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[notblox1]

Thank you very much, I'll take that Only Trofo and Hhampuz had faith in Burnley -- the rest of us probably still had last season in mind. Goes to show how much can change for a team just mid-season. If results had gone my way slaman would have taken the yellow cap (courtesy of a second slam point) so I can't say am unhappy about Luton losing. Long season to go, hope I hold my nerve for at least 10 more games

You have become a serious Championship expert bro 
I had a feeling this could be a good season for Burnley as they are the club with biggest market value in Championship, but I was surprised how easily they won in first round.
Poor performance for me as captain in first round was shameful and result of having to arrange everything with Championship pool.

Everyone watch out for teams that play in EFL Carabao Cup this midweek.
There matches are played tomorrow and Hull is playing against Sheffield W.

Hull vs Sheffield W
Plymouth vs Cheltenham
Leeds vd Middlesbrough

[Harkorede]

I literally just put in the most random picks for the first game week and I might follow suit in this week round as well, there is literally a very little room to see which team is worthy and what teams are shitty, I don't even know the favorites of any match up (I'm just going with my instincts and probably how familiar and most recently premier league football the team seem to me when entering my submission) it's even tougher with Champion having more matches. I hope there will be enough time to play catch up from game round 4 or so when I get much of  breather to see past what's going in my immediate environment, lol.

[notblox1]

Championship Round 2 started today with one match Coventry vs Oxford that ended with 3:2 home win, but only after a goal in stoppage time by Coventry.
I would not be surprised if Oxford wins more points in next few rounds, they are having a good momentum despite losing today.
I am waiting to see what Hull City can do after losing in EFL Cup against Sheffield W, and Plymouth won their match against Cheltenham.

Most of the matches are played on Saturday, and I hope everyone made their predictions in Superbru.
We have another new player entebah joining us in Championship pool, so that means we have total of 23 players

[buwaytress]

You have become a serious Championship expert bro 
I had a feeling this could be a good season for Burnley as they are the club with biggest market value in Championship, but I was surprised how easily they won in first round.
Poor performance for me as captain in first round was shameful and result of having to arrange everything with Championship pool.

Nah man, you've always been the resident Championship expert. Got lucky the first round, and now got hammered by all these draws -- Blades and Canaries especially clawing back points and then allowing late equalisers. Credit to Bristol, they let themselves down, then surged to take all the points home.

Hull will be sorely disappointed they didn't put up much of a show at Plymouth; Rooney will be sleeping easy tonight, didn't win, but they were dominant.

P.S. Way-too-early Leeds doom prophecy?

[notblox1]

We have one more match Sunderland vs Sheffield W left for Sunday to finish this round, and this is hard one to predict for me but I think away team could avoid defeat.
MoSala has the best chance to win yellow cap this round with 12 points and he had a massive jump of 14 places up the table  

Nah man, you've always been the resident Championship expert. Got lucky the first round, and now got hammered by all these draws -- Blades and Canaries especially clawing back points and then allowing late equalisers. Credit to Bristol, they let themselves down, then surged to take all the points home.

Just look at Superbru leaderboard, you are hanging around the top places, and I am spending time at the bottom with only 5 points in this round.
I knew prediction was going to be wild in first few rounds until we see the form of all teams.

Hull will be sorely disappointed they didn't put up much of a show at Plymouth; Rooney will be sleeping easy tonight, didn't win, but they were dominant.

Maybe Plymouth is not that bad with Rooney, but it is not always easy to win 3 points in aways matches.

P.S. Way-too-early Leeds doom prophecy?

I dont know what is wrong with them but they look like shit.

[Hirose UK]

For the second round have only one match remains to be played today between Sunderland vs Sheff Wed and that Sunderland can possibly win because they are playing at home.
In addition, if look at how both of them competed last season, it can be concluded that Sunderland performance is better than Sheff Wed, there is no guarantee but Sunderland is the favorite in this match.

But for the Championship itself when it was still at the beginning of the competition like this, I was not so interested because there were not some interesting things from each match, usually some quite interesting matches will be seen when entering the middle of the season.
They are the top team, it is clear who they are and when they face each other, of course the competition can really be seen significantly because every match becomes very important in competing for points to excel each other.

[notblox1]

Congratulations to MoSala vd309 for winning superbru yellow cap, most points and freebet in Round 2.
This was another crazy round in Championship with surprise results but buwaytress is staying on top of leaderboard with most collected points.

After second round Burnley is holding the first place with 2 wins, 9 scored goals and only one conceded, but Sunderland and Watford are just behind them.
Sunderland is the biggest positive surprise for me so far but lets wait and see how they perform against stronger teams.
Still no win for Leeds, after second round they have only 2 points and next round they play against Sheffield W.
Round 3 is starting in Friday so dont forget to make your predictions on time.

[buwaytress]

Just look at Superbru leaderboard, you are hanging around the top places, and I am spending time at the bottom with only 5 points in this round.
I knew prediction was going to be wild in first few rounds until we see the form of all teams.
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I dont know what is wrong with them but they look like shit.

Yeah, don't worry about it like I said, first rounds mean nothing. Absolutely cock. We all went in more or less blind and I've always said this league is the most difficult -- bookmaker odds are roundly even, you hardly ever see 10/1 unlike Premier League, where we had 3 games with 8/1 or more (Wolves were 18/1) in a single matchday.

Look at MoSala and vd309 go this week!

Yes, Leeds really look like shit.

But for the Championship itself when it was still at the beginning of the competition like this, I was not so interested because there were not some interesting things from each match, usually some quite interesting matches will be seen when entering the middle of the season.
They are the top team, it is clear who they are and when they face each other, of course the competition can really be seen significantly because every match becomes very important in competing for points to excel each other.

Have any of you Stake posters actually committed to pay a nominal fee in these paid pool threads? Just curious

[LTU_btc]

Maybe start of season isn't going well for Rooney, but there is team who is doing even worse. Preston North End - 0 points after 2 rounds and as much as it sound unbeleavable, in 3rd round team will be managed by 3rd different coach this season:
https://talksport.com/football/2012653/preston-two-managers-leave-ryan-lowe-paul-heckingbottom/

[notblox1]

Yeah, don't worry about it like I said, first rounds mean nothing.

I am not worried, and I know Championship first few rounds could be very chaotic.
Some teams didnt even finish with transfers for this season and there is a chance to see more changes in next weeks.
Hull City wants to sign Frankfurt winger Faride Alidou and one more defender.

Have any of you Stake posters actually committed to pay a nominal fee in these paid pool threads? Just curious

I didn't follow all signatures from participants, but if I notice more spam from other members than I will have to report this posts and create new moderated topic for us

[notblox1]

Guys dont forget that Championship Round 3 is starting this weekend and first match is played on Friday between Sheffield W and Leeds United.
This should be interesting match and everyone is waiting for first Leeds win in this season after two draws and lost match in EFL Cup.
Leeds has a much better team but in this form anything can happen in this match.
Dont forget to make your predictions on time if you joined Championship Superbru pool.  

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[buwaytress]

^ Yeah, Leeds let most of us down but they're far too good not to start winning... or are they? I did say a few posts back if we should already be planning for a meltdown from The Whites. All my picks in, I pondered over a draw or two here and there, the draws are killing me in the pools, really. Must try to hang on to this spot in EFL.

[notblox1]

^ Yeah, Leeds let most of us down but they're far too good not to start winning... or are they? I did say a few posts back if we should already be planning for a meltdown from The Whites. All my picks in, I pondered over a draw or two here and there, the draws are killing me in the pools, really. Must try to hang on to this spot in EFL.

They are two goals up, and match is not finished yet. but they are slowly waking up.
I expected to see low scoring game and Leeds to win with clean sheet but I predicted 0:1 win in superbru.

Rest of the matches in Championship are played in Saturday and one in Sunday, so dont forget to make your predictions on time.
This is agood chance for Hull to get first win this season at home stadium, but it wont be easy for Tigers against Millwall.
Here is match preview from Hull website: https://www.wearehullcity.co.uk/news/2024/august/23/match-preview-millwall-h/

[buwaytress]

I knew it. I said it and I knew it, yet I didn't do anything about it. 3 draws to start the day, and then in the last minutes of injury time for all the remaining games, somehow 2 more draws happened. Really felt like they had to happen and they did.

Damn you, Bristol, Boro (who were 11/10 favourites), Blades.

Welcome to the Championship, I guess haha.

[notblox1]

Welcome to the Championship, I guess haha.

Yeah, welcome to Championship Chaos 
It was a shock for me that QPR could not win with so many chances and one player more for most of the match.
I was surprised to see that some of us made four exact predictions so far, but there is one more match left for tomorrow.
Swansea is waiting for Cardiff and they look like favorites this time, but you never know with Swansea.

[jeremypwr]

Congrats to morvillz7z for winning the Round 3 Yellow Cap

[notblox1]

Well done morvillz7z for winning the Round 3 Yellow Cap, we had the same number of points this time.
I see big changes in Superbru leaderboard, Beercules is on the first place with cryptofrka mafia just behind him.

Championship Rounds 3 is finished and Sunderland is on top of the table with perfect record of 9 points from three matches.
They scored 7 goals and conceded zero, and in last round they surprised me with win against Burnley at home.
Watford is on second place with same 9 points but they conceded 3 goals in 3 rounds.
We are still waiting to see first win for Hull City after they played 0:0 against Millwall.

[cryptofrka]

Championship is one of the most difficult leagues to predict so quite happy with my start here.
Familiar faces near the top, buwaytress dropping down, everything seems to be in order so far.

Luton has to be one of the biggest disappointments so far - 1 point after 3 games, I expected a better start from them.

Josh Maja on fire, 4 goals in 3 appearances. Who wants to bet it won't last?

[Mr.right85]

Championship is one of the most difficult leagues to predict so quite happy with my start here.
Familiar faces near the top, buwaytress dropping down, everything seems to be in order so far.

Luton has to be one of the biggest disappointments so far - 1 point after 3 games, I expected a better start from them.

Josh Maja on fire, 4 goals in 3 appearances. Who wants to bet it won't last?

I find it the same. Given that, most of the teams that find itself here in the championship are always average teams that further deteriorate once they are here. Even the odds on them are often evenly matched so, you don’t get a chance to predict it’s market based on odds but, it’s where you can find some good odds too.

2 odds comes easy in the championship than you would find in the premier league but, it’s so difficult to predict in the 1x2 market. You’ll have a better chance with the goal markets, under 3.5 and over 1.5 but, not much to get in odds for that.

[redsun114]

After three rounds of this season we have surprising results as Sunderland is leading the table and Watford is following them with Leeds is trying to have momentum for staying into good spot after amazing first day Sheffield Wed is having to worst results and back to their normal spot Burnley is also having good start of their campaign for back to Premier League.

Plymouth which is having terrible start of their season under Rooney is trying to have momentum hopefully things will be well under control for them in coming matches usually we have too many surprised as mentioned Championship is one of the difficult league to predict, but now things are looking good Portsmouth is also having decent entry after promotion now they are going to host Sunderland in coming round.