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Are Hudds the next Leicester?
- Thread starter Hornblower
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AmexRuislip
Trainee Spy 🕵️♂️
They have faced Stoke yet! 
LamieRobertson
Not awoke
Come back in 8 games...league tables might mean something then
nicko31
Well-known member
Is Wagner the next Eddie Howe, something a bit smug about the guy
Blues Rock DJ
New member
thought they were playing Southampton (if you're talking about 'Uddersfield)
Easy to be attacking and expansive against Newcastle and Palace... Less so against City and Leicester
You are quite right, got my fixtures mixed up. They certainly have been given a kind start by the fixture computer.
- Jul 7, 2003
- 47,221
They got promoted despite a distinct lack of goals, and acted swiftly in the summer to try and remedy that. The guy Mounie up front looks like one of those who will be a handful at times, but probably miss a few sitters too. Retaining Mooy was obviously a good move, and they've also moved to replace that lump Hefele at the back, who screams "cult hero" because he's bit of a character, but isn't actually that good a defender, certainly not at Premier League level.
I looked at them in the summer and thought they had all the hallmarks of a Bournemouth type project. A manager who still has a bit of an aura about him, and who can evidently get the best out of previously unheralded players. They do play fast, pressing football, and like to work on the counter attack. Yes, they've had some kind opening fixtures, but you've still got to win them, and they have (I said before the opening day I fancied them to win at Selhurst, based on a likely underestimation of them by Palace). I imagine they will have a mix of great wins and a few hammerings this season, just like Bournemouth are prone to doing.
As for us: jeez, we've played two games
No need to press the ejector seat button just yet.
I looked at them in the summer and thought they had all the hallmarks of a Bournemouth type project. A manager who still has a bit of an aura about him, and who can evidently get the best out of previously unheralded players. They do play fast, pressing football, and like to work on the counter attack. Yes, they've had some kind opening fixtures, but you've still got to win them, and they have (I said before the opening day I fancied them to win at Selhurst, based on a likely underestimation of them by Palace). I imagine they will have a mix of great wins and a few hammerings this season, just like Bournemouth are prone to doing.
As for us: jeez, we've played two games
No need to press the ejector seat button just yet.
Mr Cleansheets
New member
- Jun 7, 2017
- 98
Aaron Mooy continues to be excellent value in FF teams.
maltaseagull
Well-known member
Just goes to show how fickle some of our "fans" are.
There have been several years where a promoted team has got off to a really good start but by Christmas they are in a relegation battle (as I expect us to be, all season)
Two Professors
Two Mad Professors
Pleased for them.Hope they win plenty more,apart from our games.Just glad it's not Newcastle,particularly after our start.Benitez first to go?
Publius Ovidius
Well-known member
Those were the days my friend
We thought they'd never end
We won the league
three times in a row
We won the FA Cup
and now we're staying up
those were the days,
Oh yes those were the days.
la la la la la laaaaaaaa
la la la la la laaaaaa
etc etc
symyjym
Banned
They were lucky enough to play against a Palace side with a new manager where they could just continue to play as they did last season, followed by a fellow promotee. We had Man City and former league champions so in reality we have done well keeping it to 4 goals against us.
Finchley Seagull
New member
Absolutely. The irony to me is that the people saying it are probably the same ones who would be saying we've only beaten Palace and Newcastle if we'd done it.
TSB
Captain Hindsight
Hahahahahahaha. Very amusing.
They'll finish bottom.
They'll finish bottom.