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Saddlebrains

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  • Yesterday at 2:21 PM
  • #176
DT-R said:
This is our chance. Fail, and we could be up against 5 or 6 parachute teams next season. Our moment is now. We have to capitalise on it.

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Was saying this yesterday..its not dramatic or bed wetting either. This is THE chance. The squad we have, the gap we have, everything is set

If we fuck it up this year i genuinely dont think we ever do it. We will lose a shitload of players either due to last year of contract or better offers leading to a rebuild. Add in another 3 parachute teams, and Blues and Wrexhams spending power it will be much much harder. It absolutely has to be this season or never for me
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Yesterday at 2:28 PM
  • #177
Saddlebrains said:
Was saying this yesterday..its not dramatic or bed wetting either. This is THE chance. The squad we have, the gap we have, everything is set

If we fuck it up this year i genuinely dont think we ever do it. We will lose a shitload of players either due to last year of contract or better offers leading to a rebuild. Add in another 3 parachute teams, and Blues and Wrexhams spending power it will be much much harder. It absolutely has to be this season or never for me
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Reinforcements to come next month will see us get what we need I think, and the sounds are we’re strengthening where we could use the extra depth.
 
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Evo1883

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  • Yesterday at 8:27 PM
  • #178
Remaining

13 Home games
12 Away games
 
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skybluecam

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  • Yesterday at 8:40 PM
  • #179
Opta currently has us with a 94.68% chance of promotion and predicted final points tally of 91.78

Boro 57% / 82 pts

Ipswich 19% / 75 pts

No one else over 10%.

If we could get results v Southampton and Ipswich we'll be laughing. And Boro have quite a tricky January imo (Derby A, Soton H, Fulham A (cup), WBA A, Stoke A, Preston H, Norwich H).
 

Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Yesterday at 8:41 PM
  • #180
Evo1883 said:
Remaining

13 Home games
12 Away games
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W12 D5 L8
 
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Shannerz

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  • Yesterday at 8:49 PM
  • #181
skybluecam said:
Opta currently has us with a 94.68% chance of promotion and predicted final points tally of 91.78
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What did we do for the .78?
 
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Sky Blue Pete

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  • Yesterday at 8:54 PM
  • #182
Shannerz said:
What did we do for the .78?
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Gone down 1.3% over the last 3 games
 

Evo1883

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  • Yesterday at 8:59 PM
  • #183
Brighton Sky Blue said:
W12 D5 L8
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Surely more than doable
 
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Mild-Mannered Janitor

Kindest Bloke on CCFC / Maker of CCFC Dreams
  • Yesterday at 10:02 PM
  • #184
Finished the week with the same gap to 3rd after a wobble according to other fans/media. 3 games more gone for the chasing pack, cannot complain about that.
lets go beat Southampton now
 
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bigfatronssba

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  • Yesterday at 10:13 PM
  • #185
Evo1883 said:
Surely more than doable
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It won't even be that high
 

SkyblueTexan

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  • Yesterday at 11:20 PM
  • #186
Saddlebrains said:
Was saying this yesterday..its not dramatic or bed wetting either. This is THE chance. The squad we have, the gap we have, everything is set

If we fuck it up this year i genuinely dont think we ever do it. We will lose a shitload of players either due to last year of contract or better offers leading to a rebuild. Add in another 3 parachute teams, and Blues and Wrexhams spending power it will be much much harder. It absolutely has to be this season or never for me
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Totally agree. Failure is not an option. If we do fail, I fear that not only will our best players leave, but Frank will as well.
 
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Lamps

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  • Today at 4:34 AM
  • #187
Shannerz said:
What did we do for the .78?
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That's the value of our GD
 

Fergusons_Beard

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  • Today at 7:46 AM
  • #188
Morning!
 
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Saddlebrains

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  • Today at 7:51 AM
  • #189
Fergusons_Beard said:
Morning!
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All the stats and signs say we will do it

So why can I not accept it?
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Today at 7:54 AM
  • #190
Saddlebrains said:
All the stats and signs say we will do it

So why can I not accept it?
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'It never happens for people like us' is a big part of it I think. The League 1 promotion was a slow burner of gradually emerging as the best side in the league, this we've sprinted out at the start and that makes you think 'well it's going to fall apart eventually right?'.
 
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Saddlebrains

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  • Today at 7:57 AM
  • #191
Brighton Sky Blue said:
'It never happens for people like us' is a big part of it I think. The League 1 promotion was a slow burner of gradually emerging as the best side in the league, this we've sprinted out at the start and that makes you think 'well it's going to fall apart eventually right?'.
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Exactly it mate. Im just waiting for the bubble to burst. And I think I will be until we are all on the pitch at the CBS celebrating
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Today at 8:02 AM
  • #192
Saddlebrains said:
Exactly it mate. Im just waiting for the bubble to burst. And I think I will be until we are all on the pitch at the CBS celebrating
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In the cold light of day, if our position were swapped with a parachute team we wouldn’t be thinking twice about them going up or not. I’m still concerned about what a few injuries could do but I really think that’s the only thing which could derail the season.
 
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TomRad85

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  • Today at 8:04 AM
  • #193
Brighton Sky Blue said:
In the cold light of day, if our position were swapped with a parachute team we wouldn’t be thinking twice about them going up or not. I’m still concerned about what a few injuries could do but I really think that’s the only thing which could derail the season.
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Even just BTA being out has had something of a negative effect. Not something I thought I'd be saying last season.
 
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TomRad85

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  • Today at 8:05 AM
  • #194
Saddlebrains said:
Exactly it mate. Im just waiting for the bubble to burst. And I think I will be until we are all on the pitch at the CBS celebrating
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It's not over until I see Doug twerking against the goal post.
 
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Ccfcisparks

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  • Today at 8:13 AM
  • #195
Saddlebrains said:
All the stats and signs say we will do it

So why can I not accept it?
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Cus with respect mate…

you are a negative nelly!!!

Just face it, we will be Premier league!!
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Today at 8:24 AM
  • #196
TomRad85 said:
Even just BTA being out has had something of a negative effect. Not something I thought I'd be saying last season.
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So far his absence has hit us more than Rudoni’s did, which is a bit of a head wobbler.
 
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Londonccfcfan

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  • Today at 8:30 AM
  • #197
Brighton Sky Blue said:
So far his absence has hit us more than Rudoni’s did, which is a bit of a head wobbler.
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Erm nope...we have just had some tough games.it may have been worse with BTA.

Dont forget Simms has stepped up since his injury. Maybe Simms wouldnt have got that chance.
 
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KenilworthSkyBlue

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  • Today at 8:35 AM
  • #198
Brighton Sky Blue said:
So far his absence has hit us more than Rudoni’s did, which is a bit of a head wobbler.
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We're losing a bit of our attacking shape and impetus with Rudoni in the side to be honest. Both when he has the ball and when he doesn't.

He's clearly being told to play a bit of a free role but at one point when we were pushing forward we was in the LB slot. Him floating about like some plastic bag in the wind isn't really helping us in that regard either.
 
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JSL

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  • Today at 8:38 AM
  • #199
Saddlebrains said:
Exactly it mate. Im just waiting for the bubble to burst. And I think I will be until we are all on the pitch at the CBS celebrating
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My feelings too. I think its because we are Cov fans and things never go our way or as hoped. But lets stay off the pitch. Knowing our luck we would get a 20 point deduction or something and miss out
 
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mrfr

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  • Today at 9:33 AM
  • #200
KenilworthSkyBlue said:
We're losing a bit of our attacking shape and impetus with Rudoni in the side to be honest. Both when he has the ball and when he doesn't.

He's clearly being told to play a bit of a free role but at one point when we were pushing forward we was in the LB slot. Him floating about like some plastic bag in the wind isn't really helping us in that regard either.
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All that time sitting on the bench with MAB has rubbed off on him.
 
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StrettoBoy

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  • Today at 9:52 AM
  • #201
Saddlebrains said:
All the stats and signs say we will do it

So why can I not accept it?
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I'm the same.

It's important to me to see us in the Premier League before I snuff it (I will turn 71 in a few weeks) and I'm still haunted by that season under Mowbray when we fell away disastrously after Christmas.



 
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Fergusons_Beard

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  • Today at 9:59 AM
  • #202
I’m still haunted by the Niilson season 2002 when we were clear, looking like we’d get at least playoffs and playing great football until the board brought in Jim Smith in the January for his ‘experience’ alongside some very dodgy ex-Derby players who completely derailed the team. Horacio Carbonari anyone?

Both sacked 3 months later…..

That’s what’s in the back of my mind when folks talking about the January Transfer Window!


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thekidfromstrettoncamp

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  • Today at 11:05 AM
  • #203
We are halfway to 94 points a total that has seen promotion for any team in the last 10 years.Win our home games and we would only need 8 points from 12 away games.Very doable.
Come on everyone keep the faith.
 
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Mucca Mad Boys

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  • Today at 11:17 AM
  • #204
Fergusons_Beard said:
Morning!
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Outside of Boro and Ipswich, none of those teams are hitting the PPG required. Ipswich’s away form is so bad, they will struggle to get above 2 ppg, same with Southampton who are unlikely to hit 2.48 ppg which translates to 21 wins and 4 losses for the rest of the season.
 
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Sky Blue Pete

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  • Today at 11:27 AM
  • #205
Rudoni keeps stealing Dasilva and mves space out wide
Also sometimes Dasilva and mve get in the way and should just let the forward players get on with it
 
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WestEndAgro

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  • Today at 11:36 AM
  • #206
Fergusons_Beard said:
I’m still haunted by the Niilson season 2002 when we were clear, looking like we’d get at least playoffs and playing great football until the board brought in Jim Smith in the January for his ‘experience’ alongside some very dodgy ex-Derby players who completely derailed the team. Horacio Carbonari anyone?

Both sacked 3 months later…..

That’s what’s in the back of my mind when folks talking about the January Transfer Window!


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Don't think we will be bringing Jim Smith in, relax.
 
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thekidfromstrettoncamp

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  • Today at 11:40 AM
  • #207
Mucca Mad Boys said:
Outside of Boro and Ipswich, none of those teams are hitting the PPG required. Ipswich’s away form is so bad, they will struggle to get above 2 ppg, same with Southampton who are unlikely to hit 2.48 ppg which translates to 21 wins and 4 losses for the rest of the season.
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Just to point out Ipswich's current form (6 games) would only take them to 75 points.
In general with league being so tight except for us top 2 I think we will see teams taking points off each other (more draws) and making the points total needed for automatic promotion less.
 
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wingy

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  • Today at 11:50 AM
  • #208
Mucca Mad Boys said:
Outside of Boro and Ipswich, none of those teams are hitting the PPG required. Ipswich’s away form is so bad, they will struggle to get above 2 ppg, same with Southampton who are unlikely to hit 2.48 ppg which translates to 21 wins and 4 losses for the rest of the season.
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That's what I expect from us tbh.
 

Lamps

Well-Known Member
  • Today at 1:04 PM
  • #209
This weekend will be interesting. We go to Southampton to test out their dodgy defence. Will make a change to be up against a GK not doing so well. Then it's Bristol City v Middlesbrough. As we saw ourselves Bristol are better than their results suggest. The gap could be down to 2 points just as easily as expanded to 8 points.
 
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COVKIDSNEVERQUIT

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  • Today at 1:35 PM
  • #210
Mcbean said:
Middlesborough will lose a game at some point or draw - it only takes a slightly duff ref decision !
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Well yeah they have to play Ipswich and Southampton just Like Us.
 
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