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Otis · 2026-01-22T12:36:24+0000

CovValleyBoy said:
Logic says we ok.
Think correct as follows :
18 matches remain
9 home including 3 v current bottom 4
9 away including 7 v current bottom half

Much rather play teams around the bottom 4 nowish, than with say 3 games to go, when they often put in super humanly efforts to nab points and often pull off shocks

Ipad Boro · 2026-01-22T12:39:09+0000

Shannerz said:
There is no hoodoo. We've just got the better of you in the last few games because, for the most part, we've played better than you in them.

Prior to the play offs, our modern record against you was nothing to write home about, and you did the double over us the season before.

If both teams are in form, it will be a good quality, evenly matched game with whoever is more clinical coming out on top. No guarantee of a result, in other words.

It's a foolish Boro fan that doesn't recognise and respect the Hoodoo.

It doesn't matter what form respective sides are in, on the day it's almost guaranteed we will find a way to lose against 2 sides in this league, that's yourselves and Bristol City. Whether it's us suddenly playing like puddings, the opposition performing out of their boots, or just sheer bad luck, we WILL lose those games if at all possible. In the same way that Deepdale is a Hoodoo ground of sorts for yourselves and it seems this season, Ipswich.

It would almost be fitting to think the 3 sides in the mix cancel each other out though; There's no way we're getting a single point against you, there's no way you were getting a single point against Ipswich and I'm hoping there's no way they get a point against us (we've beaten them earlier in the season anyway)

Maybe we're a pessimistic bunch in this regard, but we have reason to be. We don't fear anyone else apart from yourselves and Bristol though. Respect yes, but don't fear in the slightest. We'll lose the odd game against others, it happens, but we don't view it as nailed on.

TomRad85 · 2026-01-22T12:43:07+0000

Ipad Boro said:
It's a foolish Boro fan that doesn't recognise and respect the Hoodoo.

It doesn't matter what form respective sides are in, on the day it's almost guaranteed we will find a way to lose against 2 sides in this league, that's yourselves and Bristol City. Whether it's us suddenly playing like puddings, the opposition performing out of their boots, or just sheer bad luck, we WILL lose those games if at all possible. In the same way that Deepdale is a Hoodoo ground of sorts for yourselves and it seems this season, Ipswich.

It would almost be fitting to think the 3 sides in the mix cancel each other out though; There's no way we're getting a single point against you, there's no way you were getting a single point against Ipswich and I'm hoping there's no way they get a point against us (we've beaten them earlier in the season anyway)

Maybe we're a pessimistic bunch in this regard, but we have reason to be. We don't fear anyone else apart from yourselves and Bristol though. Respect yes, but don't fear in the slightest. We'll lose the odd game against others, it happens, but we don't view it as nailed on.

Deepdale is a 'Hoodoo ground of sorts'???

It's absolutely fucking cursed, needs to be smashed to rubble and the earth salted!

Brighton Sky Blue · 2026-01-22T12:55:35+0000

TomRad85 said:
Deepdale is a 'Hoodoo ground of sorts'???

It's absolutely fucking cursed, needs to smashed to rubble and the earth salted!

Even if we played against the rubble and the salted earth we'd probably just about manage a 0-0.

Skyblueweeman · 2026-01-22T14:37:56+0000

Pezza said:
Imagine if we hadn't of given Ipswich 6 points...

We'd be 20 points clear of them now!

skybluecam · 2026-01-22T15:07:01+0000

Ipswich need to lose, their form is ominous

Sky Blue Pete · 2026-01-22T15:14:22+0000

skybluecam said:
Ipswich need to lose, their form is ominous

And hull and Boro
It could be all 3 of us continue to win lots of games

skybluecam · 2026-01-22T15:15:03+0000

Sky Blue Pete said:
And hull and Boro
It could be all 3 of us continue to win lots of games

Not worried about Hull personally. They won’t get autos.

Balli001 · 2026-01-22T15:48:56+0000

skybluecam said:
Ipswich need to lose, their form is ominous

And yet still 8 points behind us

skybluecam · 2026-01-22T15:56:17+0000

Balli001 said:
And yet still 8 points behind us

10 games ago they were 16 behind

Danceswithhorses · 2026-01-22T15:58:16+0000

Hollywood money - almost seems unfair that any team in the Championship can afford this sort of transfer fee.
At least Ipswich and Southampton had parachute money, though it's still an obscene amount for 1 player in this division.

Balli001 · 2026-01-22T15:58:31+0000

skybluecam said:
10 games ago they were 16 behind

So its taken 10 games to catch up 8 points at a time where we played a lot away and had our poor run while they had a run of home games.

Brighton Sky Blue · 2026-01-22T15:59:27+0000

Danceswithhorses said:
Hollywood money - almost seems unfair that any team in the Championship can afford this sort of transfer.
At least Ipswich and Southampton had parachute money, though it's still an obscene amount for 1 player in this division.

With Chinese money Wolves were spunking £15 million on individual players in this league nearly 10 years ago. They got rimmed by some on here iirc

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