Uh_huh_him
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- Sep 28, 2011
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A shame they didn't bottle winning the championship.
Too early for concern particularly if we hold onto Baleba in my opinion.Injuries aside, I’m more concerned about Brighton next season rather than whether the Championship sides will go straight back down.
Concern that we’ll be in danger of relegation? Or just that we might go backwards?Injuries aside, I’m more concerned about Brighton next season rather than whether the Championship sides will go straight back down.
Fair enough, close the thread thenInjuries aside, I’m more concerned about Brighton next season rather than whether the Championship sides will go straight back down.
Maybe they stayed sober?A shame they didn't bottle winning the championship.
Pep is used to being backed by an oil-rich state and being able to buy and pay the best players in the world. I reckon he’d struggle with the budget of any club in the bottom half!Everytime he has stepped up i.e Norwich.
They wouldn't spend a dime and kept their championship squad.
Not even Pep could avoid relegation in such circumstances
Think we'll have to agree to disagree on the 'jammy wins' front. I've always been firmly of the opinion that league positions tell no lies. Lucky cup runs?.... absolutely!, but teams are exactly where they deserve to be at the end of a league season.Of course they got loads of jammy wins. Yes they sit back but this relied on freaky good finishing from wood but again this has stopped as the variance plays out.
Since they beat us on pens they have won 2 games.
Beat Man U 1-0 who absolutely battered Them but missed chance after chance. They had more than 20 shots with 6 on target and an xG of close to 2. How on earth Maguire didn’t score I don’t know. Forest had a handful of shots and xG was 0.5. Forest got very lucky.
They beat spurs 2-1 who again battered them. 22 shots vs 4. XG over 2 vs not quite 0.5.
They drew against Liverpool and beat Liverpool this season and were dominated in both games. But took their chance while Liverpool had one of those games where they finished like absolute morons. It happens. They also won at old Trafford when United simply kept missing simple chances.
They have won lots of tight matches where a decent break has gone their way with a fortuitous goal.
Don’t forget they have had had very very few injuries. They could easily struggle next year with the demands of Europe.
Think we'll have to agree to disagree on the 'jammy wins' front. I've always been firmly of the opinion that league positions tell no lies. Lucky cup runs?.... absolutely!, but teams are exactly where they deserve to be at the end of a league season.
Forest have been a very good team this season. Very well organised and hard to break down. Extremely ruthless in attack when hitting teams on the break.
They're probably a much better team than the sum of their parts. In that regard, I will agree with you on the injury front. That has helped them massively without doubt, imho.
Fair enough. Game of opinions.Think we'll have to agree to disagree on the 'jammy wins' front. I've always been firmly of the opinion that league positions tell no lies. Lucky cup runs?.... absolutely!, but teams are exactly where they deserve to be at the end of a league season.
Forest have been a very good team this season. Very well organised and hard to break down. Extremely ruthless in attack when hitting teams on the break.
They're probably a much better team than the sum of their parts. In that regard, I will agree with you on the injury front. That has helped them massively without doubt, imho.