The Invincibles (22 Viewers)

[Otis]

We will probably now go and screw it up tonight, now you've said that.

Anyway, hasn't just about everyone on here said how rocky our defence is looking? Plus we are pretty much at the top of the league for goals given away at set pieces.

Arsenal also had a superb defence that year and a lot of their success was built upon that

 

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[Lamps]

We will probably now go and screw it up tonight, now you've said that.

Anyway, hasn't just about everyone on here said how rocky our defence is looking? Plus we are pretty much at the top of the league for goals given away at set pieces.

Arsenal also had a superb defence that year and a lot of their success was built upon that

People on here say many things that are not true

We've hardly let in any goals from open play. That's not a sign of a rocky defence. Most of the goals we've conceded have been from set plays. A much easier problem to solve. We've now only conceded once in the last 3 games including away at Leicester which is one of our hardest games of the season.

 

[Hobo]

Being unbeaten can be over rated, especially if it includes a lot of draws. Mathematically and points wise you are better off swapping two draws for one loss and one win.

Far too early to start this thread and only worth revisiting if we are still unbeaten with about 6 games to go.

 

[Lamps]

Being unbeaten can be over rated, especially if it includes a lot of draws. Mathematically and points wise you are better off swapping two draws for one loss and one win.

Far too early to start this thread and only worth revisiting if we are still unbeaten with about 6 games to go.

Didn't do Burnley any harm last season

Staying unbeaten is great for team morale. If all of our draws were closer to a defeat than a win I'd be a little worried. But this form has us competing for a top 2 place. Just a draw has us in 2nd. Keep the points ticking over and watch the teams below us trying to catch us up.

 

[Hobo]

Didn't do Burnley any harm last season

Staying unbeaten is great for team morale. If all of our draws were closer to a defeat than a win I'd be a little worried. But this form has us competing for a top 2 place. Just a draw has us in 2nd. Keep the points ticking over and watch the teams below us trying to catch us up.

Win at home draw away is a pretty good target. Yes being undefeated is good for morale as long as the win count is still high. But too many draws can be counter productive. As you say team performance needs to be taken into consideration. If we can have the occasional bad day at the office and still come away with a draw I think most of us would take that.

But let's not get too far ahead off ourselves. It's one game at a time. A tough game tonight and I think Wednesday at the weekend might be trickier than some think.

 

[rob9872]

I'd say draws can sometimes be good depending on the context. I'd love 6 points from the next two games, but would happily take a draw tonight and win Saturday, still unbeaten heading into the international break, then go again.

 

[Sky_Blue_Dreamer]

If we lose tomorrow OP, I am flying over and taking a shit on your doorstep

I'd be impressed with your accuracy if you can get it on his doorstep from that height.

 

[Macca1987]

I'd be impressed with your accuracy if you can get it on his doorstep from that height.

Have you not seen what Yanks claim they can do with precision bombing

 

[Sky_Blue_Dreamer]

Have you not seen what Yanks claim they can do with precision bombing

This is more precision bumbing.

 

[Londonccfcfan]

Has anyone ever gone a full season unbeaten at this level?

I know Arsenal did it in the Prem and before them Preston back in the day, but also top flight. I don't know of any in a 46 game EFl season, but stand to be corrected.

We're 7 in, I can't see any of the next 6 beating us (yeah I know, anything CAN happen in the Champ) and then with confidence / momentum and a certainly a decent run to finish the season if we get close.

You may laugh now and say no chance, but is is it impossible?

Certainly be quite a feat for us.


* Hoping I don't jinx it for Wednesday night

Lol not gonna happen we have already been very close to losing a couple of game..Norwich and potentially Oxford. Fine margins we arnt that solid yet at the back.

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

Tell you what if we go the whole season unbeaten I’ll wear trackies instead of chinos in the Prem next season.

 

[Sick Boy]

Tell you what if we go the whole season unbeaten I’ll wear trackies instead of chinos in the Prem next season.

I like to mix it up and have some chinos that look like trackies.

 

[rob9872]

Chinos with elasticated waist!

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

Chinos with elasticated waist!

I wear those if we head to the Brazilian barbecue place in town after games.

 

[clint van damme]

Tell you what if we go the whole season unbeaten I’ll wear trackies instead of chinos in the Prem next season.

Steady on

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

Steady on

Last I checked @TomRad85 had a whole drawer full of them. His idea.

 

[TomRad85]

Last I checked @TomRad85 had a whole drawer full of them. His idea.

2 drawers tbh.

 

[rob9872]

I wear those if we head to the Brazilian barbecue place in town after games.

Didn't know there was ones in Cov. We went to Rodizio Rico in Birmingham, presumably similar vibe. If it's as good as that I'd be interested. Do you have a link please?

 

[clint van damme]

Last I checked @TomRad85 had a whole drawer full of them. His idea.

If you do decide on such a radical change of habdashery he's definitely your man.

 

[rob9872]

If you do decide on such a radical change of habdashery he's definitely your man.

Learnt something new, thank you. I always thought 'haberdashery' was bits and pieces of accessories like pins, buttons, zips, etc but I googled it after your reference and it lists men's clothing accessories as North American English. Never heard it used in that context before.

 

[clint van damme]

Learnt something new, thank you. I always thought 'haberdashery' was bits and pieces of accessories like pins, buttons, zips, etc but I googled it after your reference and it lists men's clothing accessories as North American English. Never heard it used in that context before.

I think Tom's your man for both

 

[Lamps]

Win at home draw away is a pretty good target. Yes being undefeated is good for morale as long as the win count is still high. But too many draws can be counter productive. As you say team performance needs to be taken into consideration. If we can have the occasional bad day at the office and still come away with a draw I think most of us would take that.

But let's not get too far ahead off ourselves. It's one game at a time. A tough game tonight and I think Wednesday at the weekend might be trickier than some think.

We will lose games. We will have tougher times. November and December won't be easy.

I have been saying the Sheffield Wednesday game will be difficult because of the quick turnaround in two away games. But some are jumping on me because I think we have a good chance of winning tonight. 3 home games, 1 win 2 defeats. 1 goal for 5 against.

Looks like it's silly season again.

 

[fatso]

W

We will probably now go and screw it up tonight, now you've said that.

Anyway, hasn't just about everyone on here said how rocky our defence is looking? Plus we are pretty much at the top of the league for goals given away at set pieces.

Arsenal also had a superb defence that year and a lot of their success was built upon that

We were definately poor at set pieces in the first few games, but we've only conceded 1 goal in the last three games, and that was from open play, and the keeper and centre halves have looked better of late, there's definately an understanding developing.

 

[clint van damme]

W

We were definately poor at set pieces in the first few games, but we've only conceded 1 goal in the last three games, and that was from open play, and the keeper and centre halves have looked better of late, there's definately an understanding developing.

The set piece thing was an anomaly, as was smashing in 12 goals in 2 games.

 

[GC1976]

Invincible My Arse

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

Didn't know there was ones in Cov. We went to Rodizio Rico in Birmingham, presumably similar vibe. If it's as good as that I'd be interested. Do you have a link please?

It’s another Rodizio Rico, on Corporation Street opposite the Belgrade. Been there for years now.

I think you can get Groupon vouchers for both which make it much cheaper (about £30 each for the food and a cocktail).

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

If you do decide on such a radical change of habdashery he's definitely your man.

I’m not going to lie, if we make it to 45 games I’m petitioning Frank to put Collins in for the last one.

 

[Lamps]

I’m not going to lie, if we make it to 45 games I’m petitioning Frank to put Collins in for the last one.

No chance. He is too busy winning the golden glove award elsewhere

 

[Otis]

Tell you what if we go the whole season unbeaten I’ll wear trackies instead of chinos in the Prem next season.

If we go the whole season unbeaten, I am going to ring my ex wife and tell her that not everything she did was absolutely horrific.

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

If we go the whole season unbeaten, I am going to ring my ex wife

Could have stopped there buddy, sounds bad enough

 

[DawlishSkyBlue]

Arsenal going undefeated had an aura about it that won’t ever be matched unless a team repeats the feat

But I certainly think those Liverpool and City sides were better

For the record - I think Josè’s first Chelsea side in 04/05 that lost just 1 game conceding 15 goals is the best side in Premier League history

Dunno bout best Prem side ever but they were deffo the best Jose team ever. Seem to remember Robben and Duff running riot and a lot of 4-0 wins compared to his later teams that seemed to win more by the single goal

 

[Sick Boy]

2 drawers tbh.

Shameful. I hang my tracksuits up.

 

[TomRad85]

Shameful. I hang my tracksuits up.

It starts that way then everything just ends up stuffed away.

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

Shameful. I hang my tracksuits up.

No offence, ‘Sick Boy’, but I trust Tracksuit Tom more on these matters.

 

[itsabuzzard]

I know, I said that in the opening post ya miserable git have some confidence. It's never happened before, so it's not about expectation, simply a fun scenario. Why not us?

The bandwagon's fully loaded and is now unstoppable. Great work! Have you, by any chance, got a contingency plan in place for when we lose tonight?