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Offline cdbearsfan

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Re: Anyone starting to get worried?
« Reply #675 on: December 06, 2019, 08:30:40 PM »
I think we should probably have learned my now not to look ahead at fixtures and start deciding clubs won't be getting any points in them. Other than Liverpool, they're all a bunch of bottling bastards working a conspiracy to relegate Villa.

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Re: Anyone starting to get worried?
« Reply #676 on: December 06, 2019, 10:50:37 PM »
I’m probably a little irrationally fucked off right now at some of our results this season. But on the whole we’ve competed well against the top sides even if we have blown the games. What gives me hope is that against the sides around which is really the league we are in we’ve done quite well. That’s what will matter in the end this season. Watford for me look fucked. Then after that it will be crap shoot for those last two spots. I still think it will be Norwich, and then any one of about 6 teams. And yes it includes us. We need a good January window. Pay what is needed and/or loan for whoever is needed for us to stay up.

Agree with that TV.  It feels like it's been a fairly decent season so far, but we've been in the lower reaches of the league for the majority of it.  The games against Southampton, Norwich and Watford are going to be very big - get 7-9 points out of those three and we should be able to climb the table a bit. 

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Re: Anyone starting to get worried?
« Reply #677 on: December 07, 2019, 02:30:10 PM »
4th from bottom

What a result or everton

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Re: Anyone starting to get worried?
« Reply #678 on: December 07, 2019, 03:00:36 PM »
4th from bottom

What a result or everton

And tomorrow we could be above them.

Offline clash city rocker

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Re: Anyone starting to get worried?
« Reply #679 on: December 07, 2019, 03:10:45 PM »
4th from bottom

What a result or everton

And tomorrow we could be above them.

You can only  control what YOU can control.

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Re: Anyone starting to get worried?
« Reply #680 on: December 07, 2019, 03:18:44 PM »
I think the reality is that this year you could make an argument for saying every team is too good to go down. We need another striker, we need to get much better at holding onto winning positions and we need grealish to stay fit.

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Re: Anyone starting to get worried?
« Reply #681 on: December 07, 2019, 03:22:39 PM »
I think the reality is that this year you could make an argument for saying every team is too good to go down. We need another striker, we need to get much better at holding onto winning positions and we need grealish to stay fit.

Or of course everyone deserves to!

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Re: Anyone starting to get worried?
« Reply #682 on: December 07, 2019, 03:30:21 PM »
Yep. There’s usually 1-2 teams who look out of their depth stinking up the league, like we did when we went down. There’s nobody like that this year. Even Watford have looked decent, although hopefully the new manager will change that.

Above them, Southampton and Everton have good players, too good to be in serious danger you’d think, Bruce ball is working for Newcastle, annoyingly, and if Norwich can keep pukki scoring they could get a run together. We see going to have to be good to stay up.

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Re: Anyone starting to get worried?
« Reply #683 on: December 07, 2019, 03:55:49 PM »
I love Dean Smith but I hope he's not serious about not needing a striker.

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Re: Anyone starting to get worried?
« Reply #684 on: December 07, 2019, 04:03:09 PM »
It’s make or break for me in terms of My views on owners/smith/survival prospects. I’d be extremely surprised and disappointed if we didn’t pull the stops out to add a decent option up front.

If we don’t, it will be criminally negligent and a complete waste of an opportunity to consolidate our place in this league.

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Re: Anyone starting to get worried?
« Reply #685 on: December 07, 2019, 04:07:51 PM »
I love Dean Smith but I hope he's not serious about not needing a striker.

He isnt going to announce to the world we need a striker that's the worst thing he could do on two counts. One would totally demoralise Wesley and two any enquiries we made would push the price up massively.

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Re: Anyone starting to get worried?
« Reply #686 on: December 07, 2019, 04:14:51 PM »
I love Dean Smith but I hope he's not serious about not needing a striker.

He isnt going to announce to the world we need a striker that's the worst thing he could do on two counts. One would totally demoralise Wesley and two any enquiries we made would push the price up massively.

Agreed.

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Re: Anyone starting to get worried?
« Reply #687 on: December 07, 2019, 04:15:39 PM »
I hope you're right. Not getting an extra striker in July was foolish. Not adding one in January would be insane.

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Re: Anyone starting to get worried?
« Reply #688 on: December 07, 2019, 04:18:07 PM »
Yeah I’d add to the above that I also agree that we’re not going to be that daft and Smith is being tactical in his use of language, which I get.

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Re: Anyone starting to get worried?
« Reply #689 on: December 07, 2019, 04:19:05 PM »
Frustrating we have yet to play Watford and Southampton this season. We must be the only team in the league who haven't played either of them?

Not saying we're just going to beat them but many teams have inflated their points tallies by beating them and we've yet to have that chance. Given how ridiculously tight the league is I'd say that's been a big difference.

Everton deserved their win today but worth noting 6 of their 17 points came with wins at home to Watford and at Southampton.

As frustrating as it is to be slowly drifting into the bottom 3 again there are reasons and I'd prefer to wait until we have played every single team in the league and then make proper judgement.

Generally we've been good v bottom half teams so I'm confident we can get 7 points from the xmas games which will change things.

 


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