This Weekend's Football League Talking Points


As we start a new week, here is a look back at the talking points this weekend from the Championship, League One and League Two.









As we start a new week, here is a look back at the talking points this weekend from the Championship, League One and League Two.
Another alluring weekend in the Football League this weekend - here are my five talking points.
It is said by many, although admittedly by fans of clubs in it, that the Championship is where the real magic happens in English football.
After months of speculation surround Crystal Palace's Wilfried Zaha, he finally sealed a move to Premier League leaders Manchester United.
However, have United really got the right player?
After a 4-0 thumping at home to Leicester City on Saturday which left Bristol City bottom of the Championship, the Robins have relieved Derek McInnes of managerial duties.
This past weekend saw a number of derby's across the Leagues : Arsenal vs Chelsea, Villa vs West Brom, QPR vs West Ham and the battle of Brian Clough, Notts Forest vs Derby County.
So what is it about the derby that pulls us in? The history? The bragging rights? The pride that you get when you stroll around your workplace knowing that your team defeated theirs?
It's all of these things and more and that's why we love them.
Two of the resident Championship strikers expected to move in this transfer window have yet to pack their bags and reach for their travel fares as they remain with at their current clubs and subject of continuous transfer speculation.
Twenty five games gone in the Championship season and things are hotting up in the race for promotion to the promised land.
Being a Bristol City fan has always had its highs and lows through out my 19 year life span, but in the past few years the club seems to have lost its passion, fight and most of all stature. We used to be a club that teams feared playing against, especially at Ashton Gate.
What type of quizzer are you? Do you sit drunk and clueless in the corner? Or are you halfway to Nerdsville with a tank top on and a smart-arse smile? Can you admit to watching Eggheads - even if only in a moment of weakness? No matter which category you fall into – try our pub quiz and prove to yourself that the years of watching and talking about footy have not been a complete waste of time. But please try not to cheat, for as my headmaster used to say “You’re only cheating on yourself”, which ironically is not what his wife said to him, when she caught him in congress with his secretary.
Back in the summer of 1983, Dario Gradi was offered a route back into club football management after being cast into the wilderness as a result of failure at Crystal Palace. That June, he embarked on an unbelievable journey that begins its 28th year at Gresty Road in charge of Crewe Alexandra.