Otis
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Would absolutely love to be proved wrong..
I will feel a lot more confident if we are able to bring another couple of quality players in..
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I will feel a lot more confident if we are able to bring another couple of quality players in..
Mucca Mad Boys
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With Ipswich, they’ve only really caught up to us because their schedule has heavily favoured home fixtures and they beat us away.
The litmus test is Feb where it’s flipped. They’re averaging 1.33 per game away from home and of their next 8 league games, 6 are away. In their last 6 away, they’ve only won 2. More of that please McKenna!
itsabuzzard
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I agree with that!
Brighton Sky Blue
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Bogey team, Monday night, opposition will probably do as the others have done and take things up a level. I'm not expecting much.
If you want to go up, you need to not have this mindset.
Brighton Sky Blue
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Thankfully I'm not employed by the club.
Mucca Mad Boys
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We’re a superstitious bunch on this forum. Norwich were a bogey team because they’ve been a much better team than us for (comfortably) a generation.
We’re winning the league, their right down at the bottom (teams around them have games in hand) and their home form has been bad all season.
If we can’t get 3 points here, when will we win at Carrow Road? Pretty much every game since December there’s been a few people saying ‘I’d take a draw here’. It isn’t good enough with Ipswich and Boro on our toes and this is exactly the type of games we need to be winning this season.
Another 4-6 win streak more or less confirms we will go up automatically this season. We’re 2/2 so far.
Brighton Sky Blue
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We were a goal and player up at Deepdale and still conspired not to win tbf.
Mucca Mad Boys
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True but at that time PNE had only lost once at home and had a top 6 home record (probably 4th iirc).
After Sheff W, Norwich have lost the most home games all season.
mmttww
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Brighton Sky Blue
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Which is true, but a large number of those home defeats came under a dreadful managerial appointment. Since that was changed it's improved significantly.
Being blunt, we somehow conspired to lose at Carrow Road despite being in front in stoppage time. That really was a 'if not now then when?' moment.
Mucca Mad Boys
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I look at that fixture run and feel that we should win all of them. A draw with Boro would be reasonable but it’s a game where we need to land a knockout blow to their automatic promotion aspirations.
WBA are sinking and Sheff U are in a weird place, two games we need to win.
I’m hoping this two game win streak will kick start our season after a disappointing December/New Year.
Otis
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Yeah. When he bunks down with the players tonight in the dorm, I will remind him not to mention it.
Mucca Mad Boys
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Norwich were better at that point though and it was a game they deserved a point at the very least, we got battered that game. The only shock was that it got to stoppage time at 1-0 up!
Be confident, we’re going to beat them.
Brighton Sky Blue
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BookmarkedNorwich were better at that point though and it was a game they deserved a point at the very least, we got battered that game. The only shock was that it got to stoppage time at 1-0 up!
Be confident, we’re going to beat them.
PUSB-We_are_going_up
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Called exactly the amount of points we’d gain! Although you cant see which results I predicted (as the colours represent reverse fixtures just to reiterate)
Boro overperformed my expectations by 2pts
Even if Ipswich win their postponed game at Fraton Park they will have underperformed my predicted points for them
Now for the Next 6
| Coventry Stoke (H) Bris City (A) Preston (H) So’ton (H) Swansea (A) Derby (H) Expected Points ~12 Leaves around ~80pts | M’Boro Brum (A) QPR (A) Charlton (H) Bris City (H) B’burn (A) Millwall (H) Expected Points ~11 Leaves around ~74pts | Ipswich Swansea (H) Hull (H) Leicester (H) Stoke (A) Shef Wed (A) Millwall (H) Expected Points ~12 Leaves around ~69pts |
I think its safe to say we can rule Ipswich out if they dont go on a mad run, and if we dont collapse again, I would add Millwall but I dont think they’ll keep it up plus with Ipswich having games in hand they may be able to claw it back however you still have to win those games which will be tough
trevorsathispeake
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Almost bang on the forecasting last time,, very Impressive so hope you are right for this.
robbiethemole
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Ben Bloom was saying usually average 2 points per game in hand so that would make it harder for Ipswich
Will they have the surge everyone expects? Not sure they are the danger
Will they have the surge everyone expects? Not sure they are the danger
PUSB-We_are_going_up
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If they were awarded 4pts now due to 2 games in hand they’d be on 61pts (7pts behind us) so they’d still be a threat certainly, and if they win both it’d only be 5pts! Anything could happen though they may even lose both, or Millwall might pull away from them and pull closer to us and Boro in that case I’ll trade out Ipswich for Millwall
Lamps
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In the Championship anyone except for Sheffield Wednesday can beat anyone. Ipswich have to win 4 games more than us.
They have Hull, Millwall, Southampton, Birmingham and Middlesborough to play. That's 5 from 14 after the playoffs or top 2. It won't be easy.
skybluegod
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I would be surprised if Ipswich lose 2/draw 3 of those 6.
PUSB-We_are_going_up
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I was guessing 3 draws: Hull, Stoke and Millwall