Npower Championship Round Up
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- Created: Sunday, 19 September 2010 20:57
- Written by Joe Raymond
An exciting weekend in the Championship saw Ipswich Town get their promotion hopes back on track with a 2-0 win over rivals Cardiff. Ipswich had a penalty appeal turned down in the first half after Connor Wickham was brought down in the box and then went close with a free kick as it remained 0-0 till half time. After the break Ipswich went close again with a header from Gareth McAuley, then Connor Wickham showed power and pace breaking through the Cardiff defence only to be thwarted by the Cardiff goalkeeper.
Who’d be a champion, eh? All that struggle and worry, all that effort, and for what? For everybody to hate you and hope that you fall on your behind at some point in the immediate future. Yeah, you get a trophy and a medal, but what exactly does that get you? Not player loyalty, that’s for sure. As Ligue 1’s incumbent champions Olympique de Marseille are currently finding out, sometimes a championship can be more trouble than it’s worth. 
This isn't another article about Wayne Rooney and his s-excapades. At least it shouldn’t be. Instead I hope it to be the full stop on all this hysteria. Many trials have befallen the young Liverpudlian turned Mancunian lately, there has been revelations about his private life, speculation about his ‘waning’ ability and the back of a failed World Cup to add to the bloke’s hangover. The question you should be asking is, ‘does it really matter?’ 
A few weeks ago Jose Mourinho issued a warning to his replacement at Inter Milan, Rafael Benitez.