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Author Topic: Is this the season... (Poll reset after Albion double)  (Read 160279 times)

Offline Ad@m

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Re: Is this the season... (Poll reset after Hull away)
« Reply #600 on: February 21, 2015, 06:15:01 PM »
I feel more confident of staying up than I did when Lambert was in charge.

There were signs today, especially first half, of a change in mentality and we were undone by poor defending for their first goal and a Captain from Vlaar for the winner.

Lambert's negativity can't be undone in the space of a week. There was enough there for me to think we can still turn this around, especially as QPR lost again.

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Re: Is this the season... (Poll reset after Hull away)
« Reply #601 on: February 21, 2015, 06:15:02 PM »
looking very likely now

We're one point behind with twelve games to play, including both the sides immediately above us at home. How, by any definition of the phrase, is that "very likely"?

I admire the confidence, but you have to admit, it is looking more than a little bit likely given we're nineteenth and have just lost our sixth consecutive league match.

I'd feel more confident if I could see evidence that at least we were improving.

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Re: Is this the season... (Poll reset after Hull away)
« Reply #602 on: February 21, 2015, 06:15:54 PM »
looking very likely now

We're one point behind with twelve games to play, including both the sides immediately above us at home. How, by any definition of the phrase, is that "very likely"?

I admire the confidence, but you have to admit, it is looking more than a little bit likely given we're nineteenth and have just lost our sixth consecutive league match.

I'd feel more confident if I could see evidence that at least we were improving.

It's possible. It's not "very likely" yet.

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Re: Is this the season... (Poll reset after Hull away)
« Reply #603 on: February 21, 2015, 06:18:38 PM »
looking very likely now

We're one point behind with twelve games to play, including both the sides immediately above us at home. How, by any definition of the phrase, is that "very likely"?

I admire the confidence, but you have to admit, it is looking more than a little bit likely given we're nineteenth and have just lost our sixth consecutive league match.

I'd feel more confident if I could see evidence that at least we were improving.

It's possible. It's not "very likely" yet.

How many sides in our position in February have stayed up?  Of course, it's all still in our own hands. but I think it's more likely that we'll go down than stay up.

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Re: Is this the season... (Poll reset after Hull away)
« Reply #604 on: February 21, 2015, 06:23:10 PM »
I can understand nerves while leading. What I can't understand is why we came out after half time looking like the last thing we wanted to do was win a football match. Before they scored we had that one final chance which could have done so much for our run-in. We wouldn't have 'deserved' the win, but screw it, teams rarely do. As it stands, it's one of the more obvious turning points for a team's future I've seen in a while: Begovic doesn't get fingertips to it, we probably stay up based on the momentum it engenders.

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Re: Is this the season... (Poll reset after Hull away)
« Reply #605 on: February 21, 2015, 06:27:27 PM »
looking very likely now

We're one point behind with twelve games to play, including both the sides immediately above us at home. How, by any definition of the phrase, is that "very likely"?

I admire the confidence, but you have to admit, it is looking more than a little bit likely given we're nineteenth and have just lost our sixth consecutive league match.

I'd feel more confident if I could see evidence that at least we were improving.

It's possible. It's not "very likely" yet.

How many sides in our position in February have stayed up?  Of course, it's all still in our own hands. but I think it's more likely that we'll go down than stay up.

How many teams a point from safety three months from the end of the season have stayed up? I've not got the facts to hand but I would imagine there's one almost every year.

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Re: Is this the season... (Poll reset after Hull away)
« Reply #606 on: February 21, 2015, 06:30:14 PM »
All the other teams are fighting hard.
We aren't.

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Re: Is this the season... (Poll reset after Hull away)
« Reply #607 on: February 21, 2015, 06:51:34 PM »
Sunderland looked nailed on relegation certainties last season I guess there's always hope.

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Re: Is this the season... (Poll reset after Hull away)
« Reply #608 on: February 21, 2015, 06:55:01 PM »
I'd vote probably.

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Re: Is this the season... (Poll reset after Hull away)
« Reply #609 on: February 21, 2015, 07:11:20 PM »
So many players lack form and/or confidence that it is difficult to see anything other outcome than relegation or almost-relegation. However, almost a third of the season is left, so a lot can happen.

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Re: Is this the season... (Poll reset after Hull away)
« Reply #610 on: February 21, 2015, 07:37:11 PM »
If I am reading the form table correctly, we're the only team who hasn't won in our last ten games.

Statistically, we should win soon.

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Re: Is this the season... (Poll reset after Hull away)
« Reply #611 on: February 21, 2015, 07:44:59 PM »
No wins in 10 League games
Drawn 3 - [2 of which were 0-0] Lost 7.
Scored 3 Conceded 16.
Is this the year? Sad to say I think it will be.

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Re: Is this the season... (Poll reset after Hull away)
« Reply #612 on: February 21, 2015, 07:47:41 PM »
Just to add, if you think we're dead certs, very likely, or have any similar level of confidence that we'll go down, get yourself down the bookies and make a killing. They reckon we're still odds against with Leicester, Burnley and QPR odds on.

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Re: Is this the season... (Poll reset after Hull away)
« Reply #613 on: February 21, 2015, 08:08:23 PM »
It takes one win for us for fans of other teams to be thinking exactly like we are right now. It's looking bleak, no doubt, but not over by any stretch.

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Re: Is this the season... (Poll reset after Hull away)
« Reply #614 on: February 21, 2015, 08:18:46 PM »
If I am reading the form table correctly, we're the only team who hasn't won in our last ten games.

Statistically, we should win soon.


Not having a pop but isn't that the gambling addicts logic?

 


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