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18 wins will give us promotion......countdown to promotion is on
I have no doubt that the team have the mental strength. No doubt at all. My concerns are that you don't always win games you deserve to win, you can get bad decisions against you, or injuries.
Isn't this a bit billy-big-bollocks? One game at a time, focus on ourselves and how we do as a team. Anyone can beat anyone in this league.
But we're winning games we deserve to lose: see Fulham twice, Birmingham. If that continues, we'll make it. And even if we don't, we still have the capability to step up and improve. In past seasons, the squad has been primed to attain peak fitness in the second half of the season. I'm hoping that will pay off. I'm also happy with the size, quality, injury and booking situation, and character of the squad.
i dont, but a lot will be decided in the games between the promotion challengers as 6 pointers. The games against Huddersfield, Reading and Leeds etc, draws will be good results imho. At this stage gap to 3rd is all that matters
But we're winning games we deserve to lose: see Fulham twice, Birmingham. If that continues, we'll make it..
9 @ Home and 6 of those we should win leaving 3 that are difficult Reading, Newcastle and Leeds. So we should be looking at a minimum of 18 points = 78 play off position
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Uh, i'm pretty sure we've already played Leeds at home, and we won 2-0... Remember?
I am not liking the undertones in your synopsis
I think the Undertones sum it up pretty well, actuallly.
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There's no way we deserved to lose those games. The lateness of the winner against Birmingham made it look like we'd stolen it, but we certainly didn't deserve to lose. And while Fulham played well against us, they crumbled a bit when the pressure was on, it wasn't a complete fluke. Draws woudn't have been unfair, but we didn't deserve to lose.But we're winning games we deserve to lose: see Fulham twice, Birmingham.
And that's the second point - winning games that could have gone the other way in the past (inc Shef Wed) is no indication of the future. It goes without saying the we'll be top two if we keep going as we have. If our next 19 games match the previous 19 games we'll finish on 106 points.If that continues, we'll make it.
Sounds good, although I don't know what the injury situation is. We've been missing Bruno, Rosenior and Baldock - how are they doing?In past seasons, the squad has been primed to attain peak fitness in the second half of the season. I'm hoping that will pay off. I'm also happy with the size, quality, injury and booking situation, and character of the squad.
There are no gimme results in this division. It is a relentless slog to get in the top two spots as we found out last year. Reading and Leeds are indeed in good form but all their hard work has done is get them to within 5 and 6 points of where we are, playing two additional games with six fewer points available to them.
This will be a grim fight, I am not expecting much pretty football between now and the end of the season, but we are in a position to press home our advantage. It's looking like there is a lot of nervousness about tonight's game but can you imagine how disheartening an Albion victory would be to the renewed hope of Reading and Leeds fans, not to mention Newcastle.
Traditionally an unhappy hunting ground for us (draws or defeats in recent years) the Huddersfield game now presents a tremendous opportunity to put our foot on the throat of our promotion rivals. I am expecting a very tough game against a quality opponent boosted by a big crowd, but rather than being nervous I am now looking forward to it.
I agree with everything except the not playing well part. I think we're playing just fine.This. We are in a very good position but the resumption by many that we're already as good as up is wrong. Things can change very quickly especially as we're not playing well.
Very good.
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There's no way we deserved to lose those games. The lateness of the winner against Birmingham made it look like we'd stolen it, but we certainly didn't deserve to lose. And while Fulham played well against us, they crumbled a bit when the pressure was on, it wasn't a complete fluke. Draws woudn't have been unfair, but we didn't deserve to lose.
And that's the second point - winning games that could have gone the other way in the past (inc Shef Wed) is no indication of the future. It goes without saying the we'll be top two if we keep going as we have. If our next 19 games match the previous 19 games we'll finish on 106 points.
Sounds good, although I don't know what the injury situation is. We've been missing Bruno, Rosenior and Baldock - how are they doing?
Not according to the match report.I will have to disagree with you and [MENTION=29900]Exile[/MENTION] about Fulham x2 and Birmingham, all of which I was at. Birmingham we only had a few chances and, I think, two shots on target.
That's his job.At home, Fulham did batter us in the first half, we were better in the second, but not overwhelmingly so. Away at Fulham, we turned it on for five minutes, which proved to be enough. Stockdale made at least one blinding save in all of those games.
Our club are being a bit more cagey about injuries this season, so it's difficult to know the truth. People said Bruno would play against Cardiff, as they'd seen him and he said he was. He lied. It seems that it's become club policy to keep the opponents guessing. If we told them Bruno was out and we had a make-shift right back, the opponents might plan to exploit that.Bruno due to play tonight according to CH. Baldock is being 'managed' back. I suspect he won't even make the bench tonight, but might be involved on Sunday -- if not, it seems highly likely he'll be available for Burton. Rosenior had a set-back, but it's not as bad as initially reported. I suspect he ought to be available later in the month. Again: all this injury situation is encouraging at this stage.
My mate is a Leeds supporter (from Leeds so excused). We done some quick sums and our game at Leeds could be for top spot.
I said it here first.
I can see Leeds pipping Newcastle for the top two.
I will have to disagree with you and [MENTION=29900]Exile[/MENTION] about Fulham x2 and Birmingham, all of which I was at. Birmingham we only had a few chances and, I think, two shots on target. At home, Fulham did batter us in the first half, we were better in the second, but not overwhelmingly so. Away at Fulham, we turned it on for five minutes, which proved to be enough. Stockdale made at least one blinding save in all of those games.