Don’t judge us till we’ve played 10 games (4 Viewers)
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Jay88
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Teams will take points off each other, we'll win some of these big games and may lose against teams lower down the league, that's the beauty of the Championship. Take each game as it comes and enjoy the ride.
It’s been an unbelievable start, better than anyone could have expected.
I suppose the only caveat you could apply is that we’ve played 6 of the (current) bottom 8.
Obviously you can only beat what’s in front of you, plus we’ve beat 6th place 4-0 away from home. But statistically we have had the second easiest start.
That’s about the only thing you could look at to temper expectations slightly, but it’s been brilliant.
I suppose the only caveat you could apply is that we’ve played 6 of the (current) bottom 8.
Obviously you can only beat what’s in front of you, plus we’ve beat 6th place 4-0 away from home. But statistically we have had the second easiest start.
That’s about the only thing you could look at to temper expectations slightly, but it’s been brilliant.
Really important to get that win when we weren’t at our best
Cally Fedora
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What is undeniable is that we have the points on the board. Others have to get them.
Sky_Blue_Daz
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I remember reading an article about the dominant Liverpool Team of the late 70's and 80's I think it was either Dalgliesh or Souness stated that there target was to get to 40 points as soon as possible and go from there.
We have done brilliantly so far , when it clicks we are going to give someone a real pasting
We have done brilliantly so far , when it clicks we are going to give someone a real pasting
You’re right, but after 10 games both the results and the underlying stats suggest that we are capable of blitzing teams more often than not. I’ve had to upgrade my expectations for the season in my head, we have a genuine shot at winning the league.
Robinshio
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some teams are where they are because they have played us
Millwall/ leicester would have been 3rd if they had beaten us
QPR would have been 4th
Hull would have been 5th
Birmingham would have been 10th
so we could be sat near the bottom, saying we had lost to all of the teams near the top !!
clint van damme
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We've often been on the wrong end of those types of performances from top end teams
bigfatronssba
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Interesting though that the top 4 didn’t change after 10 games in
bigfatronssba
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Agree.
With that though, the Norwich & Oxford results are looking poor, but the QPR and Millwall results are looking brilliant
baldy
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I remember reading an article about the dominant Liverpool Team of the late 70's and 80's I think it was either Dalgliesh or Souness stated that there target was to get to 40 points as soon as possible and go from there.
We have done brilliantly so far , when it clicks we are going to give someone a real pasting
Yet more pastings? Bring em on
COVKIDSNEVERQUIT
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Mucca Mad Boys
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You look at Millwall and QPR in particular, their form has been solid despite their heavy loss to us! The bookies would've made a few quid when Millwall battered WBA 3-0 days after our hammering of them.
Irish Sky Blue
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Millwall in 6th place with a negative goal difference
Mucca Mad Boys
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It's a good trend.
Our team is better than Sunderland's in 24/25 imo and to err on the side of optimism, the strongest relegated side appears to be Leicester who will probably have a points deduction to contend with. Unlike last season, you had Sheff U, Leeds and Burnley who lost v few games them - well, Sheff U stuttered at the end of the season. If we're still top after Game 20, we can genuinely believe it's our year.
The underlying data is favourable to us because we're actually "underperforming" where we should be at. According to the stattos, our record should be 8-0-1 (before Blackburn, which was a toss up, leaning B'burn).
harvey098
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Haha I hadn’t told my mates I’d done it either, just walked out the toilets like that
mad to think that was a month further into the season than we are currently though and still didn’t even make play offs
To me it's just about getting back in the rhythm we came through that in the end and we'll attempt to keep this going tomorrow night.
I think we have hot spots in game's where we attempt to overwhelm where/when we can, hopefully we'll see that again across the season if it's feasible.
I think we have hot spots in game's where we attempt to overwhelm where/when we can, hopefully we'll see that again across the season if it's feasible.