Tommeh Posted 21 October 2006 Posted 21 October 2006 I know we should really be looking upwards and onwards but a 7 point cusion from Leeds, southend and hull who lets face it have been piss poor this season, is nice and comfortable and hopefully with no fears of relegation talk for at least a month the players can settle down and play decent football with out the relegation trap door right behind them. Certainly after the Hull game at home which was diobolical if somebody would have said you'd be 7 points from relegation and 5 from play-offs I'd have said they're off their head
Poakey Posted 21 October 2006 Posted 21 October 2006 Im looking up mate,not down.5 points off the playoffs.
lildave3 Posted 22 October 2006 Posted 22 October 2006 QPR and Stoke are 2 games that we can take all 3 points from aswell. Cardiff here we come
lookwhaticando Posted 22 October 2006 Posted 22 October 2006 QPR and Stoke are 2 games that we can take all 3 points from aswell. Cardiff here we come Our next little run of games looks quite good at the minute. If we can keep a bit of momentum up, we should be getting plenty of points on the board along the way. QPR away Stoke home Sheff Wed away Plymouth home Preston home Derby away Norwich away That takes us up to the end of November. That's a reasonable set of games, now's the time to bag the points and climb the table a little.
lcfc_jme Posted 22 October 2006 Posted 22 October 2006 Our next little run of games looks quite good at the minute. If we can keep a bit of momentum up, we should be getting plenty of points on the board along the way. QPR away Stoke home Sheff Wed away Plymouth home Preston home Derby away Norwich away That takes us up to the end of November. That's a reasonable set of games, now's the time to bag the points and climb the table a little. It isn't going to be easy though and I'd hate to think that because we haven't lost in a while and are actually putting the ball in the net atm that our lads will start getting complacent, especially with "lesser teams" coming up. I agree though, we could definitely put a good run together from the next months worth of fixtures. I've put the games I reckon we'll win in bold, the draws in italic and left the defeat in normal font. That'd give us 14 points from a possible 21 in our next 7 games
Thracian Posted 22 October 2006 Posted 22 October 2006 QPR and Stoke are 2 games that we can take all 3 points from aswell. Cardiff here we come Famous last words!. Just like Hull, Burnley, Colchester eh! Hope you're right though.
Babylon Posted 22 October 2006 Posted 22 October 2006 People please. We have had a few decent results, but we thought it'd be easy against other teams like Thracian said.
SydneyFC Posted 22 October 2006 Posted 22 October 2006 Good stuff being able to run without looking backwards all the time.
newportfox Posted 22 October 2006 Posted 22 October 2006 I know we should really be looking upwards and onwards but a 7 point cusion from Leeds, southend and hull who lets face it have been piss poor this season, is nice and comfortable and hopefully with no fears of relegation talk for at least a month the players can settle down and play decent football with out the relegation trap door right behind them. Certainly after the Hull game at home which was diobolical if somebody would have said you'd be 7 points from relegation and 5 from play-offs I'd have said they're off their head lets keep the faith boys we putting a good run together lets look for the positive from this play offs would be a good end to the season lets keep it up
reynard Posted 22 October 2006 Posted 22 October 2006 This is a dog eat dog league without any stand out sides. any team can beat any other team. games that look "easy" turn out bad results. the playoffs look a long way off at the moment our last 3 results have been encouraging but we beat southampton thanks largely to 2 great goals from one individual we beat a very poor Leeds team who played with only 10 men for 40 mins and sneaked home 2-1 we got a point against palace but could easily have lost. we could win the next 2 but could lose them as well. Imo the league won't really take shape until the end of January.
Joe. Posted 22 October 2006 Posted 22 October 2006 Thats what I really like about the Championship- it's so unpredictable. We don't have a clue who's going to win it or get relegated for that matter. It surely has to be one of the most exciting leagues around?
Jonbluefox9 Posted 22 October 2006 Posted 22 October 2006 This is a dog eat dog league without any stand out sides. any team can beat any other team. games that look "easy" turn out bad results. the playoffs look a long way off at the moment our last 3 results have been encouraging but we beat southampton thanks largely to 2 great goals from one individual we beat a very poor Leeds team who played with only 10 men for 40 mins and sneaked home 2-1 we got a point against palace but could easily have lost. we could win the next 2 but could lose them as well. Imo the league won't really take shape until the end of January. Have to agree. People were looking at the latest run of fixtures and said "three points from Colchester but then Southampton at home we'll lose" etc. It's all about when you play teams. We've been lucky to catch Southampton during a bad spell, you can't see Leeds being this bad for the remainder of the season even if they still go down and Palace had lost a couple too. If we come up against "lesser" teams during good spells for themselves then we could quite easily lose to them. Looking at how other clubs like Stoke and Luton have demolished Leeds makes our showing look a bit average. On the positive side, I think Hume and Hammond are linking up well and have done ever since the end of the Birmingham game and if Hammond can add goals to his current game we will have two strikers contributing to the team with effort and goals. Any side with a pair of strikers like that can win games.
DanTheFoxBhoy Posted 22 October 2006 Posted 22 October 2006 All good points... but I think it's easier to go up than down and we are closer points-wise to the playoff spots. Unless the worse performing teams have a sudden flurry, if we keep playing as we have I think we'll be okay. Luton 5 - 1 Leeds... that is rubbish. Almost makes you feel sorry for them.
Jonbluefox9 Posted 22 October 2006 Posted 22 October 2006 All good points... but I think it's easier to go up than down and we are closer points-wise to the playoff spots. Unless the worse performing teams have a sudden flurry, if we keep playing as we have I think we'll be okay. Luton 5 - 1 Leeds... that is rubbish. Almost makes you feel sorry for them. It all depends what spin you put on things. With the group of players we've currently got, I think Rob should be telling them that they're only 5 points off the playoffs rather than telling them they're 7 points off relegation. It's the first time since the end of last season that this group of players have got a bit of momentum going but during last season, the wins were only ever moving us away from relegation not pushing us towards promotion. This is the first time for a long time that we've been within a realistic distance of the playoffs despite it only being October and I think it has given the players confidence and something to aim for. You could tell how gutted they were at the final whistle yesterday and that's a sign of the direction we're trying to move in. I don't care how poor people reckon Palace were- we didn't have a lot to choose from yesterday and still were disappointed to only draw.
Lineker's Left Foot Posted 22 October 2006 Posted 22 October 2006 Yes we've come through that horrible last 4 games "Birmingham, Southampton, Leeds and Palace' fixtures, where I thought we wouldn't get anything, relatively in good form. The next fixtures are relatively 'easier' as far as 'big' clubs are concerned. Let's continue this run with a few good wins !!
Bert Posted 22 October 2006 Posted 22 October 2006 Our next little run of games looks quite good at the minute. If we can keep a bit of momentum up, we should be getting plenty of points on the board along the way. QPR away Stoke home Sheff Wed away Plymouth home Preston home Derby away Norwich away That takes us up to the end of November. That's a reasonable set of games, now's the time to bag the points and climb the table a little. I'd be very dissapointed if we didn't come way witht hose games with at least 12 points.
Wils Posted 22 October 2006 Posted 22 October 2006 If we are going to make any progress we need to be able to go to places like QPR and Sheff Wed and take all the points. We are more than capable. :pinch:
holly Posted 22 October 2006 Posted 22 October 2006 i say just get in there do what we do and come away with as much as possible! we can win any of those games if we just go about it the right way!!
Lester LXXIV Posted 23 October 2006 Posted 23 October 2006 You all seem to think we are gonna beat Plymouth at home. My mate supports them and we'll both be there for this one, unfortunately they are playing good football and are hard to beat!
Thracian Posted 23 October 2006 Posted 23 October 2006 You all seem to think we are gonna beat Plymouth at home. My mate supports them and we'll both be there for this one, unfortunately they are playing good football and are hard to beat! Sounds exciting already.
Lester LXXIV Posted 23 October 2006 Posted 23 October 2006 Sounds exciting already. As I mentioned some weeks ago, we have a small wager for this season. Hume & Fryatt v Ebanks-Blake & Hayles Whose 2 strikers score the most goals! That has added some extra spice to the day!
gatesheadfox Posted 23 October 2006 Posted 23 October 2006 we should be fine this season, considering our form over a extremely hard period has seen us unbeaten since the hull game. on paper our hardest run in of the season is over with us having done well. a couple of wins and we will think about the playoffs, fortunately if we lose a couple leeds etc are considerably worse than us so we can afford to be brave i think
Ric Flair Posted 23 October 2006 Posted 23 October 2006 I still think we are nowhere near being a serious contender for the play-offs in this division. What frightens me even more is seeing this squad of players in the premiership if we ever did get there. There are probably a maximum of 5 players in our squad that could handle themselves in the premiership and that's an unfounded statement given the one's I have in mind haven't ever played there. If we convert are chances and become more decisive then we could challenge for the play-offs, but until then i'm not getting carried away about our 'unbeaten' run.
Thracian Posted 23 October 2006 Posted 23 October 2006 As I mentioned some weeks ago, we have a small wager for this season. Hume & Fryatt v Ebanks-Blake & Hayles Whose 2 strikers score the most goals! That has added some extra spice to the day! I'd back Hume and Hammond but I don't know if Fryatt's ever going to catch light this season. He seemed out of sorts even before his injury. But as someone mentioned, all strikers have barren spells. Look at Dodds...! Even he failed to score in one game recently!!!
lookwhaticando Posted 23 October 2006 Posted 23 October 2006 I'd back Hume and Hammond but I don't know if Fryatt's ever going to catch light this season. He seemed out of sorts even before his injury. But as someone mentioned, all strikers have barren spells. Look at Dodds...! Even he failed to score in one game recently!!! :thumbsup: A striker who fails to score in a game? Get him in!
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