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Most seasons there is a team that 'come from nowhere' to clinch playoffs. You had Forest in 21/22, us and Boro in 22/23, us and Bristol last season. In fairness, Bristol were in the top half but it was v strong home form that got them over the line - particularly against playoff teams. With...

It’s not impossible. Last season, most of the games went to general sale let alone to the 100-500 games (I.e. newer STHs). Did you have any trouble getting tickets to Wigan, Burnley, PNE and Blackburn? Over the last 3 years, just those games alone are close to 150 points alone.

Well intentioned, but a ballot system probably does the opposite and entrench the ‘top cappers’. I’ll use the ETSC as an example: The split is 70:30 so the top 70% of cappers are guaranteed a ticket. The 30% of ballots are scaled for fairness. Using Stoke as an example, if you put 30% of a...

Funny how no one calls for a ballot for the shit midweek journeys and we’ve been unlucky with the draw this years Millwall, Portsmouth, Wrexham*, Boro and PNE on midweek are really unideal destinations. *Friday night, but the transport links are so bad you have to drive, get the coach or stop...

It’s a solution to a non-existent problem. It’s a ‘closed shop’ for a handful of games where away allocations are sub-2k. I’ve barely missed an away game since Feb 2024 and built my points to 1500+. There’s only been about 7-8 games I weren’t able to get tickets for over that period. Off the...

None of those teams are “easy”. As poor as Blues were against us, their underlying data has them as one of the best teams in the division. Millwall are 3rd and QPR 8th, joint 5th but their goal difference holds them back. They’ve conceded 16 goals in 11 games, take our 7-1 battering out, their...

We're just v good. Millwall form reads; WDLWWW - that one loss was against us. QPR were unbeaten for several games after we battered them.

Last season, we had 9 points after 11 games... We finished 5th. I think it'll be a low threshold for playoffs again this season. Barring ourselves, there is no stand out team and teams are dropping points all over. The promoted teams are usually the easy 4-6 points for most teams but this...

I look at Sheff U as the fixture we're most likely to lose between now and the international break imo. I think this is a dangerous underestimation of them. They are the best team we've played this season and the best squad we've faced so don't think it's particularly wild to say they'll...

They're a tin pot club with delusions of grandeur. Hence, they've been taken in by owners promising big things. They're struggling to deliver in the Championship despite outspending most of the EFL over the last 2 seasons. You can financially bully L1 and L2, but the Championship is a tougher...

We're overperforming by 1 point now, which has swung by underperforming by a 2-3 points iirc. This is in the space of 2-3 games. The old adage is the past performance is not an indication of future success. We underperformed massively last season and should've been Top 3 on these metrics alone...

Exactly - if they keep the group together, they'll probably be Top 4 at least.

Boro are over performing their current position and that generally levels out as the season carries on. It’s still early doors but I still think Ipswich, Southampton, Sheff U and Leicester all make the playoffs. The former 2 will make it, Leicester probably will but depend on Jan as well as the...

If we get to 40 points in the next 9 games, it more or less mean we’ll make the playoffs barring a complete capitulation. That’s the first goal, judging by our start and relatively weaker starts from preseason favourites, you’d have to back us to make automatics. My big worry is squad depth...

I have a feeling we’ll draw v Watford or Wrexham. When you’re in the form we’re in, it feels like no one can stop us but the Championship can humble teams. Looking at the fixtures I fancy getting 10 points between now and the international break which would be an exceptional effort. Jed...

Their home form is a good, their away form is horrific. Only Ipswich and Watford are yet to win away. At home, it’s a fixture we ought to be picking up maximum points.

I’m not too concerned about other teams atm. There’s still a long way to go and teams will come in and out of form. If we can build a gap between ourselves and the rest of the pack, great. Hopefully that’ll give us an injection of cash to strengthen in Jan to keep us at that automatic form.

This is going to end badly for Blues. They’re paying 11% interest on the loans the owners give to their club. Imagine financing a 60k seater stadium in the championship? Delusional.

Haha we got Haji for £7.7m initially. Idah, like Kyogo (and Stansfield), even if they’re good players, their clubs have overspent on them.

I agree on the competition point. We have the luxury to rotate players in some areas now. The only ‘gap’ is our winger options because there is only EMC and Saka. KKH and Brau aren’t the players you want to bring on chasing games. All the games we’ve drew this season, we did look like we’d ran...