it's the okay football championship show uh a weekly show where we round up all the games in the championship and we talk about what took our eye really players teams games talk about it all it's sort of like that terrible show on itv4 except there is analysis and you know you can just watch the highlights on YouTube and you know save yourself staying up until 9:00 at night or 10:30 at night yeah who who wants to step up till 9:00 on a Saturday kids these days kids these days yeah yeah gen Z in bed at 5 [Music] AR right uh before we start we want to pay our respects to so Bamber um who passed away really young at the age of 39 it's no age at all former Barra uh leads Cardiff Captain I believe absolute monster of a Defender as well great defender absolutely brilliant yeah really sad I mean 39 is no age at all yeah don't know what to say yeah it's still this news um has hit us really uh really early this morning um because I think he passed away late late on Saturday night so um best of wishes to all of his family and rest in peace so yeah and um also as we we're recording this Sunday morning it's released during the week we can't discuss Sheffield United versus Watford but to be fair to Watford has been a decent start to the season you you know and as opposed to sheffel United who haven't been convincing at all considering they've signed everything including the kitchen sink well I think Watford are going to be undone by the curse of the manager of the month award if cleverly picks it up I can see it coming because nobody expected them to have a start this good he's going to get the award and then they're going to lose four on the bounce I'd say Sunderland though yeah I know L is being pretty decent big Burnley as well yeah did right well let's kick this off uh with the first game of the gameweek it was Lucent Town 1 QPR 2 Lucent Town opened the scoring it was a great ball in from Baptist Jimmy Dunn turned it in following Martin mcginn's towering header uh strong first half strong first 10 minutes of the second half for Luen as well but then QPR scor and the wheels just came off for locen Town Frey's goal was special and uh yeah I I think we were all at that one yesterday weren't we um so watching Luton fall apart quite so comprehensively uh was frustrating for us as Luton fans but actually if you're watching that as a neutral then Frey and his performance you know Classic Center forward performance old school Center forward performance was really really good and although mcginness had him under control in the first half in the second half he really came out and that volid finish for the second he struggled to see a better finish um in the championship this weekend yeah the concentration to actually watch the ball come all the way to his foot and open that foot up but still get that power um it was it was a wonderful wonderful strike from Frey yeah all props to him for that yeah and let's not talk about that anymore so so Burnley won Blackburn won feisty e East Lancashire Derby honors even uh as expected 10 bookings and one red a second bookable offense although Burnley dominated the ball carved out the better chances Blackburn still gave as good as they got and both teams got three shots on target it was a good the red card was just stupidity you absolutely I mean it's been what 10 years since the booking symbol got you booked right at least I remember the rule being around why would you do it and then he stands on the pitch for 10 minutes as if he doesn't believe he's done anything wrong I mean you know you're going to get booked for it you know you're on a book in it's just a moment of Madness and I I don't think it cost them in the end because they defended better after the sending off than they were doing before it's always easier defending with 10 men you just go you know you're going to sit deep you know you're going to sit in and and they held them off really well and actually had one or two chances to win the game after the sending off well if if you think about that being stupidity the the Wyman goal was absolute genius I mean what a strike the season I and Wyman what players I think he's 34 right still doing it it's a magic just a properly intelligent player I felt like um on a personal note I thought the Blackburn were really unlucky because they had a goal disallowed that was never ever offside um I mean I mean even to the naked eye it wasn't offside but um if if there was VAR and we don't want it in this league just to be absolutely clear no VAR um but it was a it was a it was a goal that shouldn't have been disallowed um and I thought that in regards to Burnley I thought that Jaden Anthony is going to be a real astute signing for for them he's he's been through this league before with Bournemouth he's he's he's been on loan at uh I think he's been on loan at leads or don't don't know whether that was permanent or on loan but he wasn't so effective for leads but yesterday got an assist straight away so he'll be really good for Burnley he will indeed and and next up Cardiff who are propping up the bottom of the league at the moment nil yeah middlesbor too and it was not as one-sided as the score line suggests uh effective Carrick ball at the end of the day it's uh it's about who takes their chances yep Cardiff three or four good chances when it was still nil nil didn't take any of them and that like you say propping up the league for that reason um just couldn't put the ball in there I can't imagine not taking your chances no it's almost like another team we know is guilty of that luten yeah the luck though the luck though the alen getting it off the line from Ramsey I mean that there was no skill in that that was pure luck that it happened to hit him in the right place um so yeah and I I I thought that it was it was worth giving a shout out to Matt Clark because uh he's towering he's had injury issues and stuff like that but yeah that's I think that's his second goal in two games he bagged against pompy didn't he as well his former Club so looks like middlesburg are going to be up there or there abouts at the end of the year it's about grinding out the results isn't it yeah and uh on to the next one cry nil Norwich one is just not clicking for centry at the moment they'll feel bad they didn't get anything out of this game gun gun had a cracking game really really kept nor in it there didn't he well it's going to come good for kov will it yeah Will We Will back them in the Pod that never was actually I back both of those teams to be around the playoffs at the end of the year definitely um plenty of chances both sides really even game and and just that one goal in it I I was really pleased as a as a massive Jack Stacy Advocate um with my with my looten links I know we're meant to be not biased in this pod but still I love Jack Stacy he's one of the best right backs we've had he is in my in my time following yeah and I I I've got a lot of time for him and I think that Norwich saw the best of him yesterday he's constantly up and down up and down he got the assist so hopefully his um his career will kick on with with Norwich it just hit that big old deflection to get it in in the but yeah um yeah close one and a decent game yeah and on to Derby 3 Bristol City nil look uh people that watched our prediction show um myself and Mark Ryman look I I apologize unreservedly to Derby fans um for for the comments made by my co-host Mark Ryman who said Derby was stinking the league out they this the E eighth team's fan base we've had to apologize to this year so Derby you know don't feel bad it happens to everyone no they they they've figured out the blueprint for success in the championship when you're not one of the stronger teams is literally soak up pressure hit on the counter and be clinical and that that's pretty much it fair play yeah no I I agree with you completely I think that that was a a thoroughly good performance yesterday I mean I don't think many people have had them pegged as a three-nil winner at home or not um so absolutely fair play to Derby really really good yeah David AO what a bit of business from Palace on loan he's one that you know we genuinely we were linked we want to he was linked with a lot of teams wasn't he so they must have really really pulled out the stops Fair plays to to Paul War because as well he gets a lot of abuse off of his own off of his own fans well he is a relegation specialist he is he is um but to be fair he must have had some sort of influence to have been able to sign OZO there so um so fair play to him there and yeah fair play for a great three points yeah it's amazing ABS Sensational stuff and Colton Morris's doppelganger scored a goal he did he did if only Colton Morris would score Morris will score okay yeah I'm sure he will it's a long season right uh Oxford three Preston one and uh you know Matt we have to all apologize to you because you called Oxford as the Dark Horse and in all fairness Oxford are sort of that team I wish loose and town were right now the way they play they bully teams they're gritty they they they don't mess around and Mark Harris is having a tremendous season yeah they I mean at the minute they're absolutely incredible like they're bullying teams like we played against them Preston I mean and we didn't have a chance in that game but yeah Oxford absolutely brilliant Mark Harris what a striker yeah he's he's really turned it on this season I had my doubts over Oxford completely I think I put them in the relegation Zone but they're they're proving me wrong right now like fair play oxfords not just just a great University they're just good to watch as well like I don't know whether you guys saw the second goal I think it was goodram what a strike like 20 yards out abely no like pinged in off the post um and and like we said it's one of those ones where they're actually a pleasure to watch I enjoy watching Oxford um I think like I said they're sort of I don't want to do them Mis Justice by sort of saying that they're ratty and hardworking but but they are no those are those are the fundamentals of you need to it's like Town under Nathan Jones they they are Lucent Town under Nathan Jones forget about your philosophy and start thinking about Basics right yeah was the brass taxi and they've got absolutely everything right so far yeah I mean the way that it's it goes all the way first time that I started watching this Dez Buckingham side was in the playoff final um and they absolutely scored Bolton and they they lost Josh Murphy as well and we thought they would all struggle but they've been absolutely brilliant yeah they made some good signings they bought in Matt Phillips who's very experienced um player at the championship they've bought in C demell who gotten because of Matt phillips' injury yesterday so they're one to watch for sure and I think that was a great Shout by Matt yeah Dark Horse well done producer Matt uh Plymouth nil Stoke one it's tough for Wayne Rooney at the moment I think he's desperately unlucky yesterday they had four or five great chances couldn't put the ball in the net same story as Luton all the chances no goals and then their Keepers got to do better on on The Stoke goal beating at the near post from 15 16 yards out is not what should be happening to a professional goalkeeper so I feel for Wayne um I don't think they deserve to lose yesterday look I do want Wayne Rooney to succeed because he's had so many absolute terrible jobs I just want him to succeed but the business of the window was Plymouth keeping Morgan Whitaker yeah he's he's Central to everything good that they do really um I mean that he had some lovely interplay with with ob FEI um to create a couple of chances yesterday um and let's face it he's a threat cutting in on that left foot from the right hand side he they've done very very well to keep him um I think your comment about um about the goalkeeper you're right he absolutely in that moment after a tremendous game last week this is the thing I was just going to sort of pay him a compliment actually because obviously they lost their first choice keeper Plymouth um and he's come in he stepped in as Hazard and um I thought he had a great game against QPR and I thought that he had a good game up until that point yesterday but you're right you can't be getting beaten on your near post so he'll be disappointed himself for that no no one's a above making a mistake and of course schumacker gets a gets one over on his former Club um he's hoping that he gets a good season with Stoke because Stoke had just been down the dumps you know lower mid-table for so long now you know something's got to click at Stoke it really does Portsmouth one Sunland 3 and again another apology that I have to dish out my apologies apologies my apologies to Sunderland fans when I said Luck run out and you've been lucky with how the season has gone look I I didn't mean it like that it's a case of you've done really well I I just said against Burnley you were lucky um because Burnley could have punished you but they didn't that's that's all I meant and again to be honest looking at the first half it you know it could have gone either way I thought it was going to be a pompy master class another draw but to be honest s L's second half they just zo it's like putting your foot down in a Tesla that horrible own goal to start it off didn't year I was going to say the luck in the first half was definitely there but definitely there um you know four from four what can you say that's top of the league yeah numbers don't lie numbers don't lie numbers don't lie at it's early game and the championship is all about the middle middle months but you know they're going to be up there sundland they look quality Jack Clark who mundle he the one y look I I retract my statement about luck then the own go we should we just do a separate show each week where we apologize to all the fanas pre-recorded this all right leads to Hil time for you to apologize to some leads fans no what what I said to be clear is that Leeds will do well at the beginning and then bottle it later so leads fans if you don't botle it later I will film a sincere apology to you all but right now you're doing well and you're going to bottle it later it'll be like a beit from Sala I'm sorry sorry Mato Joseph I mean he's going to be up there with 20 goals this year it looks absolute quality doesn't he yeah he's he was my shout for top goal scorer um this season um and uh I think that a lot of leads fans will just be over the moon that he's finally taken the place of floppy Patrick banford because not only is that guy always injured but when he's on the pitch he just doesn't look like it I've got an apology to leads fans cuz me me me and Mark Ryman said uh banford was like a prohibitive presence for for Le he's he's what's holding them back and Leeds fans were saying no yeah banford came into the team last season and we won like nine on the spin no yeah but I think mattio Joseph is a much better thing I I think he's a detriment to that lead side banford he is he is and mattio Joseph is right now is everything that Patrick banford wishes he could be because he's got Pace he's got strength he's got an eye for an assist I bet mattio Joseph wishes he had shares in JCB though so yeah it's it's it's one of those ones I I thought that um the leads were really quite comfortable yesterday to be honest with you I think that Solomon is going to be a cheat code in this league I think that's a great great bit of business and to get him on a uh get him in um this early in the season um it's is fantastic for them and uh yeah nonto playing in sort of more of a 10 um so he's just a clever player and again he's another one that they've done well to keep I can't believe they kept him I can't they kept him last year um because there was a lot of rumors about him going last year and he actually kicked up a bit of a a stink didn't he had a bit of a hissy fit about having to stay but he looks a bit happier now he's playing good football and like I say leads are doing well I think maybe Willie is a little bit small and and that's why people don't want to sorry I I said let me repeat Willie is a little bit small so teams don't want to take a punt on him so get your minds out the gutters guys Sub sub to our only fans yeah Leeds are going to abely smash the season this uh they're going to smash the league I really do think you know you're going to have to prepare an apology you do it you can do it on our own fans I'll pre-record the apology and then we'll release it if we have to okay okay and I'll pre-record a gloat where I talk about lead's bottling it okay yeah well we'll see which one we release probably probably the apology milw 3 sheff Wednesday nil I I back Danny Ro have a master class but M will blim me they can score you know and they've actually got a win Now Fair Play to them yeah they scored plenty and and won just that one um I don't think cheffer Wednesday had a shot on target did they it was a master class mate Danny Ro Master Class oh no mil were very good Duncan W Moore's at it again goal and assist yesterday so that's him fourth fourth of the season um yeah I just thought it was a thoroughly good display by milw um little bit nervous about going there from a luton's perspective next game week so yep given given the shakiness of luton's Defense I think we're going to have a very rough time at um yeah mil next week two weeks God it's an international break fellas yeah oh don't worry we will have a show next week um we'll talk about that a bit later um West Brom W Swansea nil Carlos corbran masterclass to finish this game week off oh it's a one nil battering wasn't it it could have been five or six and the goal the quality of the goal the One Touch passing just absolutely beautiful um you know I picked West Brom in the Pod that never was as my sort of Dark Horse for the year and I think they're going to be up there um they look really good and yeah like I say a one nil battering yeah I think I think just to sort of give a nod to maer I think I don't even know when they signed him blinding bit of business unbelievable bit of business and to for me the the real class of it was that he didn't Panic he got the ball to his feet and played like a slightly disguised pass um to to get it through to malumi got who got the goal and it was just one of those ones where it was proper sort of ticky tack of football um in the area and it was great great goal and like you said it was a one nil batter and it could easily been three or four yeah well you know we'll be back with a championship transfer Roundup on our YouTube so if you're watching on our YouTube Channel please like this video And subscribe for more Championship content as always a big thank you to our audio Partners black station and carryon and also wh you are 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