didn't Birmingham get a points deduction at a similar stage last season, which nearly relegated them?

(though having said that if we do get a significant deduction I imagine the club would appeal to delay the outcome until next season)

[Amor de Cosmos]

Didn't Birmingham get a points deduction at a similar stage last season, which nearly relegated them?

(though having said that if we do get a significant deduction I imagine the club would appeal to delay the outcome until next season)

Yes but it seemed calculated to make sure they wouldn't be. Previous points deductions for other clubs for lesser offences occurring earlier in the season had been penalised more harshly. I'd expect a Birmingham style deduction, The league doesn't want anymore headaches than it already has at the moment.

[statto99]

That's true. And, as painful as it is to say it, it;s deserved too.

(unclenches teeth)

This is very kind of both you and Billy, ad hoc.

You'll forgive me if I absolutely refuse to count my chickens until they're hatched, though. Last year's collapsathon added to twenty years of aiming automatic weaponry at our own feet will do that to a person.

[statto99]

Meanwhile, Jonny Cooper, a Leeds fan who does stats for Opta, has posted this uplifting observation on Twitter this morning regarding our record under Bielsa when we start the day top of the division:

DDWLDDDLWLLWLWLDWLDDDLL 5 wins in 23 games (22%). Tonight is our first game starting top since February's 1-0 home defeat to Wigan.

Luton tonight, then.

<Hello cupboard, my old friend...>

[pebblethefish]

Ooh, looks like I get to be a Sheffield Wednesday fan for the day tomorrow! Come on you Hooty Owls, etc.

[Amor de Cosmos]

Three games three losses. We did score (whoopee.) Don't know where this is going. Eight points off relegation. Probably won't happen but... (reaches for bottle.)

[Billy Casper]

Conversely, we've got seven points from three games without conceding a goal.

It's the hope that kills you.

[cantagalo]

Conversely, we've got seven points from three games without conceding a goal.

It's the hope that kills you.

There could be a lot resting on our last game of the season.

A comprehensive win tonight. We really were very good. Tough game on Saturday against Wigan, the form team in the division.

[statto99]

Luton tonight, then.

<Hello cupboard, my old friend...>

Aaaaaand sure enough, a zillion corners, a trillion shots, two injuries, one goal, one point. Gap now six to third (hi cantagalo) to a team winning for fun. We can easily finish third from here.

[Sits]

Three games three losses. We did score (whoopee.) Don't know where this is going. Eight points off relegation. Probably won't happen but... (reaches for bottle.)

Feeling similarly from a Biscuity perspective.

[Jon]

Tough game on Saturday against Wigan, the form team in the division.

Surely Brentford are the form team in this division? (How do you like them mind games, cantaglo? ).

[Fussbudget]

It's incredibly tight at the bottom isn't it? And fairly rare for all 3 relegation spots to still be very much in play this late on in the season.

Luton's 40 points and GD of -27 puts them bottom with 6 games to play, but would have been enough to keep them up last year.

[Gangster Octopus]

Don't remind me...