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Offline robbo1874

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Re: Anyone starting to get worried?
« Reply #450 on: October 20, 2019, 01:50:00 AM »
No 😎🍺👍😄

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Re: Anyone starting to get worried?
« Reply #451 on: October 20, 2019, 02:06:29 AM »
I’m with robbo.

Offline SoccerHQ

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Re: Anyone starting to get worried?
« Reply #452 on: October 20, 2019, 12:01:10 PM »
There's still teams with less than a point per game though so 35-36 will probably be about the level, which isn't all that unusual, I suspect a few teams will find some consistency through the middle of the season and
 going into the last 7-8 it will be 1-2 that look fucked and 4-5 others in the battle, so long as we don't look like we're getting drawn into that then it'll have been a good season.

Think it will be higher.

The league table from 9 games in last year had a bottom 4 of:

Cardiff 5 points
Fulham 5 points
Huddersfield 3 points
Newcastle 2 points

Brighton in 12th actually had 11 points so that's similar.

Much bigger gap to bottom 4 than now and also Fulham and Huddersfield hardly won a game for months so those two were both cut adrift quickly.

Don't see the same happening this season, can see Watford at some stage of the season winning 3/4 and getting out of bottom 3 so we still have plenty of work to do. Last two weeks have shown we are capable of winning the games we really need to so that's very promising so the odd shock result now would help.

Offline wittonwarrior

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Re: Anyone starting to get worried?
« Reply #453 on: October 20, 2019, 12:11:05 PM »
Apart from Palace away that was our worst performance of the season yesterday and we still won

May not pull up any trees this season but we will be safe

Offline mike

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Re: Anyone starting to get worried?
« Reply #454 on: October 20, 2019, 09:37:28 PM »
On the plus side, I think Norwich are fairly determined to get relegated.

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Re: Anyone starting to get worried?
« Reply #455 on: October 20, 2019, 10:36:28 PM »
I think we will be ok but the performance yesterday hopefully reminds people that come out with, we are much better than ............
Because we are really not much better than any one in this division.

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Re: Anyone starting to get worried?
« Reply #456 on: October 20, 2019, 10:39:48 PM »
We're better than the teams below us.

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Re: Anyone starting to get worried?
« Reply #457 on: October 20, 2019, 10:40:37 PM »
Anyway, a little less now.

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Re: Anyone starting to get worried?
« Reply #458 on: October 20, 2019, 10:40:52 PM »
I don’t think we’ve been appreciably better or worse than any of our opponents so far. Probably didn’t deserve a win yesterday, but that’s more than offset by games where we were unlucky one way or another and didn’t get the points we deserved.

Offline hipkiss92

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Re: Anyone starting to get worried?
« Reply #459 on: October 20, 2019, 11:01:12 PM »
Played 6 of 10 teams above us, drawn 2 lost 4. Played 3 won 3 9f 9 teams below us. Table would suggest we're in about the right position

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Re: Anyone starting to get worried?
« Reply #460 on: October 20, 2019, 11:01:44 PM »
Seems a very strange league this year. There are the top two and then everyone else. That could possibly result in a higher than normal points mark to stay up. Norwich hardly spent any money so must have been planning for a relegation battle. A number of other teams could get drawn into it. Next 4 games going to be huge for our chances.

Offline Ad@m

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Re: Anyone starting to get worried?
« Reply #461 on: October 20, 2019, 11:17:19 PM »
Seems a very strange league this year. There are the top two and then everyone else. That could possibly result in a higher than normal points mark to stay up. Norwich hardly spent any money so must have been planning for a relegation battle. A number of other teams could get drawn into it. Next 4 games going to be huge for our chances.

Behave. The next three mean diddly squat for our chances, unless you're talking about us winning the league!

Newcastle at home is one we really need 3 points from though.

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Re: Anyone starting to get worried?
« Reply #462 on: October 20, 2019, 11:50:49 PM »
Seems a very strange league this year. There are the top two and then everyone else. That could possibly result in a higher than normal points mark to stay up. Norwich hardly spent any money so must have been planning for a relegation battle. A number of other teams could get drawn into it. Next 4 games going to be huge for our chances.

Behave. The next three mean diddly squat for our chances, unless you're talking about us winning the league!

Newcastle at home is one we really need 3 points from though.

And we'd better fucking get them otherwise the 'mad few' will be mad as hell!

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Re: Anyone starting to get worried?
« Reply #463 on: October 21, 2019, 12:01:03 AM »
4 points is achievable from Wolves-Newcastle.

Other two is probably just about keeping the GD in healthy state although Liverpool haven't exactly blown teams away outside of Anfield this season, poor today and only won by one goal at Sheffield United and Southampton.

Important we don't gift them a goal early on and keep it 0-0 as long as possible.

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Re: Anyone starting to get worried?
« Reply #464 on: November 10, 2019, 03:48:37 PM »
May as well dust this one off. Three straight defeats and today the worst of all of them. We looked dreadful for 95% of the game. And Dean Smith just has no idea how to set up when Jack isn't in the game. As it stands we are going to be very lucky if we can find 3 teams worse than us. Dean Smith needs to figure this out or he might be looking for a new job. The owners won't want their investment playing Championship football again next season.

 


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