Warnock the fool |
It's further proof of how difficult it is to determine who is going to do well in this division. It's only a few weeks ago that Leicester boss Nigel Pearson looked as though he could be the first Championship manager to lose his job.
Now, they are very much the form team with that draw on Saturday bringing to an end a run of five successive wins.
Having a good run can bring its own problems. Crystal Palace started the season with three defeats but since have won six and drawn two. That's attracted the attentions of Bolton who have now been given permission to speak to Dougie Freedman about their vacant manager's position.
Freedman confirmed last Friday that he was half way to building Palace as he wants it and whatever happened he would see it through. That suggests Bolton are wasting their time, but this is football and what people say and do are often two different things altogether.
On the topic of managers moving on or losing their jobs, it's all very different at Ipswich where Paul Jewell will continue in charge. It's not the players, the owner or the board who have decided but Jewell himself.
He knows things can't continue as they are. They are next to bottom in the league and surely he won't be at Portman Road much longer. I hope they don't sack him before we appoint our new man, I'd hate to think we'd show interest now in Jewell who, incidentally, was once favourite for the Burnley job.
Ipswich are in the bottom three with Peterborough and Sheffield Wednesday, the latter getting a point on Friday night in the Yorkshire derby against Leeds at Hillsborough.
Everything that needs to be said about that game has been said. Referee Eddie Ilderton missed the clearest penalty you are ever likely to see for handball. It was, overall, a very decent game, but there will only ever be one talking point, the assault on Wednesday goalkeeper Chris Kirkland.
It's good news today to see the culprit sent to prison. Now they need to identify all those who encroached and take some action against them. And someone needs to shut Neil Warnock up too. He said all the right things after the game before then making a complete fool of himself by suggesting Kirkland had gone down too easily.
I don't particularly like Dave Jones. He's one of those managers who never seems to see the game other than believing his own team is always head and shoulders better than the opposition. But not under any circumstances should he have had to put up with that chanting.
Still, the Championship all passed fairly quietly with most of the news over the weekend focusing on which Premier League players didn't wear Kick It Out shirts. I'd say well done to Jason Roberts initially. Without his stance I don't think I'd have even been aware that it was this week.
Well done to the caretakers. Bolton won, Terry Pashley engineered our win and Eric Black didn't win. Almost perfect.
The results from the weekend, the stats, the leading goalscorers, with Charlie extending his lead, each club's disciplinary record, the highest and lowest attendances and the midweek fixtures can all be found below.
The Results | |
Friday 19th October | |
Sheffield Wednesday 1 Leeds United 1 | |
Saturday 20th October | |
Birmingham City 1 Leicester City 1 | Derby County 1 Blackburn Rovers 1 |
Bolton Wanderers 3 Bristol City 2 | Huddersfield Town 2 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 |
Brighton & Hove Albion 0 Middlesbrough 1 | Hull City 2 Ipswich Town 1 |
Burnley 1 Blackpool 1 | Nottingham Forest 3 Cardiff City 1 |
Charlton Athletic 0 Barnsley 1 | Watford 1 Peterborough United 0 |
Crystal Palace 2 Millwall 2 |
The Stats | |
Biggest Win | Nottingham Forest 3-1 v Cardiff City (home) |
Total Goals Scored | 30 (17 home - 13 away) |
Player Scoring Most Goals 2 |
Steven Davies (Bristol City) Nick Proschwitz (Hull City) |
Highest Attendance | 28,582 - Sheffield Wednesday v Leeds United |
Lowest Attendance | 12,925 - Burnley v Blackpool |
Total Yellow Cards | 50 |
Total Red Cards | 3 |
Most Cards in a Game | Crystal Palace v Millwall (10Y 1R) Ref: Phil Dowd |
Leading Goalscorers (League Only) | |
13 | Charlie Austin (Burnley) - includes 1 penalty |
8 | Luciano Becchio (Leeds United) - includes 3 penalties |
7 | Craig Davies (Barnsley) - includes 1 penalty Glenn Murray (Crystal Palace) - includes 3 penalties |
6 | Chris Eagles (Bolton Wanderers) Tom Ince (Blackpool) Darius Henderson (Millwall) Craig Mackail-Smith (Brighton & Hove Albion) - includes 1 penalty Jordan Rhodes (Blackburn Rovers) - 2 with Huddersfield Town Pete Whittingham (Cardiff City) - includes 2 penalties |
5 | Sylvan Ebanks-Blake (Wolverhampton Wanderers) - includes 1 penalty Jermaine Johnson (Sheffield Wednesday) David Nugent (Leicester City) Matej Vydra (Watford) - includes 1 penalty |
4 | Sam Baldock (Bristol City) Kevin Davies (Bolton Wanderers) Steven Davies (Bristol City) - includes 1 penalty Heidar Helguson (Cardiff City) Nuno Gomes (Blackburn Rovers) Lukas Jutkiewicz (Middlesbrough) Jay Simpson (Hull City) Liam Trotter (Millwall) - includes 1 penalty Jamie Ward (Derby County) - includes 1 penalty Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace) |
Hat Tricks | |
Date | Player & Game |
01/09/12 | 3: Pete Whittingham - CARDIFF CITY v Wolverhampton Wanderers |
15/09/12 | 3: Charlie Austin - BURNLEY v Peterborough United |
22/09/12 | 3: Glenn Murray - CRYSTAL PALACE v Cardiff City |
22/09/12 | 4: Craig Davies - Birmingham City v BARNSLEY |
23/09/12 | 3: David Nugent - LEICESTER CITY v Hull City |
29/09/12 | 3: Emile Sinclair - Hull City v PETERBOROUGH UNITED |
02/10/12 | 3: Charlie Austin - BURNLEY v Sheffield Wednesday |
Disciplinary Record (League and Cup) | |||||||||
Club | Y | R | Y | R | Club | Y | R | Y | R |
League | Total | League | Total | ||||||
Barnsley | 14 | 1 | 17 | 2 | Huddersfield Town | 20 | 1 | 21 | 1 |
Birmingham City | 12 | 2 | 14 | 2 | Hull City | 9 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
Blackburn Rovers | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 | Ipswich Town | 16 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
Blackpool | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | Leeds United | 23 | 0 | 28 | 0 |
Bolton Wanderers | 24 | 0 | 26 | 0 | Leicester City | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
Brighton & Hove Albion | 16 | 0 | 17 | 0 | Middlesbrough | 17 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
Bristol City | 17 | 0 | 19 | 0 | Millwall | 23 | 1 | 25 | 1 |
Burnley | 17 | 0 | 23 | 0 | Nottingham Forest | 25 | 3 | 25 | 3 |
Cardiff City | 17 | 0 | 19 | 0 | Peterborough United | 22 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
Charlton Athletic | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0 | Sheffield Wednesday | 23 | 1 | 26 | 1 |
Crystal Palace | 17 | 1 | 21 | 1 | Watford | 22 | 2 | 23 | 2 |
Derby County | 9 | 0 | 10 | 0 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 13 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
Highest and Lowest Attendances | |||
Highest | Lowest | ||
Att | Fixture | Att | Fixture |
28,707 | Nottingham Forest v Derby County (30/09) | 5,435 | Peterborough United v Bristol City (18/09) |
28,582 | Sheffield Wednesday v Leeds United (19/10) | 6,188 | Peterborough United v Millwall (21/08) |
27,437 | Derby County v Sheffield Wednesday (18/08) | 8,088 | Barnsley v Bristol City (01/09) |
26,598 | Sheffield Wed v Bolton Wanderers (22/09) | 8,319 | Barnsley v Peterborough United (02/10) |
26,594 | Brighton & HA v Sheffield Weds (14/09) | 8,571 | Barnsley v Ipswich Town (29/09) |
26,293 | Brighton & HA v Middlesbrough (20/10) | 9,280 | Peterborough Utd v Wolves (22/09) |
26,185 | Charlton Athletic v Barnsley (20/10) | 9,295 | Millwall v Cardiff City (18/09) |
26,121 | Brighton & HA v Birmingham City (29/09) | 9,576 | Millwall v Middlesbrough (01/09) |
25,518 | Brighton & Hove Albion v Cardiff City (21/08) | 10,116 | Millwall v Bolton Wanderers (06/10) |
25,379 | Sheffield Wed v Birmingham City (21/08) | 10,432 | Peterborough United v Leeds United (25/08) |
The Next Fixtures | |
Tuesday 23rd October | |
Barnsley v Crystal Palace | Leicester City v Brighton & Hove Albion |
Blackpool v Nottingham Forest (20:00) | Middlesbrough v Hull City |
Bristol City v Burnley | Millwall v Birmingham City |
Cardiff City v Watford | Peterborough United v Huddersfield Town |
Ipswich Town v Derby County | Wolverhampton Wanderers v Bolton Wanderers |
Leeds United v Charlton Athletic | |
Wednesday 24th October | |
Blackburn Rovers v Sheffield Wednesday |