marella jube said:
Villa promoted after deserved 2-1 win v Derby. Rams tried hard but only got going in the last 1/2 hour once 0-2 & after a couple of substitutions. Intriguing off season in prospect. We'll be ok IF we can keep the manager & support staff..
Good to see some clubs fighting for promotion from the Champo that are more associated with the PL than those they are replacing.
Leeds however pretty much bottled their season which was unfortunate.
Norwich City back for another round and good to see one of the Sheffield clubs back in the EPL, I thought it would've been Wednesday that would've made it back first after their past couple of seasons but its United instead which is a great effort for them, climbing back from league 1.
On another note the pain continues for Sunderland who not only managed to bottle automatic promotion back to the Champo over the closing weeks in a similar vein as Leeds did but also chucked away a 1-0 lead against Charlton in the playoff at Wembley to score themselves another season down in League 1.
The longer you're down there without a benefactor tossing in the Bazillions to get you out the longer in the mire you may remain.
Sunderland have become the poster child of what can happen to a large club when the owners fail to put in the cash required to sustain them at the top level, the debts mount, the quality players leave, quality players cannot be signed ahead of London clubs and the team goes into free fall.
The pain is real for both Leeds Utd and Black Cats fans right now I am sure.