Football League Talking Points From This Weekend


Here are five talking points from this weekend's Football League.











Here are five talking points from this weekend's Football League.
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.
Trotters finally out of the tracks
It's that time again - here are the talking points from this weekend's Football League.
With the number of British based players playing in the Premier League now reaching an all-time low, coupled with the vast proportion of signings by top flight sides coming from outside of the UK – it has to be questioned - why do so few times take a gamble on players from the lower leagues?
We take a look back at the standout moments of the Football League this weekend.
Rain curtails Charlton misery
Tipped by many to be potential Championship dark horses, the early stages of the season has seen Charlton look more like relegation material than promotion chasers. Having picked up just a single point from their opening three fixtures, none of which could be viewed at the tougher end of the difficulty scale – they then found themselves three goals down to newly promoted Doncaster inside 23 minutes.
Watford wake up hangover free
Often the side who is the unlucky party in the play-off final suffer somewhat of a slump at the start of the new season. So given Watford were not only the beaten at Wembley but were also narrowly piped to the second automatic promotion spot in dramatic fashion by Hull – you would not have forgiven them for feeling sorry for themselves.
Yeovil may have sprung a surprise on Millwall on the first game of the season, but will they be able to do it often enough to keep themselves in the Championship?
Barnsley early woes continue as Wigan lay down the marker
Having been one of the form teams following the appointment of David Flitcroft in late December, there were hopes around Oakwell that serial escape artists Barnsley might just play things a little safer this term.
This week has been a busy one for the doors of Portsmouth’s Fratton Park. The new owners have instigated the rebuilding process almost immediately by welcoming a whole host of new faces.
With creditors still owed money, Portsmouth are still without a transfer budget for the foreseeable future, which
If anyone has reached the end of the season wondering when the year after year of pain and suffering will ever end for their club, it might be worth giving the final league table of the 1997-98 Division three season a view for evidence that there might just be one day at the end of the tunnel.
League One isn't watched by many, and therefore a lot of talent goes unnoticed. However, Portsmouth midfielder Liam Walker is one that shouldn't.
Arsenal's relatively promising start to 2013 in the Premier League appears to have papered over the cracks. In a week that has seen the Gunners exit the FA Cup and more than likely the Champions League, the pressure on Arsene Wenger to end his 17 year old reign in North London is stronger than ever.
Paolo di Canio, Swindon Town’s eccentric Italian manager, has recently spoken to the BBC about many issues in what appears to be a new column of his.