September

[fox123]

With away games to West Brom, Sunderland and Birmingham and 2 home games against Hull and Colchester, i think this is the toughest month that we will have this season, how many points do you think we could gain this month i think 11 is achievable with 3 wins and 2 draws but 8 more likely with 2 wins and 2 draws

[Fez of Mahrez]

With away games to West Brom, Sunderland and Birmingham and 2 home games against Hull and Colchester, i think this is the toughest month that we will have this season, how many points do you think we could gain this month i think 11 is achievable with 3 wins and 2 draws but 8 more likely with 2 wins and 2 draws

Nowt at West Brom or Sunderland, a point at Brum and 4 from Hull and Colchester for me.

[Foxhateram]

With away games to West Brom, Sunderland and Birmingham and 2 home games against Hull and Colchester, i think this is the toughest month that we will have this season, how many points do you think we could gain this month i think 11 is achievable with 3 wins and 2 draws but 8 more likely with 2 wins and 2 draws

think these are tough games but the sort we put everything into and normally grab the points when we didnt expect to, however then we will underestimate colchester, and hull, and probably end up losing due to over confidence.

I do think that this month will decide wether we will be good enough to get to play-offs or wether we will be an average mid table team (AGAIN!)

[Daggers]

With away games to West Brom, Sunderland and Birmingham and 2 home games against Hull and Colchester, i think this is the toughest month that we will have this season, how many points do you think we could gain this month i think 11 is achievable with 3 wins and 2 draws but 8 more likely with 2 wins and 2 draws

This becomes a difficult month only because teams have signed new players that will be keen to make their mark...but as ever, I'll be happy with an average of 3 points from home and 1 from away games ~ 9 in total. More than that and I'll be delighted.

West Brom and Brum will be tough fixtures - but I really don't see them as being in a different class to us and therefore think these are winable games. Best of all, I'm looking forward to cycling home celebrating wins instead of spending hours trying to get out of Leicester!

Sunderland and Hull are re-invigorated. Both of these games I'd have put down as 3 point bankers, but not this week. We'll have to work very hard as a team to take points from these games. I suspect we'll leave the North East with nothing but if lady luck shines we'll take the full prize against Hull.

Colchester has to be three points, anything less really isn't good enough but I think we have it within us to do it.

[OBO]

I think we might sneak a point away at West Brom, perhaps that's a little optimistic, but I'd like to think we can at least get something out of Brom and Brum away, and I fancy Brum to beat us more than West Brom.

I think we can have Sunderland. I know they'll be 're-invigorated' but a couple of new signings aside their squad is pretty poor, and I think Keane is going to have to do a LOT of shouting at them and change things around a lot before they start charging up the table. At least a draw anyway.

Hull and Colchester should really be 3 points from each, but something is bound to go wrong, I think we all know that there is no point approaching a match thinking it's a given win, because a lot of the time, it bloody isn't! (Rotherham on boxing day a couple of years ago anyone?!)

[Tommeh]

I'd be happy if we're still in 11th place come the end of the month gettin another 7 points 2 wins (colchester and Hull) 1 draw (possibly Wba 2 defeats ( Brum and Sunderland).

As long as we can stay within 5 points of the play-offs after christmas we'll have done really well. Then we'll have to push on and show what we're really made of.

[Ric Flair]

It's a hard month ahead of us, especially with our strikers not on form at all. But the majority of fans expected us to be a mid table outfit this season and I still expect that so I can't see how this month will really shape our season. Obviously 5 wins would put us in a position that fans would start to think it's our season and 5 losses would strike a revolt. I think we'll probably be on 14-15 points if we're lucky after this month.

[Tommeh]

Promotions and relegations are not decided in september. Iy'll really hot up during the Chrismas period as long as we keep picking up 3 points every few games we'll be fine

[syston_fox]

West Brom (away) - depends which WBA team show up. They can be brilliant one game and shocking the next despite starting with the same 11. Phillips and Hartson up front worry me as I feel WBA have the quality to punish us at set pieces if Kisnorbo, Paddy and co aren't right on their game.

Hull (home) - home game against a team in trouble, bottom with only the one point from five games. This is the type of game we normally drop points in so we have to stop that and get the three points here. We cant afford performances like Millwall, Crewe and Brighton at home last season if we're serious about pushing for the top half.

Sunderland (away) - I dont see us getting anything here. Keanes first home match in charge, 6 players to possibly make their home debuts and I can see the home section selling out for this one and they will be expecting a big performance from their team. If we want anything then we have to shut the crowd up early on and really battle hard for everything. I really rate Kavanagh and we all know what Connolly can do at this level.

Colchester (home) - as with Hull, this is the type of game we dont normally win. Nothing less than three points is acceptable in my opinion.

Birmingham (away) - another very tough away game. They've made a decent start but Cardiff showed that they are very suspect against pace so this may be the type of game that Hume and Fryatt can shine in. Fryatt playing right on the line and some good through balls from the midfield could be the difference between the two teams.

In reality I can see us getting 7 points. 2 home wins and one point away. At best we can hope for is 10 in my opinion and I'd be more than happy with that return from the 5 games. The two home matches are crucial though. We cannot really afford to drop points on them or we'll be dragged back down to the bottom three. I know its still early in the season but its never good to be looking back over your shoulder as it sets the fear of relegation off again.

[davieG]

To get anything decent out of the 2 home games we're going to need a change of biblical proportions when you consider the last time we recorded 2 back to back home league wins was May 2005.

It's a massive ask to now make that 4 home wins on the trot. Can we do it who knows? But one thing I wont be doing is putting my life savings on the line for it, and that's only a couple of quid

[lookwhaticando]

To get anything decent out of the 2 home games we're going to need a change of biblical proportions when you consider the last time we recorded 2 back to back home league wins was May 2005.

It's a massive ask to now make that 4 home wins on the trot. Can we do it who knows? But one thing I wont be doing is putting my life savings on the line for it, and that's only a couple of quid

Then again, before RK took over, it'd been a while since we last won more than two games on the trot - he won his first three.

Miracles can happen.

[Manwell Pablo]

In RE to Sunderland, Roy Keane may have bought himself some useful players but it remains to be seen if he can get them to perform for him yet. The six faces will take time to settle as well.

[Knighton Matt]

Wake me up when September ends

[lookwhaticando]

Wake me up when September ends

Oh dear.

[filbertway]

6 Points

1 win and 3 draws

[Guest Gist]

I think we will Beat Hull and Colchester and Draw against both Sunderland and West Brom and lose to Brum.

So I think we will get 8 points or is that a little too optimistic.

[Wils]

I think well beat Colchester and Birmingham draw against WBA and Sunderland loose too Hull.

Total 8 Points.

Id take that.

[Floating Fox]

I would say we Need a minuiumum of 5 points

An achieavble target would be 9 points ?

[lildave3]

With away games to West Brom, Sunderland and Birmingham and 2 home games against Hull and Colchester

I fancy something against West Brom, we're going in on the back of a decent run and they've just lost to sunderland. Plus Davies is out for 10 weeks...

Sunderland and Brum will be tough though, no doubt. Should beat Colchester and Hull imo

[filbertway]

Some people have high hopes for us, I hope were not all moaning if we dont pick up 10 points from these games.

[Thracian]

As usual it depends on our team and our attitude towards trying to win.

I always feel Kelly reverts to containment mode whenever he perceives we're up against a good team and that frightens me to death because the team we started the season with is just not good enough.

We need to concentrate on what we can do well which, with the right players, is cover quickly, pass well in possession, pose problems down the flanks and a present a genuine scoring threat in the middle.

I think four points from Hull and Colchester ought to be attainable with an attacking line up but that we need to continue being positive in the away games, otherwise all three could be lost.

Having beaten Charlton and Tottenham in our recent history and drawn over 90 minutes atBolton with the most negative approach imaginable we have no need to fear the likes of WBA,Sunderland and Birmingham.

But we do need to have belief in our players and what they do best.

Calmness, quick-thinking, concentration and good passing can win those away games but they'll be a test for Kelly's motivational abilities, I'm sure of that.

Predictions? Four points from the away games making eight in all from the five matches.

[lookwhaticando]

I don't think he's switched back to his six defenders experiment since our first two games. So he's not going wild about containment.

I don't think Rob's as mad about defensiveness as you think, Thrac.

He's certainly not as bad as CL, who decided 4-5-1 was the way to go on the road at places like Burnley.

I think RK, above all, prefers to keep his starting eleven the same as much as possible. This tactic takes priority over all considerations about the opposition - from what I can tell. I don't recall him changing his lineup for a league game based on the opposition - only on squad availability.

I think that's one of his advantages. CL's approach to games like Burnley away played a part in his downfall. I don't think RK's going to follow that path.

[Thracian]

I don't think he's switched back to his six defenders experiment since our first two games. So he's not going wild about containment.

I don't think Rob's as mad about defensiveness as you think, Thrac.

He's certainly not as bad as CL, who decided 4-5-1 was the way to go on the road at places like Burnley.

I think RK, above all, prefers to keep his starting eleven the same as much as possible. This tactic takes priority over all considerations about the opposition - from what I can tell. I don't recall him changing his lineup for a league game based on the opposition - only on squad availability.

I think that's one of his advantages. CL's approach to games like Burnley away played a part in his downfall. I don't think RK's going to follow that path.

We'll see. I think he wants to be attacking in his heart but his brain pulls the other way. I hope you're right though.

[Parsons]

i think your mum will decide where you finnish

[Asha]

i think we beat hull and colchester cuz come on we aint crap = 6 points

we draw against sun'and and brum = 2 points

and lose to wba = 0 points

s o 8 points out of 15 - not bad