Stato
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- Dec 21, 2011
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Whilst NSC was recovering I looked at some rivals forums and was interested to see threads on Derby and Reading's forums that are fairly unanimous in expecting us to tail off soon. This would be accepted wisdom given that our team is not full of names and that nobody gave us a chance at the beginning of the season.
Many seem to suggest that we're in a false position because we haven't played a lot of the top six. This will have some effect, but I find it surprising that this is given such import in a league where the only predictable thing is unpredictability. 'Yes,' Reading and Derby fans seem to be suggesting, 'Brighton might be top, but they have only won against teams like Rotherham and Blackburn.' Without considering which teams their own sides failed to take three points from this week.
I'm liking being top with everyone expecting us to fall off. I must admit I was guilty of looking at Burnley in the same way a couple of years ago. As none of us expected anything as good as what we've had so far, it seems like we are continuously playing the 'Who Wants to Be A Millionaire' round (£32K?) where you get a free guess without losing any money. Should it get to the stage where other fans start to think we could challenge, we'll probably be starting to feel a bit of pressure too. Whether it should get better or worse results-wise, psychologically for us fans it can't get much better than it is now.
Many seem to suggest that we're in a false position because we haven't played a lot of the top six. This will have some effect, but I find it surprising that this is given such import in a league where the only predictable thing is unpredictability. 'Yes,' Reading and Derby fans seem to be suggesting, 'Brighton might be top, but they have only won against teams like Rotherham and Blackburn.' Without considering which teams their own sides failed to take three points from this week.
I'm liking being top with everyone expecting us to fall off. I must admit I was guilty of looking at Burnley in the same way a couple of years ago. As none of us expected anything as good as what we've had so far, it seems like we are continuously playing the 'Who Wants to Be A Millionaire' round (£32K?) where you get a free guess without losing any money. Should it get to the stage where other fans start to think we could challenge, we'll probably be starting to feel a bit of pressure too. Whether it should get better or worse results-wise, psychologically for us fans it can't get much better than it is now.