Table

[Bert]

1 Cardiff 12 5 1 0 13 2 4 1 1 12 7 16 29 
2 Preston 12 4 2 0 9 3 2 3 1 9 8 7 23 
3 West Brom 12 4 1 0 11 4 2 3 2 10 7 10 22 
4 Wolverhampton 12 5 0 2 7 4 2 1 2 3 6 0 22 
5 Burnley 12 3 1 3 11 8 3 2 0 9 4 8 21 
6 Plymouth 12 2 3 1 12 9 3 2 1 8 6 5 20 
7 Luton 12 3 3 0 12 8 2 1 3 6 9 1 19 
8 Derby 12 1 3 1 7 5 4 0 3 11 12 1 18 
9 Birmingham 12 3 2 1 9 7 2 1 3 7 8 1 18 
10 Crystal Palace 12 3 1 3 8 9 2 1 2 6 6 -1 17 
11 Southampton 12 2 2 1 5 3 2 2 3 12 12 2 16 
12 Coventry 12 3 1 1 6 2 2 0 5 5 9 0 16 
13 Leicester 12 3 1 2 7 5 1 3 2 4 7 -1 16 
14 Stoke 12 2 3 1 6 4 1 3 2 9 8 3 15 
15 Norwich 12 3 0 2 11 8 1 3 3 8 13 -2 15 
16 Colchester 11 3 0 2 8 7 1 2 3 5 7 -1 14 
17 Ipswich 12 3 1 3 11 13 1 1 3 6 8 -4 14 
18 QPR 12 2 2 3 11 12 1 2 2 5 7 -3 13 
19 Sunderland 12 2 1 2 6 5 2 0 5 10 15 -4 13 
20 Barnsley 12 1 3 2 9 10 2 0 4 9 15 -7 12 
21 Sheff Wed 11 1 2 3 5 7 1 2 2 3 4 -3 10 
22 Southend 12 2 2 2 9 10 0 2 4 2 10 -9 10 
[b]23 Leeds 12 2 0 5 5 13 1 1 3 5 8 -11 10 [/b] - ouch
24 Hull 12 1 2 3 6 8 1 1 4 2 8 -8 9 

[MONreborn]

4 points of play offs, just imagine if we didn't have such a shite start and a wobble against Hull and Colchester at home

[lookwhaticando]

Look at us go!

I see Sheffield Wed are lingering around the bottom - perhaps because they're missing their star LB?

Funny how Preston are in 2nd right now - after their highly-rated manager left.

I must say the top half of the table, half of it is quite surprising. Burnley?! Wolves? Crystal Palace?

Roll on Crystal Palace, I think we can roll them over.

[I_miss_wembley_finals]

Whilst things are improving for us I reckon our position could be even better than it looks on paper....let me explain.

Of the 12 teams ahead of us, I certainly think some of them are 'fortunate' to be there and cannot see their form continuing, not in the way it has so far anyway. The likes of Luton, Plymouth and Burnley, even Preston - can they all sustain what they have achieved so far? I am not convinced. And then there are those that have showed good recent form, Wolves and Derby, and those that are somewhat in free fall, like Southampton, Birmingham and Palace.

Now I wouldn't like to be quoted on some of those comments, as I have not looked at form for any of them, just the feeling I am getting, and whilst we have teams below us likely to find some form at some point I think there are definitely teams above us, that over the course of the season, we will finish above.

[Thracian]

Whilst things are improving for us I reckon our position could be even better than it looks on paper....let me explain.

Of the 12 teams ahead of us, I certainly think some of them are 'fortunate' to be there and cannot see their form continuing, not in the way it has so far anyway. The likes of Luton, Plymouth and Burnley, even Preston - can they all sustain what they have achieved so far? I am not convinced. And then there are those that have showed good recent form, Wolves and Derby, and those that are somewhat in free fall, like Southampton, Birmingham and Palace.

Now I wouldn't like to be quoted on some of those comments, as I have not looked at form for any of them, just the feeling I am getting, and whilst we have teams below us likely to find some form at some point I think there are definitely teams above us, that over the course of the season, we will finish above.

It's what we do that's going to matter. As Kelly says, we can't influence what others do but I certainly wouldn't assume anyone cannot sustain their efforts. Kelly's approach has been to make us hard to beat and with the emergence of McAuley we have every chance of remaining tight defensively.

Our challenge is to improve in midfield and to continue having the skill, speed and ingenuity to break good defences down and to continue our minimum target of scoring two goals a game as we have done for the last three matches.

[Fez of Mahrez]

It's what we do that's going to matter. As Kelly says, we can't influence what others do but I certainly wouldn't assume anyone cannot sustain their efforts. Kelly's approach has been to make us hard to beat and with the emergence of McAuley we have every chance of remaining tight defensively.

Our challenge is to improve in midfield and to continue having the skill, speed and ingenuity to break good defences down and to continue our minimum target of scoring two goals a game as we have done for the last three matches.

The three dreaded words!

You almost say that as if it's a good thing...?

[Ultra]

So you'd prefer it if we were easy to beat?

[Fez of Mahrez]

So you'd prefer it if we were easy to beat?

<_< In reference to Thracian jumping on anyone listing that we were hard to beat as a quality in pre-season. I would look it up but I can't be arsed.

[gatesheadfox]

as my mother always says "if we win all our games and all the other teams draw, we'll go up" she talks out of her arse at times

[Ultra]

<_< In reference to Thracian jumping on anyone listing that we were hard to beat as a quality in pre-season. I would look it up but I can't be arsed.

Oh, I see...

The context of your comment wasn't immediately apparent.

[Harpenden Fox]

Bad news - we've plummeted down the table to 14th after Colchester beat Sheff Weds 4-0 tonight.

What's Kelly think he's playing at.....

[lildave3]

Bad news - we've plummeted down the table to 14th after Colchester beat Sheff Weds 4-0 tonight.

What's Kelly think he's playing at.....

What are Sheff Wed playing at?? A 4-0 loss to Colchester is not acceptable for any club in this division. Or any other division for that matter