Championship thread 25/26! (75 Viewers)

[clint van damme]

3 games. I doubt it'll be done by then, unfortunately.

Forgot about Portsmouth, so yeah, probably won't be done by then.
Would still like it to be played earlier though but it is what it is

 

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[Gleneagles65]

Only 7,000 empty seats at the Riverside tonight!

 

[junglej13]

Ipswich could be the real challenge they have 3 home games on the bounce then away to Sheffield weds

Then they have a tough five games on paper

 

[HadjiChippo]

Doesn’t get any easier for Boro with a hard away visit to Brum next week. Could see them dropping more points there.

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

Boro really have xxxt the bed

 

[Balli001]

We now play twice before boro next game. Great chance to build that gap back

 

[Ricketts]

Leicester and Hull won't make it easy for them

Leicester will

 

[mrtrench]

0.66666666666666666 PPG in the last 3

You've rounded that off. Pleegive us the full number.

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

Leicester will

If they play like they did tonight they’ve got every chance.

 

[Briles]

This is not the time to have a wobble. We had ours over Xmas but every loss now is just punished by someone and magnified by fans. I think Boro could be in trouble psychologically

 

[Samueljames1991]

We’re all just humans in this crazy world man. At least I’m not talking about us holding the championship championship belt.

That belt Is cursed for us every time we get we lose next game

 

[Londonccfcfan]

Really need to care of things ourselves.

In pole position. We need to stay unbeaten now to end of season.

Win tommorow then it will be a feeling similar to after we played boro away.

 

[Ccfcisparks]

Like it was said just, we have a real opportunity now to put some day light between us and Boro before they play next

 

[TomRad85]

Really need to care of things ourselves.

In pole position. We need to stay unbeaten now to end of season.

Win tommorow then it will be a feeling similar to after we played boro away.

We don't need to stay unbeaten until the end of the season at all.

 

[shmmeee]

You've rounded that off. Pleegive us the full number.

*truncated. If it was rounded off it would end in a 7

#MathsFacts

 

[Londonccfcfan]

This is not the time to have a wobble. We had ours over Xmas but every loss now is just punished by someone and magnified by fans. I think Boro could be in trouble psychologically

I think they are a quality side but very one dimensional. They dont have ability to mix it up. They tried today. But dont have personell for that. Which is where we have the advantage.

 

[StrettoBoy]

If we draw tomorrow and beat Stoke and then Birmingham beat Middlesborough at home on Monday, we will be six points ahead of Middlesborough. That didn't look likely just over a week ago.

 

[Briles]

I think they are a qualoty side but very one dimensional. They dont have abikity to mix it up. They tried today. But dont have personnnell for that. Which is where we have the advantage.

They played the same as against us. Tika taka and plenty of huff and puff up until the final 3rd then got nosebleeds. If they had a decent striker theyd be very good.

 

[Ricketts]

I

We don't need to stay unbeaten until the end of the season at all.

We don’t need to, but it would be nice. And winning all our remaining matches would be even nicer.

 

[SKYBLUES90]

This is not the time to have a wobble. We had ours over Xmas but every loss now is just punished by someone and magnified by fans. I think Boro could be in trouble psychologically

HOODOO

 

[SkyblueTexan]

Boro went top of the league for less than a week and absolutely pissed the bed. We've handed the bottler baton to them and they are running with it.

They are welcome to keep it for as long as they want and greatly encouraged to share it with Ipswich,

 

[CovRes]

Jeez i feel you...fuck me i was convinced boro would score...Harry winks turned up for a change and was different class to Hackney in this match.

I'm not sure about Hackney's character. His head dropped in the final game of last season. He lashed out at Stoke when they outsmarted them. And towards the end tonight he looked a bit lost.
Although to be fair he's still quite young.

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

I'm not sure about Hackney's character. His head dropped in the final game of last season. He lashed out at Stoke when they outsmarted them. And towards the end tonight he looked a bit lost.
Although to be fair he's still quite young.

He’s always been susceptible to rushes of blood to the head. More than once this season he’s lashed out at an opponent.

 

[Briles]

HOODOO

 

[CovRes]

That belt Is cursed for us every time we get we lose next game

We won it off Boro and have held on so far.

 

[Samueljames1991]

We won it off Boro and have held on so far.

I missed that

 

[Gint11]

Leicester doing us a favour tonight! Shame about Ipswich winning

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

We won it off Boro and have held on so far.

Rudoni’s hair
Lampard’s face
My body

 

[Mucca Mad Boys]

Ipswich and Boro still having to play each other is so important.

Either we gain 2 points on both of them or 3 points on one of them.

Ipswich are home too and my money is on them. Boro’s home form isn’t as strong as Ipswich or ours and have a tough away schedule remaining.

Lesta looked far better tonight, and would have won with better play up top. As for Boro, they’re just so vulnerable on the counter when they lose possession.

If we can get 4 points this week happy days, 3 will do too.

I’m confident that if we get 6 points this week, it more or less seals it.

Birmingham have lost 1 game at home all season and if Boro drop point next Monday. 2 wins this week and Boro failing to win means we’ll be means we would go 7-8 points clear, with 11 games they’d need to make up 3-5 games on us.

Using PPG alone, Boro would probably get around another 22 points based on their current home/away forms. Meanwhile, on the same metrics, Ipswich gets 25 and we would get 26.

Projected top 3 looks like:
1. Cov - 91
2. Boro - 85
3. Ipswich - 81

Personally though, Ipswich will probably over perform their 1.4 ppg away from home. I also don’t expect Boro to keep up their away form because they away games v Birmingham, Swansea, Ipswich and Wrexham remain who are all top 8 in home form and lost 10 between them. The only ‘good’ home team Ipswich play is Southampton.

 

[long way home]

This league is brutal and very unforgiving you cant afford to look at others until you really have to. You just have to control the things you effect and pick up points in the games you play.

3 points tomorrow no injuries, no suspensions and get onto the next. Brutal, long, draining but brilliant league to watch.

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

Ipswich are home too and my money is on them. Boro’s home form isn’t as strong as Ipswich or ours and have a tough away schedule remaining.


I’m confident that if we get 6 points this week, it more or less seals it.

Birmingham have lost 1 game at home all season and if Boro drop point next Monday. 2 wins this week and Boro failing to win means we’ll be means we would go 7-8 points clear, with 11 games they’d need to make up 3-5 games on us.

Using PPG alone, Boro would probably get around another 22 points based on their current home/away forms. Meanwhile, on the same metrics, Ipswich gets 25 and we would get 26.

Projected top 3 looks like:
1. Cov - 91
2. Boro - 85
3. Ipswich - 81

Personally though, Ipswich will probably over perform their 1.4 ppg away from home. I also don’t expect Boro to keep up their away form because they away games v Birmingham, Swansea, Ipswich and Wrexham remain who are all top 8 in home form and lost 10 between them. The only ‘good’ home team Ipswich play is Southampton.

I expected Boro to bag 6 points from these two games, we could certainly also drop points at home where we’re not expecting to.

Tomorrow is our hardest remaining fixture but I agree with you-if we won it and then beat Stoke, it would almost put Boro out of reach. But such is this league that really any combination of results from the two games wouldn’t shock me.

 

[Mcbean]

Boro fans were leaving the sinking ship 10
Mins before the end - couldn’t believe how much room Boro found around the Leicester box but failed to get through more than once - Leicester had many chances only to be fucked up with the finishing

 

[mark82]

Leicester will

Leicester were good tonight. New manager, who knows.

 

[Perryccfc]

Like it was said just, we have a real opportunity now to put some day light between us and Boro before they play next

In the same breath, if we get beat tomorrow and draw with Stoke, both of which are feasable, that could be the kick start Boro need. Such small margins. And as cliche as it is, we just need to focus on the next game.

 

[Ipad Boro]

Aye, it's a wobble for us like.

To give Leicester credit (though I know you guys don't like doing that often) they seemed to have turned a Rowett led corner, a lot of their fans were saying it's the best they've seen them play for months now. More of the same when they play Ipswich would be the natural succession and one I'd obviously welcome (and you I suspect)

Still, that's nowt new, most sides we face are either bang in form or perform out of their boots against us. Hull, Derby, Pompey, Watford, Blades, Yourselves, Leicester, Brum next etc. Even Oxford, but Oxford only seem to do anything decent against top 4 sides
We're used to sides performing better against us than other games, the difference when we're in form is we overcome this.

Tbh we're looking tired more than anything. It's like we're adapting to sides sussing our quick passing by slowing the game down instead and the players aren't quite used to it yet. Also think Hellberg made a mistake with the CB selection; Fry would have been perfect against yourselves and the "new Leicester" tonight and Ayling better against Oxford, who threatened less, but he selected them the other way round for whatever reason. Still maintain he's a good manager as his record speaks for itself, but he's certainly not infallible.

Hey ho, life goes on. The wobble will end at some point, then another run of wins would be nice as per.